PENNZOIL CO /DE/
SC 14D9/A, 1997-10-29
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
                                 SCHEDULE 14D-9
                     SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT
                               (AMENDMENT NO. 39)
                      PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(D)(4) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
                                PENNZOIL COMPANY
                           (Name of Subject Company)
 
                                PENNZOIL COMPANY
                      (Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)
 
                  COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.83 1/3 PER SHARE
           (including the associated Preferred Stock Purchase Rights)
                         (Title of Class of Securities)
 
                                  709903 10 8
                     (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
 
                                LINDA F. CONDIT
                              CORPORATE SECRETARY
                                PENNZOIL COMPANY
                         PENNZOIL PLACE, P.O. BOX 2967
                           HOUSTON, TEXAS 77252-2967
                                 (713) 546-8910
            (Name, address and telephone number of person authorized
     to receive notice and communications on behalf of the person(s) filing
                                   statement)
 
                                   Copies to:
 
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             MOULTON GOODRUM, JR.                          CHARLES F. RICHARDS, JR.
            BAKER & BOTTS, L.L.P.                         RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER
               ONE SHELL PLAZA                                ONE RODNEY SQUARE
          HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002-4995                              P.O. BOX 551
                (713) 229-1234                         WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19899-0551
                                                                (302) 658-6541
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     This Amendment No. 39 (this "Amendment") amends and supplements the
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9, as amended, originally
filed on July 1, 1997 by Pennzoil Company, a Delaware corporation ("Pennzoil"
or the "Company"), relating to a tender offer commenced by Resources Newco, 
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Union Pacific Resources Group Inc. ("UPR"), 
on June 23, 1997.
 
     All capitalized terms used in this Amendment without definition have the
meanings attributed to them in the Schedule 14D-9.
 
     The items of the Schedule 14D-9 set forth below are hereby amended by
adding the following:


ITEM 9. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS
 
        EXHIBIT
          NO.                          DESCRIPTION
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          108           Published advertisement of the Company dated October
                        29, 1997.
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     After reasonable 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.
 
                                          PENNZOIL COMPANY
 
Dated: October 29, 1997                  By:     /s/  James L. Pate
                                                      James L. Pate
                                             Chairman of the Board, President
                                               and Chief Executive Officer
 
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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 

        EXHIBIT
          NO.                          DESCRIPTION
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          108           Published advertisement of the Company dated October
                        29, 1997.

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 108


THE PENNZOIL TURNAROUND CONTINUES....Eight consecutive quarters of year-on-year
recurring earnings improvement. The Pennzoil turnaround is well underway. Don't
let UPR try to solve its problems at the expense of Pennzoil shareholders. Paid
for by Pennzoil Company. -- ADVT.



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