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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
(Rule 13d-102)
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED
PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1(b)(c), AND (d) AND AMENDMENTS
THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(b)
Under the Securities Act of 1934
Arch Communications Group, Inc.
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, Par Value $.01 Per Share
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(Title of Class of Securities)
039381504
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(CUSIP Number)
December 31, 1999
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(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant
to which this Schedule is filed:
[X] Rule 13d-1(b)
Rule 13d-1(c)
Rule 13d-1(d)
The information required in the remainder of this cover page (except any items
to which the form provides a cross-reference) shall not be deemed to be "filed"
for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act")
or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be
subject to all other provisions of the Act.
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CUSIP No. 039381504 13G Page 2 of 12 Pages
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1 Name of Reporting Person Steven A. Van Dyke
I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person Not applicable
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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 Citizenship or Place of Organization
United States
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5 Sole Voting Power
Number of Shares 50,000
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Beneficially 6 Shared Voting Power
4,405,201
Owned by --------------------------------------------------------------
7 Sole Dispositive Power
Each Reporting 50,000
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Person With 8 Shared Dispositive Power
4,405,201
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9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
4,455,201
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10 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
[_]
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11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
8.7%
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12 Type of Reporting Person
IN, HC
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CUSIP No. 039381504 13G Page 3 of 12 Pages
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1 Name of Reporting Person Douglas P. Teitelbaum
I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person Not applicable
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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 Citizenship or Place of Organization
United States
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5 Sole Voting Power
Number of Shares 0
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Beneficially 6 Shared Voting Power
4,405,201
Owned by --------------------------------------------------------------
7 Sole Dispositive Power
Each Reporting 0
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Person With 8 Shared Dispositive Power
4,405,201
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9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
4,405,201
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10 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
[_]
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11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
8.60%
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12 Type of Reporting Person
IN, HC
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CUSIP No. 039381504 13G Page 4 of 12 Pages
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1 Name of Reporting Person Tower Investment Group, Inc.
I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person 59-2924229
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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 Citizenship or Place of Organization
Florida
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5 Sole Voting Power
Number of Shares 4,405,201
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Beneficially 6 Shared Voting Power
0
Owned by --------------------------------------------------------------
7 Sole Dispositive Power
Each Reporting 4,405,201
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Person With 8 Shared Dispositive Power
0
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9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
4,405,201
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10 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
[_]
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11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
8.6%
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12 Type of Reporting Person
HC
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CUSIP No. 039381504 13G Page 5 of 12 Pages
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1 Name of Reporting Person Bay Harbour Management, L.C.
I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person 59-3418243
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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 Citizenship or Place of Organization
Florida
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5 Sole Voting Power
Number of Shares 4,405,201
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Beneficially 6 Shared Voting Power
0
Owned by --------------------------------------------------------------
7 Sole Dispositive Power
Each Reporting 4,405,201
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Person With 8 Shared Dispositive Power
0
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9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
4,405,201
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10 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
[_]
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11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
8.60%
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12 Type of Reporting Person
IA
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CUSIP No. 039381504 13G Page 6 of 12 Pages
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Item 1(a) Name of Issuer
Arch Communications Group, Inc.
Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
1800 West Park Drive, Suite 250
Westborough, Massachusetts 01581
Item 2(a) Name of Person(s) Filing:
Bay Harbour Management, L.C. ("Bay Harbour"), Tower Investment Group,
Inc. ("Tower"), as the majority stockholder of Bay Harbour, Steven A.
Van Dyke ("Mr. Van Dyke"), in his capacity as a stockholder and
president of Tower, and Douglas P. Teitelbaum ("Mr. Teitelbaum"), in
his capacity as a stockholder of Tower.
Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office:
The principal business address of Bay Harbour, Tower and Mr. Van Dyke
is 777 South Harbour Island Boulevard, Suite 270, Tampa, Florida
33602. Mr. Teitelbaum's principal business address is 885 Third
Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10022.
Item 2(c) Citizenship:
Bay Harbour - Florida
Tower - Florida
Mr. Van Dyke - United States
Mr. Teitelbaum - United States
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CUSIP No. 039381504 13G Page 7 of 12 Pages
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Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of Arch Communications Group,
Inc. ("Arch Communications Common Stock").
Item 3 The person(s) filing is (are):
Bay Harbour is an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
Tower is a parent holding company of Bay Harbour.
Mr. Van Dyke is a "parent holding company" of Bay Harbour.
Mr. Teitelbaum is a "parent holding company" of Bay Harbour.
Item 4(a) Amount Beneficially Owned:
As of December 31, 1999, Bay Harbour may be deemed to be the
beneficial owner of 4,405,201 shares of Arch Communications Common
Stock as a result of voting and dispositive power that it held with
respect to the 4,405,201 shares of American Banknote Common Stock held
for the account of five private investment funds and seven managed
accounts.
As of December 31, 1999, Tower may be deemed to be the beneficial
owner of the 4,405,201 shares of Arch Communications Common Stock
deemed to be beneficially owned by Bay Harbour as referred to above.
Tower is the majority stockholder of Bay Harbour.
As of December 31, 1999, Mr. Van Dyke may be deemed beneficial owner
of 4,455,201 shares of Arch Communications Common Stock, consisting of
(i) 4,405,201 shares of Common Stock deemed to be beneficially owned
by Bay Harbour as referred to above and (ii) 50,000 shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by Mr. Van Dyke. Mr. Van Dyke is a
stockholder and President of Tower.
As of December 31, 1999, Mr. Teitelbaum may be deemed the beneficial
owner of 4,405,201 shares of Arch Communications Common Stock, deemed
to be beneficially owned by Bay Harbour as referred to above. Mr.
Teitelbaum is a stockholder of Tower.
Item 4(b) Percent of Class:
8.70% (8.60% beneficially owned by Tower, Bay Harbour and Mr.
Teitelbaum)
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CUSIP No. 039381504 13G Page 8 of 12 Pages
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Item 4(c) Number of shares as to which reporting persons have:
Number of shares as to which Bay Harbour has:
(i) sole power to vote or direct the vote: 4,405,201
(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0
(iii) the sole power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of:
4,405,201
(iv) shared power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of: 0
Bay Harbour does not currently possess any rights to acquire
additional shares of American Banknote Corporation Common Stock.
Number of shares as to which Tower has:
(i) sole power to vote or direct the vote: 4,405,201
(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0
(iii) the sole power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of:
4,405,201
(iv) shared power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of: 0
Tower does not currently possess any rights to acquire additional
shares of American Banknote Corporation Common Stock.
Number of shares as to which Mr. Van Dyke has:
(i) sole power to vote or direct the vote: 50,000
(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 4,405,201
(iii) the sole power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of:
50,000
(iv) shared power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of:
4,405,201
Mr. Van Dyke does not currently possess any rights to acquire
additional shares of American Banknote Corporation Common Stock.
Number of shares as to which Mr. Teitelbaum has:
(i) sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0
(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 4,405,201
(iii) the sole power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of: 0
(iv) shared power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of:
4,405,201
Mr. Teitelbaum does not currently possess any rights to acquire
additional shares of American Banknote Corporation Common Stock.
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CUSIP No. 039381504 13G Page 9 of 12 Pages
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Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of another Person
The limited Partners of the partnerships and the investors in the
managed accounts for which Bay Harbour acts as an investment adviser
have the right to participate in the receipt of dividends from, or
proceeds from the sale of, securities held by their funds or accounts,
as the case may be. No such fund, single limited partner of any of
such funds nor any investor in a managed account has the right to
receive, nor the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or
proceeds from the sale of, shares of Arch Communications Common Stock
reported in this Schedule 13G representing more than five percent of
the outstanding Arch Communications Common Stock.
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the
Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company.
See Item 3 hereof.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
Not Applicable.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of the Group.
Not Applicable.
Item 10. Certification.
By signing below each of the undersigned certifies that, to the best
of such person's knowledge and belief, the securities referred to
above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not
acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of
changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities
and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a
participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.
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CUSIP No. 039381504 13G Page 10 of 12 Pages
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of their knowledge and belief,
each of the undersigned certify that the information set forth in this statement
is true, complete and correct.
Date: February 10, 2000 BAY HARBOUR MANAGEMENT, L.C.
By: /s/ Steven A. Van Dyke
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Name: Steven A. Van Dyke
Title: President
Date: February 10, 2000 TOWER INVESTMENT GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ Steven A. Van Dyke
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Name: Steven A. Van Dyke
Title: President
Date: February 10, 2000 /s/ Steven A. Van Dyke
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Steven A. Van Dyke
Date: February 10, 2000 /s/ Douglas P. Teitelbaum
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Douglas P. Teitelbaum
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CUSIP No. 039381504 13G Page 11 of 12 Pages
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit I Joint Filing Agreement, dated February 10, 2000, by and among
Bay Harbour Management, L.C., Tower Investment Group, Inc.,
Steven A. Van Dyke and Douglas P. Teitelbaum.
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CUSIP No. 039381504 13G Page 12 of 12 Pages
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Exhibit I
Joint Filing Agreement
The undersigned acknowledge and agree that the foregoing statement on
Schedule 13G is filed on behalf of each of the undersigned and that all
subsequent amendments to this statement shall be filed on behalf of each of the
undersigned without the necessity of filing additional joint filing agreements.
The undersigned acknowledge that each shall be responsible for the timely filing
of such amendments, and for the completeness and accuracy of the information
concerning it contained therein, but shall not be responsible for the
completeness and accuracy of the information concerning the others, except to
the extent that it knows or has reason to believe that such information is
inaccurate.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts and each of such
counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Date: February 10, 2000 BAY HARBOUR MANAGEMENT, L.C.
By: /s/ Steven A. Van Dyke
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Name: Steven A. Van Dyke
Title: President and Chief Executive
Officer
Date: February 10, 2000 TOWER INVESTMENT GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ Steven A. Van Dyke
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Name: Steven A. Van Dyke
Title: President
Date: February 10, 2000 /s/ Steven A. Van Dyke
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Steven A. Van Dyke
Date: February 10, 2000 /s/ Douglas P. Teitelbaum
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Douglas P. Teitelbaum
