U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Jones, Jeffrey T.
One Gateway Center
19th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
The Carbide/Graphite Group, Inc.
CGGI
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
August, 1996
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
Controller - Corporate Finance
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect |
| Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership |
| | | | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | |
| Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| |
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Common Stock, $.01 par va|8/2/96|X | |1,167 |A |$7.00 |1,167 |D | |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of|
Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect |
|or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial |
|cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership |
|Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | |
|Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| |
|tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| |
|Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | |
|rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| |
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Performance Units |(1) |8/2/9|X | |8,162 |D |8/2/9|(2) |Common Stock|1,167 | |0 | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The Reporting Person elected to receive 1,167 shares of Common Stock in
lieu of $8,169 in cash due him under
the cancellation of his outstanding performance units. The effective exercise
price was $7.00 per share.
(2) Performance units would have expired 120 days after August 1,
1996.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
Filed by EDGAR -- Manual signature maintained by the Company
DATE
October 16, 1996
