WANG LABORATORIES INC
SC 14D1/A, 1999-05-18
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                 SCHEDULE 14D-1
                             Tender Offer Statement
       Pursuant to Section 14(d)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                             WANG LABORATORIES, INC.
                            (Name of Subject Company)


             GETRONICS NV                    GETRONICS ACQUISITION, INC

                                    (Bidders)

    Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (including the associated rights)

            4 1/2% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock,
                            par value $0.01 per share

            6 1/2% Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock,
                           par value $0.01 per share

      Depositary Shares (each representing a 1/20th interest in a share of
            6 1/2% Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock)

                         Common Stock Purchase Warrants

                          Special Common Stock Warrant

                         (Title of Class of Securities)

Common Stock: 93369N109               Depositary Shares: 93369N208, 93369N604
Series A Preferred Stock: N/A         Common Stock Purchase Warrants: 93369N117
Series B Preferred Stock: N/A         Special Common Stock Warrant: N/A

                      (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)


                               S.A. van Maasakker
                                  Getronics NV
                                   Donauweg 10
                                1043 AJ Amsterdam
                                 The Netherlands
                               011-31-20-586-1412

            (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
           to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Bidders)

                                    Copy to:
                               John M. Reiss, Esq.
                                White & Case LLP
                           1155 Avenue of the Americas
                            New York, New York 10036
                                 (212) 819-8200
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                                 SCHEDULE 14D-1

CUSIP No.   Common Stock: 93369N109
            Series A Preferred Stock: N/A
            Series B Preferred Stock: N/A
            Depositary Shares: 93369N208, 93369N604
            Common Stock Purchase Warrants: 3369N117
            Special Common Stock Warrant: N/A


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1.                    NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
                      I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
                      Getronics NV
- --------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
2.                    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
                                 (a) | |
                                 (b) | |
- --------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
3.                    SEC USE ONLY
- --------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
4.                    SOURCE OF FUNDS
                             BK; WC
- --------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
5.                    CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
                      PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(e) or 2(f)     | |
- --------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
6.                    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
                             The Netherlands
- --------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
7.                    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICALLY OWNED
                      BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
                             0
- --------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
8.                    CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW(7)
                      EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES            | |
- --------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
9.                    PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (7)
                             0.0%
- --------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
10.                   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
                             CO
- --------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
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                                 SCHEDULE 14D-1

CUSIP No.   Common Stock: 93369N109
            Series A Preferred Stock: N/A
            Series B Preferred Stock: N/A
            Depositary Shares: 93369N208, 93369N604
            Common Stock Purchase Warrants: 93369N117
            Special Common Stock Warrant: N/A


- --------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------
1.                    NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
                      I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
                      Getronics Acquisition, Inc.
- --------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------
2.                    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
                                 (a) | |
                                 (b) | |
- --------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------
3.                    SEC USE ONLY
- --------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------
4.                    SOURCE OF FUNDS
                             AF
- --------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------
5.                    CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED 
                      PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(e) or 2(f)     | |
- --------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------
6.                    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
                             Delaware
- --------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------
7.                    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICALLY OWNED
                      BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
                             0
- --------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------
8.                    CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW(7)
                      EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES            | |
- --------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------
9.                    PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (7)
                             0.0%
- --------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------
10.                   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
                             CO
- --------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------
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     This amendment No. 1 amends and supplements the Schedule 14D-1 filed on May
10,  1999,  relating  to the offer by  Getronics  Acquisition,  Inc.,  a company
organized under the laws of Delaware and a wholly-owned  subsidiary of Getronics
NV, a public company with limited liability  incorporated  under the laws of The
Netherlands  with its corporate seat in Amsterdam,  to purchase for cash (i) all
of the issued and outstanding  shares of common stock  (including the associated
rights),  par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"),  of Wang Laboratories,
Inc., a company organized under the laws of Delaware (the "Company"), at a price
of $29.25 per share, net to the seller in cash,  without interest thereon,  (ii)
all  of  the  issued  and  outstanding  shares  of 4 1/2%  Series  A  Cumulative
Convertible  Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Series A Preferred
Stock") of the Company,  at a price of $1,271.73 per share, net to the seller in
cash,  without interest thereon,  (iii) all of the issued and outstanding shares
of 6 1/2% Series B Cumulative  Convertible  Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per
share (the "Series B Preferred  Stock") of the Company,  at a price of $1,101.71
per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon,  (iv) all of the
issued and outstanding depositary shares, each representing a 1/20th interest in
a share of Series B Preferred Stock (the "Depositary Shares") of the Company, at
a price of  $55.05  per  share,  net to the  seller  in cash,  without  interest
thereon,  (v) all of the issued and outstanding warrants (other than the Special
Common Stock  Warrant) to purchase  shares of Common  Stock (the  "Common  Stock
Purchase  Warrants")  of the  Company,  at a price of  $7.80  per  Common  Stock
Purchase Warrant,  net to the seller in cash,  without interest thereon and (vi)
the issued  and  outstanding  warrant  to receive a certain  number of shares of
Common Stock upon exercise  thereof (the "Special  Common Stock Warrant") of the
Company,  at a price of $6,250,000,  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 May 10,  1999 (the  "Offer to  Purchase"),  and in the  related
Letters of Transmittal and Notices of Guaranteed Delivery.

ITEM 1.  SECURITY AND SUBJECT COMPANY.

     Item 1(b) is hereby amended to add at the end thereof the following:

     The fifth  paragraph  of the  "Introduction"  to the Offer to  Purchase  is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

          "The Company has informed the Purchaser that, as of May 3, 1999, there
     were issued and  outstanding  (i) 47,113,797  shares of Common Stock,  (ii)
     90,000  shares of Series A  Preferred  Stock,  (iii)  2,875,000  Depositary
     Shares  (representing  143,750  shares of Series B Preferred  Stock),  (iv)
     7,208,935  Common Stock  Purchase  Warrants,  (v) the Special  Common Stock
     Warrant and (vi) Options exercisable into 8,941,077 shares of Common Stock.
     As a result,  as of such date, the Minimum Condition would be satisfied if,
     in the aggregate,  a combination of Common Stock, Series A Preferred Stock,
     Series B Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Common Stock Purchase Warrants
     and the Special Common Stock Warrant  representing  36,401,147 Common Stock
     Equivalents  would be  tendered  and not  properly  withdrawn  prior to the
     expiration of the Offer."

ITEM 10.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

     Item 10(f) is hereby amended to add at the end thereof the following:

     Subparagraph (b) of the first paragraph of Section  14--"Conditions  of the
Offer" of the Offer to Purchase is hereby  amended and  restated in its entirety
to read as follows:

          "(b)  there  shall  be  any  action  taken,  or  any  statute,   rule,
     regulation,  legislation,  interpretation,  judgment,  order or  injunction
     proposed, enacted, enforced, promulgated,  amended or issued and applicable
     to or deemed  applicable to (i) Parent,  the Purchaser,  the Company or any
     subsidiary  of  the  Company  or  (ii)  the  Offer  or the  Merger,  by any
     legislative  body,  court,  government or governmental,  administrative  or
     regulatory authority or agency, domestic or foreign, other than the routine
     application of the waiting period  provisions of the HSR Act or Exon-Florio
     or the notification  and reporting  requirements  under European  Community
     antitrust  laws (in each case with  respect to the Offer or to the Merger),
     that could reasonably be expected to result directly or indirectly,  in any
     of the consequences referred to in paragraph (a) above;"

     Subparagraph (c) of the first paragraph of Section  14--"Conditions  of the
Offer" of the Offer to Purchase is hereby  amended and  restated in its entirety
to read as follows:

          "(c) there shall have occurred any event, change, occurrence,  effect,
     fact or circumstance  which has or could  reasonably be expected to have, a
     Material  Adverse  Effect (as such term is defined  below) or a Performance
     Material Adverse Effect (as such term is defined below) on the Company;"

     Subparagraph (e) of the first paragraph of Section  14--"Conditions  of the
Offer" of the Offer to Purchase is hereby  amended and  restated in its entirety
to read as follows:

          "(e) any of the  representations  or warranties made by the Company in
     the Merger  Agreement that are qualified as to materiality  shall be untrue
     or incorrect in any respect or any such representations and warranties that
     are not so qualified shall be untrue or incorrect in any material  respect,
     in each case as of the date of the consummation of the Offer as though made
     on or as of such date, except (i) for changes specifically permitted by the
     Merger  Agreement  and (ii) that to the  extent  such  representations  and
     warranties   address   matters   only  as  of  a  particular   date,   such
     representations  and warranties  shall, to such extent, be true and correct
     at and as of such  particular  date as if made at and as of such particular
     date;"
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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:  May 17, 1999                      GETRONICS NV


                                          By:   /s/ J.L. Docter              
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Name:   J.L. Docter
                                             Title:  Chief Financial Officer


Dated:  May 17, 1999                      GETRONICS Acquisition, Inc.


                                          By:    /s/ J.L. Docter             
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Name:   J.L. Docter
                                             Title:  Chief Financial Officer


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