- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------------- SCHEDULE 14D-9 SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(d)(4) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. 19) ---------------- COMMERCIAL INTERTECH CORP. (NAME OF SUBJECT COMPANY) COMMERCIAL INTERTECH CORP. (NAME OF PERSON(S) FILING STATEMENT) ---------------- COMMON SHARES, PAR VALUE $1.00 PER SHARE (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES) 201709 10 2 (CUSIP NUMBER OF CLASS SECURITIES) ---------------- GILBERT M. MANCHESTER, ESQ. VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL COMMERCIAL INTERTECH CORP. 1775 LOGAN AVENUE YOUNGSTOWN, OH 44501 (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE PERSON(S) FILING STATEMENT) COPIES TO: STUART Z. KATZ, ESQ. HERBERT S. WANDER, ESQ. LEIGH B. TREVOR, ESQ. FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, KATTEN MUCHIN & ZAVIS JONES, DAY, REAVIS SHRIVER & JACOBSON 525 WEST MONROE STREET-SUITE 1600 & POGUE ONE NEW YORK PLAZA CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60661-3693 NORTH POINT NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10004 (312) 902-5200 901 LAKESIDE AVENUE (212) 859-8000 CLEVELAND, OHIO 44114 (216) 586-7247 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Amendment No. 19 amends and supplements the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (as amended, the "Schedule 14D-9") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on July 12, 1996 by Commercial Intertech Corp., an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), relating to the offer by Opus Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("OAC") and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of United Dominion Industries Limited, a Canadian corporation ("United Dominion"), to purchase for cash all outstanding common shares, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Shares"), of the Company, together with the associated preferred share purchase rights (the "Rights" and, together with the Common Shares, the "Shares"). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings previously set forth in the Schedule 14D-9. 1. ITEM 6. RECENT TRANSACTIONS AND INTENT WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES Item 6 is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following: The following table lists purchases of Shares by the Company on August 2, 1996, made pursuant to the Repurchase Program. Except as set forth herein or as previously reported in the Schedule 14D-9, the Company has not effected any transactions in the Shares during the past 60 days. NUMBER OF SHARES PRICE PER PURCHASED SHARE --------- --------- 22,500 26 1/2 27,400 26 3/8 ------ 49,900 2 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. /s/ Gilbert M. Manchester By: __________________________________________ NAME: GILBERT M. MANCHESTER TITLE: VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL Dated: August 2, 1996 3