VALLEY SYSTEMS INC
SC 13D/A, 1998-12-18
SANITARY SERVICES
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D


                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                               (Amendment No. 4 )


                              VALLEY SYSTEMS, INC.
                                (Name of Issuer)

                          Common Stock, $.01 Par Value
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                                     920135 10 0
                                 (CUSIP Number)

        Robert Finch, 2800 Atlantic Center, 1201 W. Peachtree Street, NW,
                   Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3450, (404) 873-8616
 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to 
                      Receive Notices and Communications)

                        October 18, 1994 and May 29, 1997
             (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 ss.ss. 240.13D - 1(e), 240.13d - 1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check
the following box |_|.

Note:  Schedules  filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five
copies of the Schedule,  including all exhibits.  See ss. 240.13d-7(b) for other
parties to whom copies are to be sent.

*The  remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting  person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for  any  subsequent   amendment   containing   information  which  would  alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on 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 ("Act") 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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CUSIP No. 920135 10 0                                                Page 2 of 9

1    Name of Reporting Person  S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
                       Rollins Investment Fund
                             58-1818048

2    Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group                     (a)|X|
                                                                          (b)|_|
3    SEC Use Only

4    Source of Funds
                               00, WC
5    Check  Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items
     2(d) or 2(E)                                                            |_|

6    Citizenship or Place of Organization
                               Georgia
7    Sole Voting Power
                                              8,003,945*
8    Shared Voting Power
                                                   0
9    Sole Dispositive Power
                                              8,003,945*
10   Shared Dispositive Power
                                                   0
11   Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
                                              8,003,945*

12   Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares   |_|


13   Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
                                                 78.3*
14   Type of Reporting Person
                                                   PN


*  Includes  2,314,000  shares which are subject to  outstanding  warrants
   exercisable by Rollins Investment Fund at a price of $3.0875 per share.


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CUSIP No. 920135 10 0                                                Page 3 of 9

1   Name of Reporting Person  S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
                        R. Randall Rollins
                            ###-##-####

2   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group                      (a)|X|
                                                                          (b)|_|
3   SEC Use Only

4   Source of Funds
                                                 00

5   Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required  Pursuant  to Items
    2(d) or 2(E)                                                             |_|

6   Citizenship or Place of Organization
                           United States

7   Sole Voting Power
                                                  0

8   Shared Voting Power
                                             8,003,945*

9   Sole Dispositive Power
                                                  0

10  Shared Dispositive Power
                                             8,003,945*

11  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
                                             8,003,945*

12  Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares    |_|

13  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
                                                78.3*
14  Type of Reporting Person
                                                 IN


* Includes  2,314,000  shares which are subject to  outstanding  warrants
  exercisable by Rollins Investment Fund at a price of $3.0875 per share.


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CUSIP No. 920135 10 0                                                Page 4 of 9

1   Name of Reporting Person  S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
                          Gary W. Rollins
                            ###-##-####

2   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group                      (a)|X|
                                                                          (b)|_|
3   SEC Use Only

4   Source of Funds
                                                 00
5   Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant  to  Items
    2(d) or 2(E)                                                             |_|

6   Citizenship or Place of Organization
                           United States
7   Sole Voting Power
                                                  0

8   Shared Voting Power
                                             8,003,945*
9   Sole Dispositive Power
                                                  0
10  Shared Dispositive Power
                                             8,003,945*

11  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
                                             8,003,945*

12  Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares    |_|

13  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
                                                78.3*
14  Type of Reporting Person
                                                 IN

* Includes  2,314,000  shares which are subject to  outstanding  warrants
  exercisable by Rollins Investment Fund at a price of $3.0875 per share.


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CUSIP No. 920135 10 0                                                Page 5 of 9

Item 1.  Security and Issuer

         Item 1. remains unchanged.

Item 2.  Identity and Background

         Item 2. remains unchanged.

Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

         Item 3. is amended to add the following:

         On October 18, 1994,  RIF acquired  10,000 shares at $1.75 per share in
         an  open  market  purchase  ("October  1994  Purchase")  using  working
         capital.  On May 29, 1997, RIF obtained a court order releasing 107,918
         shares to RIF  ("1997  Order").  Those  shares  were the  subject  of a
         prejudgment  attachment in a lawsuit against two former officers of the
         Company.  Final  judgment in favor of RIF was entered in December 1996,
         but the shares were not released until May 1997.

Item 4.  Purpose of Transaction

         Item 4(a) is amended to add the following:

         The October 1994 Purchase was for investment  purposes.  The 1997 Order
         was entered as part of a settlement of litigation.

         Items 4(b)-(j) are amended to add the following:

         The Reporting Persons,  as majority  shareholders of the Company,  have
         been  involved  in the  negotiations  pertaining  to (1) the sale  (the
         "Sale") of  substantially  all of the assets of the  Company and of its
         wholly-owned  subsidiary,   Valley  Systems  of  Ohio,  Inc.,  an  Ohio
         corporation (the "Subsidiary") to HydroChem Industrial  Services,  Inc.
         ("HydroChem"),  a Delaware  corporation,  (2) the approval of a Plan of
         Liquidation  and  Dissolution  (the  "Plan")  for the  Company  and the
         Subsidiary,  and (3) the approval of an amendment (the  "Amendment") to
         the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to change the Company's name
         to VSI Liquidation Corp. if the Sale is consummated. The Sale, the Plan
         and the  Amendment are described in more detail under the captions "THE



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CUSIP No. 920135 10 0                                                Page 6 of 9


     SALE",  "PLAN OF LIQUIDATION AND DISSOLUTION" and "AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE
     OF  INCORPORATION OF VALLEY SYSTEMS,  INC.", in the Definitive  Information
     Statement  on  Schedule  14C filed by the  Company  on  December  15,  1998
     ("Information Statement").  These sections of the Information Statement are
     incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer

         Items 5(a) and (b) are deleted in their  entirety  and  replaced by the
following:

         RIF  beneficially  owns an aggregate  8,003,945  shares  (including the
         2,314,000 shares subject to outstanding warrants exercisable by RIF) of
         the Company's common stock or (78.3% of outstanding common stock of the
         Company),  with  respect to which RIF has sole  voting and  dispositive
         power.  Given  his  respective  interest  in RIF as a  general  partner
         thereof,  as co-executor  of the Estate of O. Wayne Rollins  ("Estate")
         (with the power to  control  the Estate in its  entirety),  and as sole
         trustee of five trusts of which his five children are beneficiaries, R.
         Randall Rollins has shared voting and dispositive power with respect to
         the entire 8,003,945 shares held by RIF (or 78.3% of outstanding common
         stock  of the  Company).  Given  his  respective  interest  in RIF as a
         general partner  thereof,  as co-executor of the Estate (with the power
         to control  the Estate in its  entirety),  and as sole  trustee of four
         trusts of which his four  children are  beneficiaries,  Gary W. Rollins
         has shared  voting  and  dispositive  power with  respect to the entire
         8,003,945  shares held by RIF (or 78.3% of outstanding  common stock of
         the Company).


Item 6.  Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or  Relationships  with Respect
         to Securities of the Issuer

     Item 6. is amended to add the following: See Item 4(b). A copy of the Asset
     Purchase Agreement incorporated by reference as Exhibit (h) hereto.

Item 7.  Material to be Filed as Exhibits

         Item 7. is amended to add the following:

         (g)   Agreement of filing persons relating to filing of joint statement
               per Rule 13d-1(f).


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CUSIP No. 920135 10 0                                                Page 7 of 9


         (h)   Second Amended and Restated Asset Purchase  Agreement dated as of
               September  8, 1998  among the  Company,  Valley  Systems of Ohio,
               Inc., and HydroChem  (incorporated  by reference to Appendix A to
               the Company's  Definitive  Information  Statement on Schedule 14C
               filed on December 15, 1998).


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CUSIP No. 920135 10 0                                                Page 8 of 9


Signature.

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




ROLLINS INVESTMENT FUND, a
Georgia general partnership


By:/s/ R. Randall Rollins                    December 16, 1998
   R. Randall Rollins                                  Date
   General Partner


/s/ R. Randall Rollins                       December 16, 1998
R. Randall Rollins                                     Date


/s/ Gary W. Rollins                          December 16, 1998
Gary W. Rollins                                        Date



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CUSIP No. 920135 10 0                                                Page 9 of 9


                                  Exhibit 7(f)


The undersigned  each hereby certifies and agrees that the above Amendment No. 4
to Schedule 13D concerning  securities  issued by Valley Systems,  Inc. is being
filed on behalf of each of the undersigned.




ROLLINS INVESTMENT FUND, a
Georgia general partnership




By:/s/ R. Randall Rollins                    December 16, 1998
   R. Randall Rollins                                  Date
   General Partner


/s/ R. Randall Rollins                       December 16, 1998
R. Randall Rollins                                     Date


/s/ Gary W. Rollins                          December 16, 1998
Gary W. Rollins                                        Date







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