MAGMA COPPER CO
SC 14D1/A, 1996-01-23
PRIMARY SMELTING & REFINING OF NONFERROUS METALS
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                SCHEDULE 14D-1

                                Final Amendment
                                     and 
                                 SCHEDULE 13D

                                Final Amendment

              TENDER OFFER STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(D)(1)
                    OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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                             MAGMA COPPER COMPANY
                           (NAME OF SUBJECT COMPANY)

                                 BHP SUB INC.
                         A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF

                            BHP HOLDINGS (USA) INC.
                      AN INDIRECT WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY
                                      OF
                  THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COMPANY LIMITED
                                   (BIDDERS)
                         COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE
            5 5/8% CUMULATIVE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES D
                                $0.1 PAR VALUE
              6% CUMULATIVE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES E
                                $0.01 PAR VALUE

                                  559177 20 9
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                        (CUSIP NUMBER OF COMMON STOCK)

                                  559117 30 8
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                  (CUSIP NUMBER OF SERIES D PREFERRED STOCK)

                                 559 117 30 7
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                  (CUSIP NUMBER OF SERIES E PREFERRED STOCK)

                          T. Rognald Dankmeyer, Esq.
                   Senior Vice President and General Counsel
                                 BHP Minerals
                             550 California Street
                        San Francisco, California 94104
          (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO
           RECEIVE NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS ON BEHALF OF BIDDERS)

                                  copies to:

                             Joseph Handros, Esq.
                                Arnold & Porter
                                399 Park Avenue
                           New York, New York 10022
                                (212) 715-1125

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                    THE EXHIBIT INDEX IS LOCATED ON PAGE 4
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        This Statement constitutes the Final Amendment to the Tender Offer
Statement on Schedule 14D-1, dated December 5, 1995, (and, in accordance with 
instruction E to Schedule 14D-1, the Final Amendment to the Schedule 13D, dated
January 15, 1996) filed by BHP Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser"),
which is a wholly owned subsidiary of BHP Holdings (USA) Inc., a Delaware 
corporation, which in turn is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of The Broken
Hill Proprietary Company Limited, a Victoria, Australia corporation, relating 
to Purchaser's offer to purchase (1) all outstanding shares of Common Stock, 
par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Shares"), (2) all outstanding shares of
5 5/8% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, Series D, par value $0.01 per 
share (the "Series D Preferred Shares") and (3) all outstanding shares of 6% 
Cumulative Convertible Stock, Series E, par value $0.01 per shares (the "Series
E Preferred Shares"), of Magma Copper Company, a Delaware corporation, upon 
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, 
dated December 5, 1995, and in the related Letter of Transmittal.

        Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms contained herein have the 
same meanings as set forth in the Offer to Purchase.

       1.  Termination of Tender Offer. The tender offer expired on January 4,
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1996, at midnight, New York City time. On January 5, 1996, Purchaser announced
that it would accept for payment all Shares validly tendered pursuant to the
Offer. As of January 18, 1996, Purchaser held of record 51,000,543 Common
Shares, 1,248,462 Series D Preferred Shares and 1,443,232 Series E Preferred
Shares representing 97.9%, 99.6% and 99.7% of the aggregate shares outstanding
of each class, respectively. These shares include all of the Shares that were
tendered and accepted pursuant to the Offer and additional Shares consisting of
17,500 Series D Preferred Shares (representing 1.31% of such Shares) and 25,800
Series E Preferred Shares (representing 1.76% of such Shares) which were offered
by a single holder on January 10, 1996 and purchased at the same price and on
the same terms as Shares timely tendered. On January 18, 1996, BHP Sub Inc. was
merged with and into Company, whereupon BHP Peru Holdings Inc. became the 
sole shareholder of the Company.

        2.   Item 10 is hereby amended to add the following to paragraph (f) and
to reletter all previous amendments to Item 10 so that they appear ad seriatim 
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to paragraph (f), except for the information contained in Amendment No. 1:

Item 10.  Additional Information
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        (j) On Friday, January 19, 1996, BHP issued a press release, a copy of 
which is annexed hereto as Exhibit (g)(5) and incorporated herein by reference.

        3.  Item 11 is hereby amended to add the following and to reletter all 
previous exhibits so that they appear ad seriatim:
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Item 11.  Material to be Filed as Exhibits
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(g)(5)  Form of Press Release, issued January 19, 1996.

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                                   SIGNATURE

        After due inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, each of 
the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is 
true, complete and correct.

Dated; January 23, 1996

                                BHP SUB INC.
                                
                                By: /s/ T. Rognald Dankmeyer
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                                    Name:  T. Rognald Dankmeyer
                                    Title: Vice President
                            
                            
                                BHP HOLDINGS (USA) INC.
                                
                                By: /s/ T. Rognald Dankmeyer
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                                    Name:  T. Rognald Dankmeyer
                                    Title: Vice President
                            
                                
                                THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY 
                                COMPANY LIMITED
                                
                                By: /s/ T. Rognald Dankmeyer
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                                    Name:  T. Rognald Dankmeyer
                                    Title: Attorney-in-Fact
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT                     DESCRIPTION                     PAGE NO.
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g(5)               Form of Press Release, issued
                   January 19, 1996

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                                                               EXHIBIT 99.(g)(5)
 
                                  [LOGO] BHP


NEWS RELEASE


                         BHP Completes Merger With Magma
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San Francisco, California--January 19, 1996--The Broken Hill Proprietary 
Company Limited announced today that its subsidiary complete its merger with 
Magma Copper Company on January 18, 1996.


Media inquiries:      Jay Rhodes, San Francisco      (415) 774 2449 (work)
                                                     (415) 567-3600 (home)

Investor inquiries:   Pierre Hirsch, San Francisco   (415) 774 2030 (work)


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