UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) 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
Hacetoglu, Ararat P.
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
1/31/00
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
Vice President and General Manager - Calcium Carbide Products
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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Common Stock, $.01 par valu|1/27/0|X | |5,000 |A |$2.00 |22,227 |D | |
e |0 | | | | | | | | |
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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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Employee Stock Options|$2.00 |1/27/|X | |5,000 |D |(1) |3/9/0|Common Stock|5,000 | |6,000 |D | |
| |00 | | | | | |0 | | | | | | |
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(Right to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Employee Stock Options|$15.75 | | | | | |(1) |7/31/|Common Stock| | |4,000 |D | |
| | | | | | | |06 | | | | | | |
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(Right to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Employee Stock Options|$22.375 | | | | | |(2) |4/1/0|Common Stock| | |15,000 |D | |
| | | | | | | |7 | | | | | | |
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(Right to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Employee Stock Options|$21.5312| | | | | |(3) |7/31/|Common Stock| | |15,000 |D | |
(Right to Buy) |5 | | | | | | |08 | | | | | | |
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Employee Stock Options|$13.9375| | | | | |(4) |7/31/|Common Stock| | |20,000 |D | |
(Right to Buy) | | | | | | | |09 | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Options are fully vested and
exercisable.
(2) Options become vested and exercisable as follows: One third vested on
April 1, 1998; One third vested on
April 1,
1999;
and One third as of April 1,
2000.
(3) Options become vested and exercisable as follows: One third as of July 31,
1999; One third as of July 31,
2000; and One third as of July 31,
2001
(4) Options become vested and exercisable as follows: One third as of July 31,
2000; One third as of July 31,
2001; and One third as of July 31,
2002
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
Filed by EDGAR -- Manual signature maintained by the Company
DATE
February 8, 2000
