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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 14D-1
(AMENDMENT NO. 2-FINAL AMENDMENT)
TENDER OFFER STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(D)(1)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
AND
SCHEDULE 13D
(AMENDMENT NO. 1-FINAL AMENDMENT)
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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UNITED STATES FILTER CORPORATION
(Name of Subject Company)
VIVENDI
EAU ACQUISITION CORP.
(Bidders)
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COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE
(AND ASSOCIATED PREFERRED SHARE PURCHASE RIGHTS)
(Title of Class of Securities)
911843209
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
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MICHEL AVENAS
EAU ACQUISITION CORP.
C/O VIVENDI NORTH AMERICA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
800 THIRD AVENUE, 38TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
(212) 753-2000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive
Notices and Communications on Behalf Of Bidder)
COPIES TO:
DANIEL A. NEFF, ESQ.
TREVOR S. NORWITZ, ESQ.
WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ
51 WEST 52ND STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
(212) 403-1000
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CUSIP No. 911843209 SCHEDULE 14D-1/SCHEDULE 13D
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1. Name of Reporting Person
S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
Eau Acquisition Corp.
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2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(a) / /
(b) / /
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3. SEC Use Only
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4. Sources of Funds
AF
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5. Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items
2(e) or 2(f) / /
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6. Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware
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7. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each
Reporting Person
174,639,004 (including Shares tendered by guaranteed delivery)
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8. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (7)
Excludes Certain Shares / /
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9. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (7)
95.9%
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10. Type of Reporting Person
CO
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CUSIP No. 911843209 SCHEDULE 14D-1/SCHEDULE 13D
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1. Name of Reporting Person
S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
Vivendi
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2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(a) / /
(b) / /
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3. SEC Use Only
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4. Sources of Funds
BK, OO
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5. Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items
2(e) or 2(f)
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6. Citizenship or Place of Organization
France
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7. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
174,639,004 (including Shares tendered by guaranteed delivery)
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8. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (7)
Excludes Certain Shares / /
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9. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (7)
95.9%
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10. Type of Reporting Person
CO
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This Amendment No. 2 (the "Amendment"), the final amendment,
amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 14D-1 (the
"Schedule 14D-1") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") on March 26, 1999 as previously amended on April 15, 1999, and the
Schedule 13D filed with the Commission on April 15, 1999 by Vivendi, a societe
anonyme organized under the laws of France ("Parent"), and Eau Acquisition Corp.
("Purchaser"), a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, to
purchase all outstanding shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the
"Shares"), of United States Filter Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and the associated Preferred Share Purchase Rights (the "Rights")
issued pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated as of November 27, 1998, between
the Company and The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent (as the same may be
amended, the "Rights Agreement"), at a purchase price of $31.50 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 26, 1999 (the "Offer to Purchase"), and in the related Letter of
Transmittal (which together 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 6. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE SUBJECT COMPANY
The Offer expired at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on
Thursday, April 22, 1999. Pursuant to the Offer and based on a preliminary
report from the depositary, the Purchaser accepted for payment 155,082,957
Shares tendered by physical or book-entry delivery and 19,556,047 Shares
tendered by guaranteed delivery.
Item 6 is hereby amended and supplemented to incorporate by
reference the information set forth in the press release issued by Parent on
April 23,1999, filed as Exhibit A hereto.
ITEM 11. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS
(a)(9) Press release issued by Parent on April 23, 1999.
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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: April 27, 1999
VIVENDI
By: /s/ Jean-Marie Messier
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Name: Jean-Marie Messier
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
EAU ACQUISITION CORP.
By: /s/ Jean-Marie Messier
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Name: Jean-Marie Messier
Title: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
and President
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
NO. DESCRIPTION
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(a)(9) Press release issued by Parent on April 23, 1999
Exhibit (a)(9)
[VIVENDI LOGO] PRESS
RELEASE
April 23, 1999
VIVENDI COMPLETES TENDER OFFER
FOR UNITED STATES FILTER CORPORATION
Vivendi announced today it successful completion of the tender offer to acquire
the common stock of United States Filter Corporation (NYSE: USF) at $31.50 Net
per share in cash.
Approximately 174.7 million shares of United States Filter Corporation common
stock have been tendered prior to the expiration of Vivendi's tender offer at
12:00 midnight yesterday, according to a preliminary count by ChaseMellon
Shareholder Services, L.L.C., the depositary for the tender offer. This
represents about 95.7 percent of United States Filter Corporation Shares
currently outstanding.
Vivendi has purchased the shares which were tendered and expects shortly to
acquire the remaining United States Filter Corporation shares that Vivendi does
not already own through a merger in which such shares will be converted into
rights to receive $31.50 Net per share in cash. The transaction is valued at
approximately $6.2 billion (Euro 5.7 billion).
USFilter has 28,000 employees in some 2,000 manufacturing, distribution and
sales offices in 94 countries. Generale des Eaux has 40,000 employees in 90
countries.
Vivendi, Generale des Eaux's parent company, is a major player in Europe's
communications and utilities industries. Vivendi has 235,000 employees, annual
sales of about $35 billion and market capitalization of over $41 billion (Euro
38.0 billion). In 1998, Generale des Eaux had net sales of $7.3 billion (Euro
6.7 billion), of which $1.6 billion (Euro 1.5 billion) stemmed from sales
outside France.
