SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
SLM INTERNATIONAL
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
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(Title of Class of Securities)
784414203
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(CUSIP Number)
Bradford H. Buck, Esq.
Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Co.
One American Row
Hartford, CT 06102-5056
(860) 403-5610
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
to Receive Notice and Communication)
April 11, 1997
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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 block if a fee is being paid with this statement [X]. (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 less than five percent of such class.
See Rule 13d-7.)
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SCHEDULE 13D
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| CUSIP Nos. | | Page 2 of Pages 6 |
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| 1 | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS |
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| | a. Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Company ("PHLMIC") |
| | Tax Identification Number: 06-0493340 |
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| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [ ] |
| | (b) [ ] |
| | (c) [ ] |
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| 3 | SEC USE ONLY |
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| 4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS: 00 (see response to Item 4). |
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| 5 | CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED |
| | PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) and 2(e) [ ] |
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| 6 | PLACE OF ORGANIZATION |
| | New York |
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| | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER 517,322 |
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| NUMBER OF |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
| SHARES | 8 | SHARED VOTING POWER 0 |
| BENEFICIALLY | | |
| OWNED BY EACH |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
| REPORTING | 9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 517,322 |
| PERSON | | |
| WITH |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
| | 10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE 0 |
| | | POWER |
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| 11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON ||
| | 517,322 |
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| 12 | CHECK IF AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) |
| | EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ] |
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| 13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) |
| | 7,9% |
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| 14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON |
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| | IC, HC, CO |
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Item 1. Security and Issue
Common Stock
The Hockey Company
(Formerly known as: SLM International, Inc.)
929 Harvest Lane
Williston, VT 05495
Item 2. Identity and Background
Part I - Corporations
(a) Place of Organization.............................................New York
(b) Principal Business...............................Life and health insurance
and annuities
(c) Address of Its Principal Business.........................One American Row
..................................................Hartford, CT 06102-5056
Address of Its Principal Office...........................One American Row
..................................................Hartford, CT 06102-5056
(d) Involvement in Certain Criminal
Legal Proceedings.....................................................None
(e) Involvement in Certain Civil Proceedings..............................None
Part II - Directors and Executive Officers
See Exhibit B.
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Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
In 1995, PHLMIC purchased $10,000,000 of Senior Notes of the Company
as part of a refinancing of some of the Company's outstanding
indebtedness. In October 1995, the Company and its subsidiaries filed
petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code. As
part of the Plan of Reorganization which resulted from such Chapter 11
filing, PHLMIC exchanged its Senior Notes for 358,195 shares of the
Company's Common Stock. In addition, PHLMIC received warrants to
purchase an additional 159,127 shares of the Company's Common Stock in
connection with PHLMIC's purchase of $12,000,000 of Company Preferred
Stock in November 1998. The proceeds of such Preferred Stock financing
were used by the Company to make an acquisition.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
See item 3 above.
(a) Additional Securities of Issuer: None
(b) Extraordinary Transaction: None
(c) Transfer of Assets: None
(d) Change in Board or Management: None
(e) Capitalization; Dividend Policy: None
(f) Material Changes in Business or Corporate Structure: None
(g) Changes in Charter or Bylaws: None
(h) Delisting: None
(i) Eligibility for Termination of Registration: None
Item 5. Interest in Securities of Issuer
(a) Ownership: See Items 11 and 13 on the Cover Pages of this
Schedule 13(d) with respect to PHLMIC.
(b) Voting Control: See Items 7 through 10 on the Cover Pages of this
Schedule 13(d) with respect to PHLMIC.
(c) Transactions in Issuer's Securities: None.
(d) Right to Receive or Power to Direct Dividends: Inapplicable.
(e) Ceased to be Beneficial Owner: Inapplicable.
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Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect
to Securities of the Issuer
There are no such contracts, arrangements, understanding or
relationships among the persons named in Item 2 or between such
persons or any other person with respect to securities of the issuer.
Item 7. Materials Filed as Exhibits
Exhibit A - Directors and Executive Officers
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.
11/2/99 /s/ Bradford H. Buck
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Date Bradford H. Buck, Counsel
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Exhibit A
PHOENIX HOME LIFE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
DIRECTORS
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Certain Certain
Name Residence Current Occupation/ Criminal Civil Citizenship
Business Address Proceedings Proceedings
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Sal H. Alfiero 9 Four Winds Way Chairman and CEO None None USA
Snyder, NY 14426 Mark IV Industries, Inc.
501 John James Audubon
Parkway
Amherst, NY 14228
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J. Carter Bacot 48 Porter Place Chairman and CEO None None USA
Montclair, NJ 07042 The Bank of New York
48 Wall Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10286
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Richard H. Booth 60 High Ridge Road Executive Vice President None None USA
South Glastonbury, Phoenix Home Life Mutual
CT 06073 Insurance Co.
One American Row
Hartford, CT 06102-5056
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Arthur P. Byrne 85 Bishop Lane President, CEO & Chairman None None USA
Avon, CT 06001 The Wiremold Company
60 Woodlawn Street
West Hartford, CT 06110
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Richard N. Cooper 33 Washington Professor None None USA
Avenue Center for International Affairs
Cambridge, MA Harvard University
02140 1737 Cambridge Street,
Room 403
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Gordon J. Davis 241 Central Park West Partner None None USA
New York, NY 10024 LeBoeuf, Lamb Greene & MacRae
125 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
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Robert W. Fiondella 29 Summerberry Chairman, President & CEO None None USA
Circle Phoenix Home Life Mutual
Bristol, CT 06010 Insurance Co.
One American Row
Hartford, CT 06102-5056
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John E. Haire 12 Searles Road President None None USA
Darien, CT 06820 The Fortune Group
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
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Jerry J. Jasinowski 3288 Rittenhouse St., President None None USA
N.W. National Association of
Washington, DC Manufacturers
20015 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20004
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Certain Certain
Name Residence Current Occupation/ Criminal Civil Citizenship
Business Address Proceedings Proceedings
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John W. Johnstone, 467 Carter Street Chairman None None USA
Jr. New Canaan, CT Governance & Nominating
06840 Committees
Arch Chemicals, Inc.
191 Post Road West
Westport, CT 06880
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Marilyn E. LaMarche 930 Fifth Ave., Limited Managing Director None None USA
Apt, 10D Lazard Freres & Co. L.L.C.
New York, NY 10021 30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
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Philip R. McLoughlin 39 Joshua Drive Executive Vice President None None USA
West Simsbury, CT Phoenix Home Life Mutual
06092 Insurance Co.
One American Row
Hartford, CT 06102-5056
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Indra K. Nooyi 12 Deer Lane Senior Vice President, Corporate None None USA
Greenwich, CT Strategy & Development
06830 PepsiCo., Inc.
700 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577
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Robert F. Vizza, 3 Maria Lane President & CEO None None USA
Ph.D. Old Brookville, NY The DeMatteis Center of
St. Francis Hospital
Northern Boulevard
Old Brookville, NY 11545
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Robert G. Wilson Key Colony III, Retired None None USA
Apt. 1127
151 Crandon Boulevard
Key Biscayne, FL 33149
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Dona D. Young 89 Woodford Hills Executive Vice President None None USA
Drive Phoenix Home Life Mutual
Avon, CT 06001 Insurance Co.
One American Row
Hartford, CT 06102-5056
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