SEAGRAM CO LTD
SC 13D/A, 1994-04-13
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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.   7   )*
                                          -------
                               Time Warner Inc.
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                    Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                  887315 10 9                     
        -------------------------------------------------------------
                                (CUSIP Number)
                               Stephen E. Banner
                         Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
          375 Park Avenue, New York, New York  10152  (212) 572-7000
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and
                               Communications)

                                April 12, 1994
         -------------------------------------------------------------
            (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 / /.

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with the statement / /.  (A fee
is not required only if the reporting person: (1) has a previous statement on
file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of
securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7.)

Note:  Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be filed
with the Commission.  See Rule 13d-1(a) 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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                                  SCHEDULE 13D


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  <S>         <C>                                                 <C>      <C>   <C>     <C>    <C>
  CUSIP No.   887315 10 9                                         Page     2     of      6      Pages
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<TABLE>
  <S>    <C>                                                                                                  <C>
    1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON                                                                   
         S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON                                          
                                                                                                    
                  THE SEAGRAM COMPANY LTD.                                  

    2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*                                                    (a) / /
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                              (b) / /
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
    3    SEC USE ONLY                                                                               
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
    4    SOURCE OF FUNDS*                                                                           
                                                                                                    
                  WC; 00 (see item 3)                                                               

    5    CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                  / /
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
    6    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                                                       
                                                                                                    
                  Canada                                                                            
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
  <S>                     <C>   <C>
                          7     SOLE VOTING POWER                                                   
      NUMBER OF                                                                                     
        SHARES                          53,850,549 
  BENEFICIALLY OWNED                                                                                
          BY              8     SHARED VOTING POWER                                                 
                                                                                                    
         EACH                                                                                       
      REPORTING                                                                                     
        PERSON            9     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER                                              
                                                                                                    
         WITH                           53,850,549           
                                        
                         10     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER                                            
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   <S>   <C>                                                                                                      <C>
   11    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

                    53,850,549 

   12    CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                                   / /
                                                                                                                  


   13    PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

                    14.2

   14    TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                  CO
</TABLE>
                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
          INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7
      (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE AND THE SIGNATURE  ATTESTATION
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                 Items 3 and 5 of the Statement on Schedule 13D, as amended
(the "Schedule 13D"), filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1 of the Rules and Regulations
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, by The Seagram Company
Ltd., a Canadian corporation ("Seagram"), relating to the Common Stock, par
value $1.00 per share (the "Shares"), of Time Warner Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), are hereby amended by adding to such items the
information set forth below:

Item 3.          Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
                 -------------------------------------------------

                 Since the last purchase of Shares reported in the Schedule
13D, Seagram purchased an additional 4,595,100 Shares for aggregate
consideration of approximately $173,395,976, including commissions.  Seagram
obtained the funds for these transactions from its general corporate funds.

                 As reported in the Schedule 13D, Joseph E. Seagram & Sons,
Inc., an Indiana corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Seagram
("JES"), intends to issue short-term promissory notes, the proceeds of which
will be obtained for the purpose of adding to the general corporate funds
available to Seagram in connection with holding the Shares reported as
beneficially owned by Seagram in Item 5 hereof and for the purchase of
additional Shares as described in the Schedule 13D.  Since the date of the
filing of Amendment No. 6 to the Statement on Schedule 13D, the outstanding
amount of 
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short-term promissory notes issued by JES has increased by an aggregate
principal amount of $172,403,000.
          

Item 5.          Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
                 ------------------------------------

                 (a)  As of April 13, 1994, Seagram beneficially owned an
aggregate of 53,850,549 Shares, constituting approximately 14.2% of the
total number of Shares stated to be outstanding as of March 28, 1994 in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1993.  All of such Shares were acquired by Seagram Inc., a Delaware corporation
and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Seagram ("Seagram Inc."), and all of
such Shares are currently held by Seagram Inc.

                 (b)  The table set forth on Schedule A contains certain
information with respect to all transactions in the Shares effected by Seagram
since the last purchase of Shares reported in the Schedule 13D.
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                                   SIGNATURE
                                   ---------

                 After reasonable 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:  April 13, 1994

                                        THE SEAGRAM COMPANY LTD.



                                        By:/s/ Stephen E. Banner 
                                           ------------------------
                                           Stephen E. Banner 
                                           Senior Executive Vice
                                               President
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                                   SCHEDULE A
                                   ----------

                 Since the last purchase of Shares reported in the Schedule
13D, Seagram purchased Shares in open market transactions as described below.
A majority of the purchases were made on the New York Stock Exchange, and the
remainder were made on the Boston Stock Exchange, the Midwest Stock Exchange
and in the over-the-counter market.

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<CAPTION>

                                                              
                                                              Per Share Purchase 
                        Number of                              Price (excluding 
 Date                Shares Acquired                        brokerage commissions)*
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<S>                       <C>                                     <C>
3/01/94                   594,200                                 $37.625 
3/02/94                   123,300                                 $36.75
3/03/94                   215,000                                 $36.75 
3/08/94                   356,400                                 $37.75
3/09/94                   718,900                                 $37.625 
3/10/94                   194,900                                 $37.50
3/11/94                   237,200                                 $37.375 
3/31/94                   819,000                                 $38.00
4/04/94                    64,200                                 $37.50 
4/06/94                   215,000                                 $38.00
4/08/94                   109,100                                 $37.75 
4/11/94                    52,400                                 $38.00
4/12/94                   517,500                                 $38.00 
4/13/94                   378,000                                 $38.00 
                           
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*Rounded to the nearest one-eighth of one dollar.



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