FISCHER & PORTER CO
SC 13D/A, 1994-04-14
INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT, DISPLAY, AND CONTROL
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                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C.  20549
         
                                   SCHEDULE 13D
         
                                (Amendment No. 1)
         
                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                       
                                         
                             Fischer & Porter Company
                                 (Name of Issuer)
         
         
                     Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
                          (Title of Class of Securities)
         
                                    337693105
                                  (CUSIP Number)
         
         
                                 Daniel R. Tisch
                              Mentor Partners, L.P.
                                 499 Park Avenue
                             New York, New York 10022
                                  (212) 935-7640
             (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
                      to Receive Notices and Communications)
         
         
                                 April 13, 1994 
             (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 the 
         statement / /.  (A fee is not required only if the report- 
         ing 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.)





         
         
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         CUSIP No. 337693105
                                                                      
          (1)  Names of Reporting Persons
               S.S. or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above Persons
         
                Mentor Partners, L.P.        06-126-0469
                                                                      
          (2)  Check the Appropriate Row if a Member of a Group
               (a)
               (b) X
                                                                      
          (3)  SEC Use Only
                                                                      
          (4)  Sources of Funds
                 WC                                           
          (5)  Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required 
               Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)
                                                                      
          (6)  Citizenship or Place of Organization
                 Delaware
                                                                      
                              (7)  Sole Voting Power  
                                          220,000 shares
                                   
               Number of           
               Shares                                                 
               Beneficially   (8)  Shared Voting Power
               Owned by                                               
               Each           (9)  Sole Dispositive Power 
               Reporting                  220,000 shares
               Person With         
                                                                      
                             (10)  Shared Dispositive Power
                                                                      
         (11)  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting
               Person   220,000 shares
                                                                      
         (12)  Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes 
               Certain Shares
                                                                      
         (13)  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
                 Approximately 4.2% 
                                                                      
         (14)  Type of Reporting Person
                  PN
         







         
         
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                   This Amendment No. 1 amends the Schedule 13D dated 

         March 23, 1994 (the "Schedule 13D") filed by Mentor Partners, 

         L.P. (the "Partnership") relating to its beneficial ownership 

         of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Shares"), of 

         Fischer & Porter Company, a Pennsylvania corporation (the 

         "Company").  All capitalized terms not otherwise defined 

         herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the 

         Schedule 13D.

         
                   1.   The information set forth under Item 3 in the 

         Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the 

         following thereto:

                   The $645,203.00 used by the Partnership to purchase 

              in the aggregate 28,400 Shares pursuant to the 

              transactions set forth in paragraph 5 below  

              ("Acquisitions of Shares by the Partnership Since the 

              Most Recent Filing on Schedule 13D") came from the 

              Partnership's working capital.  All of the Shares 

              acquired by the Partnership as set forth in paragraph 5 

              below were purchased in the ordinary course of the 

              Partnership's business. 

                   In addition, the Partnership has sold an aggregate 

              of 110,000 Shares pursuant to the transactions set forth 

              in paragraph 5 below ("Dispositions of Shares by the 

              Partnership Since the Most Recent Filing on Schedule 

              13D").





         
         
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                   2.   The information set forth in Item 5(a) of the 

         Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the 

         following thereto:

                   As of the close of business on April 13, 1994, the 

              Partnership beneficially owned an aggregate of 220,000 

              Shares (which is approximately 4.2% of the Shares 

              outstanding on February 28, 1994, based on information 

              reported in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 

              the year ended December 31, 1993 filed with the Securi-

              ties and Exchange Commission and dated March 31, 1994).

         
                   3.   The information set forth in Item 5(c) of the 

         Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the 

         following thereto:

                   Except as set forth on Schedule A, as amended by 

              the information contained in paragraph 5 below, no 

              transactions in the Shares have been effected since the 

              most recent filing on Schedule 13D by the Partnership 

              or, to its best knowledge, any Control Person.  

         
                   4.   The information set forth in Item 5(e) of the 

         Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety 

         as follows:

                   (e)  The Partnership ceased to be the beneficial 

              owner of more than five percent of the Shares on April 

              13, 1994.







         
         
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                   5.   Schedule A of the Schedule 13D is hereby 

         amended and supplemented by adding thereto the following 

         information:

         <TABLE>
         
                   Acquisitions of Shares by the Partnership
                 Since the Most Recent Filing on Schedule 13D
         
            <CAPTION>
            
                                               
              Date of         Amount of                          Price Per       
            Transaction         Shares       Aggregate Price       Share    
                              
            <S>                <C>          <C>                  <C>
            
             March 29, 1994     8,400       $   191,604.00       $22.810
             March 30, 1994     2,700            61,249.00        22.685
             March 31, 1994     7,300           165,600.00        22.685
             April  8, 1994    10,000           226,750.00        22.675
            
  </TABLE>
  
  All Shares were purchased in transactions on the American Stock Exchange.
  
         <TABLE>
         
                   Dispositions of Shares by the Partnership
                 Since the Most Recent Filing on Schedule 13D
         
            <CAPTION>
            
                                               
              Date of         Amount of                          Price Per       
            Transaction         Shares       Aggregate Price       Share    
                              
            <S>                <C>          <C>                  <C>
            
             April 11, 1994    15,000       $   363,138.00       $24.210
             April 13, 1994    95,000         2,243,512.00        23.6167
            
  </TABLE>
  
  All Shares were sold in transactions on the American Stock Exchange 
  or on the third market.








         
         
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                                   SIGNATURE

         
                   After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my kno-

         wledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth 

         in this statement is true, complete and correct.

         
                   Dated:  April 14, 1994
         
         
         
                                            MENTOR PARTNERS, L.P.
         
         
                                            By: /s/ Daniel R. Tisch 
                                                Daniel R. Tisch
                                                Authorized Signature
         
         


































         
         
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