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
Pretorius, Hermanus Lambertus
Avenue du Mont-Blanc 33
1196 Gland,
Switzerland
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
12/31/1999
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)
Director Electrodes Europe & South Africa
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 |12/03/|M | |4,000 |A |$7.60 | |D | |
|99 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |12/03/|S | |4,000 |D |$21.625 |12,900 |D | |
|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|$7.60 |12/03|M | |509 |D |8/9/9|1/25/|Common Stock|509 | |18,397 |D | |
buy) | |/99 | | | | |5 |07 |, par value | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |$.01 per sha| | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |re | | | | | |
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Performance options (r|$7.60 |12/03|M | |3,491 |D |(1) |1/25/|Common Stock|3,491 | |(1) |D | |
ight to buy) | |/99 | | | | | |07 |, par value | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |$.01 per sha| | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |re | | | | | |
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Time Options (right to|$35.00 | | | | | |(2) |2/8/0|Common Stock|10,000 | |10,000(2) |D | |
buy) | | | | | | | |6 |, par value | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |$.01 per sha| | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |re | | | | | |
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Time Options (right to|$17.0625| | | | | |(3) |9/28/|Commn Stock,|57,000 | |57,000 |D | |
buy) | | | | | | | |08 | par value $| | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |.01 per shar| | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |e | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Such options became exercisable on December 8, 1997. In addition, the
reporting person was granted
performance options for 3,490 shares which will become exercisable in January
2000 if certain earnings-based
financial targets are met or exceeded in
1999.
(2) 2,500 of such options became exercisable on May 2, 1996 and 2,500 of such
options became exercisbale on
August 28, 1997. 5,000 of such options will vest upon the earlier of (i) the
date on which the closing price of the
Company's Common Stock has been at least $50 per share for the previous 20
consecutive trading days or (ii)
February 9,
2004.
(3) Of such options, 19,000 vested on each of: May 21, 1999, July 14, 1999 and
September 29, 1999.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Michelle F. Rider, Atty-in-Fact for Hermanus Pretorius
DATE
January 7, 1999
