EATON CORP
SC 14D1/A, 1996-04-01
MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES
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                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
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                                  SCHEDULE 14D-1
                   TENDER OFFER STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 
                 14(D)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                (AMENDMENT NO. 3)
                                       AND

                                   SCHEDULE 13D
                                (AMENDMENT NO. 4)
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                     CAPCO AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS CORPORATION                 
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                            (Name of subject company)

                               EATON CORPORATION
                         EATON ACQUISITION CORPORATION                     
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                                    (Bidders)

                    COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
          (INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATED PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE RIGHTS)       
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                          (Title of class of securities)

                                  139168 10 8                              
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                      (CUSIP number of class of securities)

                             GERALD L. GHERLEIN, ESQ.
                                EATON CORPORATION
                                   EATON CENTER
                            1111 SUPERIOR AVENUE, N.E.
                              CLEVELAND, OHIO  44114
                                (216) 523-5000                             
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                  (Name, address and telephone number of person
             authorized to receive notices and communications on 
                                behalf of bidder)
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                                     COPY TO:

                               DANIEL A. NEFF, ESQ.
                          WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ
                               51 WEST 52ND STREET
                               NEW YORK, NY  10019
                                  (212) 403-1000

                           CALCULATION OF FILING FEE                       
      <TABLE>
      <CAPTION>
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         TRANSACTION VALUATION*               AMOUNT OF FILING FEE**
         <S>                                  <C>
         $134,749,375                         $26,950
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      /TABLE
<PAGE>







      *  Based on the offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Common
         Stock of the subject company (other than the 805,000 shares of
         common stock beneficially owned by Eaton Corporation), together
         with the associated preferred stock purchase rights at a purchase
         price of $12.50 cash per share, and the number of shares of Common
         Stock outstanding and issuable under outstanding options as
         represented by the subject company in the Agreement and Plan of
         Merger dated as of March 27, 1996 (11,584,950).

      ** 1/50 of 1% of Transaction Valuation.

      [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.
    
    <TABLE>
    <S>                                     <C>  
    Amount Previously Paid: $26,950         Filing Party: Eaton Corporation
    Form or Registration No.: Schedule 14D-1  Date Filed: March 19 and 29, 1996
    /TABLE
<PAGE>
    






              Eaton Corporation ("Eaton") and Eaton Acquisition
         Corporation (the "Purchaser") hereby amend and supplement their
         Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 14D-1 (the "Schedule 14D-1")
         originally filed on March 19, 1996, as heretofore amended, and
         Eaton hereby amends and supplements its Schedule 13D originally
         filed on March 18, 1996, as heretofore amended (the "Schedule
         13D" and together with the Schedule 14D-1, the "Original
         Filings"), with respect to the Purchaser's offer to purchase
         all outstanding shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
         share (the "Shares"), of CAPCO Automotive Products Corporation,
         a Michigan corporation (the "Company), together with any
         associated preferred stock purchase rights (the "Right"), at a
         price of $12.50 per Share (and associated Right), 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 19, 1996 (the "Offer to Purchase"), as amended and
         supplemented by the Supplement thereto, dated March 29, 1996
         (the "Supplement"), and in the related original or revised
         Letters of Transmittal (which, together with the Offer to
         Purchase and the Supplement, collectively constitute the
         "Offer"), as set forth in this combined Amendment No. 3 to the
         Schedule 14D-1 and Amendment No. 4 to the Schedule 13D.
         Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings assigned
         thereto in the Original Filings.


         ITEM 10.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

              The information set forth in paragraph (e) of Item 10 of
         the Schedule 14D-1 is hereby amended and supplemented as
         follows:

              On March 29, 1996, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Eaton
         voluntarily dismissed, without prejudice, the complaint filed
         on March 13, 1996 by Eaton against the Company and its
         directors in the United States District Court for the Eastern
         District of Michigan, Southern Division.  A copy of the
         Stipulation of Dismissal Without Prejudice is filed as Exhibit
         (g)(2) to the Schedule 14D-1 and is incorporated herein by
         reference.                    

         ITEM 11.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

              (g)(2)    Stipulation of Dismissal Without Prejudice in
         Eaton Corporation v. CAPCO Automotive Products Corporation,
         Francisco Edmir Bertolaccini, Harold L. Bowman, David A.
         Brockway, C.E. Cheesbrough, Thomas C. Clark, William N. Harper
         and Jose Roberto Morato, filed in the United States District<PAGE>







         Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division
         on March 29, 1996.<PAGE>







                                    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: April 1, 1996


                                       EATON CORPORATION


                                       By:    /s/ Gerald L. Gherlein    
                                       Name:  Gerald L. Gherlein
                                       Title: Executive Vice President
                                              and General Counsel


                                       By:    /s/ Earl R. Franklin      
                                       Name:  Earl R. Franklin
                                       Title: Secretary


                                       EATON ACQUISITION CORPORATION


                                       By:    /s/ Earl R. Franklin      
                                       Name:  Earl R. Franklin
                                       Title: Vice President and 
                                              Secretary<PAGE>








                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


          EXHIBIT
          NUMBER      EXHIBIT                                      

         (g) (2)      Stipulation of Dismissal Without Prejudice in
                      Eaton Corporation v. CAPCO Automotive Products
                      Corporation, Francisco Edmir Bertolaccini,
                      Harold L. Bowman, David A. Brockway, C.E.
                      Cheesbrough, Thomas C. Clark, William N.
                      Harper and Jose Roberto Morato, filed in the
                      United States District Court for the Eastern
                      District of Michigan, Southern Division on
                      March 29, 1996.









                           UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                           EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
                                SOUTHERN DIVISION

         EATON CORPORATION,
                                                     Hon. Paul V. Gadola
              Plaintiff,
                                                       Case No. 96-40104
         v.

         CAPCO AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS
         CORPORATION, FRANCISCO EDMIR
         BERTOLACCINI, HAROLD L.
         BOWMAN, DAVID A. BROCKWAY,
         C.E. CHEESBROUGH, THOMAS C.
         CLARKE, WILLIAM N. HARPER
         and JOSE ROBERTO MORATO,

              Defendants.
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                    STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
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              Plaintiff and Defendants hereby stipulate to the dismissal
         of this action without prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Pro.,
         Rule 41(a)(1), with each party bearing their own costs.


         CLARK, HILL, P.L.C.           HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ AND COHN
         Attorneys for Plaintiff       Attorneys for Defendants



         By: /s/ Thomas Lenga          By: /s/ Raymond W. Henney        
              J. Thomas Lenga (P16551)      Raymond W. Henney (P35860)
         1600 First Federal Building        Ronald S. Longhofer (P25580)
         Detroit, Michigan 48226       2290 First National Building
         (313) 965-8666                Detroit, Michigan 48226
                                       (313) 256-7277

         Dated: March 29, 1996<PAGE>





                           UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                           EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
                                SOUTHERN DIVISION

         EATON CORPORATION,
                                            Hon. Paul V. Gadola
              Plaintiff,
                                            Case No. 96-40104
         v.

         CAPCO AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS
         CORPORATION, FRANCISCO EDMIR
         BERTOLACCINI, HAROLD L.
         BOWMAN, DAVID A. BROCKWAY,
         C.E. CHEESBROUGH, THOMAS C.
         CLARKE, WILLIAM N. HARPER
         and JOSE ROBERTO MORATO,

              Defendants.
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                                 PROOF OF SERVICE
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         STATE OF MICHIGAN   )
                             ) ss.
         COUNTY OF WAYNE     )

              DENISE CAMPBELL, being duly sworn, deposes and says that
         on this 29th day of March, 1996, she did serve a true copy of a
         STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE upon:

              J. Thomas Lenga
              Clark, Hill, P.L.C.
              1600 First Federal Building
              Detroit, Michigan 48226

         via U.S. mail.

              Further deponent sayeth not.

                                            /s/ Denise Campbell         
                                            Denise Campbell


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