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
De Gasperis, Corrado
3102 West End Avenue
Suite 1100
Nashville, TN 37203
USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
UCAR International Inc.
UCR
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
10/31/1999
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)
Controller
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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<S> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock | | | | | | |11,840 |D | |
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Common Stock |10/29/|I |V|2,111 |A |$19.46 |7,102 |I |(1) |
|99 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |10/15/|J |V|69 |A |$21.25 | |I |(2) |
|99 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |10/29/|J |V|60 |A |$19.40 |1,791 |I |(2) |
|99 | | | | | | | | |
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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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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Time options (right to|$29.2219| | | | | |7/14/|1/25/|Common Stock|21,000 | |21,000 |D | |
buy) | | | | | | |00 |07 |, par value | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |$.01 per sha| | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |re | | | | | |
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Time options (right to|$17.0625| | | | | |(3) |9/29/|Common Stock|75,000 | |75,000 |D | |
buy) | | | | | | | |08 |, par value | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |$.01 per sha| | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |re | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Represents the number of units attributable to the reporting person's
participation in the Company Stock Fund
option of the UCAR Carbon Savings Program.
(2) Represents the number of units attributable to the reporting person's
participation through automatic payroll
deductions in the UCAR Discount Stock Fund option of the UCAR Carbon Savings
Program.
(3) Of such options, 25,000 vested on each of: May 21, 1999, July 14, 1999
and September 29, 1999.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Corrado De Gasperis
DATE
11/09/1999
