SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
( Amendment No. 18 )
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
SPS TECHNOLOGIES , Inc
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock Par Value $1.00 Per Share
(Title of Class and Securities)
784626103
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
J. Hamilton Crawford, Jr., Gabelli Funds, Inc.,
One Corporate Center, Rye, NY 10580-1434 (914) 921-5067
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications)
December 16, 1994
(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 State-
ment because of Rule 13D-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box:
____
/___/
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this State-
ment:
_____
/ /
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CUSIP No. 784626103 13D
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(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Gabelli Funds, Inc. I.D. No. 13-3056041
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(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
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(3) SEC USE ONLY
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(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
WC
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(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) _____
/ x /
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(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
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: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: 179,300 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None (Item 5)
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 179,300 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None (Item 5)
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(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
179,300 (Item 5)
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(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* _____
/ x /
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(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
3.41%
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(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
HC
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 784626103 13D
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(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
GAMCO Investors, Inc. I.D. No. 13-2951242
_________________________________________________________________
(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3) SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
OO: Funds of investment advisory clients
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(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) _____
/ x /
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: 1,274,540 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 1,394,340 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
1,394,340 (Item 5)
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(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ____
/___/
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
26.49%
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(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IA
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 784626103 13D
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(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Mario J. Gabelli I.D. No. ###-##-####
_________________________________________________________________
(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3) SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
WC
_________________________________________________________________
(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ____
/ x /
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
USA
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: 7,260 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 7,260 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
7,260 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* _____
/ x /
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
0.14%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!<PAGE>
Item 1. Security and Issuer
This Amendment No. 18 to Schedule 13D on SPS Technologies
(the "Issuer") is being filed on behalf of the undersigned to amend
the Schedule 13D, as amended (the "Schedule 13D") which was
originally filed on August 26, 1988. Unless otherwise indicated,
all capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have
the same meaning as set forth in the Schedule 13D.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
Item to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as
follows:
All Reporting Persons used an aggregate of approximately
$4,453,527 to purchase its Securities. GAMCO and GFI used approxi-
mately $4,209,444 and $227,913, respectively, of funds that were
provided through the accounts of certain of their investment
advisory clients (and, in the case of some of such accounts at
GAMCO, may be through borrowings from client margin accounts) in
order to purchase the Securities for such clients.
Mario J. Gabelli used approximately $16,170 of personal
funds to purchase the Securities reported by him.
Item 5. Interest In Securities Of The Issuer
(a) The aggregate number and percentage of Securities to
which this Schedule 13D relates is 1,580,900 shares, representing
30.04% of the 5,263,419 shares outstanding as reported on December
19, 1994 by the Issuer. This Amendment No. 18 reflects 142,121
shares of additional common stock of the Issuer received by the
Reporting Persons as a result of the Rights Offering by the Issuer
which expired on December 16, 1994. The Reporting Persons benefi-
cially own those Securities as follows:
Shares of % of
Common Class of
Name Stock Common
GFI:
As Principal 1,100 0.02%
As Agent 178,200 3.39%
GAMCO
As Pincipal 0 0.00%
As Agent 1,394,340 26.49%
Mario J. Gabelli 7,260 0.14%
Mr. Gabelli is deemed to have beneficial ownership of
the Securities beneficially owned by each of the foregoing
persons and GFI is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the
securities owned beneficially by each of the foregoing persons
other than Mr. Gabelli.
(b) Each of the Reporting Persons and Covered
Persons has the sole power to vote or direct the vote and sole
power to dispose or to direct the disposition of the Securities
reported for it, either for its own benefit or for the benefit of
its investment clients or its partners, as the case may be,
except that GAMCO Investors, Inc. does not have authority to vote
119,800 of the reported shares and except that GFI has sole
dispositive and voting power with respect to the 178,200 shares
of the Issuer held by the The Gabelli Asset Fund, The Gabelli
Equity Trust, Inc., The Gabelli Growth Fund, The Gabelli Convert-
ible Securities Fund, The Gabelli Value Fund Inc., The Gabelli
Small Cap Growth Fund, The Gabelli Global Telecommunications
Fund, The Gabelli Global Convertible Securities Fund, The Gabelli
Global Interactive Couch Potato Fund, The Gabelli Global Multime-
dia Trust Inc., Gabelli Gold Fund, Inc., The Gabelli Equity
Income Fund/and or The Gabelli ABC Fund so long as the aggregate
voting interest of all joint filers does not exceed 25% of their
total voting interest in the Issuer and in that event, the Proxy
Voting Committee of each Fund (other than The Gabelli Growth
Fund) shall respectively vote that Funds shares, and except that,
at any time the Proxy Voting Committee of each such Fund may
take and exercise in its sole discretion the entire voting power
with respect to the shares held by such Fund under special
circumstances such as regulatory considerations, and except that
the power of Mr. Gabelli and GFI is indirect with respect to
Securities beneficially owned directly by other Reporting Per-
sons.
(c) Information with respect to all transactions in the
Securities which were effected during the past sixty days by each
of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons is set forth on
Schedule II annexed hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
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Signature
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: December 21, 1994
GABELLI FUNDS, INC.
By:_________________________
J. Hamilton Crawford, Jr.
Senior Vice President
and General Counsel
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
By:_________________________
Douglas R. Jamieson
Chief Operating Officer
and Executive Vice President
MARIO J. GABELLI
By:________________________
J. Hamilton Crawford, Jr.
Attorney-in-Fact
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Schedule I
Information with Respect to Executive
Officers and Directors of the Undersigned
Schedule I to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent
part, as follows:
The following sets forth as to each of the executive
officers and directors of the undersigned: his name; his business
address; and his present principal occupation or employment and
the name, principal business and address of any corporation or
other organization in which such employment is conducted. Unless
otherwise specified, the principal employer of each such in-
dividual is Gabelli Funds, Inc., Gabelli & Company, Inc., or
GAMCO Investors, Inc., the business address of each of which is
One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580, and each such
individual identified below is a citizen of the United States.
To the knowledge of the undersigned, during the last five years,
no such person has been convicted in a criminal proceeding
(excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), and no
such person was a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or
administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a result of
which he was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order
enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating
activities subject to, federal or state securities law or finding
any violation with respect to such laws except as reported in
Item 2(d) of this Schedule 13D.
Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli
Richard B. Black Chairman of Raster Image
Processing Systems; Chairman
ECRM; Director of Archetype
and Oak Technology; Director
of The Morgan Group, Inc.;
General Partner of KBA Part-
ners, Parker Plaza
400 Kelby Street,
Fort Lee, NJ 07029
Charles C. Baum Chairman, Director and Chief
Executive Officer of The
Morgan Group, Inc.;
Secretary & Treasurer
United Holdings
2545 Wilkens Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21223
Dr. Eamon M. Kelly President
Tulane University
218 Gibson Hall
6823 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Investment
Officer
J. Hamilton Crawford, Jr. Senior Vice President
and General Counsel
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President - Finance
James E McKee Vice President, Co-General
Counsel and Assistant
Secretary
Joseph J. Frazzitta Assistant Secretary
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
Directors:
Douglas R. Jamieson
Joseph R. Rindler, Jr.
Regina Pitaro
Joseph J. Frazzitta
F. William Scholz, III
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chief Investment Officer
Douglas R. Jamieson Chief Operating Officer and
Executive Vice President
Joseph J. Frazzitta Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
James E. McKee Vice President
and General Counsel
J. Hamilton Crawford, Jr. Assistant Secretary
Gabelli Securities, Inc.
Directors:
Charles C. Baum See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Joseph R. Rindler Managing Director
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
One Corporate Center
Rye, NY 10580
David Perlmutter Perlmutter & Associates
200 Park Avenue, Suite 4515
New York, N.Y. 10166
Stephen G. Bondi Acting Chief Operating Officer
and Vice President
Salvatore Muoio Vice President-Research
Gabelli & Company, Inc.
One Corporate Center
Rye, NY 10580
Advisors:
Vincent J. Amabile
Robert Blake
Officers:
Stephen G. Bondi Acting Chief Operating Officer
and Vice President
J. Hamilton Crawford, Jr. Senior Vice President,
Assistant Secretary, and
General Counsel
Erwin I. Mevorah Vice President - Finance
Gabelli & Company, Inc.
Directors:
James G. Webster, III Chairman
Charles C. Baum See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Joseph J. Frazzitta Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Officers:
James G. Webster, III Chairman
Joseph J. Frazzitta Vice President/Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President
J. Hamilton Crawford, Jr. Vice President
and General Counsel
Walter K. Walsh Operations and Compliance
Officer
GLI, Inc.
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chairman and Chief Investment
Officer
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President
J. Hamilton Crawford, Jr. Assistant Secretary
Gabelli Associates Limited
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
MeesPierson (Cayman) British American Centre
Limited Dr. Roy's Drive- Phase 3
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, British
WestIndies
MeesPierson (Cayman) British American Centre
Limited Dr. Roy's Drive- Phase 3
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, British
WestIndies
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chief Investment Officer
Kevin Bromley Vice President, Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary
Sandra Wight Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Gabelli International Limited
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
MeesPierson (Cayman) British American Centre
Limited Dr. Roy's Drive- Phase 3
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, British West Indies
Officers:
Kevin Bromley Vice President, Treasurer, and
Assistant Secretary
MeesPierson (Cayman) Limited
British American Centre
Dr. Roy's Drive- Phase 3
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, British West Indies
Sandra Wight Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Assistant Secretary
MeesPierson (Cayman) Limited
British American Centre
Dr. Roy's Drive- Phase 3
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, British West Indies
Lynch Corporation
8 Sound Shore Drive
Greenwich, CT 06830
Directors:
Paul J. Evanson Chief Financial Officer
FPL Group, Inc.
P.O Box 14000
700 Universe Blvd.
Juno Beach, Fl 33408
Bradley J. Bell Vice President & Treasurer
Whirlpool Corp.
2000 M. 63 North
Administrative Center
Benton Harbor, MI 49022
Morris Berkowitz Business Consultant
163-43 Willets Point Blvd.
Whitestone, NY 11357
Richard J. Boyle Chairman, The Boyle Group
6110 Blue Circle Drive
Suite 250
Minnetonka, MN 55343
Mario J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Paul Woolard Business Consultant
116 East 68th Street
New York, NY 10021
E. Val Cerutti Business Consultant
Cerutti Consultants
227 McLain Street
Mount Kisco, NY 10549
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
Michael J. Small Office of the President
Joseph H. Epel Treasurer
Robert E. Dolan Chief Financial Officer
Carmine Ceraolo Assistant Controller
Robert A. Hurwich Vice President-Administration,
Secretary and General Counsel
Spinnaker Industries, Inc.
One Galleria Tower
13355 Noel Road
Suite 1100
Dallas, TX 75240
Directors:
Joseph P. Rhein Chairman
241 McClenaghan Mill Road
Wynnewood, PA 19096
Richard J. Boyle The Boyle Group, Inc.
6110 Blue Circle Drive
Suite 250
Minnetonka, MN 55343
Ned N. Fleming, III Boyle, Fleming,
George & Co., Inc.
One Galleria Tower
13355 Noel Road
Suite 1100
Dallas, TX 75240
Officers:
Robert E. Dolan Controller
Joseph H. Epel Treasurer
James W. Toman Assistant Secretary
Ned N. Fleming, III President
Richard J. Boyle Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Robert A. Hurwich Secretary
Entoleter, Inc.
251 Welton Street
Hamden, CT 06517
Directors:
Joseph P. Rhein See above-Spinnaker
William F. Bullis See above-Spinnaker
Officers:
James W. Toman Chief Financial Officer
Joseph H. Epel Treasurer and Secretary
Robert E. Dolan Controller
Western New Mexico Telephone Company
314 Yankee Street
Silver City, NM 88062
Directors:
Jack C. Keen Chairman
Jack W. Keen President
Dr. Brian E. Gordon Vice President
Mary Beth Baxter Secretary & Treasurer
Robert E. Dolan See above-Lynch Corporation
Joseph H. Epel See above-Lynch Corporation
Carmine Ceraolo See above-Lynch Corporation
Officers:
Jack C. Keen Chairman of the Board
Jack W. Keen President
Jack L. Bentley Executive Vice President
Dr. Brian E. Gordon Vice President
Charles M. Baxter Sr. Vice President-Operations
Mary Beth Baxter Secretary & Treasurer
Joseph H. Epel Assistant Treasurer
Inter-Community Telephone Company
P.O. Box A
Nome, ND 58062
Directors:
Mary J. Carroll See above-Lynch Corporation
Carmine P. Ceraolo See above-Lynch Corporation
Robert E. Dolan See above-Lynch Corporation
Joseph H. Epel See above-Lynch Corporation
Leone A. Nilsen President
Roger J. Nilsen P.O. Box 146
Hannaford, ND 58448
Duane A. Plecity Secretary
Harry B. Snyder P.O. Box 131
Buffalo, ND 58011
Robert Snyder 200 Broadway South
Buffalo, ND 58011
Officers:
Leone A. Nilsen President
Robert Snyder Vice President
Duane A. Plecity Secretary
Harry B. Snyder Treasurer
Joseph H. Epel Assistant Treasurer
SCHEDULE II
INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO
TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS OR
SINCE THE MOST RECENT FILING ON SCHEDULE 13D (1)
SHARES
PURCHASED AVERAGE
DATE SOLD(-) PRICE(2)
COMMON STOCK-SPS TECHNOLOGIES
MARIO J. GABELLI
12/16/94 660 *DI
GABELLI FUNDS, INC.
GABELLI FUNDS INC.-PRINCIPAL A/C
12/16/94 100 24.5000
THE GABELLI SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND
12/16/94 1,500 24.5000
THE GABELLI EQUITY TRUST,INC.
12/16/94 7,500 24.5000
THE GABELLI ASSET FUND
12/16/94 7,200 24.5000
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
12/19/94 1,500 24.7500
12/19/94 1,500- 24.7500
12/16/94 125,161 24.5000
12/16/94 2,300- 24.7500
12/16/94 1,321- *DO
12/15/94 400- 24.7500
12/14/94 900 24.0833
12/13/94 1,400 23.9911
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12/13/94 600 24.0000
12/12/94 6,600 23.6080
12/01/94 1,500 22.3750
11/30/94 500 22.3250
11/30/94 2,000 22.5000
11/28/94 1,200- 23.7708
11/11/94 30,000- *DO
11/08/94 700- 26.2500
10/26/94 500 26.2500
10/26/94 500- 26.2500
10/25/94 500- 26.2500
(1) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED
ON THE NY STOCK EXCHANGE.
(2) PRICE EXCLUDES COMMISSION.
(*) RESULTS IN CHANGE OF DISPOSITIVE POWER AND BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
OF GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
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