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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 17, 1998
FILE NO. 1-8827
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 13E-4
ISSUER TENDER OFFER STATEMENT
(PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(E)(1)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934)
(FINAL AMENDMENT)
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ARAMARK CORPORATION
(NAME OF ISSUER AND PERSON FILING STATEMENT)
COMMON STOCK, CLASS A, PAR VALUE
$0.01 PER SHARE (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)
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MARTIN W. SPECTOR
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT,
GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
ARAMARK CORPORATION
ARAMARK TOWER
1101 MARKET STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19107
(215) 238-3000
(NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE NOTICES
AND COMMUNICATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE PERSON FILING STATEMENT)
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COPY TO:
CHARLES I. COGUT, ESQ.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT
425 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017-3954
(212) 455-2000
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This Final Amendment amends and supplements the Statement on Schedule 13E-4,
filed May 15, 1998 (as amended, the "Statement") relating to the issuer tender
offer by ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), to
purchase all outstanding shares of its Common Stock, Class A, par value $0.01
per share (the "Shares"), at a price of $500.00 per Share, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated May 15,
1998 (as supplemented, the "Offer to Purchase") and the related Letter of
Transmittal (which together constitute the "Offer.")
At 5:00 P.M., Philadelphia time, on Monday, June 15, 1998, the Offer
expired. The Company has accepted for purchase all 1,062,485 of the Shares
(approximately 56% of the Shares outstanding) validly tendered and not
properly withdrawn prior to the expiration of the Offer.
ITEM 9. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.
Item 9 is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following:
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(a)(8) Press Release of the Company dated June 16, 1998.
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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.
Aramark Corporation
June 17, 1998
/s/ Martin W. Spector
By:
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MARTIN W. SPECTOR
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT,
GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
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EXHIBIT (A)(8)
ARAMARK INCREASES EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP TO 93% OF CORPORATION
Philadelphia, PA, June 16, 1998: ARAMARK Corporation announced today that
its cash offer for all outstanding shares of its Class A Common Stock expired,
as scheduled, at 5:00 p.m., Philadelphia time on Monday, June 15, 1998.
ARAMARK Corporation has accepted for purchase all 1,062,485 of the shares
validly tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to the expiration of the
offer.
ARAMARK Chairman and CEO, Joe Neubauer, said the results of the tender offer
were positive for the corporation and its shareholders. As a result of the
tender offer, employee ownership increased to 93%.
ARAMARK, headquartered in Philadelphia, is a $6.3 billion world leader in
providing managed services--primarily food, clothing and education--to the
business, government, education and healthcare markets. ARAMARK has over
150,000 employees serving 15 million people at 500,000 locations in 15
countries every day.
