UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )*
TransTechnology Corporation
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share
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(Title of Class of Securities)
893889 10 5
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(CUSIP Number)
Camille A. Morvant, II, 312 St. Louis Street,
Thibodaux, Louisiana, (504) 449-7500
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications)
January 20, 1996
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(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 Schedule
13D, and is filing this schedule 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
[x]. (A fee is not required only if the reporting 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 beneficial ownership of less than five percent of such
class.) (See Rule 13d-7).
Note: Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. See Rule
13d-1(a) of the Securities and Exchange Commission for other
parties to whom copies are to be sent.
*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 disclosures provided in a
prior cover page.
The information required on 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).<PAGE>
CUSIP No. 893889 10 5 Page 2 of 8
1) Name of Reporting Persons
S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
Estate of Lloyd Lorio
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2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group:
(a) [ ]
(b) [x]
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3) SEC Use Only
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4) Source of Funds . . . OO
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5) Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is
Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e): [ ]
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6) Citizenship or Place of Organization:
State of Louisiana
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Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person with:
7) Sole Vote Power 421,675 shares
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8) Shared Voting Power N/A
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9) Sole Dispositive Power 421,675 shares
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10) Shared Dispositive Power N/A
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11) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned
by Each Reporting Person: 421,675
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12) Check 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)
8.2%
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14) Type of Reporting Person OO
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Item 1. Security and Issuer
This statement on Schedule 13D relates to shares of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of TransTechnology
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), with its
principal executive offices at 150 Allen Road, Liberty Corner, New
Jersey 07938.
Item 2. Identity and Background
On January 20, 1996, the date of his death, Lloyd Lorio
beneficially owned 421,675 shares of common stock, par value $0.01
per share, of the Corporation (such shares owned by Lloyd Lorio
being hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Shares"). The
succession of the estate of Lloyd Lorio presently is open in
accordance with Louisiana law and subject to a legal proceeding
styled Succession of Lloyd Lorio, Number 15,332 Probate, in the
17th Judicial District Court, Parish of Lafourche, State of
Louisiana (the "Succession Proceeding"). The estate includes the
Shares and all other property, rights and obligations of Lloyd
Lorio as of the date of his death (the "Estate"). The Estate is
the Reporting Person for purposes of this Schedule 13D.
Prior to his death, Lloyd Lorio resided at 1226 President
Street, Thibodaux, Louisiana 70301. Upon his death, Lloyd Lorio
was, and had been for more than five years, retired from any
occupation or employment.
The provisional administrator of the Estate is Camille A.
Morvant, II of Peltier, Morvant & Cavell, a Professional Law
Corporation (the "Administrator"). The Administrator is now, and
has been for more than five years, an attorney in private practice.
The Administrator was qualified on March 22, 1996 in the Succession
Proceeding to perform his duties. The principal office of the
Administrator is 312 St. Louis Street, Thibodaux, Louisiana 70301.
Neither the Reporting Person nor the Administrator,
during the past five years, has been convicted in a criminal
proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors)
or was a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or
administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a result of which
such individual or entity 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 laws
or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
Because the Shares became part of the Estate by operation
of law, no cash or other consideration was paid by the Reporting
Person for the Shares. The Administrator believes that Lloyd Lorio
acquired the Shares through a combination of the use of personal
funds, dividend reinvestment, and stock splits. The Administrator
further believes that Lloyd Lorio's first acquisition occurred in
the late 1950s and his last acquisition took place in the early
1990s.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
The Administrator believes that Lloyd Lorio acquired the
Shares, and subsequently held them, solely for investment purposes.
The Reporting Person acquired the Shares by operation of law upon
the death of Lloyd Lorio on January 20, 1996 and then sold all but
12,500 of the Shares in several privately negotiated transactions
on September 6, 1996. The Reporting Person has no present plans to
acquire any additional shares of common stock of the Corporation.
The Reporting Person does not now have, nor does the Administrator
believe that the Reporting Person or Lloyd Lorio ever had, the
intent or the capacity to influence either the policies or the
management of the Corporation.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
(a) The Shares formerly beneficially owned by the
Reporting Person comprised approximately 8.2% of the common stock
of the Corporation, its only class of equity. The Administrator of
the Estate also serves as executor of the Estate of Anna Lorio
Richard, which owns approximately 79,000 shares of common stock of
the Corporation (the "Richard Estate Shares"). Anna Lorio Richard,
the sister of Lloyd Lorio, died on March 2, 1996. The Reporting
Person expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of the Richard
Estate Shares. If beneficial ownership of the Richard Estate
Shares were nonetheless deemed to exist, the Reporting Person would
have beneficially owned approximately 9.8% of the common stock of
the Corporation.
(b) Since January 20, 1996, the Reporting Person has had
sole power to vote and dispose or direct the disposition of all of
the Shares.
(c) The Reporting Person sold all but 12,500 of the
Shares in several privately negotiated transactions on September 6,
1996.
(d) Since January 20, 1996, no person other than the
Reporting Person has had the right to receive or the power to
direct the receipt of dividends from or the proceeds of the sale of
the Shares.
(e) The Reporting Person ceased to be the beneficial
owner of more than 5 percent of the common stock of the Corporation
on September 6, 1996.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships
with Respect to Securities of the Issuer
The Reporting Person sold all but 12,500 of the Shares in
several privately negotiated transactions on September 6, 1996 at
a price of $16.25 per share. The transactions were all settled in
cash.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits
7.1 Order in Succession Proceeding dated March 22, 1996
appointing Camille A. Morvant, II as provisional administrator of
the Estate.
7.2 Order in Succession Proceeding dated September 12,
1996 authorizing the Administrator to file this Schedule 13D with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge
and belief, I certify the information set forth in the statement is
true, complete and correct.
Date: September 13, 1996 /s/ Camille A. Morvant, II
Name: Camille A. Morvant, II
Title: Provisional Administrator,
Estate of Lloyd Lorio
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EXHIBIT 7.1
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF LAFOURCHE
17th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
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SUCCESSION OF LLOYD LORIO
NO. 15,332 PROBATE
Letters of Administration
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That whereas by decree of said
court rendered on the 15th day of
March , 19 96 Mr. Camille A. Morvant,
II
of the Parish of Lafourche, State of Louisiana,
has been duly named and appointed as Provisional Administrator
of the estate of the decedent, Lloyd Lorio.
NOW, THEREFORE, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That full
faith and credit are due and must be given to all the legal acts
and deeds of the said Camille A. Morvant, II
in his capacity of Provisional Administrator
in judicature and elsewhere.
In Testimony, whereof, witness my hand and the impress of my
seal of office, this 22nd. day of
March , 19 96.
/s/ Linda M. Chiasson
Clerk of said Court
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EXHIBIT 7.2
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF LAFOURCHE
17th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
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SUCCESSION OF
LLOYD LORIO
NO. 15,332 PROBATE
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
17th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF LAFOURCHE O R D E R
Considering the above and foregoing petition and the law in
such cases made and provided:
IT IS ORDERED AND DECREED that Camille A. Morvant, II in his
capacity as the duly appointed and qualified Provisional
Administrator of the succession of Lloyd Lorio, be and he is hereby
authorized to execute the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission Schedule 13D pertaining to the TransTechnology
Corporation common stock owned by the decedent, Lloyd Lorio.
ORDERED, GRANTED and SIGNED in Chambers in the City of
Thibodaux, Parish of Lafourche, State of Louisiana, on the 12th day
of the month of September, 1996.
/s/ Jerome Barbara, III
JUDGE: 17th Judicial District
Court, Parish of Lafourche, State of
Louisiana
