UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )*
Trikon Technologies, Inc.
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, No Par Value
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(Title of Class of Securities)
896187101
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(CUSIP Number)
March 3, 2000
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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:
[ ] Rule 13d-1(b)
[ 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 disclosure
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).
(Continued on following pages)
(Page 1 of 7 Pages)
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SCHEDULE 13G
CUSIP NO. 896187101 PAGE 2 OF 7 PAGES
1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY)
DDJ Capital Management, LLC
04-3300754
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ X ]
(b) [ ]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
NUMBER OF 5 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 862,198
BENEFICIALLY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 862,198
PERSON WITH 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
862,198
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [
]
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
8.4%
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
IA
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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SCHEDULE 13G
CUSIP NO. 896187101 PAGE 3 OF 7 PAGES
1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY)
DDJ Capital III, LLC
04-3317544
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ X ]
(b) [ ]
4 SEC USE ONLY
4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
NUMBER OF 5 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 862,198
BENEFICIALLY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 862,198
PERSON WITH 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
862,198
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [
]
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
8.4%
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
OO
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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SCHEDULE 13G
CUSIP NO. 896187101 PAGE 4 OF 7 PAGES
1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY)
B III Capital Partners, L.P.
04-3341099
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ X ]
(b) [ ]
5 SEC USE ONLY
4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
NUMBER OF 5 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 862,198
BENEFICIALLY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 862,198
PERSON WITH 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
862,198
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [
]
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
8.4%
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
PN
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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SCHEDULE 13G
CUSIP NO. 896187101 PAGE 5 OF 7 PAGES
Item 1(a) Name of Issuer:
Trikon Technologies, Inc.
Item 1(b) Address of the Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
3350 Scott Blvd., Building 8, Santa Clara, CA 95054
Item 2(a) Names of Persons Filing:
DDJ Capital Management, LLC ("DDJ"), DDJ Capital III, LLC ("DDJ
Capital") and B III Capital Partners, L.P. ("B III")
Item 2(b) Address or Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:
141 Linden Street, Suite 4, Wellesley, Massachusetts 02482-7910.
Item 2(c) Citizenship:
DDJ is a Massachusetts limited liability company, DDJ Capital is a
Delaware limited liability company and B III is a Delaware limited
partnership.
Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock, no par value (the "Shares")
Item 2(e) CUSIP Number:
896187101
Item 3 Not Applicable.
Item 4 Ownership.
Item 4(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 862,198
Item 4(b) Percent of Class: 8.4%
Item 4(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:862,198
(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: -0-
(iii)Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 862,198
(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: -0-
Item 5 Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
This Item 5 is not applicable.
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SCHEDULE 13G
CUSIP NO. 896187101 PAGE 6 OF 7 PAGES
Item 6 Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
B III, owns, and DDJ Capital III and DDJ may be deemed to beneficially
own as general partner and investment manager, respectively, of B III, 862,198
Shares or approximately 8.4% of the total outstanding Shares.
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; See Item 6 above.
Item 9 Notice of Dissolution.
Not applicable.
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SCHEDULE 13G
CUSIP NO. 896187101 PAGE 7 OF 7 PAGES
Item 10 Certifications.
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.
SIGNATURE
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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: March 14, 2000 DDJ Capital Management, LLC
By: /s/ Wendy Schnipper Clayton
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Wendy Schnipper Clayton
Attorney-in-Fact*
DDJ Capital III, LLC B III Capital Partners, L.P.
By: DDJ Capital Management, LLC, By: DDJ Capital III, LLC, its General Partner
Manager By: DDJ Capital Management, LLC, Manager
By: /s/ Wendy Schnipper Clayton By: /s/ Wendy Schnipper Clayton
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Wendy Schnipper Clayton Wendy Schnipper Clayton
Attorney-in-Fact* Attorney-in-Fact*
*See attached Limited Power of Attorney dated March 10, 2000
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
SCHEDULE 13G FILINGS
Know all be these presents, that the undersigned being all Managing Members
of DDJ Capital Management, LLC ("DDJ") hereby constitutes and appoints Wendy
Schnipper Clayton, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, on its own behalf and
in the undersigned's capacity individually as a Member of DDJ
("DDJ"), Schedule 13G and any amendments thereto in accordance with
Regulation 13D-G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act") and the rules thereunder.
(2) Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Schedule 13G or amendment thereto, and timely file
such schedule with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC").
The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not
assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Sections
13 of the Exchange Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked
by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-
fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as a confirming
statement of the authority granted herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 10th day of March, 2000.
Print Name Below:
David J. Breazzano
/s/ David J. Breazzano
Signature
Judy K. Mencher
/s/ Judy K. Mencher
Signature
