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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 2)*
Central Sprinkler Corporation
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
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(Title of Class of Securities)
155184 10 4
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(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
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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SCHEDULE 13G
CUSIP No. 155184 10 4
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF ABOVE PERSON
William J. Meyer ###-##-####
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
N/A
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF 257,907(1)
SHARES ----------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING None
PERSON ----------------------------------------------------
WITH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
257,907(1)
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8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
None
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
257,907(1)
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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
6.5%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
(1) The amount shown includes (i) 116,125 shares of Common Stock that
may be acquired under options of which 86,875 are currently
exercisable, with the remaining 30,000 subject to the approval of
the Central Sprinkler Corporation 1996 Equity Compensation Plan
by the Issuer's shareholders and (ii) 3,457 shares of Common
Stock that have been allocated to Mr. Meyer under the Issuer's
Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
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Item 1.
(a) Name of Issuer: Central Sprinkler Corporation (the
"Company")
(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
451 North Cannon Avenue
Lansdale, Pennsylvania 19446
Item 2.
(a) Name of Person Filing: William J. Meyer
(b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence:
451 North Cannon Avenue
Lansdale, Pennsylvania 19446
(c) Citizenship: United States
(d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock
(e) CUSIP Number: 155184 10 4
Item 3. Not Applicable.
Item 4. Ownership
For information concerning the ownership of Common Stock of the Company
by Mr. Meyer, please see Items 5 through 9 and 11 of the cover page to the
Schedule 13G and the footnote thereto.
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 / /.
Instruction: Dissolution of a group requires a response to this
item.
Not Applicable.
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
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.
February 12, 1997
/s/ William J. Meyer
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William J. Meyer
