UCAR INTERNATIONAL INC
SC 13D/A, 1999-07-16
ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIAL APPARATUS
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                 Schedule 13D**

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                (Amendment No. 3)*

                             UCAR International Inc.
                                 (Name of Issuer)

                     Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share
                          (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    90262K109
                                  (Cusip Number)

                                W. Robert Cotham
                           201 Main Street, Suite 2600
                             Fort Worth, Texas 76102
                                  (817) 390-8400
                  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
                Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

                                  July 16, 1999
             (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 [ ].
  *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person'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).

**The  total  number  of  shares  reported herein  is  2,606,700  shares,  which
constitutes  approximately 5.8% of the total number of shares outstanding.   All
ownership  percentages set forth herein assume that there are 45,082,530  shares
outstanding.

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1.   Name of Reporting Person:

     Trinity I Fund, L.P.

2.   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group:
                                                       (a) /   /

                                                       (b) / X /

3.   SEC Use Only


4.   Source of Funds: Not Applicable

5.   Check  box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items
     2(d) or 2(e):
                                                       /   /


6.   Citizenship or Place of Organization: Delaware


               7.   Sole Voting Power: 2,606,700 (1) (2)
Number of
Shares
Beneficially   8.   Shared Voting Power: -0-
Owned By
Each
Reporting      9.   Sole Dispositive Power: 2,606,700 (1) (2)
Person
With
               10.  Shared Dispositive Power: -0-

11.  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:

     2,606,700 (2)

12.  Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares:

                                                       /   /

13.  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11): 5.8%


14.  Type of Reporting Person: PN

- ----------
(1)  Power is exercised through its sole general partner, TF Investors, L.P.

(2)  Solely  in  its  capacity as the sole member of Portfolio  Genpar,  L.L.C.,
     which is the sole general partner of Portfolio AA Investors, L.P.

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1.   Name of Reporting Person:

     TF Investors, L.P.

2.   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group:
                                                       (a) /   /

                                                       (b) / X /

3.   SEC Use Only


4.   Source of Funds: Not Applicable

5.   Check  box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items
     2(d) or 2(e):
                                                       /   /


6.   Citizenship or Place of Organization: Delaware


               7.   Sole Voting Power: 2,606,700 (1) (2)
Number of
Shares
Beneficially   8.   Shared Voting Power: -0-
Owned By
Each
Reporting      9.   Sole Dispositive Power: 2,606,700 (1) (2)
Person
With
               10.  Shared Dispositive Power: -0-

11.  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:

     2,606,700 (2)

12.  Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares:

                                                            /   /

13.  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11): 5.8%


14.  Type of Reporting Person: PN

- ----------
(1)  Power  is  exercised  through  its sole general  partner,  Trinity  Capital
     Management, Inc.

(2)  Solely in its capacity as the sole general partner of Trinity I Fund, L.P.,
     which  is  the sole member of Portfolio Genpar, L.L.C., which is  the  sole
     general partner of Portfolio AA Investors, L.P.
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1.   Name of Reporting Person:

     Trinity Capital Management, Inc.

2.   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group:
                                                       (a) /   /

                                                       (b) / X /

3.   SEC Use Only


4.   Source of Funds: Not Applicable

5.   Check  box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items
     2(d) or 2(e):
                                                       /   /


6.   Citizenship or Place of Organization: Delaware


               7.   Sole Voting Power: 2,606,700 (1) (2)
Number of
Shares
Beneficially   8.   Shared Voting Power: -0-
Owned By
Each
Reporting      9.   Sole Dispositive Power: 2,606,700 (1) (2)
Person
With
               10.  Shared Dispositive Power: -0-

11.  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:

     2,606,700 (2)

12.  Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares:

                                                       /   /

13.  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11): 5.8%


14.  Type of Reporting Person: CO

- ----------
(1)  Power is exercised through its President, Thomas M. Taylor.

(2)  Solely in its capacity as the sole general partner of TF  Investors,  L.P.,
     which  is  the sole general partner of Trinity I Fund, L.P., which  is  the
     sole  member of Portfolio Genpar, L.L.C., which is the sole general partner
     of Portfolio AA Investors, L.P.
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1.   Name of Reporting Person:

     Thomas M. Taylor

2.   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group:
                                                       (a) /  /

                                                       (b) / X /

3.   SEC Use Only


4.   Source of Funds: Not Applicable

5.   Check  box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items
     2(d) or 2(e):
                                                       /   /


6.   Citizenship or Place of Organization: USA


               7.   Sole Voting Power: 2,606,700 (1)
Number of
Shares
Beneficially   8.   Shared Voting Power: -0-
Owned By
Each
Reporting      9.   Sole Dispositive Power: 2,606,700 (1)
Person
With
               10.  Shared Dispositive Power: -0-

11.  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:

     2,606,700 (1)

12.  Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares:

                                                       /   /

13.  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11): 5.8%


14.  Type of Reporting Person: IN

- ----------
(1)  Solely in his capacity as President and sole stockholder of Trinity Capital
     Management, Inc., which is the sole general partner of TF Investors,  L.P.,
     which  is  the sole general partner of Trinity I Fund, L.P., which  is  the
     sole  member of Portfolio Genpar, L.L.C., which is the sole general partner
     of Portfolio AA Investors, L.P.
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1.   Name of Reporting Person:

     Portfolio AA Investors, L.P.

2.   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group:
                                                       (a) /   /

                                                       (b) / X /

3.   SEC Use Only


4.   Source of Funds: OO-Partnership Contributions

5.   Check  box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items
     2(d) or 2(e):
                                                       /   /


6.   Citizenship or Place of Organization: Delaware


               7.   Sole Voting Power: 2,606,700 (1)
Number of
Shares
Beneficially   8.   Shared Voting Power: -0-
Owned By
Each
Reporting      9.   Sole Dispositive Power: 2,606,700 (1)
Person
With
               10.  Shared Dispositive Power: -0-

11.  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:

     2,606,700

12.  Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares:

                                                       /   /

13.  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11): 5.8%


14.  Type of Reporting Person: PN

- ----------
(1)  Power  is  exercised  through its sole general partner,  Portfolio  Genpar,
     L.L.C.

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1.   Name of Reporting Person:

     Portfolio Genpar, L.L.C.

2.   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group:
                                                       (a) /   /

                                                       (b) / X /

3.   SEC Use Only


4.   Source of Funds: Not Applicable

5.   Check  box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items
     2(d) or 2(e):
                                                       /   /


6.   Citizenship or Place of Organization: Delaware


               7.   Sole Voting Power: 2,606,700 (1)
Number of
Shares
Beneficially   8.   Shared Voting Power: -0-
Owned By
Each
Reporting      9.   Sole Dispositive Power: 2,606,700 (1)
Person
With
               10.  Shared Dispositive Power: -0-

11.  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:

     2,606,700 (1)

12.  Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares:

                                                       /   /

13.  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11): 5.8%


14.  Type of Reporting Person: CO

- ----------
(1)  Solely  in  its  capacity  as  the sole general  partner  of  Portfolio  AA
     Investors, L.P.

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     Pursuant  to  Rule  13d-2(a) of Regulation 13D-G of the General  Rules  and
Regulations  under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the  "Act"),
the  undersigned hereby amend their Schedule 13D Statement dated April 21, 1998,
as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated July 7, 1998, as amended by Amendment No.  2
dated September 9, 1998  (the "Schedule 13D"), relating to the common stock, par
value  $.01 per share (the "Stock"), of UCAR International, Inc. (the "Issuer").
Unless  otherwise indicated, all defined terms used herein shall have  the  same
meanings respectively ascribed to them in the Schedule 13D.

Item 3.   SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.

     Item 3 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

     The  source  and  amount of the funds used or to be used by  the  Reporting
Persons to purchase shares of the Stock are as follows:

REPORTING PERSON        SOURCE OF FUNDS        AMOUNT OF FUNDS

        TIF             Not Applicable         Not Applicable

        TFI             Not Applicable         Not Applicable

        TCM             Not Applicable         Not Applicable

        TMT             Not Applicable         Not Applicable

        PAAI            Other (1)              $106,561,081.51

        PG              Not Applicable         Not Applicable

        (1)     Contributions from partners.

Item 5.  INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

        Item 5 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

        (a)

        TIF

        Because  of  its position as the sole member of PG, which  is  the  sole
general  partner of PAAI, TIF may, pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Act, be  deemed
to  be  the beneficial owner of 2,606,700 shares of the Stock, which constitutes
approximately 5.8% of the outstanding shares of the Stock.

        TFI

        Because of its position as the sole general partner of TIF, which is the
sole  member of PG, which is the sole general partner of PAAI, TFI may, pursuant
to  Rule  13d-3  of the Act, be deemed to be the beneficial owner  of  2,606,700
shares  of  the  Stock, which constitutes approximately 5.8% of the  outstanding
shares of the Stock.

        TCM

        Because of its position as the sole general partner of TFI, which is the
sole  general partner of TIF, which is the sole member of PG, which is the  sole
general  partner of PAAI, TCM may, pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Act, be  deemed
to  be  the beneficial owner of 2,606,700 shares of the Stock, which constitutes
approximately 5.8% of the outstanding shares of the Stock.

        TMT

        Because  of his position as the President and sole stockholder  of  TCM,
which  is the sole general partner of TFI, which is the sole general partner  of
TIF,  which is the sole member of PG, which is the sole general partner of PAAI,
TMT may, pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Act, be deemed to be the beneficial owner
of  2,606,700 shares of the Stock, which constitutes approximately 5.8%  of  the
outstanding shares of the Stock.

        PAAI

        The aggregate number of shares of the Stock that PAAI owns beneficially,
pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Act, is 2,606,700, which constitutes approximately
5.8% of the outstanding shares of the Stock.

        PG

        Because  of  its position as the sole general partner of PAAI,  PG  may,
pursuant  to  Rule  13d-3 of the Act, be deemed to be the  beneficial  owner  of
2,606,700  shares  of  the Stock, which constitutes approximately  5.8%  of  the
outstanding shares of the Stock.

        To  the  best  of the knowledge of each of the Reporting Persons,  other
than  as  set  forth above, none of the persons named in Item 2  herein  is  the
beneficial owner of any shares of the Stock.

        (b)

        TIF

        As the sole member of PG, which is the sole general partner of PAAI, TIF
has the sole power to vote or to direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the
disposition of 2,606,700 shares of the Stock.

        TFI

        As  the  sole  general partner of TIF, which is the sole member  of  PG,
which is the sole general partner of PAAI, TFI has the sole power to vote or  to
direct  the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 2,606,700 shares
of the Stock.

        TCM

        As the sole general partner of TFI, which is the sole general partner of
TIF,  which is the sole member of PG, which is the sole general partner of PAAI,
TCM has the sole power to vote or to direct the vote and to dispose or to direct
the disposition of 2,606,700 shares of the Stock.

        TMT

        As  the President and sole stockholder of TCM, which is the sole general
partner  of  TFI, which is the sole general partner of TIF, which  is  the  sole
member of PG, which is the sole general partner of PAAI, TMT has the sole  power
to  vote  or  to direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition  of
2,606,700 shares of the Stock.

        PAAI

        Acting through its sole general partner, PAAI has the sole power to vote
or  to  direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 2,606,700
shares of the Stock.

        PG

        As the sole general partner of PAAI, PG has the sole power to vote or to
direct  the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 2,606,700 shares
of the Stock.

        (c)      During the past 60 days, PAAI has sold shares of the  Stock  in
transactions on the New York Stock Exchange, as follows:

                        NO. OF SHARES         PRICE PER
         DATE              SOLD                SHARE

       06/23/99           40,000              $ 26.06
       07/16/99          100,000                27.95
       07/16/99          100,000                27.95


       Except  as  set forth in this paragraph (c), to the best of the knowledge
of  each  of  the  Reporting Persons, none of the persons named in  response  to
paragraph  (a) has effected any transactions in shares of the Stock  during  the
past 60 days.

       (d)    Each  of the Reporting Persons affirms that no person  other  than
such  Reporting  Person  has the right to receive or the  power  to  direct  the
receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the shares  of  the
Stock owned by such Reporting Person.

       (e)   Not Applicable.

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        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.

        DATED:      July 16, 1999


                                     TRINITY I FUND, L.P.,
                                     a Delaware limited partnership

                                     By:   TF INVESTORS, L.P.,
                                           a Delaware limited partnership,
                                           General Partner

                                     By:   TRINITY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.,
                                           a Delaware corporation,
                                           General Partner


                                     By: /s/ W. R. Cotham
                                              W. R. Cotham, Vice President


                                     TF INVESTORS, L.P.,
                                     a Delaware limited partnership

                                     By:   TRINITY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.,
                                           a Delaware corporation,
                                           General Partner


                                     By: /s/ W. R. Cotham
                                              W. R. Cotham, Vice President


                                     TRINITY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.,
                                     a Delaware corporation


                                     By: /s/ W. R. Cotham
                                              W. R. Cotham, Vice President


                                     PORTFOLIO AA INVESTORS, L.P.,
                                     a Delaware limited partnership

                                     By:   PORTFOLIO GENPAR, L.L.C.,
                                           a Delaware limited liability
                                           company, General Partner


                                     By: /s/ W. R. Cotham
                                              W. R. Cotham, Vice President



                                     PORTFOLIO GENPAR, L.L.C.,
                                     a Delaware limited liability company


                                     By: /s/ W. R. Cotham
                                              W. R. Cotham,
                                              Vice President


                                      /s/ W. R. Cotham
                                     W. R. Cotham,
                                     Attorney-in-Fact for:

                                           THOMAS M. TAYLOR (1)


(1)     A  Power of Attorney authorizing W. R. Cotham, et al., to act on  behalf
        of  Thomas  M. Taylor previously has been filed with the Securities  and
        Exchange Commission.

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                          EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT                 DESCRIPTION

  99.1  Agreement  and  Power  of  Attorney pursuant to  Rule  13d-1(k)(1)(iii),
        previously filed




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