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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 14D-1
AMENDMENT NO. 5*
Tender Offer Statement
Pursuant to Section 14(d)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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SPECTRAN CORPORATION
(Name of Subject Company)
SEATTLE ACQUISITION INC.
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Bidders)
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COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.10 PER SHARE
(Title of Class of Securities)
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847598109
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
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Pamela F. Craven, Esq.
Seattle Acquisition Inc.
C/o Lucent Technologies Inc.
600 Mountain Avenue
Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
(908) 582-8500
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Persons Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Bidders)
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Copies to:
Irving L. Rotter, Esq.
Sidley & Austin
875 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 906-2000
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*This Amendment No. 5 constitutes the final amendment to this Schedule 14D-1 and
constitutes the Schedule 13D under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of
Seattle Acquisition Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. in connection with the
acquisition of SpecTran Corporation.
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SCHEDULE 14D-1
CUSIP No. 847598109
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Seattle Acquisition Inc.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
AF
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5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO ITEMS 2(e) or 2(f) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
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7 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON
4,383,731
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8 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (7) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES [ ]
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9 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (7)
60.9%
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10 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
CO
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SCHEDULE 14D-1
CUSIP No. 847598109
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Lucent Technologies Inc.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC, OO
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5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(e)
or 2(f) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
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7 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
4,383,731
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8 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (7) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ]
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9 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (7)
60.9%
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10 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
CO
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TENDER OFFER
This Amendment No. 5 (the "Final Amendment") amends and supplements the
Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 14D-1 (as amended from time to time, the
"Schedule 14D-1") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") on July 21, 1999 with respect to the offer by Seattle Acquisition
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser") and a wholly owned subsidiary of
Lucent Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Parent"), to purchase all
outstanding shares (the "Shares") of Common Stock, par value $.10 per share (the
"Common Stock"), of SpecTran Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), at $9.00 per Share (the "Offer Price"), net to the seller in cash,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase
dated July 21, 1999 and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together
with any amendments or supplements thereto, collectively constitute the
"Offer"). This Final Amendment also constitutes the Schedule 13D under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the Purchaser and the Parent in connection
with the acquisition of the Shares as more fully described below. Unless
otherwise indicated herein, each capitalized term used but not defined herein
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Schedule 14D-1 or in the
Offer to Purchase referred to therein.
ITEM 5. PURPOSE OF THE TENDER OFFER AND PLANS OR PROPOSALS OF BIDDER
The information set forth in Item 5 is hereby amended and supplemented
by the following information:
The Parent expects the Company to call a special meeting of
stockholders to approve the Merger. At the special meeting of stockholders, the
Purchaser will vote all the Shares acquired by it pursuant to the Offer in
favor of the Merger, which will be sufficient to approve the Merger under the
Delaware General Corporation Law and the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation, without the vote of any other stockholder.
ITEM 6. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE SUBJECT COMPANY.
The information set forth in Item 6 is hereby amended and supplemented
by the following information:
The Offer expired at 12:00 midnight, Eastern time, on Tuesday, August
31, 1999. On September 1, 1999, the Purchaser accepted for payment a total of
4,383,731 Shares, representing approximately 60.9% of the outstanding Shares
(approximately 53.3% on a fully diluted basis).
On September 1, 1999, the Parent issued a press release announcing the
completion of the Offer, a copy of which has been filed as Exhibit (a)(12) to
this Final Amendment and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
ITEM 11. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.
(a)(12) Text of Press Release, dated September 1, 1999, issued by Parent.
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SIGNATURES
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.
Dated: September 3, 1999
SEATTLE ACQUISITION INC.
By: /s/ Pamela F. Craven
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Name: Pamela F. Craven
Title: Vice President
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By: /s/ Pamela F. Craven
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Name: Pamela F. Craven
Title: Vice President-Law
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
NUMBER EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
(a)(12) Text of Press Release, dated September 1, 1999, issued by Parent.
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NEWS RELEASE
[Lucent Technologies Letterhead]
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES EXPIRATION OF SPECTRAN TENDER OFFER
FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1999
MURRAY HILL, N.J. - Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced that its
tender offer for all outstanding shares of SpecTran Corporation expired at
midnight, Eastern time, Tuesday, August 31, 1999. Lucent accepted tendered
shares representing about 61 percent of SpecTran's outstanding shares
(approximately 53 percent on a fully diluted basis), meeting the minimum
condition for the tender offer.
Lucent expects SpecTran to call a special meeting of shareholders to
approve the merger of Lucent and SpecTran.
Lucent Technologies designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public
and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking
systems, business telephone systems and microelectronics components. Bell Labs
is the research and development arm for the company. More information about
Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., is available on its
Web site at http://www.lucent.com.
For more information, reporters may contact:
Jeff Baum
Lucent Technologies
908-582-7635 (office)
Email: [email protected]
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