-----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, IhW6QA/RJkzDM9G8ODDZgV7XjDV15Tb70ZEkDZqwRhU/Zvx3KeSpzZvdIcVGklv1 LdrsH20fTDG+aiduxSH2/w== 0000315066-97-002100.txt : 19971210 0000315066-97-002100.hdr.sgml : 19971210 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315066-97-002100 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19971209 SROS: NASD SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BENIHANA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000935226 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812] IRS NUMBER: 650538630 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0327 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-48717 FILM NUMBER: 97734364 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8685 NW 53RD TERRACE CITY: MIAMI STATE: FL ZIP: 33166 BUSINESS PHONE: 3055930770 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8685 NW 53RD TERRACE CITY: MIAMI STATE: FL ZIP: 33166 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FMR CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000315066 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 161144965 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 82 DEVONSHIRE ST CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6175706339 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 82 DEVONSHIRE STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 SC 13G 1 SCHEDULE 13G -12-10-97 - BENIHANA INCORPORATED SCHEDULE 13G Amendment No. Benihana Incorporated "Common Stock" class Cusip # 082047101 Cusip # 082047101 Item 1: Reporting Person - FMR Corp. - (Tax ID: 04-2507163) Item 4: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Item 5: None Item 6: None Item 7: 362,500 Item 8: None Item 9: 362,500 Item 11: 10.19% Item 12: HC Cusip # 082047101 Item 1: Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d Item 4: United States of America Item 5: None Item 6: None Item 7: 362,500 Item 8: None Item 9: 362,500 Item 11: 10.19% Item 12: IN Cusip # 082047101 Item 1: Reporting Person - Abigail P. Johnson Item 4: United States of America Item 5: None Item 6: None Item 7: 362,500 Item 8: None Item 9: 362,500 Item 11: 10.19% Item 12: IN SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) Item 1(a). Name of Issuer: Benihana Incorporated Item 1(b). Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 8685 Northwest 53rd Terrace Miami, FL 33166 Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing: FMR Corp. Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence: 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 Item 2(c). Citizenship: Not applicable Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: "Common Stock" class Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 082047101 Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) and the person filing, FMR Corp., is a parent holding company in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G). (Note: See Item 7). Item 4. Ownership (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 362,500 (b) Percent of Class: 10.19% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: None (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: None (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 362,500 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: None Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. Not applicable. Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Various persons have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the "Common Stock" class of Benihana Incorporated. The interest of one person, Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund, an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, in the "Common Stock" class of Benihana Incorporated, amounted to 362,500 shares or 10.19% of the total outstanding "Common Stock" class at November 30, 1997. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company. See attached Exhibit(s) A and B. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Not applicable, see attached Exhibit A. Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Not applicable. 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 transaction having such purpose or effect. Signature After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Schedule 13G in connection with FMR Corp.'s beneficial ownership of the "Common Stock" class of Benihana Incorporated at November 30, 1997 is true, complete and correct. December 10, 1997 Date /s/Arthur S. Loring Signature Arthur S. Loring, Vice President Name/Title SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) Pursuant to the instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G, Fidelity Management & Research Company ("Fidelity"), 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR Corp. and an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, is the beneficial owner of 362,500 shares or 10.19% of the "Common Stock" class (Benihana Incorporated has two classes of common stock -- Common Stock and Class A common stock) outstanding of Benihana Incorporated ("the Company") as a result of acting as investment adviser to various investment companies registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The ownership of one investment company, Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund, amounted to 362,500 shares or 10.19% of the "Common Stock" class outstanding. Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund has its principal business office at 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109. Edward C. Johnson 3d, FMR Corp., through its control of Fidelity, and the funds each has sole power to dispose of the 362,500 shares owned by the Funds. Neither FMR Corp. nor Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR Corp., has the sole power to vote or direct the voting of the shares owned directly by the Fidelity Funds, which power resides with the Funds' Boards of Trustees. Fidelity carries out the voting of the shares under written guidelines established by the Funds' Boards of Trustees. Members of the Edward C. Johnson 3d family and trusts for their benefit are the predominant owners of Class B shares of common stock of FMR Corp., representing approximately 49% of the voting power of FMR Corp. Mr. Johnson 3d owns 12.0% and Abigail Johnson owns 24.5% of the aggregate outstanding voting stock of FMR Corp. Mr. Johnson 3d is Chairman of FMR Corp. and Abigail P. Johnson is a Director of FMR Corp. The Johnson family group and all other Class B shareholders have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under which all Class B shares will be voted in accordance with the majority vote of Class B shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting common stock and the execution of the shareholders' voting agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a controlling group with respect to FMR Corp. SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) RULE 13d-1(f)(1) AGREEMENT The undersigned persons, on December 10, 1997, agree and consent to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with their beneficial ownership of the "Common Stock" class of Benihana Incorporated at November 30, 1997. FMR Corp. By /s/Arthur S. Loring Arthur S. Loring Vice President - Legal Edward C. Johnson 3d By /s/Arthur S. Loring Arthur S. Loring Under Power of Attorney dated 5/17/89 On File with Schedule 13G for Airborne Freight Corp. 9/10/91 Abigail P. Johnson By /s/Arthur S. Loring Arthur S. Loring Under Power of Attorney dated 1/5/96 On File with Schedule 13G for Acclaim Entertainment Inc. 1/10/96 Fidelity Management & Research Company By /s/Arthur S. Loring Arthur S. Loring Sr. V.P. and General Counsel Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund By /s/Arthur S. Loring Arthur S. Loring Secretary -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----