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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO. 5)*
BARRINGER TECHNOLOGIES INC.
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(Name of issuer)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
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(Title of class of securities)
68509603
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(CUSIP number)
Robert G. Barrett
J O Hambro Capital Management Limited
10 Park Place
London SW1A 1LP England
011-44-171-222-2020
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and
communications)
March 2, 2000
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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(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box
[_].
NOTE: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five
copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7(b) for other
parties to whom copies are to be sent.
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 (the "Act") 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 10 Pages
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
1 I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY)
Lionheart Group, Inc.
13-3790-376
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
2 (a) [_]
(b) [X]
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SEC USE ONLY
3
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SOURCE OF FUNDS*
4
WC
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
5 PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
6
Delaware
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SOLE VOTING POWER
7
NUMBER OF 214,000
SHARES -----------------------------------------------------------
SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 8
0
OWNED BY
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EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
9
REPORTING 214,000
PERSON -----------------------------------------------------------
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH 10
0
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
11
214,000
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
12 [_]
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
13
3.0%
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
14
IA
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 68509603 13D Page 3 of 10 Pages
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
1 I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY)
J O Hambro Capital Management (Holdings) Limited
No I.R.S. Identification Number
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
2 (a) [_]
(b) [X]
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SEC USE ONLY
3
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SOURCE OF FUNDS*
4
AF
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
5 PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
6
England
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SOLE VOTING POWER
7
NUMBER OF 0
SHARES -----------------------------------------------------------
SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 8
364,500
OWNED BY
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EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
9
REPORTING 0
PERSON -----------------------------------------------------------
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH 10
364,500
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
11
364,500
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
12 [_]
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
13
5.1%
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
14
HC,CO
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 68509603 13D Page 4 of 10 Pages
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
1 I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY)
J O Hambro Capital Management (Holdings) Limited
No I.R.S. Identification Number
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
2 (a) [_]
(b) [X]
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SEC USE ONLY
3
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SOURCE OF FUNDS*
4
AF
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
5 PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
6
England
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SOLE VOTING POWER
7
NUMBER OF 0
SHARES -----------------------------------------------------------
SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 8
364,500
OWNED BY
-----------------------------------------------------------
EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
9
REPORTING 0
PERSON -----------------------------------------------------------
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH 10
364,500
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
11
364,500
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
12 [_]
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
13
5.1%
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
14
IA,CO
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 68509603 13D Page 5 of 10 Pages
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
1 I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY)
American Opportunity Trust plc
No I.R.S. Identification Number
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
2 (a) [_]
(b) [X]
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SEC USE ONLY
3
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SOURCE OF FUNDS*
4
WC
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
5 PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
6
England
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SOLE VOTING POWER
7
NUMBER OF 0
SHARES -----------------------------------------------------------
SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 8
215,000
OWNED BY
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EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
9
REPORTING 0
PERSON -----------------------------------------------------------
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH 10
215,000
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
11
215,000
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
12 [_]
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
13
3.0%
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
14
IV,CO
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 68509603 13D Page 6 of 10 Pages
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
1 I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY)
Christopher Harwood Bernard Mills
No I.R.S. Identification Number
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
2 (a) [_]
(b) [X]
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SEC USE ONLY
3
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SOURCE OF FUNDS*
4
AF
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
5 PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
6
England
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SOLE VOTING POWER
7
NUMBER OF 0
SHARES -----------------------------------------------------------
SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 8
364,500
OWNED BY
-----------------------------------------------------------
EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
9
REPORTING 0
PERSON -----------------------------------------------------------
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH 10
364,500
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
11
364,500
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
12 [_]
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
13
5.1%
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
14
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 68509603 13D Page 7 of 10 Pages
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
1 I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY)
The Trident North Atlantic Fund
No I.R.S. Identification Number
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
2 (a) [_]
(b) [X]
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SEC USE ONLY
3
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SOURCE OF FUNDS*
4
WC
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
5 PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [_]
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
6
Cayman Islands
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SOLE VOTING POWER
7
NUMBER OF 0
SHARES -----------------------------------------------------------
SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY 8
111,000
OWNED BY
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EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
9
REPORTING 0
PERSON -----------------------------------------------------------
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH 10
111,000
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
11
111,000
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
12 [_]
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
13
1.5%
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
14
IV,CO
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO
STATEMENT ON SCHEDULE 13D
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This Amendment No. 5 to Statement on Schedule 13D (the "Amendment") amends
Item 5 of the Statement on Schedule 13D (the "Schedule 13D") filed on October
30, 1998 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") by certain of
the Filing Parties, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed with the SEC on April
16, 1999, as further amended by Amendment No. 2 filed with the SEC on April 22,
1999, as further amended by Amendment No. 3 filed with the SEC on December 6,
1999, and as further amended by Amendment No. 4 filed with the SEC on January
14, 2000.
ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.
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Item 5(a-d) is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
(a) - (b) The aggregate number and percentage of the outstanding Common
Stock of the Company beneficially owned (i) by each of the Filing Parties, and
(ii) to the knowledge of the Filing Parties, by each other person who may be
deemed to be a member of the Group, is as follows:
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Number of Number of
Number of Shares: Shares: Sole
Aggregate Shares: Sole Shared or Shared
Filing Number of Power to Power to Power to Approximate
Party Shares: Vote Vote Dispose Percentage*
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Lionheart Group, 214,500 214,500 0 214,500 3.0%
Inc.
Holdings 364,500 0 364,500 364,500 5.1%
J O Hambro 364,500 0 364,500 364,500 5.1%
Capital
Management
Christopher H.B. 364,500 0 364,500 364,500 5.1%
Mills
American 215,000 0 215,000 215,000 3.0%
Opportunity Trust
Trident 111,000 0 111,000 111,000 1.5%
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* Based on 7,195,902 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
outstanding as of May 2, 2000, which is based on information reported in the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31,
2000.
(c) Since the most recent filing of this Statement on January 14, 2000,
the Filing Parties effected no transactions in the Common Stock other than those
set forth in the following table:
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No. of Price
Date Filing Party Shares (US$)
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01/26/00 Trident 1,000 5.50
01/27/00 Trident 9,000 5.50
02/01/00 Trident 15,000 5.00
02/01/00 American Opportunity Trust 5,000 5.00
02/02/00 Trident 21,300 5.00
02/02/00 American Opportunity Trust 7,100 5.00
02/03/00 Trident 13,700 5.00
02/03/00 American Opportunity Trust 7,900 5.00
02/07/00 J O Hambro Capital Management Ltd. 40,000 5.00
02/09/00 J O Hambro Capital Management Ltd. 10,000 5.00
02/15/00 American Opportunity Trust 30,000 5.00
02/15/00 Trident (30,000) 5.00
02/25/00 J O Hambro Capital Management Ltd. 2,500 5.00
03/09/00 Lionheart (7,300) 6.15
03/10/00 Lionheart (8,000) 6.60
03/14/00 Lionheart (28,200) 7.17
03/14/00 American Opportunity Trust (79,000) 7.17
03/14/00 J O Hambro Capital Management Ltd. (14,000) 7.17
03/14/00 Trident (39,000) 7.17
03/15/00 Lionheart (3,000) 7.50
03/15/00 American Opportunity Trust (6,000) 7.50
04/04/00 Lionheart 5,400 6.12
04/14/00 Lionheart 2,500 6.00
04/25/00 Lionheart (7,900) 6.63
05/23/00 Lionheart 25,000 6.06
The above transactions were effected in the open market and were both
purchases and sales.
(d) The shareholders of American Opportunity Trust have an economic
interest in the dividends from, and the proceeds of sales of, Common Stock
beneficially owned by American Opportunity Trust. The shareholders of Trident
have an economic interest in the dividends from, and the proceeds of sales of,
Common Stock beneficially owned by Trident.
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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: 04 June 2000 J O HAMBRO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
By: /s/ R.G. Barrett
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Name: R.G. Barrett
Title: Director
Executed on be half of the parties hereto pursuant to
the Joint Filing Agreement as previously filed.
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