HILTON HOTELS CORP
SC 14D1/A, 1997-06-20
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                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                              _______________________

                                  Schedule 14D-1
                              Tender Offer Statement
                                (Amendment No. 19)
                                    Pursuant to
              Section 14(d)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                              _______________________


                                  ITT CORPORATION
                             (Name of Subject Company)


                             HILTON HOTELS CORPORATION
                                  HLT CORPORATION
                                     (Bidders)


                            COMMON STOCK, NO PAR VALUE
                          (Title of Class of Securities)

                                     450912100
                       (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)


                                  MATTHEW J. HART
               EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                             HILTON HOTELS CORPORATION
                              9336 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
                         BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA  90210
                                  (310) 278-4321
                   (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
      Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Bidders)




                                  WITH A COPY TO:

                                STEVEN A. ROSENBLUM
                          WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ
                                51 WEST 52ND STREET
                             NEW YORK, NEW YORK  10019
                            TELEPHONE:  (212) 403-1000<PAGE>







                   This Statement amends and supplements the Tender Of-
         fer Statement on Schedule 14D-1 filed with the Securities and
         Exchange Commission on January 31, 1997, as previously amended
         (the "Schedule 14D-1"), relating to the offer by HLT Corpora-
         tion, a Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser") and a wholly
         owned subsidiary of Hilton Hotels Corporation, a Delaware cor-
         poration ("Parent"), to purchase (i) 61,145,475 shares of Com-
         mon Stock, no par value (the "Common Stock"), of ITT Corpora-
         tion, a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), or such greater
         number of shares of Common Stock which, when added to the num-
         ber of shares of Common Stock owned by the Purchaser and its
         affiliates, constitutes a majority of the total number of
         shares of Common Stock outstanding on a fully diluted basis as
         of the expiration of the Offer, and (ii) unless and until val-
         idly redeemed by the Board of Directors of the Company, the
         Series A Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock Purchase
         Rights (the "Rights") associated therewith, upon the terms and
         subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase,
         dated January 31, 1997 (the "Offer to Purchase"), and in the
         related Letter of Transmittal, at a purchase price of $55 per
         share (and associated Right), net to the tendering stockholder
         in cash, without interest thereon.  Capitalized terms used and
         not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned such terms
         in the Offer to Purchase and the Schedule 14D-1.

         ITEM 10.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

                   On June 19, 1997, the United States Court of Appeals
         for the Ninth Circuit (the "Court of Appeals") affirmed the
         Nevada Court's order denying the Meeting Motion of Parent and
         the Purchaser.

                   A copy of the Court of Appeals' memorandum is filed
         herewith as Exhibit (g)(21) and is incorporated herein by ref-
         erence.

         ITEM 11.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

         (g)(21)   Decision of the Court of Appeals, dated June 19,
                   1997, affirming the Meeting Motion.<PAGE>







                                    SIGNATURE

              After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and be-
         lief, I certify that the information set forth in this state-
         ment is true, complete and correct.


         Dated:  June 19, 1997



                                       HILTON HOTELS CORPORATION



                                       By:    /s/ Matthew J. Hart    
                                       Name:   Matthew J. Hart
                                       Title:  Executive Vice President
                                               and Chief Financial Officer

































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                                    SIGNATURE

              After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and be-
         lief, I certify that the information set forth in this state-
         ment is true, complete and correct.


         Dated:  June 19, 1997



                                       HLT CORPORATION



                                       By:    /s/ Arthur M. Goldberg 
                                       Name:   Arthur M. Goldberg
                                       Title:  President


































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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

         Exhibit             Description

         (g)(21)   Decision of the Court of Appeals, dated June 19,
                   1997, affirming the Meeting Motion.








                                                 EXHIBIT (G)(21)


                                NOT FOR PUBLICATION

                          UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                               FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT


         HILTON HOTELS CORPORATION; and          )   No. 97-15702
         HLT CORPORATION,                        )
                                                 )   D.C. No. CV 97-95-PMP
                   Plaintiffs/Counter-Defendants/)
                   Appellants,                   )
                                                 )
         vs.                                     )
                                                 )
         ITT CORPORATION,                        )   MEMORANDUM*
                                                 )
                   Defendant/Counter-Claimant/   )
                   Appellee.                     )
                                                 )

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                            for the District of Nevada
                     Philip M. Pro, District Judge, Presiding

                            Submitted June 19, 1997**

         Before:   GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges


              This preliminary injunction appeal comes to us for review

         under Ninth Circuit Rule 3-3.  We have jurisdiction under 28

         U.S.C. Section 1292(a)(1), and we affirm.


         _____________________
         *    This disposition is not appropriate for publication and
         may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as
         provided by Ninth Cir. R. 36-3.

         **   The panel unanimously agrees that this case is appropriate
         for submission without oral argument pursuant to Fed. R. App.
         P. 34(a) and Ninth Cir. R. 34-4.  Accordingly, appellants' re-
         quest for oral argument is denied.<PAGE>






              Our inquiry is limited to whether the district court has

         abused its discretion in denying the preliminary injunction, or

         has based its decision on an erroneous legal standard.  See

         Does 1-5 v. Chandler, 83 F.3d 1150, 1152 (9th Cir. 1996).  The

         record before us shows that the district court did not rely

         upon an erroneous legal premise or abuse its discretion in con-

         cluding that appellants' showing of probable success on the

         merits was insufficient to warrant preliminary injunctive re-

         lief.  See id.

              Accordingly, the district court's denial of a preliminary

         injunction is AFFIRMED.*

























         _____________________
         *    Appellants' motion to file a corrected brief is granted.
         The Clerk shall file the corrected brief received on April 29,
         1997.


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