MENTOR PARTNERS LP
SC 13D/A, 1998-03-02
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                               (Amendment No. 1)1

                          NACT Telecommunications, Inc.
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                          Common Stock, $.01 par value
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    62872G109
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                                 (Cusip Number)

                                 Daniel R. Tisch
                            c/o Mentor Partners, L.P.
                                 500 Park Avenue
                            New York, New York 10022
                                 (212) 935-7640
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                  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
                Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

                                February 27, 1998
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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 box if a fee is being paid with the statement [ ]. (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 five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7.)

Note: Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be filed with
the  commission.  See Rule  13d-1(a) for other  parties to whom copies are to be
sent.

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1    The  remainder  of this  cover  page  shall be filled  out for a  reporting
persons's  initial  filing on this form with  respect  to the  subject  class of
securities,  and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter disclosures 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.).


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                                  SCHEDULE 13D


CUSIP No. 62872G109                                    Page  2  of  8  Pages
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1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

     Mentor Partners, L.P.  Employer I.D.# 06-126-0469
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2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*             (a)  [ ]
                                                                   (b)  [X]

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3    SEC USE ONLY


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4    SOURCE OF FUNDS*

     WC
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5    CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
     ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                                    [ ]

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6    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

     State of Delaware
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        NUMBER OF             7    SOLE VOTING POWER

         SHARES                    558,400
                         -------------------------------------------------------
      BENEFICIALLY            8    SHARED VOTING POWER

        OWNED BY                   0
                         -------------------------------------------------------
          EACH                9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

        REPORTING                  558,400
                         -------------------------------------------------------
         PERSON               10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

          WITH                     0
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11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

     558,400
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12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
                                                                            [ ]

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13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

     6.9%
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14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

     PN
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                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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     This  Amendment No. 1 amends the Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on February 23, 1998 (the "Schedule 13D")
by Mentor Partners,  L.P., a Delaware limited  partnership (the  "Partnership"),
relating to the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Shares"),  of NACT
Telecommunications,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation (the "Company").  Capitalized
terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
in the Schedule 13D.

Item 3.   Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

     The  information  set forth in Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended
and  supplemented  by  adding  the  following   information  to  the  respective
paragraphs thereof:

     The  $8,375,480.05   used  to  purchase  Shares  of  the  Company  for  the
Partnership came from the Partnership's working capital,  which may at any given
time include funds  borrowed in the ordinary  course of its business  activities
from margin accounts. All Shares of the Company acquired by the Partnership were
purchased in the ordinary course of business.

     The  $729,130.29  used to purchase  Shares of the Company for  Offshore was
furnished from Offshore's  investment  capital,  which at any given time include
funds  borrowed in the ordinary  course of its business  activities  from margin
accounts.  All of the Shares of the Company acquired for Offshore were purchased
in the ordinary course of business.


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Item 5.   Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

     The  information  set forth in Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended
and  supplemented  by  adding  the  following   information  to  the  respective
paragraphs thereof:

     (a) As of the date hereof,  the Partnership owns  beneficially an aggregate
of 513,400 Shares of the Company (or approximately  6.3% of the Company's Common
Stock outstanding on February 13, 1998) and the Partnership may be deemed to own
beneficially an aggregate of an additional 45,000 Shares of the Company (or 0.6%
of the Company common stock outstanding on February 13, 1998) owned by Offshore,
in each case based on the number of  8,129,096  Shares of Company  Common  Stock
then  outstanding  as set forth in the  Company's  most  recent  filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

     (c) Except as set forth in Exhibit A, which is hereby  incorporated  herein
by reference,  no  transactions in the Shares have been effected during the past
sixty days by the  Partnership  or, to its best  knowledge,  any of the  Control
Persons or Offshore.


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                                    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.

                                                  February 28, 1998
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                                                     (Date)


                                                  /s/  Daniel Tisch
                                                  -----------------
                                                    (Signature)


                                                  Daniel R. Tisch
                                                  Authorized Signatory
                                                  MENTOR PARTNERS, L.P.
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                                                    (Name/Title)


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit A  --  Acquisitions of Shares by the Partnership and
               Offshore During the Past Sixty Days.


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                                    EXHIBIT A
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                    Acquisitions of Shares by the Partnership
                     and Offshore During the Past Sixty Days
                     ---------------------------------------

                      Date of             Number        Aggregate     Price Per
     Entity         Transaction         of Shares        Price          Share
     ------         -----------         ---------        -----          -----

Partnership      January 6, 1998          35,000       559,709.50      15.992

                 January 7, 1998          25,000       405,687.50      16.228

                 January 7, 1998          40,000       645,520.00      16.138

                 January 8, 1998          15,000       244,350.00      16.290

                 January 8, 1998          26,000       423,280.00      16.280

                 January 9, 1998          16,000       258,171.20      16.136

                 January 9, 1998          20,000       319,350.00      15.968

                January 12, 1998          10,000       155,213.00      15.521

                January 12, 1998           8,400       130,428.48      15.527

                January 13, 1998          17,900       280,108.15      15.649

                January 13, 1998          22,300       351,624.17      15.768

                January 14, 1998          25,000       392,907.50      15.716

                January 22, 1998           9,500       157,317.15      16.560

                January 22, 1998           2,400        39,672.00      16.530

                January 23, 1998          10,000       165,400.00      16.540

                January 26, 1998          14,500       239,322.50      16.505

                January 27, 1998          13,300       216,031.90      16.243

                January 27, 1998             800        12,929.52      16.162

                January 28, 1998           1,000        16,165.00      16.165

                January 29, 1998           2,000        32,185.00      16.093

                February 3, 1998           1,000        16,165.00      16.165

                February 4, 1998             400         6,466.00      16.165

                February 5, 1998           3,200        52,128.00      16.290

                February 9, 1998          31,300       516,496.95      16.502

               February 10, 1998           5,000        82,700.00      16.540

               February 12, 1998          45,000       734,062.50      16.313

               February 25, 1998          60,400     1,032,018.56      17.086

               February 26, 1998           4,300        73,809.50      17.165


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               February 26, 1998           3,700        63,410.97      17.138

               February 27, 1998          45,000       752,410.97      16.730


Offshore         January 6, 1998           9,100       145,524.47      15.992

                 January 7, 1998           1,900        30,662.20      16.138

                 January 8, 1998           4,000        65,120.00      16.280

                January 12, 1998           5,000        77,636.00      15.527

                January 13, 1998           2,500        39,121.25      15.649

                January 13, 1998           2,500        39,419.75      15.768

                January 22, 1998           1,000        16,530.00      16.530

                January 23, 1998           3,500        57,855.00      16.530

                January 26, 1998             500         8,252.50      16.505

                January 27, 1998           1,000        16,161.90      16.162

                February 9, 1998           1,200        19,801.80      16.502

               February 12, 1998           5,000        81,562.50      16.313

               February 25, 1998           2,800        47,841.92      17.086

               February 27, 1998           5,000        83,650.00      16.730

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All  Shares   acquired  by  the  Partnership  and  Offshore  were  purchased  in
transactions on the over-the-counter market.


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