BARRINGER TECHNOLOGIES INC
SC 13D/A, 1999-04-16
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                              (Amendment No. 1)(1)

                           BARRINGER TECHNOLOGIES INC.
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                           COMMON STOCK $.01 PAR VALUE
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                         (Title of class of securities)

                                    68509603
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                                 (CUSIP number)

                              STEVEN WOLOSKY, ESQ.
                 OLSHAN GRUNDMAN FROME ROSENZWEIG & WOLOSKY LLP
                                 505 Park Avenue
                            New York, New York 10022
                                 (212) 753-7200
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                  (Name, address and telephone number of person
                authorized to receive notices and communications)

                                 April 14, 1999
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             (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
/ /.

         Note.  six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be
filed with the Commission.  See Rule 13d-1(a) for other parties to whom copies
are to be sent.

                         (Continued on following pages)

                               (Page 1 of 5 Pages)
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     1 The  remainder  of this cover  page  shall be filled 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 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).


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CUSIP No. 68509603                     13D              Page 2 of 5 Pages
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     1          NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
                S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
                                      LIONHEART GROUP, INC.
                                           13-3790-376
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     2          CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP         (a) / /
                                                                         (b) /X/
     3          SEC USE ONLY

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     4          SOURCE OF FUNDS
                         WC
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     5          CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
                PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)                                / /
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     6          CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OR ORGANIZATION
                         DELAWARE
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 NUMBER OF              7         SOLE VOTING POWER
   SHARES
BENEFICIALLY                               674,500
  OWNED BY
    EACH
 REPORTING
PERSON WITH
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                        8         SHARED VOTING POWER

                                           -0-
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                        9         SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                           674,500
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                       10         SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                           -0-
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     11         AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
                PERSON

                         674,500
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     12         CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
                CERTAIN SHARES                                               / /
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     13         PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

                            9.12%
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     14         TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

                         IA
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CUSIP No. 68509603                     13D              Page 3 of 5 Pages
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         The following  constitutes  the Amendment No. 1 (the "Amendment No. 1")
to the original  statement of beneficial  ownership on Schedule 13D filed by the
Reporting  Person on October 30, 1998.  This Amendment No. 1 amends the Schedule
13D as specifically set forth.

Item 3.           Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

                  Item 3 is amended as follows:

                  The aggregate  purchase  price of the 674,500 shares of Common
Stock beneficially held by the Reporting Person is $4,398,034. All of the shares
of Common Stock beneficially held by the Reporting Person,  including the shares
purchased within the last 60 days as set forth in Exhibit A, were purchased with
the  working  capital of the  investment  funds and managed  accounts  for whose
accounts such shares were purchased.

Item 5.           Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

                  Items 5(a), (b) and (c) are amended as follows:

                  (a) The  Reporting  Person may be deemed to  beneficially  own
674,500  shares of Common  Stock(which  constitutes  approximately  9.12% of the
Issuer).

                  (b) The Reporting Person has sole voting and dispositive power
with  respect  to the  674,500  shares  of  Common  Stock  it may be  deemed  to
beneficially own.

                  (c) In the past  sixty  (60)  days,  accounts  managed  by the
Reporting  Person  purchased or sold shares of Common Stock on the dates, in the
amounts and at the prices set forth on Exhibit A annexed hereto and incorporated
by  reference  herein.  All of such  purchases  or sales  were  made on the open
market.

Item 7.           Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

                  Item 7 is amended to add the following.

                  Exhibit A:  Transactions in shares of Common Stock in the past
sixty (60) days.


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CUSIP No. 68509603                     13D              Page 2 of 5 Pages
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                                   SIGNATURES

                  After reasonable  inquiry and to the best of his knowledge and
belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this
statement is true, complete and correct.


Dated:  April 16, 1999                    LIONHEART GROUP, INC.


                                          By: /s/ C. Duncan Soukup
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                                             C. Duncan Soukup, President



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CUSIP No. 68509603                     13D              Page 5 of 5 Pages
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                                    EXHIBIT A

                   Transactions in the Shares of Common Stock
                   In the Past 60 Days by the Reporting Person



  Date           Buy/Sell             Total                    Cost (per share
                                                                 in dollars)
02/26/99           Sell               1,700                        $6.9632
02/26/99            Buy              50,000                        $7.6500
03/2/99            Sell               2,100                        $7.4375
04/14/99            Buy              200,000                       $5.7500



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