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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
SCHEDULE 13D
(RULE 13d-101)
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
ELECTROPURE, INC.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
286133
(CUSIP Number)
Catherine Patterson
Electropure, Inc.
23456 South Pointe Drive
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
(949) 770-9347
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
March 14, 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-1 (b) (3) or (4), check the following box |_|.
(Continued on following pages)
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The information required in 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 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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13D - AMENDMENT NO. 1
CUSIP No. 286133 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
WYATT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 77-0027705
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
00-SECURITIES SOLD, AS REPORTED HEREIN, WERE ORIGINALLY ACQUIRED
BY EXCHANGE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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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
CALIFORNIA, USA
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
NONE
NUMBER OF ----------------------------------------------------------
SHARES 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 1,950,000
OWNED BY ----------------------------------------------------------
EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING NONE
PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------
WITH 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,950,000
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
1,950,000
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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)
23.0% of the Common Stock
21.5% of voting power
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
CO
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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13D - AMENDMENT NO. 1
CUSIP No. 286133 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
PHILIP J. WYATT
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
00 - SECURITIES SOLD, AS REPORTED HEREIN, WERE ORIGINALLY ACQUIRED
BY EXCHANGE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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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
CALIFORNIA, USA
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
NONE
NUMBER OF ----------------------------------------------------------
SHARES 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 1,950,000
OWNED BY ----------------------------------------------------------
EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING NONE
PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------
WITH 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,950,000
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
1,950,000
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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)
23.0% OF THE COMMON STOCK
21.5% OF VOTING POWER
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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This Amendment No. 1 amends, in relevant part as follows, the Scheduled 13D,
jointly filed on November 17, 1997, by Wyatt Technology Corporation and Philip
J. Wyatt (collectively, the "Reporting Person") with respect to the common
stock, $0.01 par value per share ("Common Stock") of Electropure, Inc., a
California corporation.
ITEM 1.SECURITY AND ISSUER
Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of Electropure, Inc., a California
corporation ("Electropure"). Electropure's principal executive office is located
at 23456 South Pointe Drive, Laguna Hills, California 92653.
ITEM 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND
2.1 (a) Wyatt Technology Corporation
(b) 30 S. La Patera Lane, Suite B-7, Santa Barbara, CA
93117-3253
(c) Wyatt Technology Corporation is a privately-held,
California corporation, which manufactures
instrumentation and software for the analysis of
macromolecules and particles in solution.
(d) Not applicable
(e) Not applicable
(f) California, U.S.A.
2.2 (a) Philip J. Wyatt
(b) 30 S. La Patera Lane, Suite B-7, Santa Barbara, CA
93117-3253
(c) President and Chief Executive Officer of Wyatt
Technology Corporation, 30 S. La Patera Lane, Suite B-7,
Santa Barbara, CA 93117-3253. Mr. Wyatt is the majority
shareholder (60%) of Wyatt Technology Corporation, a
privately-held, California corporation.
(d) Not applicable
(e) Not applicable
(f) U.S.A.
2.3 (a) Geofrey K. Wyatt
(b) 30 S. La Patera Lane, Suite B-7, Santa Barbara, CA
93117-3253
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(c) Executive Vice President of Wyatt Technology
Corporation, 30 S. La Patera Lane, Suite B-7, Santa
Barbara, CA 93117-3253
(d) Not applicable
(e) Not applicable
(f) U.S.A.
2.4 (a) Carolyn Walton
(b) 30 S. La Patera Lane, Suite B-7, Santa Barbara, CA
93117-3253
(c) Vice President of Finance, Wyatt Technology Corporation,
30 S. La Patera Lane, Suite B-7, Santa Barbara, CA
93117-3253
(d) Not applicable
(e) Not applicable
(f) U.S.A.
2.5 (a) Clifford D. Wyatt
(b) 30 S. La Patera Lane, Suite B-7, Santa Barbara, CA
93117-3253
(c) Vice President of Sales, Wyatt Technology Corporation,
30 S. La Patera Lane, Suite B-7, Santa Barbara, CA
93117-3253
(d) Not applicable
(e) Not applicable
(f) U.S.A.
ITEM 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION
On March 14, 1998, Wyatt Technology Corporation sold, in private
transactions at $1.00 per share, 150,000 shares of Electropure, Inc. Common
Stock owned by the company. Of such shares, 100,000 were sold to Anthony M.
Frank, a principal shareholder of Electropure, Inc. and 50,000 shares were sold
to William F. Farnam, a Director of Electropure, Inc.
ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF THE TRANSACTION
Wyatt Technology Corporation acquired 2,100,000 shares of Electropure
Common Stock in a private transaction with the Issuer on October 25, 1997 in
consideration for a manufacturing
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agreement and for the grant of a license to certain intellectual property. Such
transaction provided that Electropure, Inc. would register up to, but no more
than, 630,000 of the shares issued in the transaction to the end that the same
may be sold by Wyatt to cover income taxes due on the October 25, 1997
transaction. The proceeds received from the private sale by Wyatt of 150,000 of
such shares will be utilized to pay such income taxes and, as a result,
registration of the remaining shares held by Wyatt is not required by the
Issuer.
Wyatt Technology Corporation and/or its President and majority (60%)
shareholder, Philip J. Wyatt, may in the future acquire, hold and dispose of
shares of Common Stock or warrants or options for such Common Stock or other
securities of Electropure and such transactions may be in the open market,
privately or directly from Electropure.
Except as set forth above, neither Mr. Wyatt nor Wyatt Technology
Corporation has any plans or proposals which may have, which related to or which
would result in:
(a) The acquisition by any person of additional securities of
Electropure, or the disposition of securities of Electropure;
(b) An extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger,
reorganization or liquidation, involving Electropure or any of its
subsidiaries;
(c) A sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of Electropure or
any of its subsidiaries;
(d) Any change in the present Board of Directors or management of
Electropure, including any plans or proposals to change the number
or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the
Board;
(e) Any material change in the present capitalization or dividend
policy of Electropure;
(f) Any other material change in Electropure's business or corporate
structure;
(g) Changes in Electropure's charter, bylaws or instruments,
correspondence thereto or other actions which may impede the
acquisition or control of Electropure by any person;
(h) Causing a class of securities of Electropure to be delisted from a
national securities exchange or to cease to be quoted in an
inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities
association;
(i) A class of equity securities of Electropure becoming eligible for
termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or
(j) Any action similar to any of those enumerated above.
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ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF ISSUER
(a) Wyatt Technology Corporation owns 1,950,000 shares of the Common
Stock of Electropure, each carrying one vote per share. As the
majority shareholder owning 60% of Wyatt Technology Corporation,
Philip J. Wyatt, beneficially owns 1,170,000 of such shares.
Philip J. Wyatt, majority shareholder of Wyatt Technology
Corporation, owns beneficially 13.8% of the Common Stock of the
Issuer, with 10.0% of the voting power of all classes of stock of
Electropure.
(b) Since Philip J. Wyatt controls Wyatt Technology Corporation,
Philip J. Wyatt and Wyatt Technology Corporation share voting and
dispositive power over the shares it owns.
(c) Since November 17, 1997, Wyatt Technology has entered into the
following transactions with regard to Electropure's Common Stock:
On March 14, 1998, Wyatt Technology Corporation sold 100,000
shares of Common Stock, at $1.00 per share, to Anthony M. Frank,
a principal shareholder of Electropure, Inc.
Also on March 14, 1998, Wyatt Technology Corporation sold 50,000
shares of Common Stock, at $1.00 per share, to William F. Farnam,
a Director of Electropure, Inc.
ITEM 6. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT
TO THE SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER
Pursuant to the October 15, 1997 transaction described in Item 4 above,
Electropure has been granted the right of first refusal to purchase any shares
offered by Wyatt for sale on the same terms offered to an unaffiliated, bonafide
third party.
ITEM 7. EXHIBITS
10.52 Technology Transfer Agreement, dated October 25, 1997, and
Exhibits A through E thereto. *
10.52.1 Joint Filing Agreement. *
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* Previously filed in connection with Schedule 13D filed on November 17, 1997
by the Reporting Person.
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SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D
is true, complete and correct.
Dated: June 19, 1998
/S/ PHILIP J. WYATT
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Philip J. Wyatt
WYATT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By /S/ PHILIP J. WYATT
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Philip J. Wyatt, President
