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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
SCHEDULE 14D-9
SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(D)(4) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
GRIFFIN TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
(Name of subject company)
GRIFFIN TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
(Name of person(s) filing statement)
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE
$0.05 PER SHARE
(Title of class of securities)
398268 10 2
((CUSIP) number of class of securities)
ROBERT S. URLAND
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
GRIFFIN TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
1133 CORPORATE DRIVE
FARMINGTON, NEW YORK 14425
(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized
to receive notice and communications on behalf of
the person(s) filing statement)
WITH A COPY TO:
JOHN C. PARTIGAN, ESQ.
NIXON, HARGRAVE, DEVANS & DOYLE LLP
CLINTON SQUARE
P.O. BOX 1051
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 14603
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This Amendment No. 1 amends and supplements the
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (the "Schedule 14D-9")
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 1995 by Griffin
Technology Incorporated, a New York corporation (the "Company"), relating to a
tender offer made by D-GT Acquisition, Incorporated, a New York corporation (the
"Purchaser") and wholly-owned subsidiary of Diebold, Incorporated, an Ohio
corporation, to purchase all of the outstanding shares of the Company's common
stock, par value $0.05 per share (the "Shares") at $7.75 per share net to the
seller in cash.
Except as otherwise indicated herein, the information set forth in
the Schedule 14D-9 remains unchanged and each capitalized term used herein and
not defined shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Schedule 14D-9.
ITEM 3. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
The response to Item 3 is hereby amended by adding the following
statement:
The waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements
Act of 1976, as amended, applicable to the purchase of the Shares pursuant to
the Offer was early terminated on October 31, 1995.
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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.
Date: November 2, 1995
GRIFFIN TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Robert S. Urland
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Name: Robert S. Urland
Title: President and
Chief Executive Officer
