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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO. 3)
LINDBERG CORPORATION
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
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(Title of Class of Securities)
5351 71 102
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(CUSIP Number)
Ira Sochet
9350 S. Dixie Highway, Suite 1260
Miami, Florida 33156
(305) 670-1888
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
March 31, 1997
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(Date of Event which Required 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 this 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.)
THERE ARE NO EXHIBITS
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CUSIP NO. 5351 71 102
1. Name of Reporting Person S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of
Above Person Ira Sochet .
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2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(a) (b) .
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3. SEC Use Only .
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4. Source of Funds PF, OO .
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5. Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required
Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(E) .
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6. Citizenship or Place of Organization United States .
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Number of 7. Sole Voting Power 547,500 .
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Shares
Beneficially 8. Shared Voting Power -0- .
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Owned by Each
Reporting 9. Sole Dispositive Power 547,500 .
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Person With
10. Shared Dispositive Power -0- .
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11. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
547,500 .
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12. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain
Shares .
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13. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11) 11.4% .
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14. Type of Reporting Person IN .
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This amendment to Schedule 13D (the "Amendment") is filed as the third
amendment to the Statement on Schedule 13D, dated April 9, 1996 (the "Schedule
13D"), filed on behalf of Ira Sochet (the "Reporting Person"), relating to the
common stock of Lindberg Corporation, a Delaware corporation. This Amendment
reflects material changes in the Schedule 13D, such material changes being more
fully reflected in Item 5 below.
ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.
(a) As of the close of business on April 7, 1997, the Reporting Person
beneficially owned an aggregate of 547,500 shares of Common Stock, which
constituted approximately 11.4 percent of the 4,801,591 shares of Common Stock
outstanding on March 10, 1997, as reported in the Issuer's Proxy Statement dated
March 26, 1997.
(b) The Reporting Person has the sole power to vote or direct the vote,
and the sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of, all the shares of
Common Stock beneficially owned by him.
(c) The following table sets forth all transactions in Common Stock
effected by the Reporting Person during the past 60 days. All of such
transactions were open market purchases effected through brokers.
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<CAPTION>
APPROXIMATE PRICE
NUMBER OF PER SHARE
DATE SHARES PURCHASED (INCLUDING COMMISSIONS)
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<S> <C> <C>
02/26/97 2,000 $9 1/20
*03/04/97 5,000 $8 25/32
03/13/97 5,300 $8 25/32
03/18/97 11,400 $8 25/32
03/25/97 18,000 $9 1/32
03/27/97 8,000 $9 1/32
03/31/97 3,100 $9 1/32
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* IRA Account
(d) Not applicable.
(e) Not applicable.
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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.
April 8, 1997
/S/ IRA SOCHET
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Ira Sochet
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