MAXUS ENERGY CORP /DE/
SC 14D1/A, 1995-03-28
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                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                Washington, D.C. 20549
                                   _______________

                                    SCHEDULE 14D-1
                      Tender Offer Statement Pursuant to Section
                 14(d)(1) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
                                  (Amendment No. 2)
                                   _______________

                               Maxus Energy Corporation
                              (Name of Subject Company)
                                   _______________

                                YPF Acquisition Corp.
                                       YPF S.A.
                                      (Bidders)
                                   _______________


                       Common Stock, Par Value $1.00 Per Share
                            (Title of Class of Securities)
                                   _______________

                                     577730 10 4
                        (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
                                   _______________

                                Mr. Jose A. Estenssoro
                             Avenida Roque Saenz Pena 777
                             1364 Buenos Aires, Argentina
                                   (54)(1) 329-2000

                                   with a copy to:

                               P. Dexter Peacock, Esq.
                                Andrews & Kurth L.L.P.
                              4200 Texas Commerce Tower
                                 Houston, Texas 77002
                                    (713) 220-4200

            (Names, Addresses and Telephone Numbers of Persons Authorized
             to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Bidders)




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          This Amendment No. 2 amends and supplements the Tender Offer
Statement on Schedule 14D-1 dated March 3, 1995 relating to the offer by YPF
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser") and a wholly owned
subsidiary of YPF Sociedad Anonima, a sociedad anonima organized under the laws
of the Republic of Argentina ("YPF"), to purchase all outstanding shares of
common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Shares"), of Maxus Energy
Corporation (the "Company"), as follows:

Item 4 --  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

          Item 4 of the Schedule 14D-1 is hereby amended by incorporating herein
by reference the information contained in Section 9 of Exhibit (a)(1) hereto,
entitled "Source and Amount of Funds", with such amendment thereto as is
hereafter described. Such Section 9 is hereby amended by adding thereto the
following:

               YPF and Chase agreed verbally that the various
          facilities contemplated by the Commitment Letter will, in
          the definitive loan documentation, be modified in a number
          of respects, including the following: (a) with respect to
          the YPF Facility, (i) the principal amount thereof will be
          increased by $50 million, and (ii) the interest rate
          applicable thereto will, until April 14, 1995, be the base
          rate (as defined in the applicable facility, the "Base
          Rate") plus a margin of 1/2%, and thereafter, the one, two or
          three-month London Interbank Offered Rate plus a margin of
          1 1/2%; (b) with respect to the Purchaser Facility, (i) the
          maximum principal amount thereof will be decreased by $50
          million and (ii) the interest rate applicable thereto will be
          either (A) the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate plus
          a margin of 2 1/4% or (B) the Base Rate plus a margin of
          1 1/4%; (c) with respect to the Subsidiaries Facility, (i)
          the maximum principal amount thereof will be decreased by
          $75 million, (ii) the interest rate applicable thereto
          will, until March 31, 1997, be either (A) the one, two
          or three-month London Interbank Offered Rate plus a margin
          of 2 1/4%, or (B) the Base Rate plus a margin of 1 1/4%, and
          thereafter either (C) the one, two or three-month London
          Interbank Offered Rate plus a margin of 2 3/4% or (D) the
          Base Rate plus a margin of 1 3/4%; and (d) the interest
          rate applicable to the Midgard Facility will be, until
          March 31, 1997, either (i) the one, two or three-month
          London Interbank Offered Rate plus a margin of 1 3/4% or
          (ii) the Base Rate plus a margin 


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    of 1 1/4%, and thereafter (iii) the one, two or three-month London
    Interbank Offered Rate plus a margin of 2 1/4%, or (iv) the Base Rate
    plus a margin of 1 1/4%; (e) the maturity of the Purchaser Facility
    will be the earlier of (i) the Effective Time and (ii) May 26, 1995;
    (f) the YPF Loan will be payable in five consecutive monthly installments,
    of which the last installment is payable on December 15, 1995, the Midgard
    Loan will be payable in 28 consecutive quarterly installments commencing
    on March 31, 1997 and the Subsidiaries Loan will be payable in 24
    consecutive quarterly installments commencing on March 31, 1997; and (g)
    the Subsidiaries Loan to Java and Sumatra will be secured by certain
    of the assets of Java and Sumatra, will be guaranteed by the
    Company and a new subsidiary formed to hold Java and Sumatra, and
    the guarantee by that holding company will be secured by stock of Java
    and Sumatra.

Item 10 --  Additional Information

          Item 10 of the Schedule 14D-1 is hereby amended by incorporating
herein by reference the information contained in Section 15 of Exhibit (a)(1)
hereto, entitled "Certain Legal Matters; Required Regulatory Approvals" with
such amendment thereto as is hereafter described.

          The paragraph of such Section 15 entitled "Certain Litigation" is
hereby amended by adding thereto the following:

    On March 28, 1995, YPF announced that it and the Company had reached an
    agreement in principle with the plaintiffs to settle the common stockholder
    litigation challenging the Offer and the Merger. In this connection, the
    plaintiffs have withdrawn their motion for a preliminary injunction to
    enjoin the Offer, which motion had been scheduled to be heard on March 28,
    1995 before the Delaware Chancery Court.


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Item 11 --  Material to be Filed as Exhibits

          Item 11 is hereby amended and supplemented by the addition of the
following, which is attached hereto as an exhibit:

          (g)(2)    Press release, dated March 28, 1995



                                    SIGNATURE

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

Dated:  March 28, 1995



                                   YPF S.A.



                                   By:   /s/ Jose A. Estenssoro     
                                       -----------------------------
                                       Name:  Jose A. Estenssoro
                                       Title:  President


                                   YPF Acquisition Corp.



                                   By:   /s/ Jose A. Estenssoro     
                                       -----------------------------
                                       Name:  Jose A. Estenssoro
                                       Title:  President














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                              EXHIBIT INDEX

        Exhibit                 Exhibit Name
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        (g)(2)          Press Release, dated March 1995


















                                                               Exhibit (g)(2)



["YPF" logo]
                                                YPF
                                                660 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor
                                                New York, New York 10021

Contacts:
New York -     Daniel Sneed
               212 838-9400

Buenos Aires - Jorge Estrela
               (54) 1 329-2126

            YPF S.A. ANNOUNCES MAXUS SHAREHOLDER LITIGATION AGREEMENT

Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 28, 1995 -- YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF)
announced that it and Maxus Energy Corporation (NYSE:MXS) have reached an
agreement in  principle with the plaintiffs to settle the previously disclosed
stockholder litigation brought by Maxus common shareholders challenging the
YPF tender offer for shares of common stock of Maxus and the proposed merger.
In this connection, the plaintiffs have withdrawn their motion for a preliminary
injunction to enjoin the YPF tender offer. That motion had been previously
scheduled to be heard today before the Delaware Chancery Court.


















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