-----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, O9ECbYrfwlRcNYbVXDyq3fR9ctHzh0uPQunb7AJ9kM4+mjqy+PB8hQD0qFJZMX2X F2zwe11HkOij3plrD9vkMw== 0000919574-98-000681.txt : 19980707 0000919574-98-000681.hdr.sgml : 19980707 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000919574-98-000681 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19980706 SROS: NYSE SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TRIARC COMPANIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000030697 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BEVERAGES [2080] IRS NUMBER: 380471180 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-11818 FILM NUMBER: 98660709 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 280 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2124513000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 280 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DWG CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DWG CIGAR CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19680820 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DEISEL WEMMER GILBERT CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19680820 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EGS PARTNERS LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000897018 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 133679110 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 PARK AVENUE STREET 2: 11TH FL CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 2127559000 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EGS PARTNERS LP /NY/ /ADV DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930715 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EGS PARTNERS LP /NY/ /ADV DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930715 SC 13G 1 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Amendment No.: * Name of Issuer: Triarc Companies, Inc. Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock, par value $.10 CUSIP Number: 895927101 (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement) July 6, 1998 Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed: / / Rule 13d-1(b) /X/ Rule 13d-1(c) / / Rule 13d-1(d) *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 the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in 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). CUSIP Number: 895927101 1. Name of Reporting Person I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person William Ehrman 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group a. b. X 3. SEC Use Only 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization United States Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: 5. Sole Voting Power: 56,650 6. Shared Voting Power: 1,691,900 7. Sole Dispositive Power: 56,650 8. Shared Dispositive Power: 1,754,172 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 1,810,822 10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9) -2- 7.34% 12. Type of Reporting Person IN -3- CUSIP Number: 895927101 1. Name of Reporting Person I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person Frederic Greenberg 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group a. b. X 3. SEC Use Only 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization United States Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: 5. Sole Voting Power: 6,000 6. Shared Voting Power: 1,691,900 7. Sole Dispositive Power: 6,000 8. Shared Dispositive Power: 1,701,245 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 1,707,245 10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9) -4- 6.92% 12. Type of Reporting Person IN -5- CUSIP Number: 895927101 1. Name of Reporting Person I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person Frederick Ketcher 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group a. b. X 3. SEC Use Only 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization United States Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: 5. Sole Voting Power: 8,400 6. Shared Voting Power: 1,691,900 7. Sole Dispositive Power: 8,400 8. Shared Dispositive Power: 1,698,245 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 1,706,645 10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9) -6- 6.92% 12. Type of Reporting Person IN -7- CUSIP Number: 895927101 1. Name of Reporting Person I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person Jonas Gerstl 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group a. b. X 3. SEC Use Only 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization United States Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: 5. Sole Voting Power: 0 6. Shared Voting Power: 1,693,400 7. Sole Dispositive Power: 0 8. Shared Dispositive Power: 1,704,245 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 1,704,245 10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9) -8- 6.91% 12. Type of Reporting Person IN -9- CUSIP Number: 895927101 1. Name of Reporting Person I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person James McLaren 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group a. b. X 3. SEC Use Only 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization United States Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: 5. Sole Voting Power: 0 6. Shared Voting Power: 1,691,900 7. Sole Dispositive Power: 0 8. Shared Dispositive Power: 1,698,245 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 1,698,245 10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9) -10- 6.88% 12. Type of Reporting Person IN -11- CUSIP Number: 895927101 1. Name of Reporting Person I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person William D. Lautman 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group a. b. X 3. SEC Use Only 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization United States Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: 5. Sole Voting Power: 0 6. Shared Voting Power: 1,691,900 7. Sole Dispositive Power: 0 8. Shared Dispositive Power: 1,698,245 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 1,698,245 10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9) -12- 6.88% 12. Type of Reporting Person IN -13- Item 1(a) Name of Issuer: Triarc Companies, Inc. (b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 280 Park Avenue New York, NY 10017 Item 2(a) - (c). Name, Principal Business Address, and Citizenship of Persons Filing: William Ehrman Frederic Greenberg Frederick Ketcher Jonas Gerstl James McLaren William D. Lautman 350 Park Avenue 11th Floor New York, New York 10022 (d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock, $.10 par value (e) CUSIP Number: 895927101 Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b)(1) or 13d-2(b) or (c) check whether the person filing is: (a) / / Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act, (b) / / Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act, (c) / / Insurance Company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act, (d) / / Investment Company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act, (e) / / Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, (f) / / Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is subject to the provisions of the Employee -14- Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or Endowment Fund, (g) / / Parent Holding Company, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(ii)(G), (h) / / Savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, (i) / / Church plan excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act, (j) / / Group, in accordance with Rule 13d- 1(b)(1)(ii)(H). If this statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(c), check this box. /X/ Item 4. Ownership. (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: William Ehrman - 1,810,822; Frederic Greenberg - 1,707,245; Frederick Ketcher - 1,706,645; Jonas Gerstl - 1,704,245; James McLaren and William D. Lautman - 1,698,245 (b) Percent of Class: William Ehrman - 7.34%; Frederic Greenberg and Frederick Ketcher- 6.92%; Jonas Gerstl - 6.91%; James McLaren and William D. Lautman - 6.88% (c) William Ehrman - 56,650 shares with sole power to vote or to direct the vote; 1,691,900 with shared power to vote or to direct the vote; 56,650 shares with sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of; 1,754,172 shares with shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of. Frederic Greenberg - 6,000 shares with sole power to vote or to direct the vote; 1,691,900 with shared power to vote or to direct the vote; 6,000 shares with sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of; 1,701,245 shares with shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of. -15- Frederick Ketcher - 8,400 shares with sole power to vote or to direct the vote; 1,691,900 with shared power to vote or to direct the vote; 8,400 shares with sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of; 1,698,245 shares with shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of. Jonas Gerstl - 0 shares with sole power to vote or to direct the vote; 1,693,400 with shared power to vote or to direct the vote; 0 shares with sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of; 1,704,245 shares with shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of. James McLaren and William D. Lautman- 0 shares with sole power to vote or to direct the vote; 1,691,900 with shared power to vote or to direct the vote; 0 shares with sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of; 1,698,245 shares with shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of. Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. N/A Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. N/A Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported by the Parent Holding Company. N/A Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. N/A Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of the Group. N/A -16- Item 10. Certification for Rule 13d-1(c): By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect. 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/ William Ehrman _________________________ William Ehrman /s/ Frederic Greenberg __________________________ Frederic Greenberg /s/ Frederick Ketcher __________________________ Frederick Ketcher /s/ Jonas Gerstl __________________________ Jonas Gerstl /s/ James McLaren __________________________ James McLaren /s/ William D. Lautman __________________________ William D. Lautman July 6, 1998 __________________________ Date -17- AGREEMENT The undersigned agree that this Schedule 13G dated July 6, 1998 relating to the Common Stock of Triarc Companies, Inc. shall be filed on behalf of the undersigned. /s/ William Ehrman _________________________ William Ehrman /s/ Frederic Greenberg __________________________ Frederic Greenberg /s/ Frederick Ketcher __________________________ Frederick Ketcher /s/ Jonas Gerstl __________________________ Jonas Gerstl /s/ James McLaren __________________________ James McLaren /s/ William D. Lautman __________________________ William D. Lautman -18- 00126001.AH4 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----