SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. __1_)
Alliant Techsystems Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)
018894914
(CUSIP Number)
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement [ ].
(A fee is not required only if the reporting person: (1) has a previous
statment 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 less than five percent
of such class. See Rule 13d-7).
*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 liablilities of that section
of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however,
see the Notes).
CUSIP No. 018894914 13G Page 2 of 13 Pages
1 Name of Reporting Person
S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
FEDERATED GROWTH TRUST
TAX I.D. # 25-1378666
2 Check the appropriate box if a member of a group
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
3 SEC use only
4 Citizenship or Place of Organization
MASSACHUSETTS
Number of 5 Sole voting power
shares 220,000
beneficially 6 Shared voting power
Owned by
each 7 Sole dispositive power
Reporting 220,000
Person 8 Shared dispositive power
with
9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
220,000
10 Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares *
11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
2.3%
12 Type of Reporting Person
IV
*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT
CUSIP No. 018894914 13G Page 3 of 13 Pages
1 Name of Reporting Person
S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
FEDERATED INVESTORS
TAX I.D. # 51-0316181
2 Check the appropriate box if a member of a group
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
3 SEC use only
4 Citizenship or Place of Organization
DELAWARE
Number of 5 Sole voting power
shares 242,100
beneficially 6 Shared voting power
Owned by
each 7 Sole dispositive power
Reporting 242,100
Person 8 Shared dispositive power
with
9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
242,100
10 Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares *
11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
2.5%
12 Type of Reporting Person
HC
*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT
CUSIP No. 018894914 13G Page 4 of 13 Pages
1 Name of Reporting Person
S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
VOTING SHARES IRREVOCABLE TRUST
2 Check the appropriate box if a member of a group
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
3 SEC use only
4 Citizenship or Place of Organization
PENNSYLVANIA
Number of 5 Sole voting power
shares 242,100
beneficially 6 Shared voting power
Owned by
each 7 Sole dispositive power
Reporting 242,100
Person 8 Shared dispositive power
with
9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
242,100
10 Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares *
11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
2.5%
12 Type of Reporting Person
OO
*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT
CUSIP No. 018894914 13G Page 5 of 13 Pages
1 Name of Reporting Person
S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
JOHN F. DONAHUE
2 Check the appropriate box if a member of a group
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
3 SEC use only
4 Citizenship or Place of Organization
UNITED STATES
Number of 5 Sole voting power
shares
beneficially 6 Shared voting power
Owned by 242,100
each 7 Sole dispositive power
Reporting
Person 8 Shared dispositive power
with 242,100
9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
242,100
10 Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares *
11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
2.5%
12 Type of Reporting Person
IN
*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT
CUSIP No. 018894914 13G Page 6 of 13 Pages
1 Name of Reporting Person
S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
RHODORA J. DONAHUE
2 Check the appropriate box if a member of a group
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
3 SEC use only
4 Citizenship or Place of Organization
UNITED STATES
Number of 5 Sole voting power
shares
beneficially 6 Shared voting power
Owned by 242,100
each 7 Sole dispositive power
Reporting
Person 8 Shared dispositive power
with 242,100
9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
242,100
10 Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares *
11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
2.5%
12 Type of Reporting Person
IN
*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT
CUSIP No. 018894914 13G Page 7 of 13 Pages
1 Name of Reporting Person
S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
J. CHRISTOPHER DONAHUE
2 Check the appropriate box if a member of a group
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
3 SEC use only
4 Citizenship or Place of Organization
UNITED STATES
Number of 5 Sole voting power
shares
beneficially 6 Shared voting power
Owned by 242,100
each 7 Sole dispositive power
Reporting
Person 8 Shared dispositive power
with 242,100
9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
242,100
10 Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares *
11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
2.5%
12 Type of Reporting Person
IN
*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT
CUSIP No. 018894914 13G Page 8 of 13 Pages
Item 1(a). Name of Issuer: Alliant Techsystems Inc.
Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Business Office:
600 Second Street NE
Hopkins, MN 55343-8384
Item 2(a). Names of Persons Filing:
SEE ROW 1 OF COVER PAGES
Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office:
Federated Investors Tower
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Item 2(c). Citizenship:
SEE ROWS 1 AND 4 OF COVER PAGES
Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock
Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 018894914
Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b),
check whether the persons filing are:
(d) [ X ] Investment Company registered under section 8 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940
(g) [ X ] Parent Holding Company in accordance with Section 240.13d-
1(b)(ii)(G) (Note: See Item 7)
*SEE EXHIBIT "1" ATTACHED
Item 4. Ownership:
A. Federated Growth Trust
Item 4(a) Amount Beneficially Owned...................... 220,000
Item 4b) Percent of Class..................................2.3%
Item 4(c) Number of Shares as to which such person has
(i) sole power to vote or direct the vote.............. 220,000
(ii) shared power to vote or direct the vote.......... 0
(iii) sole power to dispose or direct disposition of.. 220,000
(iv) shared power to dispose or direct disposition of.. 0
B. Federated Investors (See Note 1)
Item 4(a) Amount Beneficially Owned...................... 242,100
Item 4b) Percent of Class..................................2.5%
Item 4(c) Number of Shares as to which such person has
(i) sole power to vote or direct the vote.............. 242,100
(ii) shared power to vote or direct the vote.......... 0
(iii) sole power to dispose or direct disposition of.. 242,100
(iv) shared power to dispose or direct disposition of.. 0
CUSIP No. 018894914 13G Page 9 of 13 Pages
Item 4. Ownership (continued):
C. Voting Shares Irrevocable Trust (1)
Item 4(a) Amount Beneficially Owned...................... 242,100
Item 4b) Percent of Class..................................2.5%
Item 4(c) Number of Shares as to which such person has
(i) sole power to vote or direct the vote.............. 242,100
(ii) shared power to vote or direct the vote.......... 0
(iii) sole power to dispose or direct disposition of.. 242,100
(iv) shared power to dispose or direct disposition of.. 0
D. John F. Donahue (1)
Item 4(a) Amount Beneficially Owned...................... 242,100
Item 4b) Percent of Class..................................2.5%
Item 4(c) Number of Shares as to which such person has
(i) sole power to vote or direct the vote.............. 0
(ii) shared power to vote or direct the vote.......... 242,100
(iii) sole power to dispose or direct disposition of.. 0
(iv) shared power to dispose or direct disposition of.. 242,100
E. Rhodora J. Donahue (1)
Item 4(a) Amount Beneficially Owned...................... 242,100
Item 4b) Percent of Class..................................2.5%
Item 4(c) Number of Shares as to which such person has
(i) sole power to vote or direct the vote.............. 0
(ii) shared power to vote or direct the vote.......... 242,100
(iii) sole power to dispose or direct disposition of.. 0
(iv) shared power to dispose or direct disposition of.. 242,100
F. J. Christopher Donahue (1)
Item 4(a) Amount Beneficially Owned...................... 242,100
Item 4b) Percent of Class..................................2.5%
Item 4(c) Number of Shares as to which such person has
(i) sole power to vote or direct the vote.............. 0
(ii) shared power to vote or direct the vote.......... 242,100
(iii) sole power to dispose or direct disposition of.. 0
(iv) shared power to dispose or direct disposition of.. 242,100
(1) The number of shares indicated represent shares beneficially owned by
registered investment companies advised by subsidiaries of Federated Investors
that have been delegated the power to direct investments and power to vote the
securities by the registered investment companies' board of trustees or
directors. All of the voting securities of Federated Investors are held in
the Voting Shares Irrevocable Trust ("Trust"), the trustees of which are John
F. Donahue, Rhodora J. Donahue, and J. Christopher Donahue ("Trustees"). In
accordance with Rule 13d-4 under the 1934 Act, the Trust, Trustees and parent
holding company declare that the filing of this statement should not be
construed as an admission that any of the investment advisers, parent holding
company, Trust, Trustees are beneficial owners (for the purposes of Sections
13(d) and/or 13(g) of the Act) of any securities covered by this statement,
and such advisers, parent holding company, Trust, and Trustees expressly
disclaim that they are the beneficial owners of such securities.
CUSIP No. 018894914 13G Page 10 of 13 Pages
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
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:
SEE EXHIBIT "1" ATTACHED
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 purpose 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. 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.
Date: July 8, 1994
By:/s/ J. Christopher Donahue
Name/Title: J. Christopher Donahue, as President of Federated Investors, and
as Vice President of Federated Growth Trust
By: /s/ John F. Donahue by J. Christopher Donahue
Name/Title: John F. Donahue, individually and as Trustee of Voting Shares
Irrevocable Trust, by J. Christopher Donahue, as attorney-in-fact
By:/s/ Rhodora J. Donahue by J. Christopher Donahue
Name/Title: Rhodora J. Donahue, individually and as Trustee of Voting Shares
Irrevocable Trust, by J. Christopher Donahue, as attorney-in-fact
By:/s/ J. Christopher Donahue
Name/Title: J. Christopher Donahue, individually and as Trustee of Voting
Shares Irrevocable Trust
CUSIP No. 018894914 13G Page 11 of 13 Pages
EXHIBIT "1"
ITEM 3 CLASSIFICATION OF
REPORTING PERSONS
(Page 1 of 2)
Identity and Classification of Each Reporting Person
IDENTITY CLASSIFICATION UNDER ITEM 3
Federated Growth Trust (d) Investment Company registered under
section 8 of the Investment Company Act
of 1940
Federated Management (e) Investment Adviser registered under
section 203 of the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940
Federated Advisers (e) Investment Adviser registered under
section 203 of the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940
Federated Investors (g) Parent Holding Company, in
accordance with Section 240.13d-
1(b)(ii)(G)
Federated Investors, Inc. (g) Parent Holding Company, in
accordance with Section 240.13d-
1(b)(ii)(G)
FII Holdings, Inc. (g) Parent Holding Company, in
accordance with Section 240.13d-
1(b)(ii)(G)
Voting Shares Irrevocable Trust (g) Parent Holding Company, in
accordance with Section 240.13d-
1(b)(ii)(G)
John F. Donahue (g) Parent Holding Company in
accordance with Section 240.13d-
1(b)(ii)(G)
Rhodora J. Donahue (g) Parent Holding Company in
accordance with Section 240.13d-
1(b)(ii)(G)
J. Christopher Donahue (g) Parent Holding Company in
accordance with Section 240.13d-
1(b)(ii)(G)
Federated Investors (the "Parent") is filing this Schedule 13G because it is
the parent holding company of Federated Management and Federated Advisers (the
"Investment Advisers"), which act as investment advisers to registered
investment companies, including Federated Growth Trust, that own shares of
common stock in Alliant Techsystems, Inc. (the "Reported Securities"). The
Investment Advisers are wholly owned subsidiaries of FII Holdings, Inc., which
is a wholly owned subsidiary of Federated Investors, Inc., which is wholly
owned by the Parent. All of Parent's
[continued, next page]
CUSIP No. 018894914 13G Page 12 of 13 Pages
EXHIBIT "1"
ITEM 3 CLASSIFICATION OF
REPORTING PERSONS
(Page 2 of 2)
Identity and Classification of Each Reporting Person
[continued, from previous page]
outstanding voting stock is held in the Voting Shares Irrevocable Trust (the
"Trust") for which John F. Donahue, Rhodora J. Donahue and J. Christopher
Donahue act as trustees (collectively, the "Trustees"). The Trustees have
joined in filing this Schedule 13G because of the collective voting control
that they exercise over the Parent. In accordance with Rule 13d-4 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Parent, the Trust and each of
the Trustees declare that this statement should not be construed as an
admission that they are the beneficial owners of the Reported Securities, and
the Parent, the Trust and each of the Trustees expressly disclaim beneficial
ownership of the Reported Securities.
CUSIP No. 018894914 13G Page 13 of 13 Pages
EXHIBIT "2"
AGREEMENT FOR JOINT FILING OF
SCHEDULE 13G
The following parties hereby agree to file jointly the statement on
Schedule 13G to which this Agreement is attached and any amendments thereto
which may be deemed necessary pursuant to Regulation 13D-G under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
1. Federated Growth Trust, a Massachusetts business trust.
2. Federated Investors, as parent holding company of the investment
advisers to registered investment companies that beneficially own the
securities.
3. Voting Shares Irrevocable Trust, as holder of all the voting shares of
Federated Investors
4. John F. Donahue, individually and as Trustee.
5. Rhodora J. Donahue, individually and as Trustee.
6. J. Christopher Donahue, individually and as Trustee.
It is understood and agreed that each of the parties hereto is
responsible for the timely filing of such statement and any amendments
thereto, and for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning
such party contained therein, but such party unless is not responsible for the
completeness or accuracy of information concerning the other parties unless
such party knows or has reason to believe that such information is incomplete
or inaccurate.
It is understood and agreed that the joint filing of Schedule 13G shall
not be construed as an admission that the reporting persons named herein
constitue a group for purposes of Regulation 13D-G of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, nor is a joint venture for purposes of the Investment Company Act
of 1940.
Date: July 8, 1994
By:/s/ J. Christopher Donahue
Name/Title: J. Christopher Donahue, as President of Federated Investors, and
as Vice President of Federated Growth Trust
By: /s/ John F. Donahue by J. Christopher Donahue
Name/Title: John F. Donahue, individually and as Trustee of Voting Shares
Irrevocable Trust, by J. Christopher Donahue, as attorney-in-fact
By:/s/ Rhodora J. Donahue by J. Christopher Donahue
Name/Title: Rhodora J. Donahue, individually and as Trustee of Voting Shares
Irrevocable Trust, by J. Christopher Donahue, as attorney-in-fact
By:/s/ J. Christopher Donahue
Name/Title: J. Christopher Donahue, individually and as Trustee of Voting
Shares Irrevocable Trust
