-----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, VfasDsppmTQZwUp6ps9EgW9p7eBS8T1aRcKX+PrTyhzSNoFjZjAQZZwTHPQ2F49Z D+cuaf9ZRfz5YNVyp+leCQ== 0000315066-98-000281.txt : 19980210 0000315066-98-000281.hdr.sgml : 19980210 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315066-98-000281 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19980209 SROS: NYSE SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BEAZER HOMES USA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000915840 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: OPERATIVE BUILDERS [1531] IRS NUMBER: 582086934 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-44189 FILM NUMBER: 98525641 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5775 PEACHTREE DUNW00DY RD STREET 2: STE C 550 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30342 BUSINESS PHONE: 4042503420 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5775 PEACHTREE DUNWOODY RD STREET 2: STE C-550 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30342 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FMR CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000315066 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 161144965 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 82 DEVONSHIRE ST CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6175706339 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 82 DEVONSHIRE STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 SC 13G/A 1 SCHEDULE 13G -2-14-98 - BEAZER HOMES USA INCORPORATED SCHEDULE 13G Amendment No. 1 Beazer Homes USA Incorporated Common Stock Cusip # 07556Q105 Cusip # 07556Q105 Item 1: Reporting Person - FMR Corp. Item 4: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Item 5: 57,500 Item 6: None Item 7: 538,900 Item 8: None Item 9: 538,900 Item 11: 8.91% Item 12: HC Cusip # 07556Q105 Item 1: Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d Item 4: United States of America Item 5: None Item 6: None Item 7: 538,900 Item 8: None Item 9: 538,900 Item 11: 8.91% Item 12: IN Cusip # 07556Q105 Item 1: Reporting Person - Abigail P. Johnson Item 4: United States of America Item 5: None Item 6: None Item 7: 538,900 Item 8: None Item 9: 538,900 Item 11: 8.91% Item 12: IN SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) Item 1(a). Name of Issuer: Beazer Homes USA Incorporated Item 1(b). Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 5775 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Suite C-550 Atlanta, GA 30342 Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing: FMR Corp. Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence: 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 Item 2(c). Citizenship: Not applicable Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 07556Q105 Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) and the person filing, FMR Corp., is a parent holding company in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G). (Note: See Item 7). Item 4. Ownership (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 538,900 (b) Percent of Class: 8.91% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 57,500 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: None (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 538,900 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: None Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. Not applicable. Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Various persons have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the common stock of Beazer Homes USA Incorporated. No one person's interest in the common stock of Beazer Homes USA Incorporated is more than five percent of the total outstanding common stock. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company. See attached Exhibit(s) A and B. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Not applicable, see attached Exhibit A. Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Not applicable. Item 10. Certification. By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect. Signature After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Schedule 13G in connection with FMR Corp.'s beneficial ownership of the common stock of Beazer Homes USA Incorporated at December 31, 1997 is true, complete and correct. February 14, 1998 Date /s/Eric D. Roiter Signature Eric D. Roiter Duly authorized under Power of Attorney dated December 30, 1997, by and on behalf of FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) Pursuant to the instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G, Fidelity Management & Research Company ("Fidelity"), 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR Corp. and an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, is the beneficial owner of 481,400 shares or 7.96% of the common stock outstanding of Beazer Homes USA Incorporated ("the Company") as a result of acting as investment adviser to various investment companies registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Edward C. Johnson 3d, FMR Corp., through its control of Fidelity, and the funds each has sole power to dispose of the 481,400 shares owned by the Funds. Neither FMR Corp. nor Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR Corp., has the sole power to vote or direct the voting of the shares owned directly by the Fidelity Funds, which power resides with the Funds' Boards of Trustees. Fidelity carries out the voting of the shares under written guidelines established by the Funds' Boards of Trustees. Fidelity Management Trust Company, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR Corp. and a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, is the beneficial owner of 57,500 shares or 0.95% of the common stock outstanding of the Company as a result of its serving as investment manager of the institutional account(s). Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR Corp., through its control of Fidelity Management Trust Company, each has sole voting and dispositive power over 57,500 shares of common stock owned by the institutional account(s) as reported above. Members of the Edward C. Johnson 3d family and trusts for their benefit are the predominant owners of Class B shares of common stock of FMR Corp., representing approximately 49% of the voting power of FMR Corp. Mr. Johnson 3d owns 12.0% and Abigail Johnson owns 24.5% of the aggregate outstanding voting stock of FMR Corp. Mr. Johnson 3d is Chairman of FMR Corp. and Abigail P. Johnson is a Director of FMR Corp. The Johnson family group and all other Class B shareholders have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under which all Class B shares will be voted in accordance with the majority vote of Class B shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting common stock and the execution of the shareholders' voting agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a controlling group with respect to FMR Corp. SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) RULE 13d-1(f)(1) AGREEMENT The undersigned persons, on February 14, 1998, agree and consent to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with their beneficial ownership of the common stock of Beazer Homes USA Incorporated at December 31, 1997. FMR Corp. By /s/Eric D. Roiter Eric D. Roiter Duly authorized under of Power of Attorney dated December 30, 1997, by and on behalf of FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries Edward C. Johnson 3d By /s/Eric D. Roiter Eric D. Roiter Duly authorized under Power of Attorney dated December 30, 1997, by and on behalf of Edward C. Johnson 3d Abigail P. Johnson By /s/Eric D. Roiter Eric D. Roiter Duly authorized under Power of Attorney dated December 30, 1997, by and on behalf of Abigail P. Johnson Fidelity Management & Research Company By /s/Eric D. Roiter Eric D. 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