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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 3)*
EMCOR GROUP, INC.
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, $.01 Par Value Per Share
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(Title of Class of Securities)
29084Q100
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(CUSIP Number)
December 31, 1999
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(Date of Event which Requires Filing
of this Statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule
pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:
[ ] Rule 13d-1(b)
[X] Rule 13d-1(c)
[ ] Rule 13d-1(d)
*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 the
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).
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CUSIP No. 29084Q100 13G Page 2 of 6 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Cumberland Associates LLC
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ ]
(b) [X]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
701,903
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NUMBER OF 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 45,997
OWNED BY
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REPORTING 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
PERSON
WITH 701,903
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8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
45,997
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
747,900
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
7.7%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
OO, IA
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*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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Item 1(a) Name of Issuer:
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Emcor Group, Inc. (the "Issuer")
Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive
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Offices:
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101 Merritt Seven Corporate Park
Norwalk, Connecticut 06851
Items 2(a) Name of Person Filing:
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This statement is being filed by
Cumberland Associates LLC. Cumberland
Associates LLC is a limited liability
company organized under the laws of the
State of New York, and is engaged in the
business of managing, on a discretionary
basis, eleven securities accounts (the
"Accounts"), the principal one of which
is Cumberland Partners. Gary Tynes,
Oscar S. Schafer, Bruce G. Wilcox, Glenn
Krevlin, Andrew Wallach and Dipak M.
Patel are the members (the "Members") of
Cumberland Associates LLC.
Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office:
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The address of the principal business
and office of Cumberland Associates LLC
and each of the Members is 1114 Avenue
of the Americas, New York, New York
10036.
Item 2(c) Citizenship:
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Cumberland Associates LLC is a New York
limited liability company. Each of the
Members is a citizen of the United
States.
Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities:
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Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
(the "Shares")
Item 2(e) CUSIP Number:
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29084Q100
Item 3 Not Applicable
Item 4. Ownership:
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Item 4(a) Amount Beneficially Owned:
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As of the date hereof, Cumberland
Associates LLC may be deemed the
beneficial owner of 747,900 Shares.
Item 4(b) Percent of Class:
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The number of Shares of which Cumberland
Associates LLC may be deemed to be the
beneficial owner constitutes
approximately 7.7% of the total number
of Shares outstanding.
Item 4(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
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(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the
vote: 701,903
(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the
vote: 45,997
(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of: 701,903
(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct
the disposition of: 45,997
Item 5 Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
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If this statement is being filed to
report the fact that as of the date
hereof the reporting person has ceased
to be the beneficial owner of more than
five percent of the class of securities,
check the following. [ ]
Item 6 Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf
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of Another Person:
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The beneficial owners of the Accounts
have the right to participate in the
receipt of dividends from, or proceeds
from the sale of, the Shares held for
each Account in accordance with their
ownership interests in each such
Account.
Item 7 Identification and Classification of the
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Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being
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Reported on By the Parent Holding Company:
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Not Applicable
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Item 8 Identification and Classification of Members
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of the Group:
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Not Applicable
Item 9 Notice of Dissolution of Group:
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Not Applicable
Item 10 Certification:
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By signing below the signatory certifies that, to the best of his 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.
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SIGNATURE
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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: February 14, 2000
CUMBERLAND ASSOCIATES LLC
By: /s/ Andrew Wallach
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Name: Andrew Wallach
Title: Member
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