KOFAX IMAGE PRODUCTS INC
SC 14D1/A, 1999-09-01
COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                 AMENDMENT NO. 3
                                       TO
                                 SCHEDULE 14D-1
               TENDER OFFER STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(d)(1)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                       AND

                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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                           KOFAX IMAGE PRODUCTS, INC.
                            (Name of Subject Company)

                         IMAGING COMPONENTS CORPORATION
                         IMAGING ACQUISITION CORPORATION
                                 DICOM GROUP PLC
                        DRESDNER KLEINWORT BENSON PRIVATE
                               EQUITY PARTNERS LP
                                    (Bidders)
                     COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.001 PER SHARE
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   500200-10-0
                      (Cusip Number of Class of Securities)

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                                ARNOLD VON BUREN
                          BUSINESS BUILDING FORREN WEST
                                 GRUNDSTRASSE 14
                        CH-6343 ROTKREUZ, ZG, SWITZERLAND
                                011-41-41798-3070
            (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
           to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Bidders)
                                    COPY TO:
                                 EUNU CHUN, ESQ.
                              M. GILBEY STRUB, ESQ.
                                KIRKLAND & ELLIS
                                 CITICORP CENTER
                              153 EAST 53RD STREET
                               NEW YORK, NY 10022
                                 (212) 446-4800


         This Amendment No. 3 amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement
on Schedule 14D-1 (as amended, the "Schedule 14D-1") and Statement on Schedule
13D, originally filed on August 3, 1999, relating to the offer by Imaging
Components Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser"), to purchase
all the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share (the
"Shares") of Kofax Image Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company")
at a purchase price of $12.75 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without
interest thereon, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Offer to Purchase, dated August 3, 1999 (the "Offer to Purchase") and the
related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with any supplements or
amendments, collectively constitute the "Offer"). Capitalized terms not defined
herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Schedule 14D-1.

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ITEM 10.          ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

                  (f) On September 1, 1999, Purchaser, Merger Sub, DICOM and
Private Equity Partners announced that Purchaser has exercised its right under
the Merger Agreement to extend the Offer. The Offer will now expire at 12:00
midnight, New York time, on Wednesday, September 8, 1999, unless the Offer is
further extended.

                  A copy of the press release issued by Purchaser, Merger Sub,
DICOM and Private Equity Partners is filed as Exhibit (a)(10) to the Schedule
14D-1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

ITEM 11.          MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

                  (a)(10)  Press release issued by Purchaser, Merger Sub, DICOM
                           and Private Equity Partners on September 1, 1999.


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                                    SIGNATURE

         After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated:  September 1, 1999

                                   IMAGING COMPONENTS CORPORATION

                                   By:      /s/ Arnold von Buren
                                            Name:    Arnold von Buren
                                            Title:   Secretary


                                   IMAGING ACQUISITION CORPORATION


                                   By:      /s/ Arnold von Buren
                                            Name:    Arnold von Buren
                                            Title:   Secretary

                                   DICOM GROUP PLC

                                   By:      /s/ Arnold von Buren
                                            Name:    Arnold von Buren
                                            Title:   Secretary


                                   DRESDNER KLEIN BENSON PRIVATE
                                   EQUITY PARTNERS LP

                                   By:      DRESDNER KLEIN BENSON PRIVATE
                                            EQUITY LLC, its General Partner

                                   By:      /s/ Alexander P. Coleman
                                            Name:    Alexander P. Coleman
                                            Title:   Authorized Person


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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

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           (a)(10)            Press release issued by Purchaser, Merger Sub,
                              DICOM and Private Equity Partners on September 1,
                              1999.
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                                                                 Exhibit (a)(10)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


               Contacts:

               Grace Protos          (MacKenzie Partners): (212) 929-5500
               Jon Hartzell          (Corporate and External Affairs, Dresdner
                                     Kleinwort Benson North America):
                                     (212) 429-2939
               Alexander P. Coleman  (Dresdner Kleinwort Benson Private
                                     Equity Partners): (212) 429-3120


              IMAGING COMPONENTS CORPORATION ANNOUNCES EXTENSION OF
         EXPIRATION DATE OF CASH TENDER OFFER FOR SHARES OF KOFAX IMAGE
                                 PRODUCTS, INC.

         NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- September 1, 1999 - Imaging Components
Corporation ("ICC"), Imaging Acquisition Corporation ("IAC"), DICOM GROUP plc
(LSE: DCM) and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson Private Equity Partners LP announced
today that ICC has exercised its right under the Agreement and Plan of Merger
between ICC, IAC and Kofax Image Products, Inc. (NASDQ: KOFX) ("Kofax"), to
extend the expiration date of its $12.75 per share cash tender offer for all the
outstanding shares of common stock of Kofax to 12:00 midnight, New York Time, on
Wednesday, September 8, 1999.

         Based on information provided by the Depositary, IBJ Whitehall Bank &
Trust Company, a total of approximately 4,207,138 (or 80%) of all outstanding
shares of common stock of Kofax had been validly tendered, including shares
tendered pursuant to guaranteed delivery procedures. The offer is being extended
to allow additional time to receive the additional shares necessary to
effectuate a short-form merger pursuant to Delaware law.

         Further information is available from the Information Agent, MacKenzie
Partners, Inc. at (212) 929-5500 or (800) 322-2885.


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