INVACARE CORP
SC 14D1/A, 1997-07-24
ORTHOPEDIC, PROSTHETIC & SURGICAL APPLIANCES & SUPPLIES
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
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                                AMENDMENT NO. 29
                                       TO
                                 SCHEDULE 14D-1
                             TENDER OFFER STATEMENT
     (PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(D)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934)
 
                         HEALTHDYNE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                           (Name of Subject Company)
 
                                  I.H.H. CORP.
                              INVACARE CORPORATION
                                   (Bidders)
 
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                    COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
                         (Title of Class of Securities)
 
                                    18139610
                     (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
 
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                            THOMAS R. MIKLICH, ESQ.
  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, GENERAL COUNSEL, TREASURER AND CORPORATE SECRETARY
                              INVACARE CORPORATION
                              899 CLEVELAND STREET
                               ELYRIA, OHIO 44035
 
                           TELEPHONE: (216) 329-6000
                 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
     Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Bidders)
 
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                                    COPY TO:
                             ROBERT E. SPATT, ESQ.
                           SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT
                              425 LEXINGTON AVENUE
                         NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017-3954
                           TELEPHONE: (212) 455-2000
 
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    This Amendment No. 29 amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on
Schedule 14D-1 filed on January 27, 1997 (as amended, the "Schedule 14D-1")
relating to the offer by I.H.H. Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser")
and a wholly owned subsidiary of Invacare Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the
"Parent"), to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the "Shares"), of Healthdyne Technologies, Inc., a Georgia
corporation (the "Company"), and unless and until the Purchaser declares that
the Rights Condition as defined in the Offer to Purchase referred to below is
satisfied) the associated Preferred Stock Purchase Rights (the "Rights") issued
pursuant to the Rights Agreement, as amended, dated as of May 22, 1995, between
the Company and SunTrust Bank, Atlanta (formerly Trust Company Bank), as Rights
Agent, at a purchase price of $15 per Share (and associated Right), net to the
seller in cash, without interest thereon, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated January 27, 1997, as amended
and supplemented by the Supplements thereto dated April 4, 1997 and June 6, 1997
(the "Offer to Purchase"), and in the related Letter of Transmittal. Unless
otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Schedule 14D-1.
 
    The Schedule 14D-1 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
 
    On July 24, 1997, the Parent sold 190,000 Shares at an average price per
Share of $17.01. The Parent is now the beneficial owner of 410,000 Shares
(including 100 Shares owned by the Purchaser), representing approximately 3.0%
of the Shares outstanding based on the most recent information provided by the
Company.
 
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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.
 
                                INVACARE CORPORATION
 
                                By:            /s/ THOMAS R. MIKLICH
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                                     Name: Thomas R. Miklich
                                     Title:  Chief Financial Officer
 
                                I.H.H. CORP.
 
                                By:            /s/ THOMAS R. MIKLICH
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                                     Name: Thomas R. Miklich
                                     Title:  President
 
Date: July 24, 1997


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