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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO
SCHEDULE 14D-9
SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(d)(4) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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TRIAD SYSTEMS CORPORATION
(Name of Subject Company)
TRIAD SYSTEMS CORPORATION
(Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.001 PER SHARE
(Title of Class of Securities)
895818 20 1
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
JAMES R. PORTER
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
TRIAD SYSTEMS CORPORATION
3055 TRIAD DRIVE
LIVERMORE, CA 94550
(510) 449-0606
(Name, address and telephone number of persons
authorized to receive notice and communications
on behalf of person(s) filing statement)
COPY TO:
DANIEL COOPERMAN, ESQ.
McCUTCHEN, DOYLE, BROWN & ENERSEN
MARKET POST TOWER, SUITE 1500
55 SOUTH MARKET STREET
SAN JOSE, CA 95113
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This Amendment No. 3 amends and supplements the Solicitation/
Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (the "Schedule 14D-9") filed on
October 23, 1996 by Triad Systems Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on November 22, 1996 and
Amendment No. 2 filed on December 13, 1996, relating to the offer by CCI
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser"), an affiliate of
Cooperative Computing, Inc., a Texas corporation ("Parent"), to purchase all of
the Company's outstanding shares of common stock, $.001 par value (the
"Shares") at a price of $9.25 per Share, net to the seller in cash, on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated
October 23, 1996 (the "Offer to Purchase"), and in the related Letter of
Transmittal, copies of which were attached thereto as Exhibits 1 and 2,
respectively (which collectively constitute the "Offer").
ITEM 8. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED.
The response to Item 8 is supplemented as follows:
On January 2, 1997, Parent and Purchaser issued a joint press release,
the text of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.14. The first and third
paragraphs of such press release are incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 9. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.
Item 9 of the Schedule 14D-9 is supplemented by adding thereto the
following information:
Exhibit 99.14 Text of Press Release, dated January 2, 1997.
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SIGNATURE
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.
January 3, 1997
TRIAD SYSTEMS CORPORATION
By /s/ STANLEY F. MARQUIS
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Stanley F. Marquis
Vice President, Finance and Chief
Financial Officer
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit 99.14 Text of Press Release, dated January 2, 1997
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EXHIBIT 99.14
Contact: Roy Winnick
Kekst and Company
(212) 593-2655
COOPERATIVE COMPUTING, INC. AND CCI ACQUISITION CORP.
EXTEND CASH TENDER OFFER FOR SHARES OF TRIAD SYSTEMS
CORPORATION UNTIL 10:00 A.M. ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1997
AUSTIN, TEXAS, JANUARY 2, 1997 -- Cooperative Computing, Inc. and its affiliate
CCI Acquisition Corp., both of Austin, announced today that CCI Acquisition
Corp. has extended until 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on Friday, January 17,
1997 its tender offer for all of the issued and outstanding shares of common
stock of Triad Systems Corporation (NASDAQ:TRSC) of Livermore, California at a
price of $9.25 per share, net to the seller in cash. The tender offer was
previously scheduled to expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on
Friday, January 3, 1997. The terms of the extended tender offer are identical
to those in the original tender offer contained in the tender offer materials
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 23, 1996.
CCI Acquisition Corp. has been advised by the depositary for the tender offer
that as of 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on December 31, 1996, 12,002,666
shares of Triad Systems Corporation's common stock (approximately 67.6% of the
issued and outstanding shares) had been validly tendered and not withdrawn.
The Federal Trade Commission is continuing its review of the tender offer.
Cooperative Computing, CCI Acquisition Corp. and Triad currently are
cooperating, and intend to continue to cooperate, with the FTC in its review.
