BANKERS TRUST NEW YORK CORPORATION
One Bankers Trust Plaza
New York, New York 10006
Damian P. Reitemeyer
Vice President
Telephone: (212) 250-4599
February 13,
1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC Document Control
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Attn: Filing Desk
Dear Sirs:
Re: Filing of Schedule 13G on
FirstFed Financial Corporation
Pursuant to Rule 13d-1 of the General Rules
and Regulations under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the following is one copy of the
Schedule 13G with respect to the common stock
of the above referenced corporation.
Please acknowledge your receipt of the
Schedule 13G filing
submission through the EDGAR-Link System
software, by E-Mail
confirmation.
Sincerely,
Damian P.
Reitemeyer
Enclosures
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 3 )*
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FirstFed Financial Corporation
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NAME OF ISSUER:
Common Stock
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TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES
337907109
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CUSIP NUMBER
Check the following box if a fee is being
paid with this statement []. (A fee is not
required only if the filing person: (1) has a
previous statement on file reporting
beneficial ownership of more than five
percent of the class of securities described
in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment
subsequent thereto reporting beneficial
ownership of five percent or less of such
class.) (See Rule 13d-7.)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be
filled out for a reporting person's initial
filing on this form with respect to the
subject class of securities, and for any
subsequent amendment containing information
which would alter the disclosures provided in
a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of
this cover page shall not be deemed to be
"filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section of the Act but shall be subject to
all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).
(Continued on following page(s))
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8 Pages
1.NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE
PERSON
Bankers Trust New York Corporation, its
wholly-owned
subsidiary, Bankers Trust Company 13-
6180473
2.CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A
GROUP *
(A) [ ]
(B) [ ]
3.SEC USE ONLY
4.CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Bankers Trust New York Corporation and
Bankers Trust
Company are New York corporations.
NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING
PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH
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9.AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
10.CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN
ROW(9) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES *
[ ]
11.PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN
ROW 9
12.TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
Bankers Trust New York Corporation - HC;
Bankers Trust Company - BK;
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8 Pages
Item 1(a) NAME OF ISSUER:
FirstFed Financial Corporation
Item 1(b) ADDRESS OF ISSUER'S PRINCIPAL
EXECUTIVE OFFICES:
401 Wilshire Blvd
Santa Monica, California 90401
Item 2(a) NAME OF PERSON FILING:
Bankers Trust New York Corporation,
its wholly
owned subsidiary, Bankers Trust
Company
Item 2(b) ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL BUSINESS
OFFICE:
Bankers Trust New York Corporation
and Bankers
Trust Company are located at 130
Liberty Street, New York, New
York 10006.
Item 2(c) CITIZENSHIP:
Bankers Trust New York Corporation
and Bankers
Trust Company are incorporated in
the State of New
York with their principal business
offices located
in New York.
Item 2(d) TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES:
Common Stock, (Par Value 0.01) of
FirstFed
Financial Corp.
Item 2(e) CUSIP NUMBER:
337907109
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Item 3 THE PERSON FILING IS A:
For Bankers Trust New York
Corporation,
(g) [X] Parent Holding Company, in
accordance with
Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G)
For Bankers Trust Company
(b) [X] Bank as defined in Section
3(a)(6) of the Act.
Item 4 OWNERSHIP:
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned:
(b) Percent of Class:
(c) Percent of Class:
Number of shares as to which the
following have:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct the
vote -
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(ii) shared power to vote or to direct
the vote -
(iii)sole power to dispose or to direct
the disposition
of
(iv) shared power to dispose or to
direct the
disposition of -
Item 5 OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OF LESS
OF A CLASS:
If this statement is being filed to
report the fact that as of the
date hereof the reporting
person has ceased to be the beneficial owner
of more than five percent of the
class of securities, check the
following [X]
Item 6 OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT
ON BEHALF OF
ANOTHER PERSON:
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Item 7 IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION
OF THE
SUBSIDIARY WHICH ACQUIRED THE
SECURITY BEING
REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING
COMPANY:
Item 8 IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION
OF MEMBERS OF
THE GROUP:
Not applicable.
Item 9 NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP:
Not applicable.
Item 10 CERTIFICATION:
Not applicable.
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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.
Date: as of December 31, 1997
Signature: BANKERS TRUST NEW YORK
CORPORATION
/s/James T. Byrne, Jr.
By: James T. Byrne, Jr.
Title: Secretary
EXHIBIT TO ITEM 7
The chain of ownership from Bankers Trust New
York Corporation to Bankers Trust Company is
shown below:
Bankers Trust New York Corporation
|
100%
|
Bankers Trust Company
