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RULE 424(B)(3) PROSPECTUS
ZAPATA CORPORATION
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ON FORM S-1 FILED ON FORM S-3
(REGISTRATION NO. 33-68034)
ZAPATA CORPORATION
COMMON STOCK
(PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE)
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED JUNE 21, 1994
TO PROSPECTUS DATED FEBRUARY 22, 1994
Reverse Stock Split
On April 27, 1994, at the 1994 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Zapata
Corporation ("Zapata"), the stockholders approved a one-for-five reverse stock
split (the "Reverse Stock Split") of Zapata's outstanding Common Stock, par
value $0.25 per share (the "Common Stock"). The Reverse Stock Split, which
became effective at 5:00 p.m. on May 2, 1994, reduced the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock from approximately 158,300,000 to approximately
31,700,000.
The Reverse Stock Split did not affect the number of authorized shares of
Common Stock, which remains at 165,000,000, or the par value of the Common
Stock, which remains at $0.25 per share. All share numbers in this Prospectus
Supplement have been restated to give effect to the Reverse Stock Split.
Certain Updated Selling Stockholder Information
After giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split and taking into account
sales and other transactions by Selling Stockholders reported to Zapata since
the date of the Prospectus, the shares of Common Stock (the "Shares") owned by
the Selling Stockholders offered hereby are set forth below. Any or all of the
Shares listed below may be offered for sale by the Selling Stockholders pursuant
to the Prospectus, as supplemented, from time to time.
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NUMBER OF SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK WHICH
MAY BE OFFERED PURSUANT
TO THE PROSPECTUS
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Malcolm I. Glazer Trust................................. 10,395,384
Norex America, Inc...................................... 2,879,224 (1)
Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association.. 1,523,605
Cargill Financial Services Corporation.................. 1,515,040
Peter M. Holt........................................... 1,021,968 (2)(3)(4)
TCW Special Credits Fund II, L.P........................ 871,149 (5)
Benjamin D. Holt, Jr.................................... 840,097 (3)(4)
TCW Special Credits Fund IIb, L.P....................... 613,362 (5)
Robert W. Jackson Trust................................. 380,436 (6)
Midelfart & Co. A/S..................................... 335,069
The Weyerhaeuser Company Master Pension Trust........... 267,726 (5)
Norex Plc............................................... 260,000 (1)
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce...................... 259,396
A/S Konsernbygg......................................... 223,379
S Stock GST Trust for Peter M. Holt..................... 220,477 (3)
Holt Corporate Stock Marital Trust -- 1985.............. 207,582 (3)
Holt Corporate Stock Life Trust -- 1985................. 200,885 (3)
UNI Storebrand AS....................................... 127,535
S Stock GST Trust for Anne Holt......................... 120,478 (4)
The Inland Steel Industries Pension Trust............... 118,986 (5)
S Stock GST Trust for Benjamin D. Holt III.............. 60,477 (4)
James C. Jewett......................................... 36,429
Peter Holt H-R Trust.................................... 28,032
Robert H. Parks, Jr..................................... 20,467
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Total................................................ 22,527,183
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(1) Norex Plc owns approximately 46% of Norex America, Inc. Norex Plc has
reported that it purchased its shares from Prosperity Investments, Inc. in
a private transaction in May 1994.
(2) 60,000 of such shares are reported by Peter M. Holt to be held by him and
his wife, Juliana, jointly.
(3) Sole voting and investment power over the shares held by the S Stock Trust
GST for Peter M. Holt, the Holt Corporate Stock Marital Trust-- 1985, the
Holt Corporate Stock Life Trust-- 1985 and the Peter Holt H-R Trust is held
by Peter M. Holt. Benjamin D. Holt, Jr. shares voting and investment power
with respect to his shares with Peter M. Holt. Peter M. Holt also owns an
additional 115,960 shares of Common Stock purchased by Peter M. Holt
Grantor Trust on the open market which are not subject to this Prospectus.
Consequently, Peter M. Holt has voting and investment power with respect to
an aggregate of 2,635,001 shares of Common Stock.
(4) Gives effect to a reallocation of shares of Common Stock among various Holt
family members and trusts, which Zapata is advised was made in May 1994.
(5) Sole voting and investment power over such shares is held by TCW Special
Credits (1,871,223 shares in the aggregate).
(6) 30,000 shares of this amount are in trust for Robert W. Jackson's two minor
children. Mr. Jackson also owns an additional 4,000 shares of Common Stock
purchased on the open market which are not subject to the Prospectus, as
supplemented.
Because Zapata does not know how many shares may be sold by the
Selling Stockholders pursuant to the Prospectus, as supplemented, Zapata can
make no estimate as to the number of the Shares that will be held by the
respective Selling Stockholders upon termination of this offering.
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
The following documents have been filed by Zapata with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (File No. 1-4219) since the date of the
Prospectus:
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(1) Zapata's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
1994; and
(2) Zapata's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 27, 1994.
All documents subsequently filed by Zapata with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the
termination of the offering made by the Prospectus, as supplemented hereby,
shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of the Prospectus, as supplemented, to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of the Prospectus, as supplemented.
Zapata hereby undertakes to provide without charge to each person to
whom a copy of the Prospectus, as supplemented, has been delivered, upon written
or oral request of any such person, a copy of any or all of the documents
referred to above that have been incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, as
supplemented (not including exhibits to the documents that are incorporated by
reference unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into
such documents). Requests for such copies should be directed in writing or by
telephone to Zapata Corporation, P. O. Box 4240, Houston, Texas, Attention:
Corporate Secretary (Telephone: (713) 940-6100).
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