SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
(Amendment No. 16)
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
SEQUA CORPORATION
(Name of Issuer)
Class B Common Stock, No Par Value Per Share
(Title of Class and Securities)
817320203
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
J. Hamilton Crawford, Jr., Gabelli Funds, Inc.,
One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580-1434 (914) 921-5067
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications)
April 26, 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
Statement 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
Statement:
____
/___/
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CUSIP No. 817320203 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. 13-2952242
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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*
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___/
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(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
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: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: 558,400 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 623,900 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
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(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING PERSON
623,900 (Item 5)
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(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ____
/___/
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(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
18.18%
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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. 817320203 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
_________________________________________________________________
(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 /
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(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
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: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: 122,300 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None (Item 5)
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 122,300 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None (Item 5)
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(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
122,300 (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
3.56%
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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. 817320203 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. ###-##-####
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(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
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
None (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
0.00%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!<PAGE>
This Amendment No. 16 of Schedule 13D on Sequa Corporation
Class B (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 approximate-
ly $1,826,399 to purchase its Securities. GAMCO used approxi-
mately $1,826,399 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.
Item 5. Interest In Securities Of The Issuer
Item 5 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part,
as follows:
(a) The aggregate number and percentage of Securities
to which this Schedule l3D relates is 755,200 shares, repre-
senting 22.01% of the 3,430,978 shares outstanding in the Issu-
er's most recently filed 10Q form dated March 17, 1994. The
Reporting persons beneficially own those Securities as follows:
Shares of % of
Class B Common Class of
Name Stock Common
GFI:
As Principal 0 0.00%
As Agent 122,300 3.56%
GAMCO As Agent 623,900 18.18%
Mario J. Gabelli 0 0.00%
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 in-
vestment clients or its partners, as the case may be, except that
GAMCO Investors, Inc. does not have authority to vote 65,500 of
the reported shares, and except that GFI has sole dispositive and
voting power with respect to the shares of the Issuer held by The
Gabelli Asset Fund, The Gabelli Growth Fund, The Gabelli Convert-
ible Securities Fund, The Gabelli Value Fund Inc., The Gabelli
Small Cap Growth Fund , The Gabelli Equity Income Fund , The
Gabelli ABC fund and/or The Gabelli Telecommunications Fund with
respect to the 122,300 shares held by such funds, and except that
Gabelli & Company shares with the clients for whose accounts such
Securities were purchased the voting and dispositive power with
respect to the any shares purchased for such accounts, and except
that the power of Mr. Gabelli and GFI is indirect with respect to
Securities beneficially owned directly by other Reporting Per-
sons.
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: April 27, 1994
GABELLI FUNDS, INC.
By:
J. Hamilton Crawford, Jr.
Vice President
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
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 other-
wise specified, the principal employer of each such individual 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.
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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. Vice President and Assistant
Secretary
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President - Finance
Joseph J. Frazzitta Assistant Secretary
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
Directors:
Douglas R. Jamieson
Joseph R. Rindler, Jr.
Regina Pitaro
Joseph J. Frazzitta
William F. Scholz
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, Legal and
Compliance and Assistant
Secretary
J. Hamilton Crawford, Jr. Assistant Secretary
Gabelli Securities, Inc.
Directors:
Charles C. Baum See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Joseph R. Rindler Managing Director
Gabelli & Company, 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
Advisors:
Vincent J. Amabile
Robert Blake
Officers:
Stephen G. Bondi Acting Chief Operating Officer
and Vice President
J. Hamilton Crawford, Jr. Vice President
and Assistant Secretary
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 Assistant Secretary
Berton Seltzberg Vice President - Compliance
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.
Pierson Management (Cayman) P.O. Box 2003, Cayside Galleries
Limited Harbour Drive, George Town,
Grand Cayman, British West Indies
Pierson Nominees (Cayman) P.O. Box 2003, Cayside Galleries
Limited Harbour Drive, George Town,
Grand Cayman, British West Indies
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.
Pierson Management (Cayman) P.O. Box 2003, Cayside Galleries
Limited Harbour Drive, George Town,
Grand Cayman, British West Indies
Officers:
Kevin Bromley Vice President, Treasurer, and
Assistant Secretary Pierson,
Heldring &
Pierson (Cayman) Limited,
P.O. Box 2003, Cayside Galleries
Harbour Drive, George Town,
Grand Cayman, British West Indies
Sandra Wight Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Pierson, Heldring & Pierson
(Cayman) Limited,
P.O. Box 2003, Cayside Galleries
Harbour Drive, George Town,
Grand Cayman, 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.
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.
Robert C. Kolodny, M.D. Medical Director and Chairman
of the Board of The Behavorial
Medicine Institute
885 Oenoke Ridge Road
New Canaan, CT 06840
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
Philip J. Lombardo Office of the President
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
Mary J. Carroll Administrative Assistant
Safety Railway Service Corporation
251 Welton Street
Hamden, CT 06517
Directors:
Joseph P. Rhein Chairman
241 McClenaghan Mill Road
Wynnewood, PA 19096
William F. Bullis Safety Railway Service Corporation
265 Great Neck Road
Great Neck, NY 11021
Officers:
Robert E. Dolan Controller
Joseph H. Epel Treasurer and Assistant
Secretary
James W. Toman Assistant Secretary
Entoleter, Inc.
251 Welton Street
Hamden, CT 06517
Directors:
Joseph P. Rhein See above-Safety Railway
William F. Bullis See above-Safety Railway
Officers:
John M. Martin President
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 08062
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
Mary J. Carroll 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
James M. Bucher Asst. 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-SEQUA CORP - CLASS B
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
4/25/94 1,000 30.0000
4/25/94 500 30.2500
4/22/94 1,000 30.0000
4/08/94 500 33.0000
4/05/94 500- .0033
3/28/94 400 .0033
3/28/94 400- .0033
3/28/94 2,500 34.7500
3/22/94 1,000 34.3750
3/17/94 700 .0033
3/17/94 700- .0033
3/16/94 5,000 34.5000
3/15/94 500- 34.5000
3/15/94 12,000 34.3854
3/15/94 2,000 34.5000
3/14/94 400 .0033
3/10/94 500 35.5000
3/09/94 500- 35.7500
(1) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED
ON THE NY STOCK EXCHANGE.
(2) PRICE EXCLUDES COMMISSION.
