-----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, WN9akgrmMWMJ8ep50VokBclcIz9Z5nu/Bq4sjySAL2uR7zupfUXsL4noPWvHLDzP YzWfwEahk0xypxqJGSMTjQ== 0000315066-00-000720.txt : 20000315 0000315066-00-000720.hdr.sgml : 20000315 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315066-00-000720 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20000314 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: APPLIX INC /MA/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000932112 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372] IRS NUMBER: 042781676 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-47325 FILM NUMBER: 568609 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 112 TURNPIKE RD CITY: WESTBORO STATE: MA ZIP: 01581 BUSINESS PHONE: 5088700300 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000318989 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 82 DEVONSHIRE STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6175637100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 82 DEVONSHIRE STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 SC 13G 1 SCHEDULE 13G - 03-14-2000 - APPLIX INCORPORATED SCHEDULE 13G Amendment No. 0 Applix Incorporated common stock Cusip # 038316105 Cusip # 038316105 Item 1: Reporting Person - Fidelity International Limited Item 4: Bermuda Item 5: 559,360 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 559,360 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 559,360 Item 11: 5.127% Item 12: HC Cusip # 038316105 Item 1: Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d Item 4: United States of America Item 5: 0 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 559,360 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 559,360 Item 11: 5.127% Item 12: IN Cusip # 038316105 Item 1: Reporting Person - Abigail P. Johnson Item 4: United States of America Item 5: 0 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 559,360 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 559,360 Item 11: 5.127% Item 12: IN SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(c) Item 1(a). Name of Issuer: Applix Incorporated Item 1(b). Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 112 Turnpike Road Westboro, MA 01581 Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing: Fidelity International Limited Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence: Pembroke Hall, 42 Crowlane Hamilton, Bermuda Item 2(c). Citizenship: Not applicable Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: common stock Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 038316105 Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(c). Not applicable Item 4. Ownership (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 559,360 (b) Percent of Class: 5.127% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 559,360 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 559,360 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Common Stock. 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 Applix Incorporated. No one person's interest in the common stock of Applix 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, 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 not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that 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 Fidelity International Limited's beneficial ownership of the common stock of Applix Incorporated at March 9, 2000 is true, complete and correct. March 13, 2000 Date Signature Eric D. Roiter Duly authorized under Power of Attorney dated December 30, 1997, by and on behalf of Fidelity International Limited and it direct and indirect subsidiaries EXHIBIT to SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(c) Pursuant to instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G, this Exhibit has been prepared to identify Fidelity International Limited, Pembroke Hall, 42 Crow Lane, Hamilton, Bermuda, a Bermudan joint stock company incorporated for an unlimited duration by private act of the Bermuda Legislature (FIL) and an investment adviser to various investment companies (the "International Funds") and certain institutional investors, as a beneficial owner of the 559,360 shares or 5.127% of the common stock outstanding of Applix Incorporated. Prior to June 30, 1980, FIL was a majority-owned subsidiary of Fidelity Management & Research Company (Fidelity), a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR Corp. On that date, the shares of FIL held by Fidelity were distributed, as a dividend, to the shareholders of FMR Corp. FIL currently operates as an entity independent of FMR Corp. and Fidelity. The International Funds and FIL's other clients, with the exception of Fidelity and an affiliated company of Fidelity, are non- U.S. entities. A partnership controlled by Edward C. Johnson 3d and members of his family owns shares of FIL voting stock with the right to cast approximately 39.89% of the total votes which may be cast by all holders of FIL voting stock. Mr. Johnson 3d is Chairman of FMR Corp. and FIL. FMR Corp. and FIL are separate and independent corporate entities, and their Boards of Directors are generally composed of different individuals. Other than when one serves as a sub adviser to the other, their investment decisions are made independently, and their clients are generally different organizations. FIL has sole dispositive power over 559,360 shares owned by the International Funds. FIL has sole power to vote or direct the voting of 559,360 shares of common stock held by the International Funds as reported above. SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(c) RULE 13d-1(f)(1) AGREEMENT The undersigned persons, on March 13, 2000, 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 Applix Incorporated at March 9, 2000. Fidelity International Limited By /s/Eric D. Roiter Eric D. Roiter Duly authorized under Power of Attorney dated December 30, 1997, by and on behalf of Fidelity International Limited 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. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----