UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
(X) Check this 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
Baldwin, James G.
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
12/31/99
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) (X) Other
(specify below)
Former Director
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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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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<S> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock, $0.01 par val|12/23/|S | |20,000 |D |$5.75 |15,000 |D | |
ue |99 | | | | | | | | |
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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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Stock Options (Right|$18.25 | | | | | |(1) |8/26/|Common Stock| | |1,700 |D | |
to Buy) | | | | | | | |06 | | | | | | |
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Stock Options (Right|$28.875 | | | | | |(1) |7/31/|Common Stock| | |2,000 |D | |
to Buy) | | | | | | | |07 | | | | | | |
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Stock Options (Right|$21.5312| | | | | |(1) |7/31/|Common Stock| | |2,000 |D | |
to Buy) |5 | | | | | | |08 | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) All options are currently vested and
exercisable.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
Filed via EDGAR - Manual Signature Maintained by the Company
DATE
January 10, 2000
