UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
FORM 3
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OMB NUMBER: 3235-0104
Expires: December 31, 2001
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section
17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Norton Company
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
One New Bond Street
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(Street)
Worcester MA 01615-0008
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/29/00
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Chemfab Corporation (NYSE:CFA)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Director X 10% Owner
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Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
Form filed by One Reporting Person
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X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect (Instr. 5)
(I)(Instr. 5)
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Common Stock, par value $0.10 7,126.422 shares I Held through an indirect wholly
owned subsidiary of Norton
Company
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exercisable 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature
Security (Instr. 4) and Expiration Securities Underlying sion or ship of In-
Date (Month/Day/Year) Derivative Security Exercise Form of direct
------------------------- (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv- Bene-
Date Expira- ------------------------- Derivative ative ficial
Exer- tion Title Amount Security Security: Owner-
cisable Date or Direct ship
Number (D) or (Instr.
of Indirect 5)
Shares (I)
(Instr.
5)
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Explanation of Responses:
Pursuant to an offer to purchase dated August 2, 2000 (the "Offer") by Norton
Company, a Massachusetts corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, a French corporation, through its indirect wholly
owned subsidiary PPLC Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, (each a
"Reporting Person" and collectively, the "Reporting Persons"), for all of the
outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of Chemfab
Corporation (the "Shares"), a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), Norton
Company accepted for payment 7,126,422 Shares validly tendered and not withdrawn
pursuant to the Offer. Such Shares accepted for payment represent approximately
94% of the outstanding Shares of the Issuer.
Other Reporting Persons:
o PPLC Acquisition Corp., 150 Dey Road
Wayne, NJ 07460
o Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, Les Miroirs,
92096 Paris France
Date: August 31, 2000 NORTON COMPANY
By: /s/ John R. Mesher
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Name: John R. Mesher
Title: Vice President
Date: August 31, 2000 PPLC ACQUISITION CORP.
By: /s/ John R. Mesher
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Name: John R. Mesher
Title: Vice President and Secretary
Date: August 31, 2000 COMPAGNIE DE SAINT GOBAIN
By: /s/ GIANPAOLO CACCINI
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Name: Gianpaolo Caccini
Title: Senior Vice President
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