UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 7 )[1]
Benjamin Moore & Co.
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, Par Value $3.33 1/3 Per Share
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(Title of Class of Securities)
615649100
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(CUSIP Number)
John T. Rafferty, 51 Chestnut Ridge Road, Montvale, NJ 07645 (201) 573-9600
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive
Notices and Communications)
December 15, 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 that 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.
[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 ("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. 615649100 SCHEDULE 13D Page 2 of 4 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY)
Richard Roob
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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 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
No Funds Involved - 00
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
ITEM 2(d) or 2(e) [ ]
Not Applicable
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States of America
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF None (Item 5)
SHARES -------------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH 140,314 (Item 5)
REPORTING -------------------------------------------------------
PERSON 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH
None (Item 5)
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
140,314 (Item 5)
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
140,314 (Item 5)
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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)
0.53% based on 26,469,381 shares outstanding on December 15, 2000.
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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SCHEDULE 13D Page 3 of 4
Pursuant to Rule 13d-2(a) of Regulation 13D-G of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1936, as amended, the
undersigned hereby amends his Schedule 13D Statement dated March 12, 1981, as
amended (the "Schedule 13D"), relating to the shares of common stock, par value
$3.33 1/3 per share (the "Shares"), of Benjamin Moore & Co., a New Jersey
Corporation (the "Company"). Unless otherwise indicated, all defined terms used
herein shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in the Schedule
13D.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
Item 5 is hereby amended, in pertinent part, as follows:
(a) Other than 140,314 Shares that are held by the employees stock
ownership feature of the Benjamin Moore & Co. Deferred Savings
and Investment Plan and voted at the direction of the Employee
Participants (the "Employee Stock Ownership Shares"), the
reporting person no longer has beneficial ownership of any of the
Shares.
(b) Other than 140,314 Employee Stock Ownership Shares, over which
the reporting person has shared power to vote or to direct the
vote and shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of,
the reporting person has no power to vote or to direct the vote
or to dispose or to direct the disposition of any Shares.
(c) In connection with the tender offer by B Acquisition, Inc., a New
Jersey Corporation ("Purchaser") and a wholly owned subsidiary of
Berkshire Hathaway Inc., a Delaware Corporation ("Berkshire"),
disclosed in the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO dated
November 17, 2000, to purchase all of the issued and outstanding
Shares of the Company at a purchase price of $37.82 per Share,
and the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 8,
2000, by and among Berkshire, Purchaser and the Company, the
reporting person tendered all Shares owned by him or the trusts
for which he serves as a trustee, excluding the Employee Stock
Ownership Shares, to the Purchaser on December 15, 2000.
(e) The reporting person ceased to be a beneficial owner of five
percent or more of the Shares of the Company on December 15,
2000.
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SCHEDULE 13D Page 4 of 4
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.
/s/Richard Roob
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Signature
Date: December 28, 2000 Richard Roob
Individual
