DYNAMICS CORP OF AMERICA
SC 14D1/A, 1997-04-29
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                 SCHEDULE 14D-1
              TENDER OFFER STATEMENT (AMENDMENT NO. 5) PURSUANT TO
             SECTION 14(D)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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                         DYNAMICS CORPORATION OF AMERICA
                            (Name of Subject Company)

                                 WHX CORPORATION
                              SB ACQUISITION CORP.
                                    (Bidders)

                     COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.10 PER SHARE
             (INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATED COMMON STOCK PURCHASE RIGHTS)
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   268039 10 4
                      (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

                                MR. RONALD LABOW
                              CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
                                 WHX CORPORATION
                              110 EAST 59TH STREET
                               NEW YORK, NY 10022
                            TELEPHONE: (212) 355-5200

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

                               ILAN K. REICH, ESQ.
                     OLSHAN GRUNDMAN FROME & ROSENZWEIG LLP
                                 505 PARK AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
                            TELEPHONE: (212) 753-7200
                         -------------------------------

       This Statement amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on
Schedule 14D-1 filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission on March 31,
1997,  as  previously   amended  and  supplemented,   by  SB  Acquisition  Corp.
("Purchaser"),  a New York  corporation  and a wholly  owned  subsidiary  of WHX
Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), to purchase up to 649,000 shares
of  Common  Stock,  par value  $.10 per share  (the  "Shares")  of the  Company,
including the  associated  Common Stock Purchase  Rights issued  pursuant to the
Rights Agreement, dated as of January 30, 1986, as amended on December 27, 1995,
between the Company and First  National Bank of Boston,  as Rights  Agent,  at a
price of $45 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 March 31, 1997, as amended and supplemented  from time to time (the "Offer
to Purchase") and in the related  Letters of Transmittal  (which,  together with
any amendments or  supplements  thereto,  constitute  the "Offer").  Capitalized
terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
in the Offer to Purchase and the Schedule 14D-1.

ITEM 11. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

         (a)      (1)      Offer to Purchase, dated March 31, 1997.*
                  (2)      Letter of Transmittal.*
                  (3)      Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.*
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*        Previously provided.

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                  (4)      Letter to Brokers,  Dealers,  Commercial Banks, Trust
                           Companies and Other Nominees.*
                  (5)      Letter  to  Clients  for  use  by  Brokers,  Dealers,
                           Commercial   Banks,   Trust   Companies   and   Other
                           Nominees.*
                  (6)      Guidelines    for     Certification    of    Taxpayer
                           Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9.*
                  (7)      Text of Press Release,  issued by Parent on March 31,
                           1997.*
                  (8)      Summary Advertisement published on April 1, 1997.*
                  (9)      Text of Press  Release,  issued by Parent on April 9,
                           1997.*
                  (10)     First Supplement to Offer to Purchase, dated April 9,
                           1997.*
                  (11)     Revised Letter of Transmittal*
                  (12)     Revised Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,
                           Trust Companies and Other Nominees.*
                  (13)     Revised   Letter  to  Clients  for  use  by  Brokers,
                           Dealers,  Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other
                           Nominees.*
                  (14)     Second  Supplement to Offer to Purchase,  dated April
                           15, 1996.*
                  (15)     Revised Letter of Transmittal.*
                  (16)     Revised Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,
                           Trust Companies and Other Nominees.*
                  (17)     Revised   Letter  to  Clients  for  use  by  Brokers,
                           Dealers,  Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other
                           Nominees.*
                  (18)     Revised Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.*
                  (19)     Complaint in DYNAMICS  CORPORATION OF AMERICA vs. WHX
                           CORPORATION  AND SB  ACQUISITION  CORP.  (3:97 CV 702
                           (GLG))  filed in the United  States  District  Court,
                           District of Connecticut, on April 14, 1997.*
                  (20)     Text of Press Release,  issued by Parent on April 29,
                           1997.

         (b)      Not applicable.

         (c)      Not applicable.

         (d)      Not applicable.

         (e)      Not applicable.

         (f)      Not applicable.

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                                    SIGNATURE


         After due inquiry  and to the best of its  knowledge  and  belief,  the
undersigned  certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.

Dated:  April 29, 1997
                               WHX CORPORATION


                               By:/S/ STEWART E. TABIN
                                  --------------------
                                  Name:   Stewart E. Tabin
                                  Title:    Assistant Treasurer



                               SB ACQUISITION CORP.


                               By: /S/ STEWART E. TABIN
                                  ---------------------
                                  Name:  Stewart E. Tabin
                                  Title:   Vice President

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



EXHIBIT
NUMBER                                                                  PAGE


         (a)      (1)      Offer to Purchase, dated March 31, 1997.*
                  (2)      Letter of Transmittal.*
                  (3)      Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.*
                  (4)      Letter to Brokers,  Dealers,  Commercial Banks, Trust
                           Companies and Other Nominees.*
                  (5)      Letter  to  Clients  for  use  by  Brokers,  Dealers,
                           Commercial   Banks,   Trust   Companies   and   Other
                           Nominees.*
                  (6)      Guidelines    for     Certification    of    Taxpayer
                           Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9.*
                  (7)      Text of Press Release,  issued by Parent on March 31,
                           1997.*
                  (8)      Summary Advertisement published on April 1, 1997.*
                  (9)      Text of Press  Release,  issued by Parent on April 9,
                           1997.*
                  (10)     First Supplement to Offer to Purchase, dated April 9,
                           1997.*
                  (11)     Revised Letter of Transmittal*
                  (12)     Revised Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,
                           Trust Companies and Other Nominees.*
                  (13)     Revised   Letter  to  Clients  for  use  by  Brokers,
                           Dealers,  Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other
                           Nominees.*
                  (14)     Second  Supplement  to Offer to Purchase  dated April
                           15, 1997.*
                  (15)     Revised Letter of Transmittal.*
                  (16)     Revised Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,
                           Trust Companies and Other Nominees.*
                  (17)     Revised   Letter  to  Clients  for  use  by  Brokers,
                           Dealers,  Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other
                           Nominees.*
                  (18)     Revised Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.*
                  (19)     Complaint in DYNAMICS  CORPORATION OF AMERICA vs. WHX
                           CORPORATION  AND SB  ACQUISITION  CORP.  (3:97 CV 702
                           (GLG))  filed in the United  States  District  Court,
                           District of Connecticut, on April 14, 1997.*
                  (20)     Text of Press Release,  issued by Parent on April 29,
                           1997.

         (b)      Not applicable.

         (c)      Not applicable.

         (d)      Not applicable.

         (e)      Not applicable.

         (f)      Not applicable.

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*        Previously provided.

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                                                                Exhibit 99.a(20)



                  New York -- April  29,  1997 -- WHX  Corporation  (NYSE:  WHX)
announced  today that Federal  District Court Judge Gerard Goettel has issued an
order  which  preliminarily  enjoins the tender  offer for up to 649,000  shares
(approximately  17%) of Dynamics  Corporation  of America until twenty  calendar
days  after  certain  corrective  disclosures  are  made.  The  tender  offer is
currently scheduled to expire at midnight tonight.

                  WHX is currently reviewing the court's order and will announce
its response in the near future. At the present time,  approximately one million
shares of Dynamics Corp. stock were tendered to the depository.


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