ALCOA INC
SC TO-T/A, 2000-04-07
PRIMARY PRODUCTION OF ALUMINUM
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                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                               SCHEDULE TO/A
                               (RULE 14D-100)
               TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(D)(1)
         OR SECTION 13(E)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                             (AMENDMENT NO. 2)

                         CORDANT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
                     (Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

                          OMEGA ACQUISITION CORP.
                        A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
                                 ALCOA INC.
                    (Names of Filing Persons (Offerors))

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                  COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $1.00 PER SHARE
           (INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATED RIGHTS TO PURCHASE PREFERRED STOCK)
                       (Title of Class of Securities)

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                                 218412104
                   (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
                         LAWRENCE R. PURTELL, ESQ.
                                 ALCOA INC.
                            201 ISABELLA STREET
                       PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15212
                         TELEPHONE: (412) 553-4545
                   (Name, address and telephone number of
                    person authorized to receive notices
              and communications on behalf of filing persons)
                                  COPY TO:
                          J. MICHAEL SCHELL, ESQ.
                          MARGARET L. WOLFF, ESQ.
                  SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
                             FOUR TIMES SQUARE
                             NEW YORK, NY 10036
                          TELEPHONE: 212-735-3000

                         CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

     Transaction Valuation*                    Amount of Filing Fee
        $2,180,663,478                             $436,132.70
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*   For purposes of calculating the amount of the filing fee only. This
    amount assumes the purchase of (i) 36,714,831 outstanding shares of
    common stock of Cordant Technologies Inc. and (ii) 1,542,423 shares of
    common stock of Cordant Technologies Inc. underlying vested options.
    The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11
    of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, equals 1/50 of 1%
    of the transaction value.


[_] Check the 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.

    Amount Previously Paid: N/A             Form or Registration No.: N/A
    Filing party: N/A                              Date Filed: N/A

[_] Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary
    communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which
the statement relates:

    [X] third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

    [_] issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

    [_] going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

    [_] amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

    Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting
the results of the tender offer: [_]
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    This Amendment No. 2 to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (the
"Schedule TO"), filed initially with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 20, 2000, relates to the offer by Omega Acquisition Corp., a
Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser") and a wholly owned subsidiary of
Alcoa Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation ("Alcoa"), to purchase all
outstanding shares of common stock, including the associated rights to
purchase preferred stock (collectively, the "Shares"), of Cordant
Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation, at a price of $57.00 per Share,
net to the seller in cash, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in the Purchaser's Offer to Purchase, dated March 20, 2000, and in
the related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the "Offer").

ITEM 11.       ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

    Item 11 is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following:

"On April 6, 2000, Alcoa announced that, among other things, the waiting
period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended, applicable to the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer expired
on April 5, 2000, and that it would make the requisite European regulatory
filings shortly."



                                 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.

                                          OMEGA ACQUISITION CORP.


                                          By:   /s/ BARBARA S. JEREMIAH
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                                          Name:  Barbara S. Jeremiah
                                          Title: Vice President


                                          ALCOA INC.


                                          By:   /s/ RICHARD B. KELSON
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                                          Name:  Richard B. Kelson
                                          Title: Executive Vice President and
                                                 Chief Financial Officer


Dated: April 7, 2000




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