-----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, PAwL9AO/V05A9Ewwllp0+pbiGIdTz4BGFpmc/iSShxHn6nmvpYLDn7OMZ/l8B5hb oUfUgTEY55uRma43EmZeKw== 0000807249-96-000253.txt : 19961023 0000807249-96-000253.hdr.sgml : 19961022 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000807249-96-000253 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 19961021 SROS: NASD SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TRIAD SYSTEMS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000313867 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN [7373] IRS NUMBER: 942160013 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-33377 FILM NUMBER: 96645757 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3055 TRIAD DR CITY: LIVERMORE STATE: CA ZIP: 94550 BUSINESS PHONE: 5104490606 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3055 TRIAD DRIVE CITY: LIVERMORE STATE: CA ZIP: 94550 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GABELLI FUNDS INC ET AL CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000807249 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 133056041 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE CORPORATE CENTER CITY: RYE STATE: NY ZIP: 10580-1434 BUSINESS PHONE: 9149215128 SC 13D/A 1 AMENDMENT TO SCHEDULE 13D THIS PAPER DOCUMENT IS BEING SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO RULE 902(g) OF REGULATION S-T SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D (Amendment No. 17) Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 TRIAD SYSTEMS CORPORATION (Name of Issuer) Common Stock Par Value $0.001 Per Share (Title of Class and Securities) 895818201 (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) James E. McKee, Gabelli Funds, Inc., Corporate Center at Rye, Rye, NY 10580-1430 (914) 921-5294 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications October 17, 1996 (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 State - -ment because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box: _____ /____/ Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this Statement: _____ /____/ _________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 895818201 13D _________________________________________________________________ (1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS Gabelli Funds, Inc. I.D. No. 13-3056041 _________________________________________________________________ (2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP: ____ (a) /___/ ____ (b) /___/ _________________________________________________________________ (3) SEC USE ONLY _________________________________________________________________ (4) SOURCE OF FUNDS* OO-Funds of investment company clients _________________________________________________________________ (5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) _____ / / _________________________________________________________________ (6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION New York _________________________________________________________________ : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER : 117,000 (Item 5) :________________________ : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None (Item 5) OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________ PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE : POWER : 117,000 (Item 5) :________________________ :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE : POWER : None (Item 5) _________________________________________________________________ (11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 117,000 (Item 5) _________________________________________________________________ (12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* _____ / x / _________________________________________________________________ (13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11 0.66% _________________________________________________________________ (14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* HC, IA, CO _________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! ________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 895818201 13D _________________________________________________________________ (1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS GAMCO Investors, Inc. I.D. No. 13-2951242 _________________________________________________________________ (2) THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP: ____ (a) /___/ ____ (b) /___/ _______________________________________________________________ (3) SEC USE ONLY _________________________________________________________________ (4) SOURCE OF FUNDS* OO-Funds of investment advisory clients _________________________________________________________________ (5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) _____ / x / _________________________________________________________________ (6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION New York _________________________________________________________________ : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER : 760,600 (Item 5) :________________________ : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________ PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE : POWER : 839,600 (Item 5) :________________________ :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE : POWER : None _________________________________________________________________ (11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 839,600 (Item 5) _________________________________________________________________ (12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ____ /___/ _________________________________________________________________ (13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11 4.75% _________________________________________________________________ (14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IA, CO _________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! _________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 895818201 13D _________________________________________________________________ (1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS Gabelli International Limited I.D. No. Foreign Corporation _________________________________________________________________ (2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP: ____ (a) /___/ ____ (b) /___/ _________________________________________________________________ (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 British Virgin Islands _________________________________________________________________ : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER : 13,000 (Item 5) :________________________ : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________ PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE : POWER : 13,000 (Item 5) :________________________ :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE : POWER : None _________________________________________________________________ (11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 13,000 (Item 5) _________________________________________________________________ (12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ____ /___/ _________________________________________________________________ (13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11 0.07% _________________________________________________________________ (14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* CO _________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! ________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 895818201 13D _________________________________________________________________ (1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS Gabelli Performance Partnership L.P. I.D. No. 13-3396569 _________________________________________________________________ (2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP: ____ (a) /___/ ____ (b) /___/ _________________________________________________________________ (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 _________________________________________________________________ : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER : 204,900 (Item 5) :________________________ : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________ PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE : POWER : 204,900 (Item 5) :________________________ :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE : POWER : None _________________________________________________________________ (11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 204,900 (Item 5) _________________________________________________________________ (12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ____ /___/ _________________________________________________________________ (13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11 1.16% _________________________________________________________________ (14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* PN _________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! _________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 895818201 13D _________________________________________________________________ (1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS Gabelli Associates Fund I.D. No. 13-3246203 _________________________________________________________________ (2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP: ____ (a) /___/ ____ (b) /___/ _________________________________________________________________ (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 New York _________________________________________________________________ : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER : 656,300 (Item 5) :________________________ : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________ PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE : POWER : 656,300 (Item 5) :________________________ :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE : POWER : None _________________________________________________________________ (11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 656,300 (Item 5) _________________________________________________________________ (12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ____ /___/ _________________________________________________________________ (13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11 3.71% _________________________________________________________________ (14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* PN _________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! ________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 895818201 13D _________________________________________________________________ (1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS Gabelli Associates Limited I.D. No. Foreign Corporation _________________________________________________________________ (2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP: ____ (a) /___/ ____ (b) /___/ _________________________________________________________________ (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 British Virgin Islands _________________________________________________________________ : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER : 20,000 (Item 5) :________________________ : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________ PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE : POWER : 20,000 (Item 5) :________________________ :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE : POWER : None _________________________________________________________________ (11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 20,000 (Item 5) _________________________________________________________________ (12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ____ /___/ _________________________________________________________________ (13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11 0.11% _________________________________________________________________ (14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* CO _________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! _________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 895818201 13D _________________________________________________________________ (1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS Mario J. Gabelli I.D. No. ###-##-#### _________________________________________________________________ (2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP: ____ (a) /___/ ____ (b) /___/ _________________________________________________________________ (3) SEC USE ONLY _________________________________________________________________ (4) SOURCE OF FUNDS* None _________________________________________________________________ (5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ____ / / _________________________________________________________________ (6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION USA _________________________________________________________________ : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER : None (Item 5) :________________________ : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________ PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE : POWER : None (Item 5) :________________________ :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE : POWER : None _________________________________________________________________ (11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON None (Item 5) _________________________________________________________________ (12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* _____ / x / _________________________________________________________________ (13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11 0.00% _________________________________________________________________ (14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN _________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! Item 1. Security and Issuer This Amendment No. 17 to Schedule 13D is being filed on behalf of the undersigned to amend the Schedule 13D, as amended (the "Schedule 13D"), which was originally filed on August 2, 1989. Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Schedule 13D. Item 2. Identity and Background This statement is being filed by Mario J. Gabelli ("Mr. Gabelli") and various entities which he directly or indirectly controls or for which he acts as chief investment officer. These entities, except for Lynch Corporation ("Lynch"), Spinnaker Industries, Incorporated ("Spinnaker"), Western New Mexico Telephone Company ("Western New Mexico"), Entoleter, Inc. ("Entoleter"), Lynch Telecommunications Corporation ("Lynch Telecom"), Lynch Telephone Corporation ("Lynch Telephone") and Inter-Community Telephone Company ("Inter-Community") (collectively, "Lynch and its affiliates"), engage in various aspects of the securities business, primarily as investment adviser to various institutional and individual clients, including registered investment companies and pension plans, as broker/dealer and as general partner of various private investment partnerships. Certain of these entities may also make investments for their own accounts. The foregoing persons in the aggregate often own beneficially more than 5% of a class of equity securities of a particular issuer. Although several of the foregoing persons are treated as institutional investors for purposes of reporting their beneficial ownership on the short-form Schedule 13G, the holdings of those who do not qualify as institutional investors may exceed the 1% threshold presented for filing on Schedule 13D or implementation of their investment philosophy may from time to time require action which could be viewed as not completely passive. In order to avoid any question as to whether their beneficial ownership is being reported on the proper form and in order to provide greater investment flexibility and administrative uniformity, these persons have decided to file their beneficial ownership reports on the more detailed Schedule 13D form rather than on the short-form Schedule 13G and thereby to provide more expansive disclosure than may be necessary. (a), (b) and (c) - This statement is being filed by one or more of the following persons: Gabelli Funds, Inc. ("GFI"), GAMCO Investors, Inc. ("GAMCO"), Gabelli Securities, Inc. ("GSI"), Gabelli & Company, Inc. ("Gabelli & Company"), Gabelli Performance Partnership L.P. ("GPP"), GLI, Inc. ("GLI"), Gabelli Associates Fund ("Gabelli Associates"), Gabelli Associates Limited ("GAL"), Gabelli & Company, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan (the "Plan"), Gabelli International Limited ("GIL"), Gabelli International II Limited ("GIL II"), Gabelli International Gold Fund Limited ("GIGFL"), ALCE Partners, L.P. ("ALCE"), Gabelli Multimedia Partners, L.P. ("Multimedia Partners"), Gabelli Asset Management Company International Advisory Services Ltd. ("GIASL"), Mr. Gabelli, Lynch, Spinnaker, Western New Mexico, Entoleter, Lynch Telecom, Lynch Telephone and Inter-Community. Those of the foregoing persons signing this Schedule 13D are hereafter referred to as the "Reporting Persons". GAMCO, a majority owned subsidiary of GFI, is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended ("Advisers Act"). GAMCO is an investment manager providing discretionary managed account services in the equity area for employee benefit plans, private investors, endowments and foundations. Gabelli & Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI, is a broker- - -dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("l934 Act"), which as a part of its business regularly purchases and sells securities for its own account. GLI, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI, is a general partner of G&R Partners, a Delaware partnership ("G&R"), which, in turn, is the general partner of Gabelli-Rosenthal & Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("G-R"), whose primary business purpose is to do friendly leveraged buyouts. At the present time, G-R's sole business purpose is to monitor its existing portfolio investments. Gabelli Associates is a New York limited partnership whose primary business purpose is risk arbitrage investments. GSI and Mr. Gabelli are the general partners of Gabelli Associates. GAL is a corporation whose primary business purpose is risk arbitrage investments. Shares of GAL's Common Stock will be offered to persons who are neither citizens nor residents of the United States and may be offered to a limited number of U.S. investors. GSI is the investment manager of GAL. GSI, a majority-owned subsidiary of GFI, is a Delaware corporation which as a part of its business regularly purchases and sells securities for its own account. It is the immediate parent of Gabelli & Company. GFI is the ultimate parent company for a variety of companies engaged in the securities business, each of which is named above. In addition, GFI is an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act. GFI is an investment adviser which presently provides discretionary managed account services for The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., The Gabelli Asset Fund, The Gabelli Growth Fund, The Gabelli Convertible Securities Fund, Inc., The Gabelli Value Fund Inc., The Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund, The Gabelli Equity Income Fund, The Gabelli ABC Fund, The Gabelli Global Telecommunications Fund, Gabelli Gold Fund, Inc., The Gabelli Global Multimedia Trust Inc., The Gabelli Global Convertible Securities Fund, Gabelli Capital Asset Fund, Gabelli International Growth Fund, Inc. and The Gabelli Global Interactive Couch Potato Fund (collectively, the "Funds"), which are registered investment companies. The Plan, a qualified employee profit sharing plan, covers substantially all employees of GFI and its affiliates. GPP, a Delaware limited partnership, is a limited partnership whose primary business purpose is investing in securities. Mr. Gabelli is the general partner and chief investment officer of GPP. GIL is a corporation whose primary business purpose is investing in a portfolio of equity securities and securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, equity securities in order to achieve its investment objective of significant long-term growth of capital. Shares of GIL's common stock are offered to persons who are neither citizens nor residents of the United States and may be offered to a limited number of U.S. investors. The investments of GIL are managed by Mr. Gabelli who is also a director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of GIL. GIL II is a corporation whose business purpose is investing primarily in a portfolio of equity securities and securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, equity securities in order to achieve its investment objective of significant long-term growth of capital. Shares of GIL II's common stock are offered to persons who are neither citizens nor residents of the United States and may be offered to a limited number of U.S. investors. The investments of GIL II are managed by Mr. Gabelli who is also a director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of GIL II. ALCE is a Delaware investment limited partnership that seeks long-term capital appreciation primarily through investments in public and private equity securities. GSI is a general partner of ALCE. Multimedia Partners is a Delaware investment limited partnership whose objective is to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in public and private multimedia communications companies. GSI is a general partner of Multimedia Partners. GIASL is a corporation whose primary business purpose is to provide advisory services to offshore funds. Lynch, an Indiana corporation, is a diversified public company traded on the American Stock Exchange. Its subsidiaries are engaged in communications, services, and manufactured products. Spinnaker, a Delaware subsidiary of Lynch, is also a public company and its stock is traded through the NASDAQ System. Spinnaker is a diversified manufacturing firm with major subsidiaries in specialty adhesive-backed materials business. Another of Lynch's subsidiar- ies, Western New Mexico, provides telephone services in a service area in Southwestern New Mexico. Inter-Community, which is also a subsidiary of Lynch, provides local telephone services in an area 40 miles west of Fargo, North Dakota. Lynch and Spinnaker actively pursue new business ventures and acquisitions. Lynch and its affiliates make investments in marketable securities to preserve capital and maintain liquidity for financing their business activities and acquisitions (not in the case of Western New Mexico) and are not engaged in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities. Mr. Gabelli is Chairman of Lynch and owns beneficially 23.52% of the shares of common stock of Lynch. Mr. Gabelli is the majority stockholder and Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of GFI and the Chief Investment Officer for each of the Reporting Persons. GFI, in turn, is the majority stockholder of GAMCO. GFI is also the majority stockholder of GSI. Gabelli & Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI. GLI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI. The Reporting Persons do not admit that they constitute a group. GFI, GAMCO, Gabelli & Company and GLI are New York corporations and GSI is a Delaware corporation, each having its principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580-1434. GPP is a Delaware limited partnership having its principal business office at 8 Sound Shore Drive, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830. Gabelli Associates is a New York limited partnership having its principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580-1434. GAL and GIL are corporations organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands having their principal business office at c/o MeesPierson (Cayman) Limited, British American Centre, Dr. Roy's Drive-Phase 3, George Town, Grand Cayman, British West Indies. GIL II is a corporation organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands having their principal business office at c/o Coutts & Company (Cayman) Limited, West Bay Road, Grand Cayman, British West Indies. GIASL is a Bermuda corporation with its principal business office at c/o Appleby, Spurling & Kempe, Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue, Hamilton HM12, Bermuda. Lynch is an Indiana corporation having its principal business office at 8 Sound Shore Drive, Greenwich, CT 06830. Spinnaker is a Delaware corporation having its principal business office at 251 Welton Street, Hamden, CT 06511. For information required by instruction C to Schedule 13D with respect to the executive officers and directors of the foregoing entities and other related persons (collectively, "Covered Persons"), reference is made to Schedule I annexed hereto and incorporated herein by reference. (d) and (e) - On December 8, 1994, the SEC instituted and simulta- neously accepted offers for the settlement of an administrative proceeding against Gabelli & Company and GAMCO. The order instituting the proceeding included a finding, which Gabelli & Company and GAMCO neither admitted nor denied, that they failed to implement and maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent the misuse of material, nonpublic information by not sepecifically addressing the special circumstances that arose from their affiliation with Lynch Corporation, a public company. To resolve this matter, Gabelli & Company and GAMCO agreed to cease and desist from violating Section 15(f) of the 1934 Act and Section 204A of the Advisers Act, respectively. They further agreed to each pay a civil penalty in the amount of $50,000, and to retain, and adopt the recommendations of, an independant consultant regarding their Section 15(f) and Section 204A policies and procedures. On December 13, 1991, the Virginia State Corporation Commission entered an order of settlement in final disposition of matters arising from an allegation that GAMCO had transacted business in Virginia as an investment adviser without having been registered as such under Virginia Code Section 13.1-504A or an exemption therefrom. GAMCO consented to the entry of the order without admitting or denying the allegation and without a hearing. The terms of the order provide that GAMCO would pay a fine and costs totalling fifty-five thousand dollars and would not transact business in Virginia as an investment adviser unless it was registered as such under section 13.1-504A or was exempt from registration. (f) - Reference is made to Schedule I hereto. Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration All Reporting Persons used an aggregate of approximately $6,443,994 to purchase the additional Securities requiring this Amendment to Schedule 13D. Gabelli Associates used approximately $6,236,688 of the investment funds of the Partnership to purchase the Securities reported by it. GIL and GAL used approximately $17,250 and $190,056, respectively, of working capital to purchase the Securities reported by them. Item 5. Interest In Securities Of The Issuer (a) The aggregate number and percentage of Securities to which this Schedule 13D relates is 1,850,800 shares, representing 10.46% of the 17,683,000 shares outstanding as reported in the Issuer's most recently filed Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1996. The Reporting persons beneficially own those Securities as follows: Shares of % of Common Class of Name Stock Common GFI: As Principal 0 0.00% As Agent 117,000 0.66% GAMCO: As Principal 0 0.00% As Agent 839,600 4.75% GPP 204,900 1.16% GIL 13,000 0.07% GAL 20,000 0.11% Gabelli Associates 656,300 3.71% Mr. Gabelli 0 0.00% Mr. Gabelli is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Securities beneficially owned by each of the foregoing persons and GFI is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Securities beneficially owned by each of the foregoing persons other than Mr. Gabelli. (b) Each of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons has the sole power to vote or direct the vote and sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of the Securities reported for it, either for its own benefit or for the benefit of its investment clients or its partners, as the case may be, except that GAMCO Investors, Inc. does not have authority to vote 79,000 of the reported shares, and except that GFI has sole dispositive and voting power with respect to the 117,000 shares of the Issuer held by the the Funds, so long as the aggregate voting interest of all joint filers does not exceed 25% of their total voting interest in the Issuer and in that event, the Proxy Voting Committee of each of the Funds shall respectively vote that Fund's shares, and except that, at any time, the Proxy Voting Committee of each such Fund may take and exercise in its sole discretion the entire voting power with respect to the shares held by such Fund under special circumstances such as regulatory considerations, and except that the power of Mr. Gabelli and GFI is indirect with respect to Securities beneficially owned directly by other Reporting Persons. (c) Information with respect to all transactions in the Securities which were effected during the past sixty days by each of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons is set forth on Schedule II annexed hereto and incorporated herein by reference. (e) Not applicable. 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. Dated: October 18, 1996 GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. By:_________________________ Douglas R. Jamieson Executive Vice President GABELLI PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP By:___________________________ Mario J. Gabelli, General Partner by: James E. McKee Attorney-in-Fact MARIO J. GABELLI By:___________________________ James E. McKee Attorney-in-Fact GABELLI FUNDS, INC. By:______________________________ James E. McKee General Counsel GABELLI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED By:______________________________ Mario J. Gabelli, Chairman and Investment Manager by: James E. McKee Attorney-in-Fact GABELLI ASSOCIATES FUND By:_________________________ Gabelli Securities, Inc., General Partner by: James E. McKee Secretary GABELLI ASSOCIATES LIMITED By:_________________________ Gabelli Securities,Inc., Investment Manager by: James E. McKee Secretary EX-1 2 SCHEDULE II INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS OR SINCE THE MOST RECENT FILING ON SCHEDULE 13D (1) SHARES PURCHASED AVERAGE DATE SOLD(-) PRICE(2) COMMON STOCK-TRIAD SYSTEMS CORP GABELLI INTERNATIONAL LTD 10/11/96 3,000 5.7500 GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. 10/16/96 4,000- 5.5000 10/15/96 6,000- 5.7188 10/01/96 200- 5.0000 9/30/96 1,500- 5.3750 9/13/96 1,500- 5.2500 GABELLI ASSOCIATES LTD 10/17/96 20,000 9.5028 GABELLI ASSOCIATES FUND 10/17/96 656,300 9.5028 (1) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED ON NASDAQ. (2) PRICE EXCLUDES COMMISSION. Page 20 of 20 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----