THIS PAPER DOCUMENT IS BEING SUBMITTED PURSUANT
TO RULE 902(g) OF REGULATION S-T
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 12)
FERRO CORPORATION
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock Par Value $1.00 Per Share
(Title of Class of Securities)
315405100
(CUSIP Number)
James E. McKee, Gabelli Funds, Inc.,
One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580-1434, (914) 921-5294
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications)
May 1, 1998
(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:
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/___/
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CUSIP No. 315405100 13D
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(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Gabelli Funds, Inc. I.D. No. 13-3056041
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(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
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(a) /___/
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(b) /___/
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(3) SEC USE ONLY
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(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
OO-Funds of investment company clients
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(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) _____
/ /
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(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
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: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: 828,000 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None (Item 5)
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 828,000 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None (Item 5)
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(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
828,000 (Item 5)
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(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* _____
/ x /
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(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
2.22%
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(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
HC, IA, CO
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CUSIP No. 315405100 13D
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(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
GAMCO Investors, Inc. I.D. No. 13-2951242
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(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
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(a) /___/
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(b) /___/
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(3) SEC USE ONLY
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(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
OO-Funds of investment advisory clients
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(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) _____
/ x /
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(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
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: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: 2,010,021 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 2,041,521 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
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(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
2,041,521 (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
5.47%
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(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IA, CO
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CUSIP No. 315405100 13D
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(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Marc J. Gabelli
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(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
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(a) /___/
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(b) /___/
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(3) SEC USE ONLY
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(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
None
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(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ____
/ /
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(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
USA
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: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
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(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
None (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
0.00%
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(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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CUSIP No. 315405100 13D
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(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Mario J. Gabelli I.D. No. ###-##-####
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(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
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(a) /___/
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(b) /___/
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(3) SEC USE ONLY
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(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
None
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(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ____
/ /
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
USA
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
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(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
None (Item 5)
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(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* _____
/ x /
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(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
0.00%
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(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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Item 1. Security and Issuer
This Amendment No. 12 to Schedule 13D on Ferro
Corporation (the "Issuer") is being filed on behalf of the
undersigned to amend the Schedule 13D, as amended (the "Schedule
13D") which was originally filed on August 28, 1990. Unless
otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used herein but not
defined herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the
Schedule 13D.
Item 2. Identity and Background
This statement is being filed by Mario J. Gabelli
("Mario Gabelli"), Marc J. Gabelli ("Marc Gabelli") and various
entities which either one directly or indirectly controls or for
which either one acts as chief investment officer. These
entities, except for Lynch Corporation ("Lynch"), Spinnaker
Industries, Incorporated ("Spinnaker"), Western New Mexico
Telephone Company ("Western New Mexico"), Entoleter, Inc.
("Entoleter"), Lynch Telecommunications Corporation ("Lynch
Telecom"), Lynch Telephone Corporation ("Lynch Telephone") and
Inter-Community Telephone Company ("Inter-Community")
(collectively, "Lynch and its affiliates"), engage in various
aspects of the securities business, primarily as investment
adviser to various institutional and individual clients, includ-
ing registered investment companies and pension plans, as
broker/dealer and as general partner of various private invest-
ment partnerships. Certain of these entities may also make
investments for their own accounts.
The foregoing persons in the aggregate often own
beneficially more than 5% of a class of equity securities of a
particular issuer. Although several of the foregoing persons are
treated as institutional investors for purposes of reporting
their beneficial ownership on the short-form Schedule 13G, the
holdings of those who do not qualify as institutional investors
may exceed the 1% threshold presented for filing on Schedule 13G
or implementation of their investment philosophy may from time to
time require action which could be viewed as not completely
passive. In order to avoid any question as to whether their
beneficial ownership is being reported on the proper form and in
order to provide greater investment flexibility and administra-
tive uniformity, these persons have decided to file their benefi-
cial ownership reports on the more detailed Schedule 13D form
rather than on the short-form Schedule 13G and thereby to provide
more expansive disclosure than may be necessary.
(a), (b) and (c) - This statement is being filed by one
or more of the following persons: Gabelli Funds, Inc. ("GFI"),
GAMCO Investors, Inc. ("GAMCO"), Gabelli Securities, Inc.
("GSI"), Gabelli & Company, Inc. ("Gabelli & Company"), Gabelli
Performance Partnership L.P. ("GPP"), GLI, Inc. ("GLI"), Gabelli
Associates Fund ("Gabelli Associates"), Gabelli Associates
Limited ("GAL"), Gabelli & Company, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan (the
"Plan"), Gabelli International Limited ("GIL"), Gabelli Interna-
tional II Limited ("GIL II"), Gabelli International Gold Fund
Limited ("GIGFL"), ALCE Partners, L.P. ("ALCE"), Gabelli
Multimedia Partners, L.P. ("Multimedia Partners"), MJG
Associates, Inc. ("MJG Assocciates"),
Gemini Capital Management Ltd. ("Gemini"), Gabelli Fund, LDC
("LDC"), Gabelli Foundation, Inc. ("Foundation"), Mario Gabelli,
Marc Gabelli, Lynch, Spinnaker, Western New Mexico, Entoleter,
Lynch Telecom, Lynch Telephone and Inter-Community. Those of the
foregoing persons signing this Schedule 13D are hereafter
referred to as the "Reporting Persons".
GAMCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GFI, is an
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act
of 1940, as amended ("Advisers Act"). GAMCO is an investment
manager providing discretionary managed account services for
employee benefit plans, private investors, endowments, founda-
tions and others.
Gabelli & Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI, is
a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended ("l934 Act"), which as a part of its business
regularly purchases and sells securities for its own account.
GLI, wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI, is a corporation
which currently has no active operations.
Gabelli Associates is a New York limited partnership
whose primary business purpose is risk arbitrage investments.
GSI and Mario Gabelli are the general partners of Gabelli As-
sociates.
GAL is a corporation whose primary business purpose is
risk arbitrage investments. Shares of GAL's common stock are
offered to persons who are neither citizens nor residents of the
United States and may be offered to a limited number of U.S.
investors. GSI is the investment manager of GAL.
GSI, a majority-owned subsidiary of GFI, is a Delaware
corporation which as a part of its business regularly purchases
and sells securities for its own account. It is the immediate
parent of Gabelli & Company.
GFI is the ultimate parent company for a variety of
companies engaged in the securities business, each of which is
named above. In addition, GFI is an investment adviser
registered under the Advisers Act. GFI is an investment adviser
which presently provides discretionary advisory services to The
Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., The Gabelli Asset Fund, The Gabelli
Growth Fund, The Gabelli Convertible Securities Fund, Inc., The
Gabelli Value Fund Inc., The Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund, The
Gabelli Equity Income Fund, The Gabelli ABC Fund, The Gabelli
Global Telecommunications Fund, Gabelli Gold Fund, Inc., The
Gabelli Global Multimedia Trust Inc., The Gabelli Global
Convertible Securities Fund, Gabelli Capital Asset Fund, Gabelli
International Growth Fund, Inc. and The Gabelli Global
Interactive Couch Potato Fund (collectively, the "Funds"), which
are registered investment companies.
The Plan, a qualified employee profit sharing plan,
covers substantially all employees of GFI and its affiliates.
GPP, a New York limited partnership, is a limited
partnership whose primary business purpose is investing in
securities. MJG Associates is the general partner of GPP, and
Mario Gabelli is a portfolio manager for GPP.
GIL is a corporation whose primary business purpose is
investing in a portfolio of equity securities and securities
convertible into, or exchangeable for, equity securities in order
to achieve its investment objective of significant long-term
growth of capital. Shares of GIL's common stock are offered to
persons who are neither citizens nor residents of the United
States and may be offered to a limited number of U.S. investors.
MJG Associates is the Investment Manager of GIL. Mario Gabelli
is a portfolio manager for GIL and Chairman of the Board of
Directors of GIL.
GIL II is a corporation whose business purpose is
investing primarily in a portfolio of equity securities and
securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, equity securit-
ies in order to achieve its investment objective of significant
long-term growth of capital. Shares of GIL II's common stock are
offered to persons who are neither citizens nor residents of the
United States and may be offered to a limited number of U.S.
investors. MJG Associates is the Investment Manager of GIL II.
Mario Gabelli is a director and Chairman of the Board of
Directors of GIL II. Marc Gabelli is a portfolio manager for GIL
II.
ALCE is a Delaware investment limited partnership that
seeks long-term capital appreciation primarily through
investments in public and private equity securities. GSI is a
general partner of ALCE.
Multimedia Partners is a Delaware investment limited
partnership whose objective is to provide long-term capital
appreciation by investing primarily in public and private
multimedia communications companies. GSI is a general partner of
Multimedia Partners.
LDC is a corporation whose business purpose is investing
primarily in a portfolio of equity securities and securities
convertible into, or exchangeable for, equity securities in order
to achieve its investment objective of significant long-term
growth of capital. Interests are offered to insurance companies
which do not conduct any business in the United States and which
are licensed where they do business. MJG Associates is the
Investment Manager of LDC. Marc Gabelli is a portfolio manager
for LDC.
MJG Associates, a Connecticut corporation, provides
advisory services to private investment partnerships and offshore
funds. Mario Gabelli is the sole shareholder, director and
employee of MJG Associates.
Gemini is a corporation whose primary business purpose is
to provide advisory services to offshore funds. Marc Gabelli is
the President and Chief Investment Officer of Gemini.
The Foundation is a private foundation. Mario Gabelli is
the President, a Trustee and the Investment Manager of the
Foundation.
Lynch, an Indiana corporation, is a diversified public
company traded on the American Stock Exchange. Its subsidiaries
are engaged in communications, services, and manufactured pro-
ducts. Spinnaker, a Delaware subsidiary of Lynch, is also a
public company and its stock is traded through the NASDAQ System.
Spinnaker is a diversified manufacturing firm with major
subsidiaries in specialty adhesive-backed materials business.
Another of Lynch's subsidiaries, Western New Mexico, provides
telephone services in a service area in Southwestern New Mexico.
Inter-Community, which is also a subsidiary of Lynch, provides
local telephone services in an area 40 miles west of Fargo, North
Dakota. Lynch and Spinnaker actively pursue new business ven-
tures and acquisitions. Lynch and its affiliates make invest-
ments in marketable securities to preserve capital and maintain
liquidity for financing their business activities and
acquisitions (not in the case of Western New Mexico) and are not
engaged in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in
securities. Mario Gabelli is Chairman of Lynch and beneficially
owns approximately 23% of the shares of common stock of Lynch.
Mario Gabelli is the majority stockholder and Chairman
of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of GFI and
the Chief Investment Officer for each of the Reporting Persons
other than Gemini, LDC and GIL II. GFI, in turn, is the sole
stockholder of GAMCO. GFI is also the majority stockholder of
GSI. Gabelli & Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI. GLI
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI. Marc Gabelli is the
majority stockholder of Gemini.
The Reporting Persons do not admit that they constitute
a group.
GFI, GAMCO, Gabelli & Company and GLI are New York
corporations and GSI is a Delaware corporation, each having its
principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York
10580-1434. GPP is a New York limited partnership having its
principal business office at 8 Sound Shore Drive, Greenwich,
Connecticut 06830. Gabelli Associates is a New York limited
partnership having its principal business office at One Corporate
Center, Rye, New York 10580-1434. GAL and GIL are corporations
organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands having
their principal business office at c/o MeesPierson (Cayman)
Limited, British American Centre, Dr. Roy's Drive-Phase 3, George
Town, Grand Cayman, British West Indies. GIL II is a corporation
organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands having
their principal business office at c/o Coutts & Company (Cayman)
Limited, West Bay Road, Grand Cayman, British West Indies.
Gemini is a Bermuda corporation with its principal business
office at c/o Appleby, Spurling & Kempe, Cedar House, 41 Cedar
Avenue, Hamilton HM12, Bermuda. LDC is a corporation organized
under the laws of the British Virgin Islands having its pricipal
business office at c/o Tremont (Bermuda) Limited, Tremont House,
4 Park Road, Hamilton HM II, Bermuda. The Foundation is a private
foundation having its principal offices at 165 West Liberty
Street, Reno, Nevada 89501. Lynch is an Indiana corporation
having its principal business office at 8 Sound Shore Drive,
Greenwich, CT 06830. Spinnaker is a Delaware corporation having
its principal business office at 251 Welton Street, Hamden, CT
06511.
For information required by instruction C to Schedule
13D with respect to the executive officers and directors of the
foregoing entities and other related persons (collectively,
"Covered Persons"), reference is made to Schedule I annexed
hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
(d) and (e) - On December 8, 1994, the SEC instituted
and simultaneously accepted offers for the settlement of an
administrative proceeding against Gabelli & Company and GAMCO.
The order instituting the proceeding included a finding, which
Gabelli & Company and GAMCO neither admitted nor denied, that
they failed to implement and maintain policies and procedures
reasonably designed to prevent the misuse of material, nonpublic
information by not specifically addressing the special
circumstances that arose from their affiliation with Lynch
Corporation, a public company. To resolve this matter, Gabelli &
Company and GAMCO agreed to cease and desist from violating
Section 15(f) of the 1934 Act and Section 204A of the Advisers
Act, respectively. They further agreed to each pay a civil
penalty in the amount of $50,000, and to retain, and adopt the
recommendations of, an independant consultant regarding their
Section 15(f) and Section 204A policies and procedures.
(f) - Reference is made to Schedule I hereto.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
All Reporting Persons used an aggregate of approximate-
ly $36,723,514 to purchase the Securities reported as
beneficially owned in Item 5 below. GAMCO and GFI used approxi-
mately $29,916,019 and $6,807,495, respectively, of funds that
were provided through the accounts of certain of their investment
advisory clients (and, in the case of some of such accounts at
GAMCO, may be through borrowings from client margin accounts) in
order to purchase the Securities for such clients.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
Each of the Reporting Persons, with the exceptions of
Lynch and its affiliates, has purchased and holds the Securities
reported by it for investment for one or more accounts over which
it has shared, sole, or both investment and/or voting power, for
its own account, or both.
The Reporting Persons, with the exceptions of Lynch and
its affiliates, are engaged in the business of securities
analysis and investment and pursue an investment philosophy of
identifying undervalued situations. In pursuing this investment
philosophy, the Reporting Persons analyze the operations, capital
structure and markets of companies in which they invest,
including the Issuer, on a continuous basis through analysis of
documentation and discussions with knowledgeable industry and
market observers and with representatives of such companies
(often at the invitation of management). The Reporting Persons do
not believe they possess material inside information concerning
the Issuer. As a result of these analytical activities one or
more of the Reporting Persons may issue analysts reports,
participate in interviews or hold discussions with third parties
or with management in which the Reporting Person may suggest or
take a position with respect to potential changes in the opera-
tions, management or capital structure of such companies as a
means of enhancing shareholder values. Such suggestions or
positions may relate to one or more of the transactions specified
in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of the Schedule 13D form,
including, without limitation, such matters as disposing of one
or more businesses, selling the company or acquiring another
company or business, changing operating or marketing strategies,
adopting or not adopting, certain types of anti-takeover measures
and restructuring the company's capitalization or dividend poli-
cy.
Each of the Reporting Persons intends to adhere to the
foregoing investment philosophy with respect to the Issuer. How-
ever, none of the Reporting Persons intends to seek control of
the Issuer or participate in the management of the Issuer, and
any Reporting Person that is registered as an investment company
under the l940 Act will participate in such a transaction only
following receipt of an exemption from the SEC under Rule l7D-l
under the l940 Act, if required, and in accordance with other
applicable law. In pursuing this investment philosophy, each
Reporting Person will continuously assess the Issuer's business,
financial condition, results of operations and prospects, general
economic conditions, the securities markets in general and those
for the Issuer's securities in particular, other developments and
other investment opportunities, as well as the investment
objectives and diversification requirements of its shareholders
or clients and its fiduciary duties to such shareholders or
clients. Depending on such assessments, one or more of the
Reporting Persons may acquire additional Securities or may
determine to sell or otherwise dispose of all or some of its
holdings of Securities. Although the Reporting Persons share the
same basic investment philosophy and although portfolio decisions
are made by or under the supervision of Mr. Gabelli, the
investment objectives and diversification requirements of various
clients differ from those of other clients so that one or more
Reporting Persons may be acquiring Securities while others are
disposing of Securities.
With respect to voting of the Securities, the Reporting
Persons have adopted general voting policies relating to voting
on specified issues affecting corporate governance and sharehold-
er values. Under these policies, the Reporting Persons generally
vote all securities over which they have voting power in favor of
cumulative voting, financially reasonable golden parachutes, one
share one vote, management cash incentives and pre-emptive rights
and against greenmail, poison pills, supermajority voting, blank
check preferred stock and super-dilutive stock options.
Exceptions may be made when management otherwise demonstrates
superior sensitivity to the needs of shareholders. In the event
that the aggregate voting position of all joint filers shall
exceed 25% of the total voting position of the issuer then the
proxy voting committees of each of the Funds shall vote their
Fund's shares independently.
Each of the Covered Persons who is not a Reporting
Person has purchased the Securities reported herein as benefi-
cially owned by him for investment for his own account or that of
one or more members of his immediate family. Each such person may
acquire additional Securities or dispose of some or all of the
Securities reported herein with respect to him.
Other than as described above, none of the Reporting
Persons and none of the Covered Persons who is not a Reporting
Person has any present plans or proposals which relate to or
would result in any transaction, change or event specified in
clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of the Schedule 13D.
Item 5. Interest In Securities Of The Issuer
(a) The aggregate number and percentage of Securities
to which this Schedule 13D relates is 2,869,521 shares, repre-
senting 7.69% of the 37,301,529 shares outstanding as reported
in the Issuer's most recently filed Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1997. The Reporting Persons beneficially own
those Securities as follows:
Shares of % of
Common Class of
Name Stock Common
GFI
As Principal 0 0.00%
As Agent 828,000 2.22%
GAMCO
As Principal 0 0.00%
As Agent 2,041,521 5.47%
Marc Gabelli 0 0.00%
Mario Gabelli 0 0.00%
Mario Gabelli is deemed to have beneficial ownership of
the Securities beneficially owned by each of the foregoing
persons, and GFI is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the
Securities beneficially owned by each of the foregoing persons
other than Mario Gabelli and Marc Gabelli.
(b) Each of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons
has the sole power to vote or direct the vote and sole power to
dispose or to direct the disposition of the Securities reported
for it, either for its own benefit or for the benefit of its
investment clients or its partners, as the case may be, except
that GAMCO Investors, Inc. does not have authority to vote 31,500
of the reported shares, and except that GFI has sole dispositive
and voting power with respect to the 828,000 shares of the Issuer
held by the the Funds, so long as the aggregate voting interest
of all joint filers does not exceed 25% of their total voting
interest in the Issuer and in that event, the Proxy Voting
Committee of each of the Funds shall respectively vote that
Fund's shares, and except that, at any time, the Proxy Voting
Committee of each such Fund may take and exercise in its sole
discretion the entire voting power with respect to the shares
held by such Fund under special circumstances such as regulatory
considerations, and except that the power of Mario Gabelli and
GFI is indirect with respect to Securities beneficially owned
directly by other Reporting Persons.
(c) Information with respect to all transactions in the
Securities which were effected during the past sixty days or
since the most recent filing on Schedule 13D, whichever is less
by each of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons is set forth
on Schedule II annexed hereto and incorporated herein by
reference.
(d) The investment advisory clients of GFI and GAMCO,
the partners of the various partnerships managed by Mr. Gabelli
and GSI (including GPP, Gabelli Associates, ALCE, and Multimedia
Partners to the extent of their economic interest there-in) and
the shareholders of GIL, GIL II, GAL and LDC have the sole right
to receive and, subject to the notice, withdrawal and/or
termination provisions of such advisory contracts and partnership
arrangements, the sole power to direct the receipt of dividends
from, and the proceeds of sale of, any of the Securities
beneficially owned by such Reporting Persons. Except as noted,
no such client or partner has an interest by virtue of such
relationship that relates to more than 5% of the Securities.
Neither Mario Gabelli nor GFI nor any of such other Reporting
Persons has an economic interest in any of the Securities
reported herein except those reported as being directly owned by
GFI, GAMCO, Mario Gabelli, Gabelli & Company, GSI, GIL, GIL II,
GAL, GPP, Lynch and its affiliates, the Plan, Gabelli Associates,
ALCE and Multimedia Partners.
(e) Not applicable.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or
Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer
The powers of disposition and voting of GFI and GAMCO
with respect to Securities owned beneficially by them on behalf of
their investment advisory clients, of GLI, Mr. Gabelli and GSI with
respect to Securities owned beneficially by them on behalf of the
partnerships which they directly or indirectly manage, and of GIL
and GAL with respect to Securities owned beneficially by them on
behalf of their shareholders, are held pursuant to written
agreements with such clients and partnerships. The pertinent
portions of forms of such agreements utilized by such Reporting
Persons are filed as Exhibits hereto. <PAGE>
Item 7.Material to be Filed as an Exhibit
The following Exhibit A is attached hereto. The
following Exhibits B, D, E and F are incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibits B, D, E and F in Schedule 13D of various
Gabelli entities dated June 19, l989 relating to the Common Stock
of Lincoln Telecommunications Company. The following Exhibit K is
incorporated by reference to Exhibit K in Amendment No. 3 to
Schedule 13D of various Gabelli entities dated January 3, 1989
relating to the Common Stock of Wynn's International. The
following Exhibit N is incorporated by reference to Exhibit N to
Schedule 13D of various Gabelli entities dated October 9, 1989
relating to the Common Stock of Graphic Technology, Inc. The
following Exhibit BB is incorporated by reference to Exhibit BB in
Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D of various Gabelli entities dated
November 3, 1992 relating to the Common Stock of Hector Communica-
tions. The following Exhibit CC is incorporated by reference to
Exhibit CC in Amendment No. 10 to Schedule 13D of various Gabelli
entities dated November 9, 1992 relating to the Common Stock of The
Liberty Corporation. The following Exhibit LL is incorporated by
reference to Exhibit LL in the initial Schedule 13D of various
Gabelli entities dated June 27, 1995 relating to the Common Stock
of Pulitzer Publishing. The following Exhibit RR is incorporated
by reference to Exhibit RR in Amendment No. 16 to Schedule 13D of
various Gabelli entities dated April 23, 1996 relating to the
Common Stock of Aaron Rents, Inc.
Exhibit A: Joint Filing Agreement
Exhibit B: Pertinent portions of form of investment
advisory agreement used by GAMCO Inves-
tors, Inc.
Exhibit D: Pertinent portions of Gabelli Funds, Inc.
advisory agreements.
Exhibit E: Pertinent portions of Gabelli Asset Fund
and Gabelli Growth Fund voting procedu-
res.
Exhibit F: Pertinent portions of partnership agree-
ments to which Gabelli Associates, GLI
and GPP are parties.
Exhibit K: Pertinent portions of the Investment
Management Agreement of GIL.
Exhibit N: Pertinent portions of the Investment
Management Agreement of GAL.
Exhibit BB: Memorandum of understanding between
Gabelli Funds, Inc., Mario J. Gabelli
and the Federal Communications Commission
(dated November 3, 1992).
Exhibit CC: Joint motion for approval of memorandum
of understanding filed with FCC by
Gabelli Funds, Inc., Mario J. Gabelli
and the Federal Communications Commis-
sion (dated November 9, 1992).
Exhibit LL: Powers of Attorney to Stephen G. Bondi,
Steven M. Joenk, and James E. McKee from
Joseph H. Epel.
Powers of Attorney to Stephen G. Bondi,
Steven M. Joenk, and James E. McKee from
Robert E. Dolan.
Powers of Attorney to Stephen G. Bondi,
Steven M. Joenk, and James E. McKee from
Mario J. Gabelli.
Exhibit RR: Powers of Attorney to Stephen G. Bondi,
Steven M. Joenk, and James E. McKee from
Marc J. Gabelli.
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.
Dated: May 5, 1998
GABELLI FUNDS, INC.
By:____________________________
James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
By:_________________________
Douglas R. Jamieson
Executive Vice President
MARC J. GABELLI
By:______________________________
James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
MARIO J. GABELLI
By:__________________________
James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
Schedule I
Information with Respect to Executive
Officers and Directors of the Undersigned
Schedule I to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as
follows:
The following sets forth as to each of the executive officers
and directors of the undersigned: his name; his business address; and
his present principal occupation or employment and the name, principal
business and address of any corporation or other organization in which
such employment is conducted. Unless otherwise specified, the principal
employer of each such individual is Gabelli Funds, Inc., Gabelli &
Company, Inc., or GAMCO Investors, Inc., the business address of each of
which is One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580, and each such
individual identified below is a citizen of the United States. To the
knowledge of the undersigned, during the last five years, no such person
has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic
violations or similar misdemeanors), and no such person was a party to
a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent
jurisdiction as a result of which he was or is subject to a judgment,
decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or
mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities law or
finding any violation with respect to such laws except as reported in
Item 2(d) of this Schedule 13D.
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Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli*
Richard B. Black Chairman of Raster Image
Processing Systems; Chairman
ECRM; Director of Archetype
and Oak Technology; Director
of The Morgan Group, Inc.;
General Partner of KBA Part-
ners, Parker Plaza
400 Kelby Street,
Fort Lee, NJ 07029
Charles C. Baum Chairman, Director and Chief
Executive Officer of The Morgan
Group, Inc.;
Secretary & Treasurer
United Holdings
2545 Wilkens Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21223
Dr. Eamon M. Kelly President
Tulane University
218 Gibson Hall
6823 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
Marc J. Gabelli Managing Director
Matthew R. Gabelli Registered Representative
Gabelli & Company
One Corporate Center
Rye, New York 10580
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Investment
Officer
David K. Sandie Executive Vice President, Chief
Operating Officer and Chief
Financial Officer
Stephen G. Bondi Executive Vice President-Finance
and Adminstration
James E. McKee Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
_____________________
* Mr. Gabelli is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Investment Officer of Gabelli Funds, Inc. and of GAMCO Investors, Inc.;
Director/Trustee of all registered investment companies advised by
Gabelli Funds, Inc.; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lynch
Corporation. <PAGE>
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli
Douglas R. Jamieson
Joseph R. Rindler, Jr.
Regina M. Pitaro
F. William Scholz, II
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Investment Officer
Joseph R. Rindler, Jr. Chairman
Douglas R. Jamieson Executive Vice President
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President
James E. McKee Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
Gabelli Securities, Inc.
Directors:
Robert W. Blake President of W.R. Blake
& Sons, Inc.
196-20 Northern Boulevard
Flushing, NY 11358
Douglas G. DeVivo General Partner of ALCE
Partners, L.P.
One First Street, Suite 16
Los Altos, CA 94022
Gary P. Watson See below
Joseph R. Rindler, Jr. See above
Officers:
Gary P. Watson Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial and Admin-
istrative Officer
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President
James E. McKee Secretary
Gabelli & Company, Inc.
Directors:
James G. Webster, III Chairman
Stephen G. Bondi See above
Donald C. Jenkins Director of Research
Officers:
James G. Webster, III Chairman
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President
Bruce N. Alpert Vice President-Mutual Funds
Walter K. Walsh Compliance Officer
James E. McKee Secretary
GLI, Inc.
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chairman and Chief Investment
Officer
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President
Gabelli Associates Limited
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
MeesPierson (Cayman) British American Centre
Limited Dr. Roy's Drive- Phase 3
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, British
WestIndies
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chief Investment Officer
Kevin Bromley Vice President, Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary
Sandra Wight Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Gabelli International Limited
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
MeesPierson (Cayman) British American Centre
Limited Dr. Roy's Drive- Phase 3
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, British West Indies
Officers:
Kevin Bromley Vice President, Treasurer, and
Assistant Secretary
MeesPierson (Cayman) Limited
British American Centre
Dr. Roy's Drive- Phase 3
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, British West Indies
Sandra Wight Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Assistant Secretary
MeesPierson (Cayman) Limited
British American Centre
Dr. Roy's Drive- Phase 3
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, British West Indies
Gemini Capitial Management Ltd.
Directors:
Marc J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Stephen G. Bondi See Above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Michael A. Salatto Controller, Gabelli Securities, Inc.
Michael J. Burns Appleby, Spurling & Kempe
Cedar House
41 Cedar Avenue
Hamilton, HM12
Bermuda
Douglas Molyneux Appleby, Spurling & Kempe
Cedar House
41 Cedar Avenue
Hamilton, HM12
Bermuda
Gabelli Fund, LDC
Directors:
Johann S. Wong c/o Tremont (Bermuda)
Limited
Tremont House
4 Park Road
Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda
Peter D. Anderson Givens Hall Bank & Trust
Genesis Building
P.O. Box 2097
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
BWI3459498141
Karl Otto Pohl Sal Oppenheim Jr. & Lie
Bockenheimer Landstrasse 20
D-6000 FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Germany
Anthonie C. van Ekris See below
Lynch Corporation
8 Sound Shore Drive
Greenwich, CT 06830
Directors:
Paul J. Evanson President
Florida Light & Power Co.
P.O Box 14000
700 Universe Blvd.
Juno Beach, Fl 33408
Mario J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
E. Val Cerutti Business Consultant
Cerutti Consultants
227 McLain Street
Mount Kisco, NY 10540
Ralph R. Papitto Chairman of the Board
AFC Cable Systems, Inc.
50 Kennedy Plaza
Suite 1250
Providence, RI 02903
Salvatore Muoio Principal
S. Muoio & Co., LLC
655 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
John C. Ferrara Business Consultant
110 Edward Place
Stamford, CT 06905
David C. Mitchell Business Consultant
c/o Lynch Corporation
8 Sound Shore Drive
Greenwich, CT 06830
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Robert E. Dolan Chief Financial Officer
Carmine Ceraolo Assistant Controller
Robert A. Hurwich Vice President-Administration,
Secretary and General Counsel
Spinnaker Industries, Inc.
600 N. Pearl Street
Suite 2160
Dallas, TX 75201
Directors:
Joseph P. Rhein 5003 Central Avenue
Ocean City, NJ 08226
Richard J. Boyle The Boyle Group, Inc.
6110 Blue Circle Drive
Suite 250
Minnetonka, MN 55343
Ned N. Fleming, III Boyle, Fleming,
& Co., Inc.
600 N. Pearl Street
Suite 2160
Dallas, TX 75201
Robert E. Dolan See above Lynch Corporation
Anthonie C. van Ekris Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
Balmac International, Inc.
61 Broadway
Suite 1900
New York, NY 10006
Frank E. Grzelecki President
Handy & Harman
One Corporate Center
Rye, New York 10580
Philip W. Colburn Chairman of the Board
Allen Telecom, Inc.
11611 San Vincente Blvd.
Suite 505
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Officers:
Ned N. Fleming, III President
Richard J. Boyle Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Robert A. Hurwich Secretary
Mark A. Matteson Vice President, Corporate
Development
Craig Jennings Controller
Entoleter, Inc.
251 Welton Street
Hamden, CT 06517
Directors:
Ned N. Fleming, III See above-Spinnaker
Mark A. Matteson See above-Spinnaker
Robert Hladick See above Entoleter
Robert P. Wentzel See above Entoleter
James Fleming 230 Saugatuck Avenue, Unit 8
Westport, CT 06880
Officers:
Robert P. Wentzel President
Mark R. Matteson Vice President
Robert Hladick Controller & Secretary
Western New Mexico Telephone Company
314 Yankee Street
Silver City, NM 88062
Directors:
Jack C. Keen Chairman and President
Dr. Brian E. Gordon Vice President
Mary Beth Baxter Secretary & Treasurer
John Clay Keen Route 6
Box 270
Greenville, TX 75401
Robert E. Dolan See above-Lynch Corporation
Robert A. Hurwich See above-Lynch Corporation
Carmine Ceraolo See above-Lynch Corporation
Mary J. Carroll See above-Lynch Corporation
Eugene P. Connell See above-Lynch Corporation
Officers:
Jack C. Keen Chairman and President
Jack L. Bentley Executive Vice President
Dr. Brian E. Gordon Vice President
Charles M. Baxter Sr. Vice President-Operations
Mary Beth Baxter Secretary & Treasurer
Robert A. Hurwich Assistant Treasurer
Inter-Community Telephone Company
P.O. Box A
Nome, ND 58062
Directors:
Mary J. Carroll See above-Lynch Corporation
Robert E. Dolan See above-Lynch Corporation
Joseph H. Epel See above-Lynch Corporation
Robert A. Hurwich See above-Lynch Corporation
Eugene P. Connell See above-Lynch Corporation
Harry B. Snyder P.O. Box 131
Buffalo, ND 58011
Robert Snyder 200 Broadway South
Buffalo, ND 58011
Keith S. Anderson See above-Inter-Community Telephone
Company
Robert Reff See above-Inter-Community Telephone
Company
Officers:
Leone A. Nilsen President
Robert Snyder President
Robert Reff Vice President
Keith S. Anderson Secretary
Harry B. Snyder Treasurer
Joseph H. Epel Assistant Treasurer
Robert A. Hurwich Assistant Secretary
Lynch Telecommunications Corporation
8 Sound Shore Drive
Greenwich, CT 06830
Directors:
Richard A. Kiesling 2801 International Lane
Suite 207
Madison, WI 53740
Robert E. Dolan See above-Lynch Corporation
Robert A. Snyder See above-Inter-Community
Telephone Company
Eugene P. Connell See above-Lynch Corporation
Officers:
Robert A. Hurwich Secretary
Joseph H. Epel Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary
Robert E. Dolan President, Controller, Assistant
Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary
Lynch Telephone Corporation
8 Sound Shore Drive
Greenwich, CT 06830
Directors:
Robert E. Dolan Controller
Jack W. Keen President
Robert A. Hurwich See above-Lynch Corporation
Eugene P. Connell See above-Lynch Corporation
Officers:
Jack C. Keen Chairman
Jack W. Keen President
Robert A. Hurwich Secretary
Mary Beth Baxter Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary
Robert E. Dolan Controller
Exhibit A
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(f) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby agree to
the joint filing with all other Reporting Entities (as such term is
defined in the Schedule 13D referred to below) on behalf of each of
them of a statement on Schedule 13D (including amendments there-
to) with respect to the Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of
Ferro Corporation that this Agreement be included as an Exhibit to
such joint filing. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts all of which taken together shall constitute one and
the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby execute this
Agreement this 5th day of May, 1998.
MARIO J. GABELLI
By:____________________________
James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
GABELLI FUNDS, INC.
By:_________________________
James E. McKee
General Counsel
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
By:_________________________
Douglas R. Jamieson
Executive Vice President
GABELLI SECURITIES, INC.
By:_________________________
James E. McKee
Secretary
GABELLI & COMPANY, INC.
By:_________________________
James E. McKee
Secretary
GABELLI PERFORMANCE
PARTNERSHIP, L. P.
By:_________________________
Mario J. Gabelli,
General Partner
by: James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
GLI, INC.
By:_________________________
Mario J. Gabelli
Chairman
by: James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
GABELLI ASSOCIATES FUND
By:_________________________
Gabelli Securities, Inc.,
General Partner
by: James E. McKee
Secretary
GABELLI ASSOCIATES LIMITED
By:_________________________
Gabelli Securities,Inc.,
Investment Manager
by: James E. McKee
Secretary
GABELLI & COMPANY, INC.
PROFIT SHARING PLAN
By:_________________________
Douglas R. Jamieson
Trustee
GABELLI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
By:_________________________
Mario J. Gabelli, Chairman
by: James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
GABELLI INTERNATIONAL II LIMITED
By:_________________________
Mario J. Gabelli, Chairman
by: James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
LYNCH CORPORATION
By:________________________
Joseph H. Epel, Treasurer
by: James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
SPINNAKER INDUSTRIES, INC.
By:_________________________
Joseph H. Epel, Treasurer
by: James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
WESTERN NEW MEXICO
By:____________________________
Joseph H. Epel, Treasurer
by: James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
ALCE PARTNERS, L.P.
By:__________________________
Gabelli Securities, Inc.
General Partner
by: James E. McKee
Secretary
GABELLI MULTIMEDIA PARTNERS, L.P.
By:__________________________
Gabelli Securities, Inc.
General Partner
by: James E. McKee
Secretary
INTER-COMMUNITY TELEPHONE COMPANY
By:___________________________
Joseph H. Epel, Treasurer
by: James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
GEMINI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
By:___________________________
Marc J. Gabelli
Director
by: James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
GABELLI FOUNDATION, INC.
By:__________________________
Mario J. Gabelli, President
by: James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
MARC J. GABELLI
By:____________________________
James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
SCHEDULE II
INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO
TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS OR
SINCE THE MOST RECENT FILING ON SCHEDULE 13D (1)
SHARES PURCHASED AVERAGE
DATE SOLD(-) PRICE(2)
COMMON STOCK-FERRO CORP
GABELLI FUNDS, INC.
THE GABELLI EQUITY TRUST,INC.
3/18/98 6,750- 28.6944
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
5/01/98 6,750- 28.6458
5/01/98 4,000- 28.6750
4/29/98 15,000- *DO
4/15/98 1,125- 28.2500
4/08/98 2,000- 28.3750
4/07/98 5,000- 28.5975
3/30/98 250 29.1250
3/25/98 750 29.1250
3/23/98 1,150- 29.0924
3/20/98 7,500- 29.0417
3/19/98 1,500- 28.7500
3/18/98 5,500- 28.7886
3/17/98 3,000- 28.7917
3/16/98 1,500- 29.0625
3/16/98 15,225- 28.9851
3/12/98 875 29.7500
3/09/98 3,125 28.2925
3/09/98 13,502- *DO
3/06/98 500 28.0625
3/04/98 1,500 27.5000
3/04/98 2,000 27.3750
3/03/98 3,200 27.5000
(1) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED
ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
(2) PRICE EXCLUDES COMMISSION.
(*) RESULTS IN CHANGE OF DISPOSITIVE POWER AND BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP.
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