UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D/A
(Amendment No. 1)
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
PAMECO CORPORATION
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(Name of Issuer)
CLASS A COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
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(Title of Class of Securities)
697934107
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(CUSIP Number)
J. William Uhrig
Three Cities Research, Inc.
650 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 605-3206
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications)
March 17, 1999
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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 that 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. / /
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. 697934107
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR IRS IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Quilvest American Equity Ltd.
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2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) / /
(b) / /
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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
British Virgin Islands
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NUMBER OF 7. SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 1,800,000
OWNED BY
EACH ________________________________________
REPORTING
PERSON WITH 8. SHARED VOTING POWER
-0-
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9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,800,000
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10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
-0-
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11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
1,800,000
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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)
31.3%
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14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
CO
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* Percentage based on 4,902,253 shares of Class A Common Stock shown
as outstanding at January 8, 1999, on the Issuer's Report on Form 10-Q
for its fiscal quarter ended November 30, 1998.
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Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D
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This Amendment No. 1 amends the statement on Schedule 13D relating
to the beneficial ownership by Quilvest American Equity Ltd.,
a British Virgin Islands international business company ("Quilvest")
of shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of
Pameco Corporation, a Georgia corporation (the "Company"). Capitalized
terms used herein which are not defined herein have the meanings given
to them in the Schedule 13D.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
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Item 3 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
On October 27, 1997, Quilvest purchased 50,000 shares of
Class A Common Stock of the Company, at a price of $17.00 per
share, which brought its total holdings to 195,000 shares of Class
A Common Stock and 62,500 shares of Class B Common Stock, which
is convertible at any time at the option of the holder into
shares of Class A Common Stock. Since that date, Quilvest has
made the following additional purchases of Class A Common
Stock of the Company on the dates, in the amounts, and for the
consideration set forth below:
Date Shares Acquired Price Per Share
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10/28/97 12,200 $17.00
10/29/97 37,800 17.00
11/04/97 36,500 16.75
11/05/97 1,100 16.75
11/13/97 12,400 16.75
11/17/97 20,000 16.50
11/25/97 20,000 16.00
11/26/97 22,500 15.75
12/04/97 30,000 15.50
10/07/98 30,000 14.00
10/28/98 20,000 14.00
12/04/98 20,000 13.50
12/08/98 100,000 10.584
12/09/98 100,000 9.00
12/15/98 100,000 8.75
01/29/99 46,283 8.61
02/05/99 50,000 8.10
03/16/99 50,000 5.75
03/17/99 50,000 5.50
In addition, Quilvest acquired 783,717 additional shares of Class B
Common Stock of the Company, in the first week of September 1998,
when one entity in which it had an ownership interest distributed
such shares to Quilvest and its other investors. Until the
distribution, Quilvest had no right to vote or dispose of such
shares of Class B Common Stock.
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Quilvest obtained the funds for all purchases from its own
resources.
As of March 31, 1999, Quilvest beneficially owns 1,800,000 shares
of the Company's Class A Common Stock, consisting of 953,783 shares
of Class A Common Stock and 846,217 shares of Class B Common Stock.
Item 4. Purpose of the Transaction.
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Item 4 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
Quilvest acquired beneficial ownership of all such shares of Class A
and Class B Common Stock for investment and for possible resale from
time to time in open market transactions or otherwise as market
conditions warrant.
Except as described above, Quilvest has no plans or proposals which
relate to or would result in:
(a) The acquisition by any person of additional securities
of the Company, or the disposition of securities of the Company;
(b) An extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a
merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the Company or any
of its subsidiaries;
(c) A sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries;
(d) Any change in the present board of directors or
management of the Company, including any plans or proposals to
change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing
vacancies on the board;
(e) Any material change in the present capitalization or
dividend policy of the Company;
(f) Any other material change in the Company's business or
corporate structure;
(g) Changes in the Company's charter, bylaws or instruments
corresponding thereto or other actions which may impede the
acquisition of control of the Company by any person;
(h) Causing a class of securities of the Company to be
delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be
authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a
registered national securities association;
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(i) A class of equity securities of the Company becoming
eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section
12(g)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or
(j) Any action similar to any of those enumerated above.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
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Item 5 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
(a) After giving effect to the transactions described in Item 3,
as of March 31, 1999, Quilvest owned 953,783 shares of Class A
Common Stock and 846,217 shares of Class B Common Stock, which is
convertible into Class A Common Stock at any time at the option of
Quilvest. These shares represent 31.3% of the outstanding shares of
Class A Common Stock of the Company.
(b) Quilvest has sole power to vote, direct the vote of, dispose
of or direct the disposition of any and all shares of the Class A
and B Common Stock held by Quilvest.
(c) Except as described in Item 3, to the best knowledge of
Quilvest, none of the persons, other than Quilvest, listed in Item
2(a) has effected any transaction in the Class A Common Stock of the
Company within the past 60 days. In the last 60 days, Quilvest
purchased or otherwise acquired shares of the Class A and B Common
Stock on the dates, in the amounts and at the prices set forth in
Item 3. Except where noted, all of such purchases were made on the
open market.
(d) Except as set forth in this Item 5, to the best knowledge of
Quilvest, none of the persons named in Item 2(a) beneficially owns
any shares of Common Stock of the Company. On the basis of its
control, through an intermediate holding company, of Quilvest, the
board of directors of QV may be deemed to have the ultimate power to
direct the voting or disposition, as well as the application of
dividends from, or the proceeds of the sale of, the shares of Class
A and B Common Stock owned by Quilvest.
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Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
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Exhibit 1: Power of Attorney
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.
Date: April 20, 1999
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/s/ J. William Uhrig
Name: J. William Uhrig
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
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EXHIBIT 1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all men by these presents, that QUILVEST AMERICAN EQUITY LTD., a
British Virgin Islands international business company, does hereby
constitute and appoint J. William Uhrig of Three Cities Research, Inc. at
650 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022, and Carlo Hoffman of Quilvest,
84 Grand-Rue, L-1660 Luxembourg, its Attorneys-In-Fact, with full power,
discretion and authority to take on behalf of QUILVEST AMERICAN EQUITY LTD.
all actions which said Attorneys-In-Fact shall in their sole discretion
determine to be appropriate in connection with its investment in Pameco
Corporation, including without limitation (i) the execution of all
agreements, instruments, certificates or other documents required and all
changes necessary relating to Pameco Corporation. In addition, QUILVEST
AMERICAN EQUITY LTD. hereby gives and grants unto said Attorneys-In-Fact
full power, discretion and authority to execute all documents, instruments
and certificates upon such terms which said Attorneys-In-Fact may determine
to be appropriate, and to take all actions which said Attorneys-In-Fact
shall determine to be appropriate, and to take all actions which said
Attorneys-In-Fact shall determine to be desirable in connection with the
foregoing to the same extent as QUILVEST AMERICAN EQUITY LTD. might do or
could do by its duly authorized officers if personally present, and QUILVEST
AMERICAN EQUITY LTD. does hereby confirm, approve and ratify all that said
Attorneys-In-Fact or their delegates shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney will expire December 31, 1999.
This instrument may not be changed orally and shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, the United
States of America.
Dated: April 19, 1999
QUILVEST AMERICAN EQUITY LTD.
By:/s/ Kurt Sonderegger
Kurt Sonderegger
By:/s/ Walter Knecht
Walter Knecht