HARNISCHFEGER INDUSTRIES INC
SC 14D1/A, 1997-06-02
MINING MACHINERY & EQUIP (NO OIL & GAS FIELD MACH & EQUIP)
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                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                                           



                                   AMENDMENT NO. 7

                                         TO

                                   SCHEDULE 14D-1
                               TENDER OFFER STATEMENT
         PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(D)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934




                               GIDDINGS & LEWIS, INC.
                              (Name of Subject Company)


                                  DSFA CORPORATION
                           HARNISCHFEGER INDUSTRIES, INC.
                                      (Bidders)


                       COMMON STOCK, $.10 PAR VALUE PER SHARE
                           (Title of Class of Securities)


                                     375048-10-5
                        (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)


                                                           


                               K. THOR LUNDGREN, ESQ.
                           HARNISCHFEGER INDUSTRIES, INC.
                                3600 SOUTH LAKE DRIVE
                            ST. FRANCIS, WISCONSIN 53235
     (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices
              and Communications on Behalf of Persons Filing Statement)


                                      COPY TO:

                             ANDREW R. BROWNSTEIN, ESQ.
                           WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ
                                 51 WEST 52ND STREET
                              NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
                                   (212) 403-1000
                                                                            <PAGE>






                This Statement amends and supplements the Tender Offer
        Statement on Schedule 14D-1 filed with the Securities and
        Exchange Commission on April 28, 1997, as amended (the "Schedule
        14D-1"), relating to the offer by DSFA Corporation, a Delaware
        corporation (the "Purchaser") and a wholly owned subsidiary of
        Harnischfeger Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation
        ("Parent"), to purchase all outstanding shares of Common Stock,
        $.10 par value per share (the "Common Shares"), together with
        (unless and until the Purchaser declares that the Rights
        Condition is satisfied) the Rights, of Giddings & Lewis, Inc., a
        Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"), at a price of $19 per
        Common Share (and associated Right), net to the seller in cash,
        without interest thereon (the "Offer Price"), upon the terms and
        subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase
        dated April 28, 1997 (the "Offer to Purchase") and in the related
        Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of Transmittal") (which, as
        either may be amended from time to time, together constitute the
        "Offer").  Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall
        have the meanings assigned such terms in the Offer to Purchase
        and the Schedule 14D-1.

        ITEM 10.   ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

                   The Purchaser has extended the Offer until midnight,
        Eastern Daylight Time, on Friday, June 6, 1997.  On June 2, 1997,
        Parent issued a press release relating to the extension of the
        Offer.  The full text of such press release is filed herewith as
        Exhibit (a)(17) and is incorporated herein by reference.



        ITEM 11.   MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS


            (a)(17) Press release, dated June 2, 1997, issued by Parent.<PAGE>






                                    SIGNATURES

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



                                       HARNISCHFEGER INDUSTRIES, INC.



                                       By:  /s/ Francis M. Corby, Jr.
                                       Name:  Francis M. Corby, Jr.
                                       Title: Executive Vice President for
                                                 Finance and Administration



                                       DSFA CORPORATION



                                       By:  /s/ Francis M. Corby, Jr.
                                       Name:  Francis M. Corby, Jr.
                                       Title: Vice President and Treasurer






        Dated: June 2, 1997 <PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT INDEX


          EXHIBIT
            NO.*     DESCRIPTION                                 


           (a)(1)*        Offer to Purchase, dated April 28, 1997.

           (a)(2)*        Form of Letter of Transmittal.

           (a)(3)*        Form  of  Letter  from  Lehman  Brothers  Inc.  to
                          Brokers,    Dealers,   Commercial   Banks,   Trust
                          Companies and Nominees.

           (a)(4)*        Form of Letter from Brokers,  Dealers,  Commercial
                          Banks, Trust Companies and Nominees to Clients.

           (a)(5)*        Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

           (a)(6)*        Form  of  Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer
                          Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9.

           (a)(7)*        Summary Advertisement as  published  in  The  Wall
                          Street Journal on April 28, 1997.

           (a)(8)*        Press Release, dated April 25, 1997.

           (a)(9)*        Press Release, dated April 28, 1997.

           (a)(10)*       Press  Release,  dated  May  8,  1997,  issued  by
                          Parent.

           (a)(11)*       Press  Release,  dated  May  9,  1997,  issued  by
                          Parent.

           (a)(12)*       Text of Letter, dated May 9, 1997, from Jeffery T.
                          Grade to Marvin L. Isles.

           (a)(13)*       Press release,  dated  May  13,  1997,  issued  by
                          Parent.

           (a)(14)*       Press  release,  dated  May  15,  1997,  issued by
                          Parent.  

           (a)(15)*       Press release,  dated  May  27,  1997,  issued  by
                          Parent.

           (a)(16)*       Press  release,  dated  May  27,  1997,  issued by
                          Parent.

           (a)(17)        Press release,  dated  June  2,  1997,  issued  by
                          Parent.

           (b)(1)*        Commitment  Letter,  dated  April  21, 1997, among
                          Harnischfeger   Industries,   Inc.,   The    Chase
                          Manhattan Bank and Chase Securities Inc.

           (c)            Not applicable.

           (d)            Not applicable.

           (e)            Not applicable.

           (f)            None.

           (g)(1)*        Preliminary      Solicitation     Statement     of
                          Harnischfeger   Industries,    Inc.    and    DSFA
                          Corporation,  filed  with  the Commission on April
                          28, 1997.

      _______________________________

      *   Previously filed.<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT INDEX


          EXHIBIT
            NO.      DESCRIPTION                                 


           (g)(2)*        Preliminary  Proxy  Statement   of   Harnischfeger
                          Industries,  Inc. and DSFA Corporation, filed with
                          the Commission on April 28, 1997.

           (g)(3)*        Complaint  seeking  Declaratory   and   Injunctive
                          Relief  filed  in the United States District Court
                          for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on April 25,
                          1997.

           (g)(4)*        Revised   Preliminary  Solicitation  Statement  of
                          Harnischfeger   Industries,    Inc.    and    DSFA
                          Corporation,  filed with the Commission on May 13,
                          1997.

           (g)(5)*        Revised    Preliminary    Proxy    Statement    of
                          Harnischfeger    Industries,    Inc.    and   DSFA
                          Corporation, filed with the Commission on May  13,
                          1997.

           (g)(6)*        Definitive Solicitation Statement of Harnischfeger
                          Industries, Inc. and DSFA Corporation, filed  with
                          the Commission on May 15, 1997.


      _______________________________

      *    Previously filed.











                                                                Exhibit (a)(17)


For further information on this release, call                                  

Contact:
Francis M. Corby, Jr.          James C. Benjamin       David A. Brukardt
Executive Vice President       V.P. and Controller     Director, Corporate 
Finance and Administration     (414) 486-6870          Communication
(414) 486-6518                                         (414) 486-6474


                 HARNISCHFEGER EXTENDS CASH TENDER OFFER FOR G&L


        MILWAUKEE -- June 2, 1997 -- Harnischfeger Industries, Inc.

        (NYSE:HPH) today announced an extension until midnight EDT,

        Friday, June 6, 1997, of its cash tender offer for all issued

        and outstanding shares of Giddings & Lewis, Inc. (NASDAQ:GIDL)

        at a price of $19 per share.  The tender offer and withdrawal

        rights were previously scheduled to expire at midnight on May

        30.


                   Harnischfeger has been advised by the depositary for

         the tender offer that as of midnight on May 30, 1997, ap-

         proximately 3,429,664 shares of G&L stock had been tendered and

         not withdrawn.

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         HARNISCHFEGER INDUSTRIES, INC. [NYSE:HPH] IS A GLOBAL COMPANY
         WITH BUSINESS SEGMENTS INVOLVED IN THE MANUFACTURE AND DISTRI-
         BUTION OF EQUIPMENT FOR UNDERGROUND MINING (JOY MINING MACHIN-
         ERY), SURFACE MINING (P&H MINING EQUIPMENT), PULP AND PAPERMAK-
         ING (BELOIT CORPORATION), AND MATERIAL HANDLING (P&H MATERIAL
         HANDLING).


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