-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, GfMN3bqZ3lCR0PclEMr1YYyd13WajRnVcbCU2vE4d5Xy+WqQYiPoM0fxsHwr+h0o UgDi+LWZOMzHEJ+px5BPTA== /in/edgar/work/0000931763-00-002613/0000931763-00-002613.txt : 20001121 0000931763-00-002613.hdr.sgml : 20001121 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000931763-00-002613 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20001120 GROUP MEMBERS: E. WILLIAM AYLWARD GROUP MEMBERS: SLIGO PARTNERS LLC SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000027425 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [3490 ] IRS NUMBER: 310258080 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-31171 FILM NUMBER: 773253 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7887 WASHINGTON VILLAGE DR CITY: DAYTON STATE: OH ZIP: 45459 BUSINESS PHONE: 5132987000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7887 WASHINGTON VILLAGE DRIVE CITY: DAYTON STATE: OH ZIP: 45459 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DAYTON MALLEABLE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19831219 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DAYTON MALLEABLE IRON CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19741216 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SLIGO PARTNERS LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001127902 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [ ] STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1013 CENTRE RD CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19805 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: SLIGO PARTNERS LLC STREET 2: 1013 CENTRE RD CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19805 SC 13D/A 1 0001.txt AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SCHEDULE 13D UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D Amendment No. 1 Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, no par value per share - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 023395106 -------------- (CUSIP Number) Rick Miller or Eliot W. Robinson Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP 191 Peachtree Street, 16th Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Tel: (404) 572-6600 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) November 15, 2000 ------------------------------------------------------- (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(e), (f) or (g), check the following box [ ]. 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).
SCHEDULE 13D - -------------------------- ---------------------- CUSIP No. 023395106 Page 2 of 7 Pages - -------------------------- ---------------------- - -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Sligo Partners, LLC - -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)[ ] (b)[x ] - -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY - -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS 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 Delaware - --------------------------- -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY 625,200 OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED VOTING POWER -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 625,200 -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER - -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 625,200 - -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ] - -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 7.44% - -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON OO - -------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SCHEDULE 13D - -------------------------- ---------------------- CUSIP No. 023395106 Page 3 of 7 Pages - -------------------------- ---------------------- - -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON E. William Aylward - -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)[ ] (b)[x ] - -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY - -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS PF - -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - --------------------------- -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY 625,200 OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED VOTING POWER -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 625,200 -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER - -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 625,200 - -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ] - -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 7.44% - -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN - -------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SCHEDULE 13D CUSIP No. 023395106 Page 4 of 7 Pages This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13d ("Amendment No. 1") amends and --------------- supplements the Schedule 13D filed on November 13, 2000 (the "Schedule") by -------- Sligo Partners, LLC ("Sligo Partners" or the "Stockholder") and E. William -------------- ----------- Aylward (the "Manager" and collectively with the Stockholder, the "Reporting ------- --------- Persons") with respect to the Common Stock, no par value (the "Stock"), of - ------- ----- Amcast Industrial Corporation (the "Company"). All capitalized terms used in ------- this Amendment No. 1 and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Schedule. Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration. Item 3 is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: The aggregate amount of funds required by the Stockholder to purchase the 625,200 shares of the Stock owned by it was $6,953,730.57, excluding any brokerage commissions. Item 4. Purpose of Transaction. Item 4 is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: The Stockholder purchased shares of the Stock to establish an initial investment position in the Company because it determined that the Stock may present significant opportunities for realization of value. Based upon general market and economic conditions affecting the Company and the Stock and its view of the prospects for the Company, the Stockholder has purchased and additional 107,000 shares (1.28%) since filing its initial 13D on November 13, 2000. Based on those same general and market conditions the Stockholder may purchase additional shares of the Stock or sell shares of the Stock from time to time in open market and/or private transactions that may or may not result in obtaining a control position in the Company. On November 15, 2000, representatives of Sligo Partners met with representatives of the Company to discuss the Company's preliminary fiscal 2000 financial results as set forth in its October 26, 2000 press release as well as the Company's ability to take advantage of both present and future opportunities based on SCHEDULE 13D CUSIP No. 023395106 Page 5 of 7 Pages the Company's disclosure that it had hired Lehman Brothers, Inc. to assist the Company in exploring strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value. Except as set forth herein, the Reporting Persons have no present plans or proposals which relate to or would result in any of the actions or events enumerated in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer. Item 5 is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: (a) The aggregate number and percentage of shares of Stock beneficially owned by the Stockholder is 625,200 (7.44%) (based on information included in the Definitive Proxy Statement filed by the Company on November 14, 2000 reporting that 8,405,604 shares of Stock were outstanding as of October 23, 2000). Other than the Reporting Persons, no other person owns any shares of the Stock owned by the Stockholder or may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Stock of the Stockholder pursuant to Rule 13d-3. (b) The Stockholder has the sole power to vote or direct the vote and to dispose or direct the disposition of the shares of the Stock beneficially owned by it. (c) Except as set forth on Schedule 2 hereto, no transactions in shares of ---------- the Stock were effected during the past 60 days by the Reporting Persons. (d) - (e) Not applicable. SCHEDULE 13D CUSIP No. 023395106 Page 6 of 7 Pages Item 7. Materials to be Filed as Exhibits. Filed with Schedule 13D Exhibit 99.1 Operating Agreement of Sligo Partners, LLC - ------------ SCHEDULE 13D CUSIP No. 023395106 Page 7 of 7 Pages 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. Date: November 20, 2000 SLIGO PARTNERS, LLC By: /s/ E. William Aylward ----------------------------- Name: E. William Aylward Its: Manager /s/ E. William Aylward -------------------------------- E. William Aylward SCHEDULE 2 Schedule 2 is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
Date Number of Shares Acquired Price/Share Total Cost - ---------- ------------------------- ----------- ------------- 07/05/00 1,000 $ 8.67 $ 8,670 07/05/00 6,000 $ 8.67 $ 52,020 07/05/00 15,000 $ 8.67 $ 130,050 07/07/00 600 $ 8.92 $ 5,352 07/10/00 31,300 $ 9.66 $ 302,395.56 07/11/00 10,000 $ 9.86 $ 98,575 08/08/00 31,000 $10.75 $ 333,269.99 08/09/00 22,000 $11.12 $ 244,739 08/10/00 59,000 $11.48 $ 677,278.70 08/11/00 5,300 $11.55 $ 61,188.50 08/16/00 9,100 $11.55 $ 105,059.50 08/22/00 2,600 $11.55 $ 30,017 09/11/00 4,900 $11.55 $ 56,570.50 09/20/00 6,500 $10.22 $ 66,417.65 09/21/00 5,000 $ 9.80 $ 48,975 09/22/00 5,000 $ 9.17 $ 45,850 09/25/00 56,000 $ 9.32 $ 522,020.80 09/26/00 5,000 $ 9.17 $ 45,850 09/27/00 25,000 $ 9.13 $ 228,312.50 09/28/00 5,000 $ 9.17 $ 45,850 09/29/00 15,000 $ 9.34 $ 140,050.50 10/03/00 1,000 $ 9.42 $ 9,420 10/04/00 5,000 $ 9.40 $ 46,975 10/05/00 2,000 $ 9.39 $ 18,777.60 10/06/00 1,000 $ 9.42 $ 9,420 10/09/00 4,000 $ 9.42 $ 37,680 10/11/00 16,700 $ 9.32 $ 155,602.25 10/13/00 8,100 $ 8.92 $ 72,252 10/16/00 7,300 $ 9.02 $ 65,865.71 10/17/00 23,600 $ 9.02 $ 212,775.24 10/18/00 11,000 $ 8.89 $ 97,807.60 11/03/00 22,000 $10.66 $ 234,427.60 11/06/00 8,000 $10.90 $ 87,235,20 11/07/00 8,000 $11.28 $ 90,204 11/10/00 80,100 $13.33 $ 1,067,645 11/13/00 49,300 $14.01 $ 690,604.26 11/14/00 33,300 $13.96 $ 464,924.61 11/15/00 24,500 $14.02 $ 343,602.70 TOTAL 625,200 $6,953,730.57
EXHIBIT INDEX Number Description ------ ----------- Filed with Schedule 13D Exhibit 99.1 Operating Agreement of Sligo Partners, LLC ------------ -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----