SC 13D/A 1 0001.txt AVADO BRANDS, INC. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D/A Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 AVADO BRANDS, INC. ------------------------------------ (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 05336P108 ----------------------- (CUSIP Number) Tom E. DuPree, Jr. Avado Brands, Inc. Hancock at Washington Madison, GA 30650 (706) 342-4552 ---------------------------------------------------------- (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) November 8, 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 that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f), or 13d-1(g), check the following box [ ] SCHEDULE 13D/A CUSIP No. 05336P108 1 NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS Tom E. DuPree, Jr. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [ ] (b) [ ] _______________________________________________________________________ 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 United States of America _______________________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 7. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY 7,044,672 OWNED BY ____________________________________ EACH REPORTING 8. SHARED VOTING POWER PERSON WITH 816,443 ____________________________________ 9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 7,044,672 ____________________________________ 10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 816,443 _______________________________________________________________________ 11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 7,861,115 _______________________________________________________________________ 12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ] _______________________________________________________________________ 13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 29.0% _______________________________________________________________________ 14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN Page 2 Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer. (a) Aggregate number of shares and percentage of outstanding Common Stock beneficially owned by Mr. DuPree. Reporting Person Number of Shares Percentage of Class -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom E. DuPree, Jr. 7,861,115 29.0% (b) Mr. DuPree has the sole power to vote and dispose of all of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by him as set forth in Item 5(a) with the exception of 644,812 shares held by various Foundations, Partnerships and Trusts in addition to 171,631 shares held by the Company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan which are allocated to other employees and for which Mr. DuPree has shared investment power. (c) On November 8, 2000, Mr. DuPree acquired 325,000 shares of Common Stock at a price per share of $0.623 through open market transactions. (d) Not applicable. (e) Not applicable. Page 3 Signatures 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 9, 2000 By: ------------------------- Tom E. DuPree, Jr.