-----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, FEkpVYxELaYhUe3FrZGYKNVW95lagupXd02Tr7zKT6WSnwWLtemtAUx3o4ovEXR0 54v5Alt0PtZOndiDk3pOkg== 0000904454-97-000120.txt : 19971229 0000904454-97-000120.hdr.sgml : 19971229 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000904454-97-000120 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19971224 SROS: NONE SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PREMIER PARKS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000701374 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990] IRS NUMBER: 736137714 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-33593 FILM NUMBER: 97744195 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11501 NE EXPWY CITY: OKLAHOMA CITY STATE: OK ZIP: 73131 BUSINESS PHONE: 4054752500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11501 NORTHEAST EXPWY CITY: OKLAHOMA CITY STATE: OK ZIP: 73131 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TIERCO GROUP INC/DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LAWRENCE TYRRELL ORTALE & SMITH CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000901033 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 515 MADISON AVE STREET 2: 29TH FL CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 515 MADISON AVE STREET 2: 29TH FL CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 SC 13D 1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Final Amendment) Premier Parks, Inc. _________________________________________________________________ (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, $.05 par value _________________________________________________________________ (Title of Class of Securities) 0007405401 _________________________________________________________________ (CUSIP Number) Lawrence, Tyrrell, Ortale William J. Hewitt, Esq. & Smith Reboul, MacMurray, Hewitt, 3100 West End Avenue, Suite 500 Maynard & Kristol Nashville, Tennessee 37203 45 Rockefeller Plaza Attention: Mr. Jack Tyrrell New York, New York 10111 Tel. (615) 383-0982 Tel. (212) 841-5700 _________________________________________________________________ (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) May 19, 1997 _________________________________ (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. 0007405401 Page 2 of 6 Pages _________________________________________________________________ 1) Name of Reporting Person Lawrence, Tyrrell, S.S. or I.R.S. Identification Ortale & Smith No. of Above Person _________________________________________________________________ 2) Check the Appropriate Box (a) [X] if a Member of a Group (b) [ ] _________________________________________________________________ 3) SEC Use Only _________________________________________________________________ 4) Source of Funds Not Applicable _________________________________________________________________ 5) Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Not Applicable Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e) _________________________________________________________________ 6) Citizenship or Place of Organization New York _________________________________________________________________ Number of 7) Sole Voting -0- Shares Beneficially Power Owned by Each Reporting Person: ________________________________________ 8) Shared Voting Power -0- ________________________________________ 9) Sole Disposi- -0- tive Power ________________________________________ 10) Shared Dis- positive Power -0- ________________________________________ 11) Aggregate Amount Beneficially -0- Owned by Each Reporting Person _________________________________________________________________ 12) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares _________________________________________________________________ 13) Percent of Class Represented by -0- Amount in Row (11) _________________________________________________________________ 14) Type of Reporting Person PN CUSIP No. 0007405401 Page 3 of 6 Pages _________________________________________________________________ 1) Name of Reporting Person Lawrence Tyrrell, S.S. or I.R.S. Identification Ortale & Smith II, L.P. No. of Above Person _________________________________________________________________ 2) Check the Appropriate Box (a) [X] if a Member of a Group (b) [ ] _________________________________________________________________ 3) SEC Use Only _________________________________________________________________ 4) Source of Funds Not Applicable _________________________________________________________________ 5) Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Not Applicable Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e) _________________________________________________________________ 6) Citizenship or Place of Organization Delaware _________________________________________________________________ Number of 7) Sole Voting 311,940 shares of Shares Beneficially Power Common Stock, $.01 Owned by Each par value Reporting Person: ________________________________________ 8) Shared Voting Power -0- ________________________________________ 9) Sole Disposi- 311,940 shares of tive Power Common Stock, $.01 par value ________________________________________ 10) Shared Dis- positive Power -0- ________________________________________ 11) Aggregate Amount Beneficially 311,940 shares of Owned by Each Reporting Person Common Stock, $.01 par value _________________________________________________________________ 12) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares _________________________________________________________________ 13) Percent of Class Represented by 1.7% Amount in Row (11) _________________________________________________________________ 14) Type of Reporting Person PN CUSIP No. 0007405401 Page 4 of 6 Pages Final Amendment to Schedule 13D _______________________________ Reference is hereby made to the statement on Schedule 13D originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 1992, Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on April 9, 1993 and Amendment No. 2 thereto filed on November 4, 1994 (the "Schedule 13D"). Terms defined in the Schedule 13D are used herein as so defined. Item 1. Security and Issuer. ___________________ Item 1 is hereby amended by adding the following thereto: Effective September 23, 1994 the Issuer changed its name to Premier Parks, Inc. Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer. ____________________________________ Item 5 is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows: The following information is based on a total of 18,300,672 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of November 5, 1997, as reported in the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 13, 1997. Share numbers have been adjusted to reflect the one-for-five reverse split of the Common Stock on May 30, 1996. (a) LTOS and Venture Partners _________________________ LTOS and Venture Partners, as the general partner of LTOS, own no Common Stock. LTOS II and II Partners _______________________ LTOS II 311,940 shares of Common Stock, or approximately 1.7% of the Common Stock outstanding. II Partners, as the general partner of LTOS II, may be deemed to beneficially own the Common Stock owned by LTOS II. General Partners of Venture Partners and II Partners ____________________________________________________ (i) Larry J. Lawrence owns 8,898 shares of Common Stock, or less than 0.1% of the Common Stock outstanding. (ii) Jack Tyrrell directly owns 9,794 shares of Common Stock, or less than 0.1% of the Common Stock outstanding. In CUSIP No. 0007405401 Page 5 of 6 Pages addition, Mr. Tyrrell may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own 4,396 shares of Common Stock held in a trust for the benefit of his son and an aggregate 369,123 shares of Common Stock held in two limited partnerships of which he is a general partner of the respective sole general partners thereof. Mr. Tyrrell disclaims beneficial ownership of all such indirectly held shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. (iii) W. Patrick Ortale, III directly owns 6,550 shares of Common Stock, or less than .01% of the Common Stock outstanding. In addition, Mr. Ortale may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own an aggregate 369,123 shares of Common Stock held in two limited partnerships of which he is a general partner of the respective sole general partners thereof. Mr. Ortale disclaims beneficial ownership of all such indirectly held shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. (iv) Richard W. Smith directly owns 2,753 shares of Common Stock, or less than 0.1% of the Common Stock outstanding. In addition, Mr. Smith may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own an aggregate 2,020 shares of Common Stock held in trust accounts for the benefit of his four children. Mr. Smith disclaims beneficial ownership of all such indirectly held shares. (v) Brian T. Horey owns 1,287 shares of Common Stock, or less than 0.1% of the Common Stock outstanding. (b) The general partners of II Partners may be deemed to share the power to vote or direct the voting of and to dispose or to direct the disposition of the shares of Common Stock owned by LTOS II. Each of the general partners of II Partners disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares of Common Stock owned by LTOS II that exceed his indirect pro rata interest, as a partner of II Partners, therein. (c) On May 19, 1997 LTOS distributed 200,000 shares of Common Stock, representing its entire interest in the securities of the Issuer, to its partners. On November 20, 1997 LTOS II distributed 150,000 shares of Common Stock to its partners. (d) Except as described in this statement, no person has the power to direct the receipt of dividends on, or the proceeds from sales of, the shares of Common Stock owned by LTOS II. (e) LTOS and LTOS II ceased to be the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the Common Stock as a result of the dilution of their holdings over time. CUSIP No. 0007405401 Page 6 of 6 Pages 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: December 18, 1997 LAWRENCE, TYRRELL, ORTALE & SMITH By: Lawrence Venture Partners, General Partner By:/s/ W. Patrick Ortale III ___________________________ General Partner LAWRENCE, TYRRELL, ORTALE & SMITH II, L.P. By: LTOS II Partners, General Partner By:/s/ W. Patrick Ortale III ___________________________ General Partner -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----