SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 9)*
FOREST OIL CORPORATION
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(Name of Issuer)
COMMON STOCK, $.10 PAR VALUE
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(Title of Class of Securities)
346091606
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(CUSIP Number)
Craig D. Slater Drake S. Tempest, Esq.
The Anschutz Corporation O'Melveny & Myers LLP
2400 Qwest Tower The Citicorp Center
555 Seventeenth Street 153 East 53rd Street, 54th Floor
Denver, Colorado 80202 New York, New York 10022-4611
(303) 298-1000 (212) 326-2000
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
August 19, 1998
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(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G
to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is
filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box
[ ].
Note: Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be
filed with the Commission. See Rule 13d-1(a) for other parties to whom copies
are to be sent.
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* 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 disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not
be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("ACT") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, SEE
the NOTES).
CUSIP Number 346091606
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
The Anschutz Corporation
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) [X]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC; OO
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Kansas
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NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 0
BENEFICIALLY ------------------------------------
OWNED BY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH REPORT- 17,784,888
ING PERSON ------------------------------------
WITH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
17,784,888
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
17,784,888
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ]
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
39.8%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
CO
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Anschutz Company
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) [X]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC; OO
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
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NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 0
BENEFICIALLY ------------------------------------
OWNED BY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH REPORT- 17,784,888
ING PERSON ------------------------------------
WITH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
17,784,888
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
17,784,888
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ]
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
39.8%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
CO
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Philip F. Anschutz
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) [X]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC; OO
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States of America
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NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 2,298
BENEFICIALLY ----------------------------------
OWNED BY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH REPORT- 17,784,888
ING PERSON ----------------------------------
WITH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
2,298
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
17,784,888
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
17,787,186
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ]
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
39.8%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN
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This Amendment No. 9 to Schedule 13D (the "SCHEDULE 13D"), which was
filed on May 26, 1995 by The Anschutz Corporation ("TAC"), Anschutz Company
("AC") and Philip F. Anschutz ("ANSCHUTZ"), and which relates to shares of
Common Stock, par value $.10 per share ("COMMON STOCK"), of Forest Oil
Corporation (the "COMPANY"), as amended by Amendment No. 1, which was filed on
July 28, 1995 (the "AMENDMENT NO. 1"), as further amended by Amendment No. 2,
which was filed on February 7, 1996 (the "AMENDMENT NO. 2"), as further amended
by Amendment No. 3, which was filed on August 5, 1996 (the "AMENDMENT NO. 3"),
as further amended by Amendment No. 4, as filed on November 8, 1996 (the
"AMENDMENT NO. 4"), as further amended by Amendment No. 5, as filed on August
28, 1997 (the "AMENDMENT NO. 5"), as further amended by Amendment No. 6, as
filed on January 20, 1998 ("AMENDMENT NO. 6"), as further amended by Amendment
No. 7, as filed on May 15, 1998 ("AMENDMENT NO. 7"), as further amended by
Amendment No. 8, which was filed on July 8, 1998 (the "AMENDMENT NO. 8"), hereby
further amends Items 3 and 5 of the Schedule 13D. Unless otherwise indicated,
all capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the same meaning as
set forth in the Schedule 13D, as so amended.
This Amendment No. 9 reflects TAC's belief that the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding on August 12, 1998 was 44,685,879 shares.
ITEM 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION
Funds used to purchase the 700,000 shares of Common Stock referred to
below in Item 5 were provided by cash and short-term investments of TAC.
ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER
The information previously furnished in response to this item is
amended to read as follows:
On August 19, 1998, TAC acquired 700,000 shares of Common Stock at
$10.25 per share in a market transaction effected on the New York Stock
Exchange.
As of the date of this Amendment No. 9, and after giving effect to the
purchases referred to in the preceding paragraph:
(i) TAC is the direct beneficial owner, and AC and Anschutz are
indirect beneficial owners, of 17,784,888 shares of Common Stock; and
(ii) Anschutz is the direct beneficial owner of 2,298 shares of
Common Stock,
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which 17,787,186 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate are approximately 39.8%
of the shares of Common Stock that TAC believes were outstanding on August 12,
1998.
TAC and its affiliates, including, without limitation, AC and Anschutz,
are subject to certain restrictions on the voting, acquisition and disposition
of shares of Common Stock and other equity securities of the Company. Reference
is made to Item 4 of the Schedule 13D, as amended by Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 and
Amendment No. 7, for a summary of such restrictions, as well as to the
Shareholders Agreement attached as Exhibit 5 to Amendment No. 1, the First
Amendment to Shareholders Agreement attached as Exhibit 6 to Amendment No. 2,
Exhibit 8 to Amendment No. 7, and Exhibit 99.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K
of the Company filed with the SEC on July 9, 1998, which is incorporated herein
by reference as Exhibit 9, pursuant to which such restrictions have been
imposed.
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Signature
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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.
AUGUST 24, 1998
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Date
THE ANSCHUTZ CORPORATION
By /s/ PHILIP F. ANSCHUTZ
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Philip F. Anschutz, Chairman
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Signature
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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.
AUGUST 24, 1998
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Date
ANSCHUTZ COMPANY
By /s/ PHILIP F. ANSCHUTZ
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Philip F. Anschutz, Chairman
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Signature
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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.
AUGUST 24, 1998
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Date
By /s/ PHILIP F. ANSCHUTZ
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Philip F. Anschutz
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