-----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, NhvOl+gav1obPpB8rsTtLynZqOe/TgPzzmy/teBlqW/sLlqpdyjgD2/Toz1T5GX+ 5D/Hu0yT9wu3WLElqJtsIw== 0000807249-98-000157.txt : 19980519 0000807249-98-000157.hdr.sgml : 19980519 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000807249-98-000157 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 19980518 SROS: NYSE SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LIBERTY CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000059229 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LIFE INSURANCE [6311] IRS NUMBER: 570507055 STATE OF INCORPORATION: SC FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-12574 FILM NUMBER: 98626866 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 789 STREET 2: 2000 WADE HAMPTON BLVD CITY: GREENVILLE STATE: SC ZIP: 29615 BUSINESS PHONE: 8032688283 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 789 STREET 2: WADE HAMPTON BLVD CITY: GREENVILLE STATE: SC ZIP: 29602 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 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: GABELLI FUNDS STREET 2: ONE CORPORATE CENTER CITY: RYE STATE: NY ZIP: 10580 SC 13D/A 1 AMENDMENT TO SCHEDULE 13D SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 17) THE LIBERTY CORPORATION (Name of Issuer) Common Stock No Par Value (Title of Class of Securities) 530370105 (CUSIP Number) James E. McKee, Gabelli Funds, Inc., One Corporate Center, Rye, NY 10580-1434 (914) 921-5294 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) April 28, 1998 (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: ____ /___/ _________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 530370105 13D _________________________________________________________________ (1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Gabelli Funds, Inc. I.D. No. 14-3056041 _________________________________________________________________ (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 : 449,532 (Item 5) :________________________ : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None (Item 5) OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________ PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE : POWER : 449,532 (Item 5) :________________________ :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE : POWER : None (Item 5) _________________________________________________________________ (11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 449,532 (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 2.41% _________________________________________________________________ (14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* HC, IA, CO _________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! ________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 530370105 13D _________________________________________________________________ (1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) GAMCO Investors, Inc. I.D. No. 14-2951242 _________________________________________________________________ (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 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 : 732,474 (Item 5) :________________________ : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________ PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE : POWER : 749,705 (Item 5) :________________________ :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE : POWER : None _________________________________________________________________ (11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 749,705 (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 4.03% _________________________________________________________________ (14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IA, CO _________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! ________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 530370105 13D _________________________________________________________________ (1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Gabelli Performance Partnership 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 New York _________________________________________________________________ : (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* ____ /___/ _________________________________________________________________ (13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11 0.00% _________________________________________________________________ (14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* PN _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 530370105 13D _________________________________________________________________ (1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) 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 : 3,000 (Item 5) :________________________ : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________ PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE : POWER : 3,000 (Item 5) :________________________ :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE : POWER : None _________________________________________________________________ (11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 3,000 (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 0.02% _________________________________________________________________ (14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* CO _________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! _________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 530370105 13D _________________________________________________________________ (1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) MJG Associates, Inc. I.D. No. 06-1304269 _________________________________________________________________ (2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP: ____ (a) /___/ ____ (b) /___/ _________________________________________________________________ (3) SEC USE ONLY _________________________________________________________________ (4) SOURCE OF FUNDS* OO-Client Funds _________________________________________________________________ (5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ____ / / _________________________________________________________________ (6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION CT _________________________________________________________________ : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER : 1,000 (Item 5) :________________________ : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________ PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE : POWER : 1,000 (Item 5) :________________________ :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE : POWER : None _________________________________________________________________ (11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,000 (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 0.01% _________________________________________________________________ (14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* CO _________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! _________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 530370105 13D _________________________________________________________________ (1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Marc J. Gabelli ________________________________________________________________ (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* _____ / / _________________________________________________________________ (13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11 0.00% _________________________________________________________________ (14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN _________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! _________________________________________________________________ CUSIP No. 530370105 13D _________________________________________________________________ (1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Mario J. Gabelli ________________________________________________________________ (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 on Liberty Corporation (the "Issuer") is being filed on behalf of the under- signed to amend the Schedule 13D, as amended (the "Schedule 13D") which was originally filed on May 2, 1990. This Amendment No. 17 is being filed in order to correct a numerical inaccuracy in Item 5 of Amendment No. 16. 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 5. Interest In Securities Of The Issuer Item 5 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows: (a) The aggregate number and percentage of Securities to which this Schedule 13D relates is 1,203,237 shares, repre- senting 6.47% of the 18,608,078 shares outstanding as reported by the Issuer in its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997. The Reporting Persons beneficially own those securi- ties as follows: Shares of % of Common Class of Name Stock Common GFI: As Principal 0 0.00% As Agent 449,532 2.41% GAMCO: As Principal 0 0.00% As Agent 749,705 4.03% GPP 0 0.00% GIL 3,000 0.02% MJG Associates 1,000 0.01% Marc Gabelli 0 0.00% Mario Gabelli 0 0.00% Mario Gabelli is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Securities owned beneficially by each of the foregoing persons other than Marc Gabelli and GFI. MJG Associates is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Securities beneficially owned by GIL. GFI is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Securities beneficially owned by each of the foregoing persons other than Mario Gabelli and Marc Gabelli. 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: May 15, 1998 GABELLI FUNDS, INC. By:_________________________ James E. McKee General Counsel GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. By:_________________________ Douglas R. Jamieson Executive Vice President GABELLI PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP, L.P. By:_______________________ MJG Associates, Inc. General Partner by: James E. McKee Attorney-in-Fact GABELLI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED By:__________________________ Mario J. Gabelli, Chairman by: James E. McKee Attorney-in-Fact MJG ASSOCIATES, INC. By:__________________________ Mario J. Gabelli, Chairman by: James E. McKee Attorney-in-Fact MARIO J. GABELLI By:________________________ James E. McKee Attorney-in-Fact MARC J. GABELLI By:________________________ James E. McKee Attorney-in-Fact 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-LIBERTY CORPORATION MJG ASSOCIATES, INC. 4/09/98 1,000 51.5000 GABELLI INTERNATIONAL LTD 4/20/98 1,000 51.2500 4/09/98 2,000 51.5000 GABELLI FUNDS, INC. THE GABELLI SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND 4/14/98 20,000 52.0500 4/09/98 8,000 51.5422 THE GABELLI GLOBAL MULTI MEDIA TRUST 4/14/98 2,000 52.0500 THE GABELLI CAPITAL ASSET FUND 4/28/98 4,500 50.0556 4/14/98 10,500 52.0500 GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. 4/29/98 3,000 50.7500 4/20/98 500 51.4975 4/13/98 500 52.0000 4/09/98 9,500 51.6020 4/08/98 3,000 51.5000 4/07/98 1,000 51.8781 3/30/98 2,000 51.8125 4/29/98 1,500 50.4375 4/28/98 4,500 49.9931 4/27/98 7,300 49.7654 4/27/98 300 50.0625 4/27/98 300 50.1250 4/24/98 500 50.6250 4/24/98 1,000 50.7500 4/24/98 3,000 50.5000 4/23/98 1,000 50.9375 4/22/98 7,200 51.3056 4/22/98 300 50.8750 4/22/98 5,400- 51.2824 4/22/98 800 51.2500 4/22/98 4,300 51.1017 4/21/98 5,400 51.2824 4/21/98 2,400 51.2500 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-LIBERTY CORPORATION GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. 4/20/98 300 51.4375 4/20/98 9,700 51.4975 4/20/98 1,500 51.6250 4/20/98 1,000 51.2500 4/17/98 5,300 51.6792 4/16/98 6,000 51.2500 4/15/98 2,000 52.0000 4/14/98 13,300 51.9037 4/14/98 500- 52.0000 4/14/98 465- 51.4375 4/13/98 8,500 52.0000 4/13/98 5,000 51.9875 4/13/98 4,000 51.8750 4/09/98 4,500 51.5000 4/09/98 1,500 51.4375 4/09/98 500 51.3750 4/08/98 4,000 51.5000 4/08/98 2,000 51.4375 4/08/98 500 51.5625 4/08/98 2,000 51.3750 4/08/98 500- 51.5625 4/07/98 3,000 51.8781 4/07/98 3,000 51.5625 4/03/98 500 52.4375 4/02/98 4,600 51.8492 4/01/98 500 51.3125 4/01/98 700 51.4375 4/01/98 6,200 51.2147 4/01/98 500 50.8500 (1) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED ON THE NY STOCK EXCHANGE. 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