UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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(Amendment No. 4)1
America First Financial Fund 1987-A Limited Partnership
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(Name of Issuer)
Beneficial Unit Certificates
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(Title of Class of Securities)
023913106
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(Cusip Number)
Daniel R. Tisch
c/o Mentor Partners, L.P.
500 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 935-7640
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
January 13, 1998
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(Date of Event which Requires 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 the 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.)
Note: Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be filed with
the commission. See Rule 13d-1(a) for other parties to whom copies are to be
sent.
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1 The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
persons'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 13D
CUSIP No. 023913106 Page 2 of 6 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Mentor Partners, L.P. Employer I.D.# 06-126-0469
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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 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
WC
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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
State of Delaware
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NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 0
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BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY 0
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EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 0
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PERSON 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH 0
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
0
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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)
0.0%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
PN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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This Amendment No. 4 amends the Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on July 16, 1997, as amended September
17, 1997, October 14, 1997 and October 23, 1997 (the "Schedule 13D") by Mentor
Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Partnership"), relating to
the Beneficial Unit Certificates (the "Shares") of America First Financial Fund
1987-A Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the "Company").
Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
to such terms in the Schedule 13D.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
The information set forth in Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended
and supplemented by adding the following information to the respective
paragraphs thereof:
(a) As of the date hereof, the Partnership owns beneficially an aggregate
of 0 Shares of the Company (or 0% of the Company's Beneficial Unit Certificates
outstanding on October 10, 1997) based on the number of 6,010,589 Shares then
outstanding as set forth in the Company's most recent filing with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
(c) Except as set forth in Exhibit A, which is hereby incorporated herein
by reference, no transactions in the Shares have been effected during the past
sixty days by the Partnership or, to its best knowledge, any of the Control
Persons.
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(e) The Partnership ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five
percent of the Shares outstanding on January 13, 1998.
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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.
January 13, 1998
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(Date)
/s/ Daniel R. Tisch
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(Signature)
Daniel R. Tisch
Authorized Signatory
MENTOR PARTNERS, L.P.
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(Name/Title)
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EXHIBIT A
Dispositions of Shares by the Partnership
During the Past Sixty Days
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Date of Number Aggregate Price Per
Entity Transaction of Shares Price Share
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Partnership January 13, 1998 (601,000) $60,100.00 $0.10
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All Shares were sold in transactions on the over-the-counter market.
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