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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. 14)*
CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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(Name of Issuer)
COMMON STOCK
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(Title of Class of Securities)
169905106
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(CUSIP Number)
Linda S. Martinson, Esq. (212) 583-2000
767 Fifth Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10153
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
December 3, 1997
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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 [ ].
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement [ ].
(A fee is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous statement
on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of
securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7.)
*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 ("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).
SEC 1746 (12-91)<PAGE>
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Amendment Number 14 to Schedule 13D (continued)
CUSIP No. 169905106 Page 2 of 11 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Baron Capital Group, Inc.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ X ]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS
2(C) OR 2(E) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
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NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 1,960,000
BENEFICIALLY --------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH 17,411,213
REPORTING --------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH 1,960,000
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
17,411,213
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
19,371,213
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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)
32.4%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
HC, CO
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT
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Amendment Number 13 to Schedule 13D (continued)
CUSIP No. 169905106 Page 3 of 11 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
BAMCO, Inc.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ X ]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS
2(C) OR 2(E) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
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NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY --------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH 15,160,000
REPORTING --------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
15,160,000
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
15,160,000
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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)
25.3%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IA, CO
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT
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Amendment Number 13 to Schedule 13D (continued)
CUSIP No. 169905106 Page 4 of 11 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Baron Capital Management, Inc.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ X ]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS
2(C) OR 2(E) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
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NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 1,960,000
BENEFICIALLY --------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH 2,251,213
REPORTING --------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH 1,960,000
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
2,251,213
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
4,211,213
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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)
7.0%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IA, CO
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT
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Amendment Number 13 to Schedule 13D (continued)
CUSIP No. 169905106 Page 5 of 11 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Baron Asset Fund
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ X ]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS
2(C) OR 2(E) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
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NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY --------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH 12,660,000
REPORTING --------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
12,660,000
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
12,660,000
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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)
21.2%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IV, OO
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT
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Amendment Number 13 to Schedule 13D (continued)
CUSIP No. 169905106 Page 6 of 11 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Ronald Baron
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ X ]
(b) [ ]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS
2(C) OR 2(E) [ ]
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
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NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 2,113,620
BENEFICIALLY --------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH 17,411,213
REPORTING --------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH 2,113,620
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
17,411,213
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
19,524,833
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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)
32.6%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
HC, IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT
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Item 1. Security and Issuer
(a) Name of Issuer:
Choice Hotels International, Inc.
(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
10750 Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20901
(c) Title and Class of Securities:
Common Stock
Item 2. Identity and Background
(a) Name:
Baron Capital Group, Inc. ('BCG')
BAMCO, Inc. ('BAMCO')
Baron Capital Management, Inc. ('BCM')
Baron Asset Fund ('BAF')
Ronald Baron
(b) Business Address:
767 Fifth Avenue
24th Floor
New York, NY 10153
(c) Present Principal Business or Employment:
No material change.
(d) Record of Convictions:
No material change.
(e) Record of Civil Proceedings:
No material change.
(f) Citizenship:
No material change.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
BAMCO directed the purchase of 15,160,000 shares of the issuer
for its investment advisory clients for an aggregate purchase
price of $208,211,963. Of those shares, 12,660,000 were
purchased for the account of BAF, for a total purchase price of
$175,383,610. BCM directed the purchase of 2,251,213 shares of
the issuer for its investment advisory clients for an aggregate
purchase price of $27,988,776 and 1,960,000 shares for two
investment partnerships for an aggregate purchase price of
$24,030,008. All of the shares were paid for by cash assets
in the respective clients' accounts and by margin borrowings
for the account of one BCM client pursuant to standard margin
agreements with Spear, Leeds & Kellogg.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
No material change.
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Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
(a) Amount and percentage beneficially owned:
BCG: 19,371,213 32.4%*
BAMCO: 15,160,000 25.3%*
BCM: 4,211,213 7.0%*
BAF: 12,660,000 21.2%
Ronald Baron: 19,524,833 32.6%*
*Disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares
(b) Number of shares as to which such person has:
(i) sole power to vote or direct the vote:
BCG*: 1,960,000
BAMCO*: 0
BCM*: 1,960,000
BAF: 0
Ronald Baron*: 2,113,620
(ii) shared power to vote or direct the vote:
BCG*: 17,411,213
BAMCO*: 15,160,000
BCM*: 2,251,213
BAF: 12,660,000
Ronald Baron*: 17,411,213
(iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition:
BCG*: 1,960,000
BAMCO*: 0
BCM*: 1,960,000
BAF: 0
Ronald Baron*: 2,113,620
(iv) shared power to dispose or direct the disposition:
BCG*: 17,411,213
BAMCO*: 15,160,000
BCM*: 2,251,213
BAF: 12,660,000
Ronald Baron*: 17,411,213
*Reporting Persons may be deemed to share power to vote and
dispose of shares referred to herein as a result of control
relationships (BCG and Ronald Baron with respect to all of
the shares; BAMCO with respect to the BAF shares) and pursuant
to investment advisory relationships with advisory clients.
The shares reported above for sole power are attributable to
investment partnerships for which BCM and Ronald Baron serve
as general partners.
(c) A schedule of transactions effected in the past forty-nine days
is attached hereto.
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(d) Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:
The investment advisory clients have the right to receive the
dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of the securities
in their respective accounts. To the best of Reporting Persons'
knowledge, other than the shares reported herein, no person has
such interest relating to more than 5% of the outstanding class
of securities.
(e) Ownership of Less than Five Percent:
Not applicable.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with
Respect to Securities of the Issuer
By virtue of their investment advisory agreements with their
clients, BCM and BAMCO have been given the discretion to dispose
or direct the disposition of the securities in the advisory
accounts. All such agreements are, however, revocable. The
advisory agreements for the Baron Funds have been approved by their
Board of Trustees. The agreements of the Baron Funds are filed as
exhibit 99 to Form N1-A for Baron Asset Fund and are incorporated
by reference herein. All the advisory agreements are pursuant
to a standard form.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits
Exhibit 99 - 49 days of trading.
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.
Date: December 11, 1997
Baron Capital Group, Inc., BAMCO, Inc.,
Baron Capital Management, Inc.
and Baron Asset Fund
By:
/s/ Ronald Baron
_______________________________________
Ronald Baron, President
Ronald Baron, Individually
By:
/s/ Ronald Baron
_______________________________________
Ronald Baron
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Transaction Schedule
From 10-18-97 to 12-05-97
Acct Exec.
Date ID Trans Qty Price
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10/20/97 baf buy 784,700 17.0000
10/20/97 bcm buy 2,000 17.0000
10/20/97 bcm buy 2,000 17.0000
10/20/97 bcm buy 1,000 17.0000
10/20/97 bcm buy 3,000 17.0000
10/21/97 baf buy 27,900 17.5000
10/23/97 baf buy 28,900 17.2418
10/24/97 baf buy 25,000 17.3750
10/27/97 baf buy 21,100 17.1908
10/28/97 baf buy 53,000 16.5645
10/29/97 baf buy 27,000 17.0729
10/30/97 bcm buy 10,600 17.4906
10/31/97 bcm buy 15,500 17.2831
11/03/97 bcm buy 45,200 17.6009
11/04/97 baf buy 25,000 17.9510
11/05/97 bcm buy 82,200 17.9884
11/06/97 baf buy 3,000 17.7041
11/07/97 baf buy 9,800 17.5809
11/10/97 baf buy 16,500 17.7010
11/11/97 baf buy 20,700 17.5000
11/13/97 baf buy 5,000 17.1250
11/13/97 baf buy 5,000 16.8500
11/14/97 baf buy 25,000 17.2500
11/14/97 bcm buy 4,400 17.2500
11/17/97 baf buy 5,000 17.3750
11/17/97 baf buy 10,000 17.3200
11/18/97 baf buy 46,400 17.1917
11/19/97 baf buy 1,000 17.2500
11/20/97 baf buy 15,000 17.5000
11/24/97 baf buy 27,600 17.3076
11/24/97 bcm sel 21,900 17.2851
11/25/97 baf buy 32,600 16.9994
11/25/97 bcm sel 18,000 17.0000
11/25/97 bcm buy 4,500 16.9994
11/25/97 bcm buy 4,500 16.9994
11/26/97 baf buy 7,400 17.4375
11/26/97 bcm sel 3,000 17.4375
12/01/97 baf buy 7,000 17.7500
12/02/97 baf buy 35,000 17.5625
12/03/97 baf buy 25,000 17.5975
12/03/97 bcm sel 10,000 17.5625
12/04/97 baf by 13,000 17.4135
12/04/97 bcm sel 5,500 17.3750
