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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO. 9)*
HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, $.01 Par Value
(Title of Class of Securities)
43761400
(CUSIP Number)
William S. Sterns, III, Esq.; WALTER, CONSTON, ALEXANDER & GREEN, P.C.
90 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10016, TEL. (212) 210-9400
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communications)
April 1, 1998
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-l(b)(3) or (4), check the following box / /.
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with the statement. (A fee is not
required only if the reporting person: (1) has a previous statement on file
reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of
securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7.)
Note: Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be filed with
the Commission. See Rule 13a-l(a) for other parties to whom copies are to be
sent.
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
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SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP NO. 43761400 PAGE 2 OF 8 PAGES
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
August von Finck
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) / /
(b) /x/
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS* N/A
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO ITEMS 2(D) OR 2(E) / /
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
German
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF
SHARES 21,000,000
BENEFICIALLY ----------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH
REPORTING - 0 -
PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------
WITH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
21,000,000
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
- 0 -
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
21,000,000
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES* / /
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
8.78%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP NO. 43761400 PAGE 3 OF 8 PAGES
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
August-Francois von Finck
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) / /
(b) /x/
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS* PF
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO ITEMS 2(D) OR 2(E) / /
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
German
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF
SHARES 3,000,000
BENEFICIALLY ----------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH
REPORTING - 0 -
PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------
WITH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
3,000,000
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
- 0 -
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
3,000,000
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES* / /
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
1.26%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP NO. 43761400 PAGE 4 OF 8 PAGES
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Maria-Theresia von Finck
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) / /
(b) /x/
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS* PF
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO ITEMS 2(D) OR 2(E) / /
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
German
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF
SHARES 3,000,000
BENEFICIALLY ---------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH
REPORTING - 0 -
PERSON ---------------------------------------------------
WITH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
3,000,000
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
- 0 -
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
3,000,000
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES* / /
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
1.26%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP NO. 43761400 PAGE 5 OF 8 PAGES
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Luitpold-Ferdinand von Finck
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) / /
(b) /x/
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS* PF
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO ITEMS 2(D) OR 2(E) / /
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
German
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF
SHARES 3,000,000
BENEFICIALLY ----------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH
REPORTING - 0 -
PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------
WITH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
3,000,000
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
- 0 -
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
3,000,000
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES* / /
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
1.26%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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Schedule 13D
AMENDMENT No. 9
This Amendment No. 9 to Schedule 13D relating to the common stock, par
value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Homestake Mining Company (the
"Issuer") is being filed on behalf of August von Finck pursuant to Section
13(d)(2) of the Act to amend the Schedule 13D originally filed on March 9, 1998,
amended on April 23, 1998, May 20, 1998, May 27, 1998, July 15, 1998, August 4,
1998, August 13, 1998, September 25, 1998 and December 8, 1998, and on behalf of
August-Francois von Finck, Luitpold-Ferdinand von Finck and Maria-Theresia von
Finck to amend the Schedule 13 D filed on December 8, 1998. Unless otherwise
indicated, all capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have
the same meaning as set forth on the original Schedule 13D.
Item 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION.
Item 4 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read
as follows:
Each Reporting Person has no present plans or proposals which
relate to or would result in any of the matters or events
referred to in clauses (a) - (i) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D,
except as follows:
Each Reporting Person may dispose of all or some of the shares
of Common Stock, or may acquire additional shares of Common
Stock, from time to time, depending upon price and market
conditions, the evaluation of alternative investments, and
other factors.
A nominee of Mr. August von Finck, Mr. Gerhard Ammann, has
been elected to the Board of Directors of the Issuer effective
September 25, 1998. Mr. Ammann, a chartered accountant, is a
Partner with Deloitte and Touche Experta Ltd. in Zurich,
Switzerland.
Mr. August von Finck submitted a Hart-Scott-Rodino
notification and report to the Federal Trade Commission and
the Department of Justice to seek permission to acquire up to
24.99%, in the aggregate, of the shares of Common Stock and,
on June 29, 1998, was notified that an early termination was
granted.
On or about April 1, 1999, each Reporting Person executed and
delivered to the Issuer an affiliate letter proposed by the
Issuer (each, an "Affiliate Letter"). The Affiliate Letters
were requested by the Issuer in connection with that certain
Arrangement Agreement, dated as of March 7, 1999 (the
"Arrangement Agreement"), by and between the Issuer, Homestake
Canada Holdings Company, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability
corporation, and Argentina Gold corp., a corporation governed
by the laws of Canada ("Argentina Gold"). So as to ensure that
the implementation of the Arrangement Agreement could be
accounted for using the "pooling-of-interests" method, each
Reporting Person has covenanted not to sell, transfer or
otherwise dispose of, or reduce his or her risk with respect
to, any securities of the Issuer until after the Issuer has
publicly released a report including the combined financial
results of the Issuer and Argentina Gold for a period of at
least thirty (30) days of combined operations, provided,
however, that each Reporting Person may sell or otherwise
dispose of securities of the Issuer before the thirty-day
period prior to the Argentina Gold
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Shareholders' Meeting at which the Arrangement is to be
presented for shareholder approval (expected to be held on or
about April 27, 1999) if the Securities and Exchange
Commission advises the Issuer that such disposition would be
consistent with the Arrangement being conducted as a
"pooling-of-interests." No Reporting Person has any such plans
at present.
Item 6. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIP WITH
RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.
Item 6 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read
as follows:
The Transferees are adult children of Mr. August von Finck.
The filing of this Amendment No. 9 to the Schedule 13D shall
be construed as neither an admission Mr. August von Finck is,
or since December 4, 1998 has been, the beneficial owner of
more than the 21,000,000 shares of Common Stock owned by him,
Mr. August-Francois von Finck is the beneficial owner of more
than the 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock owned by him, Mr.
Luitpold-Ferdinand von Finck is the owner of more than the
3,000,000 shares of Common Stock owned by him and Ms.
Maria-Theresia von Finck is the beneficial owner of more than
the 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock owned by her, nor an
admission that the Reporting Persons are members of a "group"
within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Act.
Certain Affiliate Letters were executed and delivered on or
about April 1, 1999. See item 4.
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SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and
belief, the undersigned certify that the information set forth in the Statement
is true, correct and complete.
DATED: April 26, 1999 August von Finck
By: /s/ Ernst Knut Stahl
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Ernst Knut Stahl, attorney in fact
By: /s/ Rainer Nocon
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Rainer Nocon, attorney in fact
August-Francois von Finck
By: /s/ Ernst Knut Stahl
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Ernst Knut Stahl, attorney in fact
By: /s/ Rainer Nocon
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Rainer Nocon, attorney in fact
Luitpold-Ferdinand von Finck
By: /s/ Ernst Knut Stahl
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Ernst Knut Stahl, attorney in fact
By: /s/ Rainer Nocon
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Rainer Nocon, attorney in fact
Maria-Theresia von Finck
By: /s/ Ernst Knut Stahl
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Ernst Knut Stahl, attorney in fact
By: /s/ Rainer Nocon
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Rainer Nocon, attorney in fact
