JUNO LIGHTING INC
SC 13G, 1999-08-03
ELECTRIC LIGHTING & WIRING EQUIPMENT
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13G

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                              JUNO LIGHTING, INC.
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                                 Name of Issuer


                         Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)


                                   482047-20-6
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                                 (CUSIP Number)


                                  June 30, 1999
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             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)


Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
is filed:

                  [X] Rule 13d-1(c)         [ ] Rule 13d-1(d)


*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. 482047-20-6              SCHEDULE 13G               PAGE 2 OF 10 PAGES
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1.                NAME OF REPORTING PERSON/S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION
                  NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

                  SENECA CAPITAL, L.P.
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2.                CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*   (A) [ ]
                                                                      (B) [X]
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3.                SEC USE ONLY


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4.                CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

                  DELAWARE
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                               5.     SOLE VOTING POWER

                                      84,756
   NUMBER OF                  --------------------------------------------------
    SHARES                     6.     SHARED VOTING POWER
 BENEFICIALLY
   OWNED BY                           0
    EACH                      --------------------------------------------------
  REPORTING                    7.     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
   PERSON
    WITH:                             84,756
                              --------------------------------------------------
                               8.     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                      0
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9.                AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

                  84,756
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10.               CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
                  CERTAIN SHARES*                                          [ ]
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11.               PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

                  3.53%
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12.               TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                  PN
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CUSIP NO. 482047-20-6              SCHEDULE 13G               PAGE 3 OF 10 PAGES
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1.                NAME OF REPORTING PERSON/S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION
                  NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

                  SENECA CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC
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2.                CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*   (A) [ ]
                                                                      (B) [X]
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3.                SEC USE ONLY


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4.                CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

                  DELAWARE
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                               5.     SOLE VOTING POWER

                                      0
   NUMBER OF                  --------------------------------------------------
    SHARES                     6.     SHARED VOTING POWER
 BENEFICIALLY
   OWNED BY                           84,756
    EACH                      --------------------------------------------------
  REPORTING                    7.     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
   PERSON
    WITH:                             0
                              --------------------------------------------------
                               8.     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                      84,756
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9.                AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

                  84,756
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10.               CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
                  CERTAIN SHARES*                                          [ ]
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11.               PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

                  3.53%
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12.               TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                  00 - LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
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CUSIP NO. 482047-20-6              SCHEDULE 13G               PAGE 4 OF 10 PAGES
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1.                NAME OF REPORTING PERSON/S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION
                  NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

                  SENECA CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
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2.                CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*   (A) [ ]
                                                                      (B) [X]
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3.                SEC USE ONLY


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4.                CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

                  CAYMAN ISLANDS, BRITISH WEST INDIES
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                               5.     SOLE VOTING POWER

                                      143,849
   NUMBER OF                  --------------------------------------------------
    SHARES                     6.     SHARED VOTING POWER
 BENEFICIALLY
   OWNED BY                           0
    EACH                      --------------------------------------------------
  REPORTING                    7.     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
   PERSON
    WITH:                             143,849
                              --------------------------------------------------
                               8.     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                      0
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9.                AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

                  143,849
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10.               CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
                  CERTAIN SHARES                                          [ ]
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11.               PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

                  5.99%
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12.               TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

                  CO
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CUSIP NO. 482047-20-6              SCHEDULE 13G               PAGE 5 OF 10 PAGES
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1.                NAME OF REPORTING PERSON/S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION
                  NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

                  SENECA CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, LLC
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2.                CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*   (A) [ ]
                                                                      (B) [X]
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3.                SEC USE ONLY


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4.                CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

                  DELAWARE
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                               5.     SOLE VOTING POWER

                                      10,155
   NUMBER OF                  --------------------------------------------------
    SHARES                     6.     SHARED VOTING POWER
 BENEFICIALLY
   OWNED BY                           143,849
    EACH                      --------------------------------------------------
  REPORTING                    7.     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
   PERSON
    WITH:                             10,155
                              --------------------------------------------------
                               8.     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                      143,849
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9.                AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

                  154,004
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10.               CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
                  CERTAIN SHARES                                          [ ]
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11.               PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

                  6.42%
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12.               TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

                  00 - LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
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CUSIP NO. 482047-20-6              SCHEDULE 13G               PAGE 6 OF 10 PAGES
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1.                NAME OF REPORTING PERSON/S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION
                  NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

                  DOUGLAS A. HIRSCH
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2.                CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*   (A) [ ]
                                                                      (B) [X]
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3.                SEC USE ONLY


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4.                CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

                  USA
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                               5.     SOLE VOTING POWER

                                      0
   NUMBER OF                  --------------------------------------------------
    SHARES                     6.     SHARED VOTING POWER
 BENEFICIALLY
   OWNED BY                           238,760
    EACH                      --------------------------------------------------
  REPORTING                    7.     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
   PERSON
    WITH:                             0
                              --------------------------------------------------
                               8.     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                      238,760
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9.                AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

                  238,760
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10.               CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
                  CERTAIN SHARES                                          [ ]
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11.               PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

                  9.95%
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12.               TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

                  IN
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CUSIP NO. 482047-20-6              SCHEDULE 13G               PAGE 7 OF 10 PAGES
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ITEM 1.

      (a) Name of Issuer:  Juno Lighting, Inc.
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      (b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

          1300 S. Wolf Road   P.O. Box 5065  Des Plaines, IL 60017-5065
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ITEM 2.

      (a) Name of Persons Filing:
      (b)  Address of  Principal  Business  Office or, if none,  Residence:
      (c)  Citizenship:

                       Seneca Capital, L.P.
                       830 Third Avenue, 14th Floor
                       New York, NY 10022
                       (Delaware limited partnership)

                       Seneca Capital Advisors, LLC
                       830 Third Avenue, 14th Floor
                       New York, NY 10022
                       (Delaware limited liability company)

                       Seneca Capital International, Ltd.
                       c/o Consolidated Fund Management (BVI) Limited
                       P. O. Box HM 2257
                       Par La Ville Place
                       14 Par La Ville Road
                       Hamilton HMJX, Bermuda
                       (Cayman Islands (BWI) Company)

                       Seneca Capital Investments, LLC
                       830 Third Avenue, 14th Floor
                       New York, NY 10022
                       (Delaware limited liability company)

                       Douglas A. Hirsch
                       c/o Seneca Capital
                       830 Third Avenue, 14th Floor
                       New York, NY 10022
                       (United States Citizen)

(d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value
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(e) CUSIP Number:   482047-20-6
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ITEM 3. IF THIS STATEMENT IS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13D-1(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 of 1940



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     (e)  [ ] Investment  Adviser registered under section 203 of the Investment
              Advisers Act or under the laws of any State

     (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 ss.240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)

     (g)  [ ] Parent Holding Company, in accordance with  ss.240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G)
              (Note: See Item 7)

     (h)  [ ] A Savings  Association  as defined in Section  3(b) of the Federal
              Deposit Insurance Act

     (i)  [ ] A  Church  Plan  that  is  excluded  from  the  definition  of  an
              investment  company under Section  3(c)(14) of the Investment
              Company Act of 1940

     (j)  [ ] Group, in accordance with ss.240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J)

If this statement is filed pursuant to ss.240.13d-1(c), check this box  [X].


ITEM 4.   OWNERSHIP

      Provide  the  following  information  as of that date and  identify  those
shares which there is a right to acquire.

      DOUGLAS A. HIRSCH*

      (a) Amount Beneficially Owned:  769,800
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      (b) Percent of Class:  9.95%  (Based on  2,400,000  shares of common stock
          issued  and  outstanding  as of June  30,  1999,  as set  forth in the
          Company's Form 8-K of such date).
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      (c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

           (i)sole power to vote or to direct the vote:    0
                                                         -----------------------
          (ii)shared power to vote or to direct the vote:  238,760
                                                          ----------------------
         (iii)sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:    0
                                                                      ----------
          (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 238,760
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      SENECA CAPITAL, L.P.

      (a) Amount Beneficially Owned:      84,756
                                     -------------------------------------------
      (b) Percent of Class:     3.53%
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      (c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

          (i)  sole power to vote or to direct the vote:    84,756
                                                         -----------------------
          (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote:  0
                                                           ---------------------
          (iii)sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:  84,756
                                                                      ----------
          (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0
                                                                       ---------

      SENECA CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC**

      (a) Amount Beneficially Owned:  84,756
                                     -------------------------------------------
      (b) Percent of Class:   3.53%
                            ----------------------------------------------------
      (c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

          (i)  sole power to vote or to direct the vote:   0
                                                         -----------------------
          (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote:  84,756
                                                           ---------------------
          (iii)sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:  0
                                                                      ----------
          (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:  84,756
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* SHARES  REPORTED FOR DOUGLAS A. HIRSCH  INCLUDE SHARES  BENEFICIALLY  OWNED BY
SENECA CAPITAL, L.P. AND SENECA CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL,  LTD., WHICH ENTITIES MAY
BE DEEMED TO BE CONTROLLED BY MR.  HIRSCH  BECAUSE HE IS THE MANAGING  MEMBER OF
SENECA CAPITAL ADVISORS,  LLC (THE SOLE GENERAL PARTNER OF SENECA CAPITAL, L.P.)
AND THE  MANAGING  MEMBER OF SENECA  CAPITAL  INVESTMENTS,  LLC (THE  INVESTMENT
ADVISOR OF SENECA CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL, LTD.).

**SHARES REPORTED FOR SENECA CAPITAL ADVISORS,  LLC INCLUDE SHARES  BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY SENECA CAPITAL, L.P. OF WHICH SENECA CAPITAL ADVISORS,  LLC IS THE SOLE
GENERAL PARTNER.

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CUSIP NO. 482047-10-7              SCHEDULE 13G               PAGE 9 OF 10 PAGES
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      SENECA CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL, LTD.

      (a) Amount Beneficially Owned:      143,849
                                     -------------------------------------------
      (b) Percent of Class:     5.99%
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      (c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

          (i)  sole power to vote or to direct the vote:    143,849
                                                         -----------------------
          (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote:  0
                                                           ---------------------
          (iii)sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:  143,849
                                                                      ----------
          (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0
                                                                       ---------

      SENECA CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, LLC***

      (a) Amount Beneficially Owned:  154,004
                                     -------------------------------------------
      (b) Percent of Class:   6.42%
                            ----------------------------------------------------
      (c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

          (i)  sole power to vote or to direct the vote:   10,155
                                                         -----------------------
          (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote:  143,849
                                                           ---------------------
          (iii)sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:  10,155
                                                                      ----------
          (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 143,849
                                                                        --------
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***  SHARES REPORTED  FOR  SENECA  CAPITAL   INVESTMENTS,   LLC  INCLUDE  SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY SENECA CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL, LTD. TO WHICH SENECA CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS,  LLC IS INVESTMENT ADVISOR,, AS WELL AS SHARES WHICH SENECA CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS,  LLC  ACQUIRED  ON BEHALF OF AND AS  INVESTMENT  ADVISOR TO CERTAIN
MANAGED BROKERAGE  ACCOUNTS OWNED BY PARTIES WHICH ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE SENECA
ENTITIES.

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 [ ].

ITEM 6.  OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON

     Not Applicable

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 not  acquired  and are not held for the
purpose of or with the effect of  changing  or  influencing  the  control of the
issuer of the  securities  and were not acquired and are not held in  connection
with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.


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                                    SIGNATURE

After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief,  I hereby
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.

Date:     July 30, 1999


                                   SENECA CAPITAL, L.P.

                                   By Seneca Capital Advisors, LLC, its
                                   General Partner

                                   By: /s/ Douglas A. Hirsch
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                       Douglas A. Hirsch, Its Managing Member




                                   SENECA CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL, LTD.

                                   By Seneca Capital Investments, LLC

                                   By: /s/ Douglas A. Hirsch
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                       Douglas A. Hirsch, Its Managing Member




                                   By: /s/ Douglas A. Hirsch
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                       Douglas A. Hirsch, Individually







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