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
Playford, Gilbert E.
3102 West End Avenue, Suite 1100
Nashville, TN 37203
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
01/31/2000
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
President and Chief Executive Officer
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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Common Stock | | | | | | |114,516 |D | |
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Common Stock |1/14/0|J |V|267 |A |18.90 | |I |(1) |
|0 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |1/31/0|J |V|225 |A |22.36 |3,790 |I |(1) |
|0 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |1/5/00|A | |100,000(4) |A |-- |100,000 |D | |
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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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Time Options (right to|$30.5891| | | | | |(2) |1/25/|Common Stock|300,000| |300,000 |D | |
buy) | | | | | | | |07 |, par value | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |$.01 per sha| | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |re | | | | | |
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Time Options (right to|$17.0625| | | | | |(3) |9/28/|Common Stock|300,000| |300,000(3) |D | |
buy) | | | | | | | |08 |, par value | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |$.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 Discount Stock Fund option of the UCAR Carbon
Savings
Program.
(2) 200,000 of such options become exercisable on June 22, 2000 and 100,000 of
such options become exercisable on June 22, 2001.
(3) Of such options,100,000 vested on each of: May 21, 1999, July 14, 1999
and September 29, 1999.
(4) Of such shares, (a) 70,000 will vest on June 22, 2003 and 30,000 will vest
on December 31, 2004, provided that the reporting person is still
employed by UCAR on those
dates.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Karen G. Narwold, Atty-in-Fact for Gilbert E. Playford
DATE
February 9, 2000
