-----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, I5gU/ocMwKHois5je7m+AoS+021b9MueoGN90cxJP45RkQdlVnG6H2t2HQZS9NSR SODiIdGJcaFOvj3e8y0/ug== 0000734072-96-000205.txt : 19961106 0000734072-96-000205.hdr.sgml : 19961106 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000734072-96-000205 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19961104 SROS: NYSE SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GRIFFON CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000050725 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: METAL DOORS, SASH, FRAMES, MOLDING & TRIM [3442] IRS NUMBER: 111893410 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-33308 FILM NUMBER: 96653473 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 JERICHO QUADRANGLE CITY: JERICHO STATE: NY ZIP: 11753 BUSINESS PHONE: 5169385544 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 JERICHO QUADRANGLE CITY: JERICHO STATE: NY ZIP: 11753 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORP /DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PIONEERING MANAGEMENT CORP /ADV CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000734072 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 131961193 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 60 STATE ST CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 8008211239 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 60 STATE STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PIONEERING MANAGEMENT CORP /ADV DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930824 SC 13G/A 1 SCHEDULE 13G GRIFFON CORPORATION SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 Under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 1 ) GRIFFON CORPORATION (Name of Issuer) Common (Title of Class of Securities ) 398433102 (CUSIP NUMBER) 1) Name of Reporting SS or IRS Identification Pioneering Management Nos. of Above Persons Corporation 2) Check the Appropriate Box (a) of A Member of Group (See Instructions) (b) X 3) SEC Use Only 4) Citizenship of Place of Organization Number of (5) Sole Voting Power 1371200 Shares Beneficially Owned (6) Shared Voting Power 0 by Each Reporting Person With (7) Sole Dispositive 101800 Power (8) Shared Dispositive 1269400 Power 9) Aggregate Amount Bene- 1371200 ficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 10) Check if the aggregate Amount in Row (9) Ex- clude Certain Shares (See Instructions) 11) Percent of Class Represented By Amount in Row 9. 4.75% 12) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IA Item 1(a) Name of Issuer. GRIFFON CORPORATION Item 1(b) Address of User's Principal Executive Office's Mr. Robert Balemian Principal Financial Officer GRIFFON CORPORATION 100 Jericho Quadrangle Jericho, NY 11753 Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing. Pioneering Management Corporation Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office: 60 State Street, Boston, MA 02109 Item 2(c) Citizenship: State Of Delaware - Pioneering Management Corporation. Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities. Common Stock Item 2(e) CUSIP Number. 398433102 Item 3 The person filing this statement pursuant to Rule 13-1(b) or 13d-2 is: (a) Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Item 4. Ownership (a) Amount Beneficially Owned 1371200 (b) Percent of Class 4.75% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote 1371200 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct vote 0 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct disposition of 101800 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct disposition 1269400 Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. Inapplicable. Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Inapplicable. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported On By the Parent Holding Company. Inapplicable. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Inapplicable. Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of the Group. Inapplicable. Item 10. Certification. By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transactions having such purposes or effect. After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and believe, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. November 4, 1996 Date /s/ William H. Keough Signature William H. Keough, Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer and Treasure Type Name and Title -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----