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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 14D-1
TENDER OFFER STATEMENT
(PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(D)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934)
(AMENDMENT NO. 4)
AND
SCHEDULE 13D
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO. 4)
DIGITAL LINK CORPORATION
(Name of Subject Company)
DLZ CORP.
VINITA GUPTA
NARENDRA K. GUPTA
GUPTA CHILDREN'S TRUST AGREEMENT
NARENDRA AND VINITA GUPTA LIVING TRUST
THE NAREN AND VINITA GUPTA FOUNDATION
(Bidders)
COMMON STOCK, NO PAR VALUE PER SHARE
(Title of Class of Securities)
253856 10 8
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
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VINITA GUPTA
DLZ CORP.
P.O. BOX 620154
WOODSIDE, CALIFORNIA 94062-0154
(408) 745-4550
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Bidders)
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COPY TO:
CHRISTOPHER KAUFMAN, ESQ.
LATHAM & WATKINS
135 COMMONWEALTH DRIVE
MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA 94025
(650) 328-4600
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DLZ Corp., a California corporation ("Purchaser") hereby amends and
supplements its Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 14D-1, as amended (the
"Schedule 14D-1"), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 10, 1999, with respect to the offer to purchase any and all of the
shares of Common Stock, no par value per share, of Digital Link Corporation, a
California corporation, for a purchase price of $10.30 per share upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and in the
related Letter of Transmittal. This Amendment No. 4 to the Schedule 14D-1 also
constitutes Amendment No. 4 to the Statement on Schedule 13D of Purchaser and
Vinita Gupta, Narendra Gupta, the Gupta Children's Trust Agreement, the Narendra
and Vinita Gupta Living Trust and The Naren and Vinita Gupta Foundation.
Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the
Schedule 14D-1.
ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
Item 10(f) of the Schedule 14D-1 is hereby amended and supplemented by
amending and supplementing the Offer to Purchase as follows:
On October 18, 1999, Purchaser issued a press release, a copy of which is
attached hereto as exhibit (a)(11) and is incorporated herein by reference,
relating to the extension of the Offer until 12:00 midnight, New York City time,
on Friday, October 22, 1999.
ITEM 11. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.
Item 11 of the Schedule 14D-1 is hereby amended and supplemented by the
following:
(a)(11) Press Release dated October 18, 1999.
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SIGNATURE
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.
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Dated: October 18, 1999 DLZ CORP.
By: /s/ VINITA GUPTA
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Name: Vinita Gupta
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
GUPTA CHILDREN'S TRUST AGREEMENT
By: /s/ VINITA GUPTA
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Name: Vinita Gupta
Title: Trustee
By: /s/ NARENDRA K. GUPTA
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Name: Narendra K. Gupta
Title: Trustee
NARENDRA AND VINITA GUPTA LIVING TRUST
By: /s/ VINITA GUPTA
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Name: Vinita Gupta
Title: Trustee
By: /s/ NARENDRA K. GUPTA
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Name: Narendra K. Gupta
Title: Trustee
THE NAREN AND VINITA GUPTA FOUNDATION
By: /s/ VINITA GUPTA
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Name: Vinita Gupta
Title: Trustee
By: /s/ NARENDRA K. GUPTA
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Name: Narendra K. Gupta
Title: Trustee
/s/ VINITA GUPTA
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Vinita Gupta
/s/ NARENDRA K. GUPTA
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Narendra K. Gupta
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Exhibit (a)(11)
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NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release CONTACT: Larry Dennedy
MacKenzie Partners, Inc.
(212) 929-5500
DLZ Corp. Extends Tender Offer
For Digital Link Shares To October 22, 1999
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SANTA CLARA, California, October 18, 1999-- DLZ Corp. announced today that it
had extended its offer to purchase the outstanding shares of Digital Link, Inc.
(NASDAQ:DLNK) for $10.30 cash per share. The offer will now expire at 12:00
midnight New York City time on October 22, 1999. As of 12:00 midnight New York
City time on October 15, 1999, 2,557,831 shares of Digital Link stock had been
tendered which, together with shares held by DLZ and its affiliates, constitutes
approximately 82.1% of the outstanding Digital Link stock.
Vinita Gupta, the founder of Digital Link and DLZ, a corporation formed to
purchase the shares of Digital Link held by the public, stated: "I am pleased by
the degree of support for our tender offer. Under California law, we cannot
consummate the tender offer together with the follow-on short-form merger unless
the tender offer together with our shares equals at least 90% of the outstanding
shares. We are extending the tender offer to see whether sufficient additional
shares are tendered by Friday October 22, 1999 because that would allow us to
get the shareholders their money quickly. If we are unable to reach 90% by
October 22, we will simply proceed with a long-form merger, which would
unfortunately delay payment to the shareholders by a number of months."
The Information Agent for the Tender Offer is MacKenzie Partners, Inc.
Additional information and copies of the tender offer documents can be obtained
from Mackenzie by calling (800) 322-2885.
ABOUT DIGITAL LINK
Digital Link Corporation is leading provider of high-performance,
cost-effective, digital network access products for narrowband and broadband
applications. The company offers access solutions that increase the level of
intelligence at the demarcation point where LAN's and WAN's meet. These products
are used by Internet service providers and carriers as infrastructure equipment,
and by enterprises for connectivity to WAN services. Digital Link is
headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and offers its products worldwide.
Additional information is available at Digital Link's website:
http://www.dl.com.
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