SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Schedule 13G-A
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Zindart Limited
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, Par $.065
(Title of Class of Securities)
989597109
(CUSIP Number)
* 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 the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in 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).
(Continued on following page(s))
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CUSIP No. 989597109 13G-A Page 2 of 6 Pages
1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
43-0895447
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a)
(b) X
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
State of organization: Delaware
5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
EACH
REPORTING
PERSONS
WITH 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES*
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IA
*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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Item 1 (a). Name of Issuer:
Zindart Limited
Item 1 (b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices
Flat C&D, 25/F Block 1
Tai Ping Industrial Centre
57 Ting Kok Road, Tai Po
N.T. Hong Kong
Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing:
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence:
One North Jefferson
St. Louis, MO 63103
Item 2(c). Citizenship:
State of organization: Delaware
Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock, Par $.065
Item 2(e). CUSIP Number:
989597109
Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13-d-l(b), or 13d-2(b),
check whether the person filing is a:
(a) ( ) Broker or Dealer registered under section 15 of the Act
(b) ( ) Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act
(c) ( ) Insurance Company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act
(d) ( ) Investment Company registered under section 8 of the Investment
Company Act
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(e) (X) Investment Adviser registered under section 203 of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940
(f) ( ) Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is subject to the
provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 or Endowment Fund; see Section240.13d- 1 (b)(ii)(F)
(g) ( ) Parent Holding Company, in accordance with Section240.13d-
l(b)(ii)(G) (Note: See Item 7)
(h) ( ) Group, in accordance with {}240.13d-1 (b)(1)(ii)(H)
Item 4. Ownership:
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned as of December 31, 1999:
(b) Percent of Class:
(c) Number of Shares as to which such person has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote:
(iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
(iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
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Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date
hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of
more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following
(X).
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent of Behalf of Another Person.
Other persons are known to have the right to receive or the power to
direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of,
shares beneficially owned by the filing person. Except for any person
identified immediately below, such fights do not extend to shares
constituting more than 5% of the class.
None.
Item 7.Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the
Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
Not Applicable.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group.
Not Applicable.
Item 10. Certification.
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief,
the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of
business and were not acquired for the purposes of and do not have the effect of
changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were
not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having
such purposes or effect.
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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.
February 10, 2000
Date
By:
/s/ Jeseph G. Porter
Joseph G. Porter
Vice President
Name/Title
