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
(Amendment No. 1)
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Guardsman Products, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock Par Value $1.00 Per Share
(Title of Class and Securities)
401489109
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
James E. McKee, Gabelli Funds, Inc.,
One Corporate Center, Rye, NY 10580-1434 (914) 921-5294
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications)
March 5, 1996
(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 State-
ment because of Rule 13D-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box:
____
/___/
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this Statement:
_____
/ /
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CUSIP No. 401489109 13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Gabelli Funds, Inc. I.D. No. 13-3056041
_________________________________________________________________
(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3) SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
OO-Funds of investment company clients
_________________________________________________________________
(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) _____
/ /
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: 272,500 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None (Item 5)
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 272,500 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
272,500 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* _____
/ x /
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
2.86%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
HC, IA, CO
_________________________________________________________________
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 401489109 13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
GAMCO Investors, Inc. I.D. No. 13-2951242
_________________________________________________________________
(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3) SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
OO-Funds of investment advisory clients
_________________________________________________________________
(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) _____
/ x /
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: 256,050 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 289,550 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
289,550 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ____
/___/
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
3.03%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IA, CO
_________________________________________________________________
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 401489109 13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Gabelli Associates Fund I.D. No. 13-3246203
_________________________________________________________________
(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3) SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
WC
_________________________________________________________________
(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ____
/___/
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: 22,700 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 22,700 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
22,700 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ____
/___/
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
0.24%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
PN
_________________________________________________________________
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 401489109 13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Gabelli Associates Limited I.D. No. Foreign Corporation
_________________________________________________________________
(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3) SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
WC
_________________________________________________________________
(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ____
/___/
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
British Virgin Islands
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: 5,000 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 5,000 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
5,000 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ____
/___/
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
0.05%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
CO
_________________________________________________________________
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 401489109 13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Gabelli International Limited I.D. No. Foreign Corporation
_________________________________________________________________
(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3) SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
WC
_________________________________________________________________
(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ____
/___/
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
British Virgin Islands
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: 14,600 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 14,600 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
14,600 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ____
/___/
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
0.15%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
CO
_________________________________________________________________
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 401489109 13D
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(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Gabelli Performance Partnership L.P. I.D. No. 13-3396569
_________________________________________________________________
(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3) SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
WC
_________________________________________________________________
(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ____
/___/
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: 3,600 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 3,600 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
3,600 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ____
/___/
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
0.04%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
PN
_________________________________________________________________
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 401489109 13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Mario J. Gabelli I.D. No. ###-##-####
_________________________________________________________________
(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3) SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
None
_________________________________________________________________
(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
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
None (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* _____
/ x /
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
0.00%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
_________________________________________________________________
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
Item 1. Security and Issuer
This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D on Guardsman
Products, Inc. (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 March 30, 1995. 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 ("Mr.
Gabelli") and various entities which he directly or indirectly
controls or for which he 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") (collec-
tively, "Lynch and its affiliates"), engage in various aspects of
the securities business, primarily as investment adviser to
various institutional and individual clients, including regis-
tered investment companies and pension plans, as broker/dealer
and as general partner of various private investment partner-
ships. 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 13D
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 Multime-
dia Partners, L.P. ("Multimedia Partners"), Gabelli Asset Manage-
ment Company International Advisory Services Ltd. ("GIASL"), Mr.
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 re-
ferred to as the "Reporting Persons".
GAMCO, a majority 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 in the
equity area for employee benefit plans, private investors,
endowments and foundations.
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, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI, is a general
partner of G&R Partners, a Delaware partnership ("G&R"), which,
in turn, is the general partner of Gabelli-Rosenthal & Partners,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("G-R"), whose primary busi-
ness purpose is to do friendly leveraged buyouts. At the present
time, G-R's sole business purpose is to monitor its existing
portfolio investments.
Gabelli Associates is a New York limited partnership
whose primary business purpose is risk arbitrage investments.
GSI and Mr. Gabelli are the general partners of Gabelli Associ-
ates.
GAL is a corporation whose primary business purpose is
risk arbitrage investments. Shares of GAL's Common Stock will be
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 regis-
tered under the Advisers Act. GFI is an investment adviser which
presently provides discretionary managed account services for 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 Convert-
ible Securities Fund, Gabelli Capital Asset Fund, Gabelli Inter-
national Growth Fund, Inc. and The Gabelli Global Interactive
Couch Potato Fund (collectively, the "Funds"), which are regis-
tered investment companies.
The Plan, a qualified employee profit sharing plan,
covers substantially all employees of GFI and its affiliates.
GPP, a Delaware limited partnership, is a limited
partnership whose primary business purpose is investing in
securities. Mr. Gabelli is the general partner and chief invest-
ment officer of 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.
The investments of GIL are managed by Mr. Gabelli who is also a
director 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. The investments of GIL II are managed by Mr. Gabelli
who is also a director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of
GIL II.
ALCE is a Delaware investment limited partnership that
seeks long-term capital appreciation primarily through invest-
ments 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 multi-
media communications companies. GSI is a general partner of
Multimedia Partners.
GIASL is a corporation whose primary business purpose is
to provide advisory services to offshore funds.
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 manufactures and sells industrial-process and air
pollution control equipment. 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 ventures and acquisitions. Lynch
and its affiliates make investments 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. Mr. Gabelli is Chairman
of Lynch and owns beneficially 24.39% of the shares of Common
stock of Lynch.
Mr. 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. GFI,
in turn, is the majority 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.
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 Delaware 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. GIASL
is a Bermuda corporation with its principal business office at
c/o Appleby, Spurling & Kempe, Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue,
Hamilton HM12, Bermuda. 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 princi-
pal 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 sepecifically addressing the special circum-
stances 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.
On December 13, 1991, the Virginia State Corporation
Commission entered an order of settlement in final disposition of
matters arising from an allegation that GAMCO had transacted
business in Virginia as an investment adviser without having been
registered as such under Virginia Code Section 13.1-504A or an
exemption therefrom. GAMCO consented to the entry of the order
without admitting or denying the allegation and without a hear-
ing. The terms of the order provide that GAMCO would pay a fine
and costs totalling fifty-five thousand dollars and would not
transact business in Virginia as an investment adviser unless it
was registered as such under section 13.1-504A or was exempt from
registration.
(f) - Reference is made to Schedule I hereto.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
Item 3 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part,
as follows:
All Reporting Persons used an aggregate of approximate-
ly $2,025,377 to purchase the additional Securities requiring
this Amendment to Schedule 13D. GAMCO and GFI used approximately
$933,793 and $242,238, respectively, of funds that were provided
through the accounts of certain of their investment advisory
clients (and, may be through borrowings from client margin
accounts) in order to purchase the additional Securities for such
clients. Gabelli Associates used approximately $516,425 of the
investment funds of the partnership to purchase the Securities
reported by it. GIL and GAL used approximately $179,471 and
$113,750, respectively, of working capital to purchase the
Securities reported by them. GPP used approximately $39,700 of
the investment funds of the partnership to purchase the Securi-
ties reported by it.
Item 5. Interest In Securities Of The Issuer
Item 5 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part,
as follows:
(a) The aggregate number and percentage of Securities
to which this Schedule 13D relates is 607,950 shares, repre-
senting 6.37% of the 9,548,894 shares outstanding as reported in
the Issuer's most recently filed Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 1995. 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 272,500 2.86%
GAMCO
As Pincipal 0 0.00%
As Agent 289,550 3.03%
Gabelli Associates 22,700 0.24%
GAL 5,000 0.05%
GIL 14,600 0.15%
GPP 3,600 0.04%
Mario J. Gabelli 0 0.00%
Mr. 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 Mr.
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 33,500 of the
reported shares, and except that GFI has sole dispositive and
voting power with respect to the 272,500 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 Mr. 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 by each
of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons is set forth on
Schedule II annexed hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
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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 6, 1996
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
Chief Operating Officer
and Executive Vice President
GABELLI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
By:_________________________
Mario J. Gabelli, Chairman
and Investment Manager
by: James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
GABELLI PERFORMANCE
PARTNERSHIP L.P.
By:______________________________
Mario J. Gabelli
General Partner
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
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-GUARDSMAN PRODUCTS
THE GABELLI PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP
2/09/96 1,400- 17.0000
GABELLI INTERNATIONAL LTD
1/10/96 4,800 12.8898
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
3/05/96 17,500 22.7500
2/26/96 3,500 19.6250
2/21/96 2,000 19.5000
2/07/96 7,500- 17.3917
2/06/96 1,500- 17.3750
2/02/96 250- *DO
1/31/96 1,000- 15.7500
1/30/96 1,000- 15.8250
1/26/96 2,000- 15.7500
1/25/96 1,000- 15.6250
1/19/96 1,000- 13.4595
1/19/96 1,000 13.4595
1/12/96 3,300 13.3636
1/10/96 1,800 13.5000
GABELLI ASSOCIATES LTD
3/05/96 5,000 22.7500
GABELLI ASSOCIATES FUND
3/05/96 22,700 22.7500
(1) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED
ON THE NY STOCK EXCHANGE.
(2) PRICE EXCLUDES COMMISSION.
(*) RESULTS IN CHANGE OF DISPOSITIVE POWER AND BENEFICIAL
OWNERSHIP.
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