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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (Amendment No. 1)
GENERAL AUTOMATION, INC.
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(Name of Issuer)
COMMON STOCK
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(Title or Class of Securities)
3 6 9 0 3 2 10 7
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(CUSIP Number)
John R. Donnelly, 17731 Mitchell North, Irvine, CA 92714 (714) 250-4800
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communications)
March 21, 1995
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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 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 reporting 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.)
NOTE: Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be filed
with the Commission. See Rule 13d-1(a) for other parties to whom copies are to
be sent.
*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. 369032 10 7 Page 2 of 3
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
SCHEDULE 13D
OF
LAWRENCE MICHELS
This Amendment No. 1 to the Statement on Schedule 13D filed by
Lawrence Michels ("Michels") with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 16, 1993 (the "Schedule 13D"), relates to the Common Stock, par value
$0.10 per share ("Common Stock"), of General Automation, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and is being filed pursuant to Rule 13d-2 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
ITEM 4. Purpose of Transaction.
Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended to add the following
information:
Shortly following the acquisition of shares reported in the Schedule
13D, Michels entered into a Partnership Agreement with Robert D. Bagby,
President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company ("Bagby"),
Leonard N. Mackenzie, Vice Chairman of the Board of the Company ("Mackenzie"),
and Donald W. S. Rutherford, then Chief Financial Officer and a director of the
Company ("Rutherford"). Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, Bagby, Michels,
Mackenzie and Rutherford (collectively, the "Partners") formed a general
partnership under the name "The GA Group" and contributed an aggregate of
2,275,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company representing all of the shares
which the Partners had agreed to purchase from Sanderson Technology Limited
("STL"), as reported in the Schedule 13D. The shares were contributed subject
to the Partners' pledge of such shares to STL to secure a loan made by STL to
the Partners in the aggregate principal amount of 1,200,000 British pounds
sterling to finance their acquisition of such shares (the "STL Loan"). The
Partnership, Bagby, Michels, Mackenzie and Rutherford may be deemed to have
constituted a "group" within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange
Act.
On March 21, 1994, in connection with Rutherford's resignation from the
Company, Rutherford's interest in the Partnership was terminated pursuant to
the Partnership Agreement, and Rutherford was granted the right to purchase
189,167 shares of Common Stock of the Company from the Partnership at the
conclusion of the Partnership Agreement. As a result, Michels' pro rata
interest in the shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by the Partnership
was increased from 568,750 shares to 758,333.33 shares, subject to Rutherford's
purchase rights.
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CUSIP No. 369032 10 7 Page 3 of 3
On November 10, 1994, the Company sold its interests in SGA Pacific
Limited to STL. In connection with this transaction, the Partnership
transferred all of its 2,275,000 shares of Common Stock to STL as consideration
for STL's cancellation of the indebtedness represented by the STL Loan. STL
then transferred an aggregate of 4,100,000 shares of Common Stock (including
the 2,275,000 shares acquired from the Partnership) to the Company as partial
consideration for the Company's interests in SGA Pacific Limited.
ITEM 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
Item 5, paragraph (e), of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended to add
the following information:
On November 10, 1994, Michels ceased to be the beneficial owner of
more than five percent (5%) of the Companys issued and outstanding shares of
Common Stock.
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: March 29, 1995 Lawrence Michels, Vice Chairman
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