LEAR SEATING CORP
SC 14D1/A, 1996-06-06
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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. 2)
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                              MASLAND CORPORATION
                           (NAME OF SUBJECT COMPANY)
 
                              PA ACQUISITION CORP.
                                LEAR CORPORATION
                                   (BIDDERS)
 
                     COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE
           (INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATED PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE RIGHTS)
                         (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)
 
                                   574806105
 
                     (CUSIP NUMBER OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)
                             JAMES H. VANDENBERGHE
                              21557 TELEGRAPH ROAD
                           SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN 48034
                                 (810) 746-1500
          (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO
            RECEIVE NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS ON BEHALF OF BIDDERS)
 
                                    Copy to:
 
                            JOHN L. MACCARTHY, ESQ.
                                WINSTON & STRAWN
                              35 WEST WACKER DRIVE
                                   SUITE 4200
                            CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601
                                 (312) 558-5600
 
                           CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
 
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           Transaction Valuation*                                 Amount of Filing Fee
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              $384,865,636.94                                          $76,973.12
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 *  Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the amount of filing fee. The
    amount assumes the purchase of 15,473,597 shares of Common Stock, par value
    $.01 per share of the Subject Company (together with the associated 
    preferred stock purchase rights, the "Shares"), comprised of (i) the 
    13,590,393 Shares that were outstanding as of May 23, 1996 and (ii) 
    1,883,204 Shares that would be issued assuming the exercise as of May 23, 
    1996 of all the then outstanding stock options and warrants to acquire 
    Shares pursuant to the Subject Company's 1991 Stock Purchase and Option 
    Plan, 1993 Stock Option Incentive Plan and Non-Employee Director Stock 
    Option Plan (the "Stock Option Shares"), at a price per Share of $26.00 in
    cash, less $17,447,885.06 representing the number of Stock Option Shares 
    multiplied by an average exercise price of $9.265 applicable to the stock 
    options and warrants relating to the Stock Option Shares.
 
/X/ Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2)
    and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid.
    Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form
    or Schedule and the date of its filing.
 
AMOUNT PREVIOUSLY PAID:  $76,973.12         FILING PARTY:   PA ACQUISITION CORP.
                                                            LEAR CORPORATION
 
FORM OR REGISTRATION NO.:  SCHEDULE 14D-1   DATE FILED:     MAY 30, 1996
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     Lear Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), and PA Acquisition
Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the
"Purchaser"), hereby amend and supplement their Tender Offer Statement on
Schedule 14D-1, filed on May 30, 1996 (as amended, the "Schedule 14D-1"),
relating to the offer by the Purchaser and Parent to purchase all of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (together with the
associated rights to purchase Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par
value $.01 per share, the "Shares") of Masland Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), as set forth in this Amendment No. 2. The item
numbers and responses thereto below are in accordance with the requirements of
Schedule 14D-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
ITEM 11. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.
 
     Item 11 is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following exhibit:
 
     (a)(10) Letter to Participants in the Masland Associates Security Plan.
 
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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.
 
Dated: June 6, 1996                       PA ACQUISITION CORP.
 
                                          By: /s/ James H. Vandenberghe
 
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                                            Name: James H. Vandenberghe
                                            Title: Executive Vice President and
                                                   Chief Financial Officer
 
                                          LEAR CORPORATION
 
                                          By: /s/ James H. Vandenberghe
 
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                                            Name: James H. Vandenberghe
                                            Title: Executive Vice President and
                                                   Chief Financial Officer
 
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
 
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99.1(a)*     --    Offer to Purchase dated May 30, 1996.
99.2(a)*     --    Letter of Transmittal.
99.3(a)*     --    Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
99.4(a)*     --    Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.
99.5(a)*     --    Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Banks, Trust Companies and
                   Other Nominees.
99.6(a)*     --    Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute
                   Form W-9.
99.7(a)*     --    Form of Summary Advertisement dated May 30, 1996.
99.8(a)*     --    Text of Press Release, dated May 24, 1996, issued by the Company and Parent.
99.9(a)*     --    Text of Press Release, dated May 30, 1996, issued by Parent.
99.10(a)     --    Letter to Participants in the Masland Associates Security Plan.
99.1(b)*     --    Credit Agreement, dated as of August 17, 1995, among Parent, the financial
                   institutions party thereto, Chemical Bank, as Administrative Agent, and the
                   Managing Agents, Co-Agents and Lead Managers named therein, as amended.
99.1(c)*     --    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 23, 1996, by and among Parent,
                   the Purchaser and the Company.
99.2(c)*     --    Stockholders Agreement, dated as of May 23, 1996, among Parent, the
                   Purchaser, William J. Branch, Larry W. Owen and Darrell F. Sallee.
99.3(c)*     --    Confidentiality and Standstill Agreement, dated as of March 14, 1996, between
                   and among the Company, and its subsidiaries, and Parent, and its
                   subsidiaries.
99.4(c)*     --    Agreement to Negotiate Exclusively, dated as of May 2, 1996, by and between
                   Parent and the Company.
99.5(c)*     --    Termination, Consulting and Noncompete Agreement, dated May 29, 1996, among
                   Parent, the Purchaser and William J. Branch.
99.6(c)*     --    Employment agreement, dated as of May 29, 1996, between the Company and Dr.
                   Frank J. Preston.
99.1(d)      --    None.
99.1(e)      --    Not applicable.
99.1(f)      --    None.
99.1(g)*     --    Text of Press Release, dated June 4, 1996, issued by the Company.
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* Previously filed.
 
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                                                                EXHIBIT 99.10(A)
 
                           Offer to Purchase for Cash
                     All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock
           (Including the Associated Preferred Stock Purchase Rights)
                                       of
                              MASLAND CORPORATION
                                       at
                              $26.00 Net Per Share
                                       by
                              PA ACQUISITION CORP.
                          a wholly-owned subsidiary of
                                LEAR CORPORATION
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    THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK
     CITY TIME, ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1996, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.
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TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE MASLAND ASSOCIATES SECURITY PLAN:
 
     Enclosed for your consideration are the Offer to Purchase, dated May 30,
1996 (the "Offer to Purchase"), and a Letter of Transmittal (blue) (which,
together with the Offer to Purchase and any amendments or supplements thereto,
constitute the "Offer") and the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on
Schedule 14D-9, together with Amendment No. 1 thereto, relating to the Offer by
PA Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser") and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Lear Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Parent"), to purchase all of the shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share (together with the associated rights to purchase Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, the "Shares"), of
Masland Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), at a price of
$26.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon, upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer.
 
     OUR NOMINEE IS THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF SHARES HELD FOR YOUR ACCOUNT AS A
PARTICIPANT IN THE MASLAND ASSOCIATES SECURITY PLAN (THE "PLAN"). A TENDER OF
SUCH SHARES CAN BE MADE ONLY BY US THROUGH OUR NOMINEE AS THE HOLDER OF RECORD
AND PURSUANT TO YOUR INSTRUCTIONS. THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS FURNISHED TO YOU
FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY AND CANNOT BE USED BY YOU TO TENDER SHARES HELD IN
YOUR PLAN ACCOUNT.
 
     We request instructions as to whether you wish to have us tender on your
behalf any or all of the Shares held in your Plan account, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer.
 
     If you wish to have us tender any or all of the Shares held in your Plan
account, please so instruct us by completing, executing and returning to us the
instruction form attached to this letter and the Substitute Form W-9 BY 5:00
P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1996, unless the Offer is
extended. If you authorize the tender of such Shares, all such Shares (except
for any fractional Share in your account as to which the Plan directs us to
tender on a proportionate basis) will be tendered unless otherwise specified in
your instructions. An envelope in which to return your instructions to us is
enclosed. Your authorization should be forwarded to us in ample time to permit
us to tender on your behalf prior to the expiration of the Offer.
 
     The Company has requested that we provide you with the following
information:
 
          1. The tender price is $26.00 per Share, net to you in cash, without
     interest thereon, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
     the Offer.
 
          2. The Offer is being made for all outstanding Shares.
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          3. The Offer is subject to there being validly tendered and not
     withdrawn prior to the expiration of the Offer a number of Shares which
     represents at least a majority of the number of Shares outstanding on a
     fully diluted basis on the date of purchase and certain other conditions.
 
          4. The board of directors of the Company has unanimously approved the
     Offer and the Merger (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) and determined
     that the Offer and the Merger are fair to and in the best interests of the
     Company's stockholders and recommends that the Company's stockholders
     accept the Offer.
 
          5. Tendering stockholders will not be obligated to pay brokerage fees
     or commissions or, except as otherwise provided in Instruction 6 of the
     Letter of Transmittal, stock transfer taxes on the purchase of Shares by
     the Purchaser pursuant to the Offer.
 
          6. The Offer and withdrawal rights will expire at 12:00 Midnight, New
     York City time, on Wednesday, June 26, 1996, unless the Offer is extended.
 
     The Offer is not being made to (nor will tenders be accepted from or on
behalf of) holders of Shares residing in any jurisdiction in which the making of
the Offer or the acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the
securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. However, the Purchaser
may, in its discretion, take such action as it may deem necessary to make the
Offer in any jurisdiction and extend the Offer to holders of Shares in such
jurisdiction.
 
     In any jurisdiction where the securities, blue sky or other laws require
the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer will be deemed to
be made on behalf of the Purchaser by Chase Securities Inc., the Dealer Manager
for the Offer, or one or more registered brokers or dealers that are licensed
under the laws of such jurisdiction.
 
                                          Very truly yours,
 
                                          Mellon Bank, N.A.
                                          as Trustee
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                                  PAYER'S NAME: MELLON BANK, N.A.
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          SUBSTITUTE              PART I--PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR TIN      PART III--Social Security
           FORM W-9               IN THE BOX AT RIGHT AND CERTIFY              Number OR
  DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY      BY SIGNING AND DATING BELOW.      Employer Identification Number
   INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
                                                                    (If awaiting TIN write "Applied
                                                                                 For")
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                                  PART II--For Payees Exempt From Backup Withholding, see the
                                  enclosed
                                  Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on
 Payer's Request for Taxpayer
  Identification Number (TIN)     Sub-
                                  stitute Form W-9 and complete as instructed therein.
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 CERTIFICATION--Under penalties of perjury, I certify that:
 (1) The Number shown on this form is my correct Taxpayer Identification Number
     (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me); and
 (2) I am not subject to backup withholding either because I have not been
     notified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that I am subject to backup
     withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends,
     or the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup
     withholding.
 CERTIFICATE INSTRUCTIONS--You must cross out item (2) above if you have been
 notified by the IRS that you are subject to backup withholding because of
 underreporting interest or dividends on your tax return. However, if after
 being notified by the IRS that you were subject to backup withholding, you
 received another notification from the IRS that you were no longer subject to
 backup withholding, do not cross out item (2). (Also see instructions in the
 enclosed Guidelines.)
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 NAME
        (Please
        Print)
 SIGNATURE_______________________________________________  DATE ________________
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NOTE: FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 MAY RESULT IN
      BACKUP WITHHOLDING OF 31% OF ANY PAYMENTS MADE TO YOU PURSUANT TO THE
      OFFER TO PURCHASE. PLEASE REVIEW THE ENCLOSED GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION
      OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 FOR ADDITIONAL
      DETAILS.
 
      YOU MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE IF YOU ARE AWAITING A TIN.
 
             CERTIFICATE OF AWAITING TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
 
  I certify under penalties of perjury that a taxpayer identification number has
not been issued to me, and either (1) I have mailed or delivered an application
to receive a taxpayer identification number to the appropriate Internal Revenue
Service Center or Social Security Administration Office or (2) I intend to mail
or deliver an application in the near future. I understand that if I do not
provide a taxpayer identification number within sixty (60) days, 31% of all
payments of the Offer Price made to me thereafter will be withheld until I
provide a number.
 
SIGNATURE __________________________________           DATE ________________
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                  Instructions to the Trustee with Respect to
                         the Offer to Purchase for Cash
                     all Outstanding Shares of Common Stock
           (Including the Associated Preferred Stock Purchase Rights)
                                       of
                              MASLAND CORPORATION
 
     The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter and the enclosed
Offer to Purchase, dated May 30, 1996 (the "Offer to Purchase"), and the related
Letter of Transmittal (blue) (such documents, together with any amendments or
supplements thereto, collectively constitute the "Offer"), and the
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9, together with Amendment
No. 1 thereto, in connection with the offer by PA Acquisition Corp., a Delaware
corporation (the "Purchaser") and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lear Corporation,
a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), to purchase all the shares of Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share (together with the associated rights to purchase Series
A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, the "Shares"),
of Masland Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"). The undersigned
understand(s) that the Offer applies to Shares allocated to the account of the
undersigned in the Masland Associates Security Plan (the "Plan").
 
     This will instruct you, as Trustee for the Plan, to tender the number of
Shares indicated below (or, if no number is indicated below, all Shares) that
are held for the Plan account of the undersigned, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in the Offer.
 
                                                           SIGN HERE
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 Number of Shares to be Tendered*
 (Check one choice ONLY)
 
 ______ Please tender ALL shares in my account
 
 ______ Please tender ______ shares from my account.
 (Note: Check this selection ONLY if you do not
 wish to tender ALL shares in your account.)
 
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Date:                                                ----------------------------------------
                                                                 (Print Name(s))
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                                                               (Print Address(es))
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                                                       (Area Code and Telephone Number(s))
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                                                           (Taxpayer Identification or
                                                            Social Security Number(s))
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* Unless otherwise indicated, it will be assumed that all Shares in your Plan
  account are to be tendered, including any additional Shares credited to your
  account through the Expiration Date (as defined in the Offer to Purchase).
 
MAIL THIS FORM IN THE ENCLOSED REPLY ENVELOPE TO:
 
Mellon Bank, N.A.
Attn.: Mary Snyder Hunt
193-0270
P.O. Box 7899
Philadelphia, PA 19101-9951
Phone number: 215-553-2507


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