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| FORM 3 | U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
PiRod Holdings, Inc. (See Annex A)
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
1545 Pidco Drive, P.O. Box 128
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(Street)
Plymouth, Indiana 46563
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12/22/98
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ROHN Industries, Inc. Symbol: ROHN
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ ] Officer [X] 10% Owner [ ] Other
(give title below) (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
Form Filed by One Reporting Person
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X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title 2. Amount of 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of
of Securities Bene- Direct (D) or Indirect Bene-
Security ficially Owned Indirect (I) ficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock, par 0 1 See Annex B
value $0.01 per
share
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction
5(b)(v).
SEC 1473 (7-96)
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FORM 3 (continued)
TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of In-
Security (Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security or Form of direct Bene-
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Derivative ficial
Date Price Security: Ownership
(Month/Day/ of Direct (D) (Instr. 5)
Year) Derivative or In-
---------------------------------------------------- Security direct (I)
Date Expira- Amount or (Instr. 5)
Exer- tion Title Number of
cisable Date Shares
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Explanation of Responses:
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB Number.
PiRod Holdings, Inc.
/s/ Marc Wolpow 12/30/98
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By: Marc Wolpow, President 12/30/98
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Bain Capital Fund V, L.P.
By: Bain Capital Partners V, L.P., its general partner
By: Bain Capital Investors V, Inc., its general partner
/s/ Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
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By: Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
Bain Capital Fund V-B, L.P.
By: Bain Capital Partners V, L.P., its general partner
By: Bain Capital Investors V, Inc., its general partner
/s/ Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
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By: Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
BCIP Trust Associates, L.P.
/s/ Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
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By: Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
Bain Capital V Mezzanine Fund, L.P.
By: Bain Capital V Mezzanine Partners, L.P., its general partner
By: Bain Capital Investors V, Inc., its general partner
/s/ Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
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By: Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
BCM Capital Partners, L.P.
By: Bain Capital V Mezzanine Partners, L.P., its general partner
By: Bain Capital Investors V, Inc., its general partner
/s/ Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
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By: Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
BCIP Associates
/s/ Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
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By: Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
Bain Capital Partners V, L.P.
By: Bain Capital Investors V, Inc., its general partner
/s/ Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
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By: Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
Bain Capital Partners V, L.P.
By: Bain Capital Investors V, Inc., its general partner
/s/ Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
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By: Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
Bain Capital V Mezzanine Partners, L.P.
By: Bain Capital Investors V, Inc., its general partner
/s/ Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
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By: Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
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Bain Capital Investors V, Inc.
/s/ Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
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By: Paul Edgerley 12/30/98
/s/ W. Mitt Romney 12/30/98
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W. Mitt Romney 12/30/98
/s/ Joshua Bekenstein 12/30/98
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Joshua Bekenstein 12/30/98
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Annex A
This Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 3
is being filed jointly by PiRod Holdings, Inc. and Bain Capital Fund V, L.P.,
Bain Capital Fund V-B, L.P., BCIP Trust Associates, L.P., Bain Capital V
Mezzanine Fund, L.P., BCM Capital Partners, L.P., BCIP Associates, Bain Capital
Partners V, L.P., Bain Capital V Mezzanine Partners, L.P., Bain Capital
Investors V, Inc., W. Mitt Romney and Joshua Bekenstein. The address of each of
the foregoing (other than PiRod Holdings, Inc.) is Two Copley Place, Boston,
Massachusetts 02116.
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Annex B
Beneficial ownership is based solely on the provisions of (1) a Trust
Voting Agreement, dated December 22, 1998 (the "Voting Agreement"), by and
between UNR Asbestos-Disease Claims Trust (the "Trust") and PiRod Holdings, Inc.
("PiRod") pursuant to which the Trust agrees, among other things, to vote its
shares in favor of the Merger contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of
Merger, dated December 22, 1998 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and between ROHN
Industries, Inc. and PiRod and (2) a Stockholders Agreement, dated December 22,
1998 (the "Stockholders Agreement"), by and among ROHN Industries, Inc., the
Trust, Bain Capital Fund V, L.P., Bain Capital Fund V-B, L.P., BCIP Trust
Associates, L.P., Bain Capital V Mezzanine Fund, L.P., BCM Capital Partners,
L.P., BCIP Associates, and PH, Inc. which contain certain agreements relating to
the voting of certain shares of Common Stock of ROHN Industries, Inc. A
description of the Voting Agreement, the Merger Agreement and the Stockholders
Agreement is contained in the Schedule 13D by the Reporting Persons filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 1998, which is
incorporated herein by reference. The Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial
ownership of the shares of Common Stock of ROHN Industries, Inc. subject to the
Voting Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement and disclaim that they
constitute a group with the other parties for the purposes of Section 13(d)(3)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Further, the Reporting
Persons have no pecuniary interest in any shares of Common Stock of ROHN
Industries, Inc.; therefore, the Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership
for the purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, of all shares.
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