MCNEIL REAL ESTATE FUND IX LTD
SC 14D1/A, 1996-11-25
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                 SCHEDULE 14D-1

                   Tender Offer Statement Pursuant to Section
                 14(d)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                (Amendment No. 6)
                                       and
                         Amendment No. 11 to Schedule 13D

                        MCNEIL REAL ESTATE FUND IX, LTD.
                       (Name of Subject Company [Issuer])

                         HIGH RIVER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                                  CARL C. ICAHN
                                    (Bidders)

                            LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITS
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   582568 10 1
                      (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

                            Keith L. Schaitkin, Esq.
                  Gordon Altman Butowsky Weitzen Shalov & Wein
                        114 West 47th Street, 20th Floor
                            New York, New York 10036
                                 (212) 626-0800

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

                            Calculation of Filing Fee

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Transaction Valuation*: $18,366,840   Amount of filing fee: $3,674
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     * For purposes of calculating the filing fee only. This amount assumes the
purchase of 102,038 Units of the Partnership (consisting of all outstanding
Units other than Units owned by the Bidder and its affiliate) at $180.00 in cash
per Unit. The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule
0-11(d) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, equals 1/50th of
one percent of the aggregate of the cash offered by the bidder.

     [x] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule
0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously
paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form
or Schedule and the date of its filing.

Amount Previously Paid:   $3,674
Form or Registration No.: Schedule 14D-1
Filing Party: High River Limited Partnership, Riverdale LLC,
Unicorn Associates Corporation and Carl C. Icahn

Dated Filed: September 20, 1996

     * The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.


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                        AMENDMENT NO 6. TO SCHEDULE 14D-1

     This  Amendment No. 6 amends the Tender Offer  Statement on Schedule  14D-1
filed with the Commission on September 20, 1996 (the  "Schedule  14D-1") by High
River Limited  Partnership,  a Delaware limited  partnership (the  "Purchaser"),
Riverdale  LLC,  a  New  York  limited  liability  company,  Unicorn  Associates
Corporation,   a  New  York   corporation   ("Unicorn"),   and  Carl  C.   Icahn
(collectively,  the  "Reporting  Persons")  relating to the tender  offer by the
Purchaser to purchase  any and all limited  partnership  units (the  "Units") of
McNeil Real Estate Fund IX, Ltd., a California limited  partnership,  other than
Units owned by the  Purchaser  and Unicorn,  at a purchase  price of $180.00 per
Unit,  net to  the  seller  in  cash,  without  interest,  less  the  amount  of
distributions  per Unit,  if any,  declared or made by the  Partnership  between
August 15, 1996 and the date of payment of the Purchase  Price by the Purchaser,
upon the terms and subject to the Offer to  Purchase  dated  September  20, 1996
(the "Offer to Purchase") and in the related Assignment of Partnership Interest,
as each may be  supplemented  and  amended  from  time to time  (which  together
constitute  the  "Offer"),  to include the  information  set forth  below.  This
Amendment  also  constitutes  Amendment  No. 11 to the Schedule 13D filed by the
Reporting  Persons on November 13, 1995, as amended by Amendment  Nos. 1 through
10 thereto filed on November 15, 1995, January 16, 1996, May 24, 1996, August 5,
1996, September 20, 1996, September 25, 1996, October 9, 1996, October 21, 1996,
November 1, 1996 and  November 14, 1996,  respectively.  Capitalized  terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Schedule 14D-1 and the Offer to Purchase.

Item 10. Additional Information.

     Item 10(f) is hereby supplemented and amended as follows:

     The information set forth in Exhibit 31 attached hereto is incorporated
herein by reference.

Item 11. Materials to Be Filed as Exhibits.

     Item 11 is hereby supplemented and amended to add the following:

(c)

Exhibit 31. Press Release dated November 25, 1996.

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                                   SIGNATURES

     After reasonable 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: November 25, 1996

                                   HIGH RIVER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                                   By:  Riverdale LLC, General Partner

                                   and

                                   RIVERDALE LLC

                                   By:    /s/ ROBERT J. MITCHELL
                                       -------------------------------------
                                           Robert J. Mitchell

                                   Title:  Manager, Vice President and Treasurer

                                            /s/ THEODORE ALTMAN
                                        -------------------------------------
                                             Carl C. Icahn
                                   By: Theodore Altman as Attorney-in-fact

                                   UNICORN ASSOCIATES CORPORATION

                                   By:      /s/ EDWARD MATTNER
                                        -------------------------------------
                                               Edward Mattner
                                   Title: President


     [Signature Page for Amendment No. 6 to McNeil Pacific Investors Fund 1972
Schedule 14D-1 and Amendment No. 9 to Schedule 13D; Amendment No. 6 to McNeil
Real Estate Fund IX, Ltd. Schedule 14D-1 and Amendment No. 10 to Schedule 13D;
Amendment No. 6 to McNeil Real Estate Fund X, Ltd. Schedule 14D-1 and Amendment
No. 11 to Schedule 13D; Amendment No. 6 to McNeil Real Estate Fund XI, Ltd.
Schedule 14D-1 and Amendment No. 10 to Schedule 13D; Amendment No. 6 to McNeil
Real Estate Fund XIV, Ltd. Schedule 14D-1 and Amendment No. 12 to Schedule 13D]

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

                                                                     Page Number
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Exhibit 31. Press Release dated November 25, 1996.





                                                                      EXHIBIT 31

                                                           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:          Beacon Hill Partners, Inc.
                  (212) 843-8500

                             FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                   HIGH RIVER ACCEPTS UNITS TENDERED PURSUANT
              TO ITS TENDER OFFERS FOR McNEIL LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS

     New York, New York, November 25, 1996. . . . High River Limited Partnership
("High River"), an affiliate of Carl C. Icahn, announced today that it has
accepted for payment all units of limited partnership interest ("Units")
properly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to its tender offers (the
"Tender Offers") for Units in each of McNeil Pacific Investors Fund 1972, McNeil
Real Estate Fund IX, Ltd., McNeil Real Estate Fund X, Ltd., McNeil Real Estate
Fund XI, Ltd., McNeil Real Estate Fund XIV, Ltd., McNeil Real Estate Fund XV,
Ltd., McNeil Real Estate Fund XX, L.P., McNeil Real Estate Fund XXIV, L.P.,
McNeil Real Estate Fund XXV, L.P., McNeil Real Estate Fund XXVI, L.P. and McNeil
Real Estate Fund XXVII, L.P., and has so instructed IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust
Company, the Depositary for the Tender Offers. The preliminary count of Units
tendered and not validly withdrawn is as set forth below:


                                             APPROXIMATE
                                           NUMBER OF UNITS        APPROXIMATE
                                          TENDERED AND NOT       PERCENTAGE OF
         PARTNERSHIP                          WITHDRAWN        OUTSTANDING UNITS

McNeil Pacific Investors 1972                     982                 7.1%

McNeil Real Estate Fund IX, Ltd.                4,979                 4.5%

McNeil Real Estate Fund X, Ltd.                 4,527                 3.4%

McNeil Real Estate Fund XI, Ltd.                9,275                 5.8%

McNeil Real Estate Fund XIV, Ltd.               3,020                 3.5%

McNeil Real Estate Fund XV, Ltd.                3,595                 3.5%

McNeil Real Estate Fund XX, L.P.                1,955.2               3.9%

McNeil Real Estate Fund XXIV, L.P.              3,232                 8.1%

McNeil Real Estate Fund XXV, L.P.           2,121,210                 2.5%

McNeil Real Estate Fund XXVI, L.P.            895,380                 1.0%

McNeil Real Estate Fund XXVII, L.P.           154,603                 2.9%




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