PYRAMID TECHNOLOGY CORP
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                 SCHEDULE 13E-3
                        RULE 13E-3 TRANSACTION STATEMENT
                               (AMENDMENT NO. 2)
       (PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(E) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                   AND RULE 13E-3 ((S)240.13E-3) THEREUNDER))
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                         PYRAMID TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
                              (NAME OF THE ISSUER)
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                         PYRAMID TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
                  SIEMENS NIXDORF MID-RANGE ACQUISITION CORP.
                     SIEMENS NIXDORF INFORMATIONSSYSTEME AG
                           SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
                      (NAME OF PERSON(S) FILING STATEMENT)
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                          COMMON STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE
                         (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)
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                                   747236107
                     (CUSIP NUMBER OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)
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        E. ROBERT LUPONE, ESQ.                    RICHARD H. LUSSIER
         SIEMENS CORPORATION                   CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
     1301 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS            PYRAMID TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019-6022                3860 N. FIRST STREET
            (212) 258-4000                    SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95134
                                                    (408) 428-9000
         (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSON(S) AUTHORIZED TO
  RECEIVE NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS ON BEHALF OF PERSON(S) FILING STATEMENT)
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                                   COPIES TO:
   PETER D. LYONS, ESQ.                         LARRY W. SONSINI, ESQ. 
   SHEARMAN & STERLING                          DOUGLAS H. COLLOM, ESQ. 
   599 LEXINGTON AVENUE                           AARON J. ALTER, ESQ. 
 NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022                 WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI 
    (212) 848-4000                                650 PAGE MILL ROAD 
                                             PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304-1050
                                                    (415) 493-9300
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  This statement is filed in connection with (check the appropriate box):
  a. [_] The filing of solicitation materials or an information statement
      subject to Regulation 14A [17 CFR 240.14a-1 to 240.14b-1], Regulation
      14C [17 CFR 240.14c-1 to 240.14c-101] or Rule 13e-3(c) [(S)240.13e-
      3(c)] under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
  b. [_] The filing of a registration statement under the Securities Act of
      1933.
  c. [X] A tender offer.
  d. [_] None of the above.
 
  Check the following box if the soliciting materials or information statement
referred to in checking box (a) are preliminary copies: [_]
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                           CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
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            TRANSACTION VALUATION                         AMOUNT OF FILING FEE
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            $261,772,336.00*                                  $52,354.46**
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 * Note: The Transaction Value is calculated by multiplying $16.00, the per
   share tender offer price, by 16,360,771, the sum of the number of shares of
   Common Stock outstanding not already owned by Siemens Informationssysteme AG
   and the 3,449,923 shares of Common Stock subject to options outstanding.
** 1/50 of 1% of Transaction Value.
 
[X] Check 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                      Filing Party:
  Paid: $52,354.46                           Siemens Nixdorf Mid-Range
                                             Acquisition Corp., Siemens Nixdorf
                                             Informationssysteme AG, Siemens 
                                             Aktiengesellschaft
 
  Form or Registration No:  Schedule
                            14D-1/Schedule 13D
                            (Amendment No. 5)
                                             Date Filed: January 27, 1995
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                                  INTRODUCTION
 
  This Amendment No. 2 to the Rule 13e-3 Transaction Statement on Schedule 13E-
3 filed with the Commission on February 13, 1995 (as amended the "Schedule 13E-
3") is being filed by (i) Siemens Nixdorf Mid-Range Acquisition Corp., a
Delaware corporation ("Purchaser") and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of
Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG ("SNI AG"), a corporation organized
under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany and a direct wholly owned
subsidiary of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft ("Siemens AG"), a corporation
organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, (ii) SNI AG, (iii)
Siemens AG, and (iv) Pyramid Technology Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), pursuant to Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and Rule 13e-3 thereunder, in connection with the tender
offer by Purchaser for all the outstanding shares of common stock, par value
$.01 per share (the "Shares"), of the Company, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated January 27, 1995 (the
"Offer to Purchase"), the related Letter of Transmittal, and the Supplement to
the Offer to Purchase, as amended and supplemented, dated February 15, 1995, a
copy of which is filed as Exhibit (d)(2) to the Schedule 13E-3 (the
"Supplement") (together, the Offer to Purchase, the Supplement and the Letter
of Transmittal constitute the "Offer").
 
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ITEM 16. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
 
  Item 16 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
 
    On February 22, 1995, the German Bundeskartellamt informed SNI AG that
  its review of the intended merger of the Company and Purchaser has been
  completed and that there are no objections by the German Bundeskartellamt
  to the completion of the merger. Accordingly, the condition to the Offer
  relating to the review of the transaction by the German Bundeskartellamt
  has been satisfied.
 
    On February 23, 1995, SNI AG was informed by the Committee on Foreign
  Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") that CFIUS has determined that it
  will not commence an investigation of the proposed acquisition of the
  Company by SNI AG pursuant to the Exon-Florio law. Accordingly, the
  condition to the Offer relating to the Exon-Florio law has been satisfied.
 
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                                   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.
 
February 24, 1995
 
                                        Siemens Nixdorf Mid-Range Acquisition
                                        Corp.
 
                                            /s/ Gerhard Schulmeyer
                                        By:_____________________________________
                                          Name: Gerhard Schulmeyer
                                          Title: President
 
                                        Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
 
                                            /s/ Gerhard Schulmeyer
                                        By:_____________________________________
                                          Name: Gerhard Schulmeyer
                                          Title: President
 
                                        Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
 
                                            /s/ Adrienne Whitehead
                                        By:_____________________________________
                                          Name: Adrienne Whitehead
                                          Title: Attorney-in-Fact
 
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                                   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.
 
February 24, 1995
 
                                     Pyramid Technology Corporation
 
                                          /s/ John S. Chen
                                     By: _____________________________________
                                         Name: John S. Chen
                                         Title: President and Chief  Operating
                                         Officer
 
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