4 1 0001.txt FORM 4 - 12/31/00 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Balser, Paul F. One Gateway Center 19th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol The Carbide/Graphite Group, Inc. CGGI 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 12/31/00 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock, $0.01 par v|12/7/0|G (2| |26,000 |D |$1.8125 |0 | | | alue |0 |) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Stock Options (Right|$18.25 | | | | | |(1) |8/26/|Common Stock| | |1,700 |D | | to Buy) | | | | | | | |06 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Options (Right|$28.875 | | | | | |(1) |7/31/|Common Stock| | |2,000 |D | | to Buy) | | | | | | | |07 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Options (Right|$21.5312| | | | | |(1) |7/31/|Common Stock| | |2,000 |D | | to Buy) |5 | | | | | | |08 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Options (Right|$13.9375| | | | | |(1) |7/31/|Common Stock| | |3,400 |D | | to Buy) | | | | | | | |09 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
Explanation of Responses: (1) All options are currently vested and exercisable. (2) The Reporting Person gifted the Common Stock to an irrevocable trust on 12/7/00. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON Filed by EDGAR -- Manual signature maintained by the Company DATE January 10, 2001