HILTON HOTELS CORP
SC 14D1/A, 1997-11-12
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                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                              _______________________

                                  Schedule 14D-1
                              Tender Offer Statement
                                (Amendment No. 43)
                                    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) 65,000,000 shares of Com-
         mon Stock, no par value (the "Common Stock") of ITT Corpora-
         tion, a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), and (ii) unless and
         until validly redeemed by the Board of Directors of the Com-
         pany, 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
         $80 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 as-
         signed such terms in the Offer to Purchase and the Schedule
         14D-1.


         ITEM 11.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

         (a)(46)   Definitive Additional Proxy Material.<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:  November 10, 1997



                                       HILTON HOTELS CORPORATION



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

































                                       -2-<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:  November 10, 1997



                                       HLT CORPORATION



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


































                                       -3-<PAGE>







                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

         Exhibit             Description

         (a)(46)   Definitive Additional Proxy Material.











                                                      Exhibit (a)(46)



         PROXYGRAM SERVICES
         500 EIGHTH AVENUE
         NEW YORK, NY  10018
         
         CONFIDENTIAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 
         (Your identification number is confidential. It is to assure the
         operator of your identity.)

         Dear ITT Shareholder:

         After a six month delay, the ITT Annual Shareholder Meeting will
         finally take place on Wednesday, November 12.  As you cast your
         vote, we ask you to think about some important facts:

              * Hilton's revised $80 offer is clearly superior to the
                latest Starwood  proposal - whose nominal value hinges on
                overstated synergy benefits and questionable tax breaks -
                which has already come under intense scrutiny.

              * Our offer provides greater certainty and long term value
                with protection from the downside risk of a roller coaster
                stock market.

              * We offer $2.2 billion more cash up front.

              * We offer 2 shares of Hilton common stock - which we believe
                we can deliver tax free unlike the fully taxable Starwood
                proposal.

              * We offer a strong management team that has a proven
                successful track record.   

              * Starwood offers you nothing more than a thinly traded stock
                - no downside protection - and an unproven, inexperienced
                management team in both of ITT's core businesses of gaming
                and full service luxury hotels.

         YOU NOW HAVE A REAL CHOICE - VOTE FOR A REAL DEAL THAT PROVIDES
                                     REAL VALUE.

         VOTE TODAY TO REPLACE RAND ARASKOG AND HIS BOARD BY SIGNING,
                        DATING AND MAILING YOUR WHITE PROXY!

           PLEASE VOTE BY SENDING A TOLL-FREE PROXYGRAM NOW - YOUR VOTE IS
               IMPORTANT, AND IT WILL ONLY TAKE A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME.

                                VOTE TODAY TO RECEIVE

              * More CASH Now
              * More CERTAINTY
              * And A LOT LESS RISK<PAGE>





              Don't be fooled by the  ITT  Board's recent claims that they
              will hold an "auction" process if they get reelected.  DON'T
              BELIEVE THEM.  Without Hilton's lawsuit that enjoined ITT's
              comprehensive plan, your stock could still be trading at $63
              - $17 less than ITT's closing price on Friday. 

              Make no mistake about it, there is NO "AUCTION" after
              November 12.  If Rand and his board are elected, Hilton will
              withdraw its $80 offer. 

              We appreciate your support and careful consideration of all
              the information you have received over the last several
              months.

              TOLL - FREE PROXYGRAM OPERATORS ARE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST NOW.
              PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO VOTE YOUR WHITE PROXY.


                                    INSTRUCTIONS

         1.   Call Toll-Free 1-800-437-7699 between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00
              midnight eastern time.

         2.   Tell the operator that you wish to send a collect ProxyGram
              to ID No. 3301, Solicited on Behalf of Hilton Hotels
              Corporation and HLT Corporation.

         3.   State your name, address and telephone number.

         4.   State your confidential identification number and number of
              shares as shown below:

              CONFIDENTIAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:

              NUMBER OF SHARES: 


                                   ITT CORPORATION
                         1997 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

         This Proxy is Solicited on Behalf of Hilton Hotels Corporation and
         HLT Corporation

              The undersigned appoints Stephen F. Bollenbach, Matthew J.
         Hart, Scott A. LaPorta and Thomas E. Gallagher, and each of them,
         attorneys and agents with full power of substitution to vote all
         shares of common stock of ITT Corporation ("ITT") which the
         undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present at the
         1997 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of ITT, and including at any
         adjournments or postponements thereof and at any special meeting
         called in lieu thereof, as follows:<PAGE>





           HILTON HOTELS CORPORATION RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF
            ALL HILTON NOMINEES NAMED BELOW AND FOR THE RESOLUTIONS UNDER
                                   ITEMS 2 AND 3.

              1.  ELECTION OF DIRECTORS:  To elect to the Board of
         Directors of ITT (the "Board") such number of the following Hilton
         Nominees as equals the size of the Board:  Daniel J. Altobello,
         George N. Aronoff, Scott H. Bice, Barrie K. Brunet, James J.
         Florio, Fred D. Gibson, Jr., Dianne Jett, Robert S. Kingsley,
         Aubrey C. Lewis, Celeste Pinto McLain, Gilbert L. Shelton, Henry
         A. Collins, John Danhakl, Ernest E. East, John E. Humphreville,
         Robert L. Johander, J. Kenneth Looloian, Rocco J. Marano, James F.
         McAnally, Morris Pashman, Alan C. Snyder, Caroline L. Williams and
         Robert H. Wolf.  The first eleven of such individuals will be
         voted for to be elected to succeed the current eleven Directors
         (or any Director named to fill any vacancy created by the death,
         retirement, resignation or removal of any of such eleven
         Directors) of ITT.  One or more of such other individuals will be
         voted for to be elected (a) in the event that ITT purports to
         increase the number of Directorships pursuant to Section 2.2 of
         ITT's Amended and Restated Bylaws, to each additional Directorship
         created, and/or (b) in the event any of the first eleven of such
         individuals is unable for any reason to serve as a Director.

              (  ) FOR all Hilton Nominees       (  ) WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
                                                      for all Hilton
                                                      Nominees

         INSTRUCTION:  (To  withhold authority to vote for one or more
         individual Hilton Nominee(s), give that Nominee(s) name to the
         operator.)

              2.   RESOLUTION PROPOSED BY HILTON AND HLT.  To adopt the
                   following resolution:

         RESOLVED, that the stockholders of ITT Corporation ("ITT") urge
         the ITT Board of Directors to arrange for the sale of ITT to
         Hilton Hotels Corporation ("Hilton") or to any bidder offering a
         higher price, and if there be no higher bidder, to take all
         necessary action to permit the tender offer of Hilton and HLT
         Corporation ("HLT") and the proposed merger of ITT with Hilton,
         HLT or a subsidiary of Hilton to proceed, including, without
         limitation, action to satisfy the Rights Condition, the Control
         Share Condition and the Business Combination Condition set forth
         in HLT's Offer to Purchase dated January 31, 1997 (as such offer
         may be amended).

              (  ) FOR            (  ) AGAINST             (  ) ABSTAIN

              3.   RESOLUTION PROPOSED BY HILTON AND HLT.  To adopt the
                   following resolution:<PAGE>





         RESOLVED, that each and every provision of the Amended and
         Restated Bylaws of ITT Corporation adopted on or after July 23,
         1996 and prior to the adoption of this resolution is hereby
         repealed.

              (  ) FOR            (  ) AGAINST             (  ) ABSTAIN

              4.   IN THEIR DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER MATTERS AS
                   MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING.

              The undersigned hereby revokes any other proxy or proxies
         heretofore given to vote or act with respect to the shares of
         common stock of ITT held by the undersigned, and hereby ratifies
         and confirms all action the herein named attorneys and proxies,
         their substitutes, or any of them may lawfully take by virtue
         hereof.  If properly executed, this proxy will be voted as
         directed above.  If no direction is indicated with respect to the
         above proposals, this proxy will be voted FOR the election of all
         Hilton Nominees and FOR the proposals set forth in Items 2 and 3
         above and in the manner set forth in Item 4 above.

              This proxy will be valid until the sooner of one year from
         the date indicated below and the completion of the Annual Meeting.

         PLEASE GIVE OPERATOR YOUR NAME EXACTLY AS NAME APPEARS ON THIS
         PROXY.  WHEN SHARES ARE HELD JOINTLY, JOINT OWNERS SHOULD GIVE
         THEIR NAME TO THE OPERATOR.  EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES,
         ETC., SHOULD INDICATE THE CAPACITY IN WHICH SIGNING.


             IMPORTANT:  IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE IN VOTING, PLEASE CALL 
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