SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 25)
The Lamson & Sessions Co.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock No Par Value Per Share
(Title of Class and Securities)
513696104
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
James E. McKee, Gabelli Asset Management Inc.,
One Corporate Center, Rye, NY 10580-1434 (914) 921-5249
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications)
April 21, 2000
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
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CUSIP No. 513696104 13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Gabelli Funds, LLC I.D. No. 13-4044523
_________________________________________________________________
(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
: 1,326,300 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None (Item 5)
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 1,326,300 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
1,326,300 (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
9.86%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IA
_________________________________________________________________
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 513696104 13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
GAMCO Investors, Inc. I.D. No. 13-4044521
_________________________________________________________________
(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) _____
/ /
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: 513,028 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 513,028 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
513,028 (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
3.81%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IA, CO
_________________________________________________________________
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 513696104 13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Gabelli Advisers, Inc. I.D. No. 13-4008049
_________________________________________________________________
(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
: 17,500 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 17,500 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
17,500 (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
0.13%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IA, CO
_________________________________________________________________
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 513696104 13D
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(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Gabelli Group Capital Partners, 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*
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
New York
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None (Item 5)
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(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*
HC, CO
_________________________________________________________________
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 513696104 13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Gabelli Asset Management Inc. I.D. No. 13-4007862
_________________________________________________________________
(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
New York
_________________________________________________________________
: (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*
HC, CO
_________________________________________________________________
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 513696104 13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Marc J. Gabelli
________________________________________________________________
(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* _____
/ /
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
0.00%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
_________________________________________________________________
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 513696104 13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Mario J. Gabelli
_________________________________________________________________
(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. 25 to Schedule 13D on the Common Stock
of The Lamson and Sessions Co. (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 September 15,
1991. 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"), Lynch Interactive Corporation
("Interactive"), Brighton Communications Corporation ("Brighton")
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 registered
investment companies and pension plans, as broker/dealer and as
general partner of various private investment 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 implemen-
tation 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 administrative uniformity, these persons
have decided to file their beneficial 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 Group Capital Partners,
Inc. ("Gabelli Partners"), Gabelli Asset Management Inc.
("GAMI") , Gabelli Funds, LLC ("Gabelli Funds"), GAMCO Investors,
Inc. ("GAMCO"), Gabelli Securities, Inc. ("GSI"), Gabelli &
Company, Inc. ("Gabelli & Company"), Gabelli Performance Partner-
ship L.P. ("GPP"), GLI, Inc. ("GLI"), Gabelli Associates Fund
("Gabelli Associates"), Gabelli Associates Limited ("GAL"), Gabelli
& Company, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan (the "Plan"), Gabelli Interna-
tional Limited ("GIL"), Gabelli International 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 Associates"),
Gemini Capital Management Ltd. ("Gemini"), Gabelli Fund, LDC
("LDC"), Gabelli Foundation, Inc. ("Foundation"), Gabelli Global
Partners, Ltd. ("GGP Ltd."), Gabelli Global Partners, L.P. ("GGP
L.P."), 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".
Gabelli Partners makes investments for its own account
and is the parent company of GAMI. GAMI, a public company listed on
the New York Stock Exchange, is the parent company for a variety of
companies engaged in the securities business, each of which is
named below.
GAMCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GAMI, is an invest-
ment 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, foundations and
others.
GSI, a majority-owned subsidiary of GAMI, acts as a
general partner or investment manager to limited partnerships and
offshore investment companies and as a part of its business
regularly purchases and sells securities for its own account. It
is the immediate parent of Gabelli & Company.
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 Associates.
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.
Gabelli Funds, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GAMI, is a
limited liability company. Gabelli Funds is an investment adviser
registered under the Advisers Act 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., The Gabelli
Global Growth Fund, The Gabelli Utility Trust, The Gabelli Global
Opportunity Fund, The Gabelli Utilities Fund and The Gabelli Blue
Chip Value Fund (collectively, the "Funds"), which are registered
investment companies.
Gabelli Advisers, Inc. ("Gabelli Advisers"), a subsidiary
of GAMI, is an investment adviser which provides discretionary
advisory services to The Gabelli Westwood Mighty Mitessm Fund.
The Plan, a qualified employee profit sharing plan,
covers substantially all employees of GAMI and its affiliates.
GPP 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 securities
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 portfolio manager and Chairman of the Board of
Directors of GIL II.
ALCE is an 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 an 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.
GGP L.P. is a partnership whose primary business purpose is
investing in Securities on a global basis. Gabelli Securities,
Inc. and Gemini Capital Management, LLC are the general partners of
GGP L.P. and Marc Gabelli is a portfolio manager for GGP L.P.
GGP Ltd. is a corporation whose primary business purpose is
investing in Securities on a global basis. Gabelli Securities,
International Limited and Gemini Capital Management, LLC are the
investment advisors of GGP Ltd. and Marc Gabelli is the portfolio
manager for GGP Ltd.
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. Mario Gabelli is a portfolio manager for LDC.
MJG Associates 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 is a public company traded on the American Stock
Exchange engaged in manufacting. Spinnaker, a subsidiary of Lynch,
is also a public company and its stock is traded on the NASDAQ
National Market. Spinnaker is a manufacturing firm with major
subsidiaries in specialty adhesive-backed
materials business. Interactive is a public company listed on the
American Stock Exchange. It is a holding company whose principal
subsidiary is Brighton. Brighton is a 100% owned subsidiary of
Interactive. Brighton is a holding company with subsidiaries in
multimedia and services businesses. Western New Mexico, a subsid-
iary of Brighton, provides telephone services in a service area in
Southwestern New Mexico. Inter-Community, which is also a subsid-
iary of Brighton, provides local telephone services in an area 40
miles west of Fargo, North Dakota. Lynch and Interactive actively
pursue new business ventures and acquisitions.
Mario J. Gabelli is a director, Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer and a substantial shareholder of Lynch and
Interactive.
Mario Gabelli is the majority stockholder and Chairman of
the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Gabelli
Partners and GAMI, and the Chief Investment Officer for each of the
Reporting Persons which are entities other than Gemini. Gabelli
Partners is the majority shareholder of GAMI. GAMI, in turn, is the
sole stockholder of GAMCO. GAMI is also the majority stockholder
of GSI and the largest shareholder of Gabelli Advisers. 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.
Gabelli Partners, GAMI, GAMCO, Gabelli & Company and GLI
are New York corporations and GSI and Gabelli Advisers are Delaware
corporations, each having its principal business office at One
Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580. Gabelli Funds is a New York
limited liability company having its principal business office at
One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580. GPP is a New York
limited partnership having its principal business office at 401
Theodore Fremd Ave., Rye, New York 10580. MJG Associates is a
Connecticut corporation having its principal business office at 401
Theodore Fremd Ave., Rye, New York 10580. Gabelli Associates is a
New York limited partnership having its principal business office
at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580. Alce and Multimedia
Partners and GGP L.P. are Delaware limited partnerships each having
its principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New
York 10580. GAL and GIL are corporations organized under the laws
of the British Virgin Islands, and GGP Ltd. is a corporation
organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, each having its
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 its
principal business office at c/o Coutts & Company (Cayman) Limited,
West Bay Road, Grand Cayman, British West Indies. Gemini is a
Bermuda corporation having 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 401 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Rye, NY 10580. Spinnaker is
a Delaware corporation having its principal business office at 251
Welton Street, Hamden, CT 06511. 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. Interactive and Brighton are Delaware corporations
each having its principal place of business at 401 Theodore Fremd
Avenue, Rye, NY 10580.
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.
(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:
The Reporting Persons used an aggregate of approximately
$1,228,950 to purchase the additional Securities reported as
beneficially owned in Item 5 below since the most recent filing on
Schedule 13D. GAMCO and Gabelli Funds used approximately $718,092
and $510,858, 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
additional Securities for such clients.
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 1,856,828 shares, representing
13.80% of the 13,453,251 shares outstanding as reported in the
Issuer's most recently filed Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
January 01, 2000. The Reporting Persons beneficially own those
Securities as follows:
Shares of % of
Common Class of
Name Stock Common
Gabelli Funds:
As Principal 0 0.00%
As Agent 1,326,300 9.86%
GAMCO:
As Principal 0 0.00%
As Agent 513,028 3.81%
Gabelli Advisers 17,500 0.13%
Marc Gabelli 0 0.00%
Mario Gabelli 0 0.00%
Mario Gabelli is deemed to have beneficial ownership of
the Securities owned beneficially by each of the foregoing persons
other than Marc Gabelli. Gabelli Funds and GAMI are deemed to have
beneficial ownership of the securities owned beneficially 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 (i)
Gabelli Funds has sole dispositive and voting power with respect to
the 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, (ii) 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
(iii) the power of Mario Gabelli, Marc Gabelli, GAMI and Gabelli
Funds 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.
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: April 26, 2000
MARIO J. GABELLI
MARC J. GABELLI
By:____________________________
James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
GABELLI GROUP CAPITAL PARTNERS,INC.
GABELLI ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
GABELLI ADVISERS, INC.
By:____________________________
James E. McKee
Secretary
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
By:_________________________
Douglas R. Jamieson
Executive Vice President
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 Group Capital Partners,
Inc., Gabelli Asset Management Inc., Gabelli Funds, LLC, 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 viola-
tions 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 Group Capital Partners, Inc.
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli*
Richard B. Black President and Director of
Oak Technology, Inc.;
Chairman ECRM; 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 Execu-
tive Officer of The Morgan Group,
Inc.; Secretary & Treasurer
United Holdings
2545 Wilkens Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21223
Dr. Eamon M. Kelly Professor
Payson Center for International
Development Technology Transfer
Tulane University
300 Hebert Hall
6823 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
Marc J. Gabelli Managing Director
Matthew R. Gabelli Vice President-Trading
Gabelli & Company
One Corporate Center
Rye, New York 10580
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Investment
Officer
Stephen G. Bondi Executive Vice President-Finance
and Administration
_____________________
* Mr. Gabelli is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Invest-
ment Officer of Gabelli Group Capital Partners, Inc., Gabelli Asset
Management Inc. and GAMCO Investors, Inc.; Director/Trustee of all
registered investment companies advised by Gabelli Funds, LLC; Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of Lynch Interactive Corporation; Chairman
of Lynch Corporation.
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Robert S. ZuccaroVice President and Chief Financial
Officer
James E. McKee Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
Gabelli Asset Management Inc.
Directors:
Raymond C. Avansino, Jr. Chairman
E.L. Wiegand Foundation
165 West Liberty Streeet
Reno, NV 89501
Mario J. Gabelli See above
John C. Ferrara Chief Financial Officer
Space.Com
120 West 45th Street
New York, New York 10036
Dr. Eamon M. Kelly See above
Karl Otto Pohl (1) Sal Oppenheim Jr. & Cie
Bockenheimer Landstrasse 20
D-6000 FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Germany
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Investment
Officer
Robert S. Zuccaro Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
James E. McKee Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
Directors:
Douglas R. Jamieson
Joseph R. Rindler, Jr.
Regina M. Pitaro
F. William Scholz, II
William S. Selby
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Investment Officer
Joseph R. Rindler, Jr. Chairman
Douglas R. Jamieson Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer
Robert S. Zuccaro Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President
James E. McKee Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
Peter D. Goldstein Deputy General Counsel and
Assistant Secretary
Gabelli Funds, LLC
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chief Investment Officer
Bruce N. Alpert Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer
Gus Coutsouros Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President
James E. McKee Secretary
Gabelli Advisers, Inc.
Directors:
Bruce N. Alpert
John D. Gabelli
Joseph R. Rindler, Jr.
Officers:
Bruce N. Alpert Chief Operating Officer
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President
James E. McKee 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
Joseph R. Rindler, Jr. See above
Officers:
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President
Robert S. Zuccaro Vice President-Finance
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 Group Capital
Partners, 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 Group Capital
Partners, Inc.
Roger Hanson (2) MeesPierson (Cayman)
Limited
British American Centre
Dr. Roy's Drive- Phase 3
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, British
WestIndies
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chief Investment Officer
Kevin Bromley (2) Vice President, Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary
Sandra Wright (2) Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Gabelli International Limited
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Group Capital
Partners, Inc.
Roger Hanson (2) MeesPierson (Cayman)
Limited
British American Centre
Dr. Roy's Drive- Phase 3
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, British West Indies
Officers:
Kevin Bromley (2) 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 Wright (2) 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 Group Capital
Partners, Inc.
Stephen G. Bondi See Above-Gabelli Group Capital
Partners, Inc.
Michael A. Salatto Controller, Gabelli Securities,
Inc.
Michael J. Burns (3) Appleby, Spurling & Kempe
Cedar House
41 Cedar Avenue
Hamilton, HM12
Bermuda
Douglas Molyneux (3) Appleby, Spurling & Kempe
Cedar House
41 Cedar Avenue
Hamilton, HM12
Bermuda
Gabelli Fund, LDC
Directors:
Johann S. Wong (4) c/o Tremont (Bermuda)
Limited
Tremont House
4 Park Road
Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda
Peter D. Anderson (5) Givens Hall Bank & Trust
Genesis Building
P.O. Box 2097
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
BWI3459498141
Karl Otto Pohl See above
Anthonie C. van Ekris See below
Gabelli Global Partners, Ltd.
Directors:
Stephen G. Bondi See above
Marc J. Gabelli See above
Patrick Salvisberg (6) Vice President
Institutional Capital Markets
Bear Stearns International Ltd.
Marco Sampelligrini (7) Banco Intesa
Milan, Italy
Antonie Van Ekris See below
Lynch Corporation
401 Theodore Fremd Avenue
Rye, NY 10580
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Group Capital
Partners, 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
Avrum Gray GBar Limited Partnership
440 South LaSalle, Suite 2900
Chicago, IL 60605
Louis A. Guzzetti President and Chief Executive
Officer
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chairman
Louis A. Guzzetti President and Chief Executive
Officer
George E. Fuehrer Vice President-Business Development
Roger T. Dexter Controller
Robert A. Hurwich Vice President-Administration,
Secretary and General Counsel
Lynch Interactive Corporation
401 Theodore Fremd Avenue
Rye, NY 10580
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 Group Capital
Partners, Inc.
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
Suite 406
509 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10022
John C. Ferrara See above
David C. Mitchell Business Consultant
c/o Lynch Corporation
401 Theodore Fremd Ave.
Rye, NY 10580
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
Robert E. Dolan Chief Financial Officer
Robert A. Hurwich Vice President-Administration,
Secretary and General Counsel
Brighton Communications Corporation
401 Theodore Fremd Ave
Rye, NY 105820
Directors:
Robert E. Dolan See above-Lynch Interactive
Corporation
Robert A. Hurwich See above-Lynch Interactive
Corporation
Officers:
Robert E. Dolan President, Controller, Tresurer
and Assistant Secretary
Robert A. Hurwich Secreatry and Assistant Tresurer
Spinnaker Industries, Inc.
600 N. Pearl Street
uite 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
Mario J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Group Capital
Partners, Inc.
E. Val Cerutti See above-Lynch Corporation
Ralph R. Papitto See above-Lynch Corporation
Officers:
Ned N. Fleming, III President and Chief Operating
Officer
Richard J. Boyle Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
Robert A. Hurwich Secretary
Mark A. Matteson Vice President, Corporate
Development
Craig Jennings Vice President, Finance and
Treasurer
Entoleter, Inc.
251 Welton Street
Hamden, CT 06517
Directors:
Ned N. Fleming, III See above-Spinnaker
Mark A. Matteson See above-Spinnaker
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
Charles DeMarino Controller & Secretary
Western New Mexico Telephone Company
314 Yankee Street
Silver City, NM 88062
Directors:
Jack W. 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 W. Keen Chairman and President
Dr. Brian E. Gordon Vice President
Charles M. Baxter Sr. Vice President-Operations
Mary Beth Baxter Secretary & Treasurer
Robert A. Hurwich Assistant Treasurer and Assistant
Secretary
Inter-Community Telephone Company, L.L.C.
P.O. Box A
Nome, ND 58062
Managers:
Carole Rau Executive Assistant
Lynch Corporation
401 Theodore Fremd Ave.
Rye, NY 10580
Mary J. Carroll See above-Lynch Corporation
Robert E. Dolan See above-Lynch Corporation
Robert A. Hurwich See above-Lynch Corporation
Carmine Ceraolo Assistant Controller
Lynch Corporation
401 Theodore Fremd Ave
Rye, NY 10580
Robert Snyder 200 Broadway South
Buffalo, ND 58011
Keith S. Andersen See above-Inter-Community Telephone
Company
Robert Reff See above-Inter-Community Telephone
Company
Jack Bently 1210 E. Washington Ave
Gilbert, AZ 85234
Officers:
Robert Snyder President
Keith S. Andersen Secretary and Treasurer
Robert A. Hurwich Assistant Secretary
Lynch Telephone Corporation
401 Theodore Fremd Avenue
Rye, NY 10580
Directors:
Robert E. Dolan Controller
Jack W. Keen President
Robert A. Hurwich See above-Lynch Corporation
Officers:
Jack W. Keen President
Robert A. Hurwich Secretary
Mary Beth Baxter Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary
Robert E. Dolan Vice President and Controller
(1) Citizen of Germany
(2) Citizen of the Cayman Islands
(3) Citizen of Bermuda
(4) Citizen of Bermuda and Canada
(5) Citizen of the UK
(6) Citizen of Switzerland
(7) Citizen of Italy
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-LAMSON & SESSION CO
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
4/20/00 2,000 8.1250
4/20/00 5,000 8.0500
4/19/00 7,000 8.2320
4/19/00 3,000 8.0000
4/18/00 7,000 7.5661
4/04/00 4,600 7.5000
4/03/00 8,400 7.5000
3/23/00 3,000 7.7292
3/20/00 2,000 7.2500
3/17/00 8,000 7.1797
3/17/00 6,600 7.0909
3/16/00 13,400 7.0000
3/13/00 5,000 7.0357
3/13/00 2,000 7.0357
3/10/00 1,000 7.0000
3/08/00 12,000 6.8229
3/02/00 2,000 7.8750
GABELLI FUNDS, LLC.
GABELLI VALUE FUND
3/16/00 5,000 7.0500
GABELLI SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND
4/11/00 5,000 8.0500
(1) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED
ON THE NYSE.
(2) PRICE EXCLUDES COMMISSION.
