-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, G6OqphwHZAflTozq3Ul9j8Ch9GmgEYzex9M4RaKP5VaegPp0bBOhLTY7FuYIMH6W qMSfMgGaGIgwsCY9CLKuqg== 0000040417-97-000006.txt : 19970222 0000040417-97-000006.hdr.sgml : 19970222 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000040417-97-000006 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19970213 SROS: NYSE SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BUFFETS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000750274 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812] IRS NUMBER: 411462294 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 0102 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-37573 FILM NUMBER: 97528913 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10260 VIKING DR STE 100 CITY: EDEN PRAIRIE STATE: MN ZIP: 55344 BUSINESS PHONE: 6129429760 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 2: 10260 VIKING DRIVE SUITE 100 CITY: EDEN PRAIRIE STATE: MN ZIP: 55344 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000040417 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 13509850 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 3300 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2129168400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 3300 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 SC 13G/A 1 AMENDMENT TO SCHEDULE 13G SCHEDULE 13G Amendment No. 3 Buffets, Inc. Common Stock Cusip # 119882108 Filing Fee: No Cusip # 119882108 Item 1: Reporting Person - General American Investors Company, Inc. - (Tax ID: 13-5098450) Item 2: Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (a) [ ] (b) [ ] Item 4: Delaware Item 5: 1,431,500 Item 7: 1,431,500 Item 8: 77,691 Item 9: 1,509,191 Item 11: less than 5% Item 12: IV and IA SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) Item 1(a). Name of Issuer: Buffets, Inc. Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 10260 Viking Drive, Suite 100 Eden Prarie, MN 55344 Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing: General American Investors Company, Inc. Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence: 450 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 Item 2(c). Citizenship: Delaware Corporation Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock, $.01 Par Value Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 119882108 Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b), and the person filing is an: Investment Company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Investment Adviser registered under section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Item 4(a). Amount Beneficially Owned: 1,509,191 Item 4(b). Percent of Class: less than 5% Item 4(c). Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote 1,431,500 (ii) shares power to vote or to direct the vote 0 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of 1,431,500 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of 77,691 Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. Not applicable. Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Not Applicable. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company. Not Applicable. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Not Applicable. Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Not Applicable. Item 10. Certification. By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purposes or effect. 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. February 13, 1997 Date /s/Eugene L. DeStaebler, Jr. Signature Eugene L. DeStaebler, Jr. Vice-President, Administration Name/Title -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----