3 1 y55676e3.txt NEUSON AG SEC 1473 POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO (7-97) RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER. -------------------------- OMB APPROVAL -------------------------- OMB Number: 3235-0104 Expires: December 31, 2001 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5 -------------------------- U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Print of Type Responses) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Neuson AG -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) Haidfeldstrasse 37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) 4060 Linz-Leonding Austria -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12/06/2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Gehl Company Trading Symbol (NASDAQ): GEHL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [X] 10% Owner [_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [_] Form Filed by One Reporting Person [X] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ================================================================================
3. Ownership Form: 2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or 1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 689,749 Direct ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Page 1 of 4 By Baumaschinen AG, principal shareholder of Common Stock 689,749 Indirect Neuson AG. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ By PIN Privatstiftung, principal shareholder of Baumaschinen AG principal shareholder of Common Stock 689,749 Indirect Neuson AG. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================
5. Owner- 3. Title and Amount of Securities ship Underlying Derivative Security Form of 2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security: (Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of ---------------------- or Exercise (D) or Indirect Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial 1. Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Explanation of Responses: This statement is being filed jointly by Neuson AG ("Neuson") and its principal shareholder, Baumaschinen AG ("Baumaschinen"), and Baumachinen's principal shareholder, PIN Privatstiftung ("PIN") (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"). Neuson, Baumaschinen and PIN do not admit they constitute a group. The 689,749 Shares of the common stock of Gehl Company that are the subject of this Form 3 filing are held in Neuson's name directly and are held indirectly by Baumachinen and PIN through their relationship with Neuson. The event that requires the filing of this Form 3 is the Stock Purchase Agreement dated December 6, 2001 (filed as Exhibit 2 to Neuson's Schedule 13D filed on December 7, 2001) between Neuson and the sellers party thereto (the "Sellers"). Pursuant to such Stock Purchase Agreement, Neuson, and the other Reporting Persons, through Neuson, purchased 378,399 shares of Gehl Company from the Sellers, increasing their shareholding in Gehl Company from 311,350 to 689,749 shares. Attached as Appendix 1 is a list of the names and addresses of Baumaschinen and PIN. Neuson AG By: /s/ Kurt Helletzgruber ----------------------- Kurt Helletzgruber Managing Director And By: /s/ Johannes Neunteufel ----------------------- Johannes Neunteufel Managing Director Baumaschinen AG By: /s/ Kurt Helletzgruber ----------------------- Kurt Helletzgruber Managing Director PIN Privatstiftung By: /s/ Kurt Helletzgruber December 11, 2001 ----------------------- ----------------------- Kurt Helletzgruber Date Managing Director And By: /s/ Johannes Neunteufel ----------------------- Johannes Neunteufel Managing Director
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. Page 3 of 4 Appendix 1 -- Joint Filers 1. Baumachinen AG Haidfeldstrasse 37 4060 Linz-Leonding Austria Date of Event Requiring Statement: December 6, 2001 Issuer Name: Gehl Company Issuer Trading Symbol: GEHL 2. PIN Privatstiftung Gaisbergerstrasse 52 4031 Linz Austria Date of Event Requiring Statement: December 6, 2001 Issuer Name: Gehl Company Issuer Trading Symbol: GEHL
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