0001029574-01-500035.txt : 20011128 0001029574-01-500035.hdr.sgml : 20011128 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001029574-01-500035 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20011107 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000027425 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS [3490] IRS NUMBER: 310258080 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-31171 FILM NUMBER: 1776976 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7887 WASHINGTON VILLAGE DR CITY: DAYTON STATE: OH ZIP: 45459 BUSINESS PHONE: 9372917000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7887 WASHINGTON VILLAGE DRIVE CITY: DAYTON STATE: OH ZIP: 45459 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DAYTON MALLEABLE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19831219 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DAYTON MALLEABLE IRON CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19741216 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST CAROLINA INVESTORS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000811040 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LAND SUBDIVIDERS & DEVELOPERS (NO CEMETERIES) [6552] IRS NUMBER: 561005066 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1130 EAST THIRD SRREET SUITE 410 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28204 BUSINESS PHONE: 7043730501 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 33607 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28233-3607 SC 13D/A 1 amcast4.txt UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D Amendment No. 4 Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION _________________________________________________________________ (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, no par value _________________________________________________________________ (Title of Class of Securities 023395-10-6 ____________________________ (CUSIP Number) Brent D. Baird 1350 One M&T Plaza Buffalo, New York 14203 (Phone: (716) 849-1484) _________________________________________________________________ (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) October 19, 2001 _______________________ (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 Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d- 1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box __. *The remainder of this cover page shall be filed 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 disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required on 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). SCHEDULE 13D Amendment No. 4 CUSIP NO. 023395-10-6 1. Name of Reporting Person SS or Identification No. of above person (optional) First Carolina Investors, Inc. 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a)___ (b)_X_ 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 NUMBER OF SHARES 7. SOLE VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED 1,087,900 BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH 8. SHARED VOTING POWER -0- 9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,087,900 10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- 11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,087,900 12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ____ 13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 12.684% 14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* CO, IV *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! SCHEDULE 13D Amendment No. 4 First Carolina Investors, Inc. previously reported ownership of 987,400 Shares of the Issuer in a Schedule 13D filed on April 24, 2001 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as amended by Schedule 13D Amendment No. 1, which was filed on May 29, 2001 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as amended by Schedule 13D Amendment No. 2, which was filed on June 15, 2001 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as amended by Schedule 13D Amendment No. 3, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 19, 2001 ("Amendment No. 3"). Since the filing of Amendment No. 3, the Reporting Person has purchased additional Shares. The cover page for First Carolina Investors, Inc. is hereby amended to read as shown in this Amendment No. 4. Items 3 and 5 are hereby amended as shown in this Amendment No. 4. All other items remain unchanged, and are incorporated by reference. ITEM 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS. Item 3 is hereby amended to add the following: The amount of funds paid for the Shares by First Carolina Investors, Inc. is $580,000 (which only includes the amount of funds paid by the Reporting Person with respect to the Shares purchased since the filing of Amendment No. 3). ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER. Item 5 is hereby amended to read as follows: (a) The Reporting Person hereby reports beneficial ownership, in the manner hereinafter described, of 1,087,900 Shares of the Issuer:
Percentage of Number Of Outstanding Shares Held in the Name of Shares Security First Carolina Investors, 1,087,900 12.684% (1) Inc.
(1) The foregoing percentage assumes that the number of Shares of the Issuer outstanding is 8,576,740 Shares. In the Issuer's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 3, 2001, the Issuer reported that the number of Shares outstanding as of June 3, 2001 is 8,576,740 Shares. (b) The Reporting Person has sole voting and sole dispositive power over the Shares enumerated in paragraph (a). (c) The following purchase of the Shares was effected during the past sixty days:
Price/Share (in Dollars Commissions Purchase In The Number of not Name Of Date Shares included) First Carolina 10/19/01 100,000 5.80 Investors
The transaction was effected through an open-market purchase. (d) Not applicable (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 this 7th day of November, 2001. First Carolina Investors, Inc. By: s/Brent D. Baird Brent D. Baird, Chairman