SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 46)
Trans-Lux Corporation
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, Par Value $1.00 Per Share
(Title of Class of Securities)
893247106
(CUSIP Number)
James E. McKee
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
One Corporate Center
Rye, New York 10580-1435
(914) 921-5294
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and
Communications)
December 12, 2005
(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 that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Section 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f)
or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box.
CUSIP No. 893247106
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Gabelli Funds, LLC
I.D. NO. 13-4044523
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
(a)
(b)
3
SEC USE ONLY
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
00-Funds of investment advisory clients
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2 (d) OR 2 (e)
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
884,160 (Item 5)
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
NONE
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
884,160 (Item 5)
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
884,160 (Item 5)
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
49.71%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
IA
CUSIP No. 893247106
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
GAMCO Asset Management Inc.
I.D. NO. 13-4044521
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
(a)
(b)
3
SEC USE ONLY
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
00-Funds of investment advisory clients
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2 (d) OR 2 (e)
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
31,052 (Item 5)
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
NONE
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
31,052 (Item 5)
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
31,052 (Item 5)
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
1.75%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
IA, CO
CUSIP No. 893247106
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
GGCP, Inc.
I.D. NO. 13-3056041
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
(a)
(b)
3
SEC USE ONLY
4
Source of funds (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
None
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2 (d) OR 2 (e)
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
None
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
NONE
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
NONE
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS) X
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
NONE
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
HC, CO
CUSIP No. 893247106
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
I.D. NO. 13-4007862
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
(a)
(b)
3
SEC USE ONLY
4
Source of funds (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
None
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2 (d) OR 2 (e)
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
None
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
NONE
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
NONE
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS) X
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.00%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
HC, CO
CUSIP No. 893247106
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Mario J. Gabelli
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
(a)
(b)
3
SEC USE ONLY
4
Source of funds (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
None
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2 (d) OR 2 (e)
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
USA
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
None
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
NONE
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
NONE
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS) X
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.00%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
IN
Item 1. Security and Issuer
This Amendment No. 46 to Schedule 13D on the Common Stock of Trans-
Lux Corporation (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 May 5, 1992. Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used
herein but not defined herein shall have the same meanings as set forth in the
Schedule 13D.
Item 2. Identity and Background
This statement is being filed by Mario J. Gabelli ("Mario
Gabelli") and various entities which he
directly or indirectly controls or for which he acts as chief investment
officer. These entities, except for Lynch Corporation ("Lynch") and Lynch
Interactive Corporation ("Interactive"), engage in various aspects of the
securities business, primarily as investment adviser to various institutional
and individual clients, including registered investment companies and pension
plans, and as general partner of various private investment partnerships.
Certain of these entities may also make investments for their own accounts.
The foregoing persons in the aggregate often own beneficially more
than 5% of a class of a particular issuer. Although several of the foregoing
persons are treated as institutional investors for purposes of reporting their
beneficial ownership on the short-form Schedule 13G, the holdings of those who
do not qualify as institutional investors may exceed the 1% threshold presented
for filing on Schedule 13G or implementation of their investment philosophy may
from time to time require action which could be viewed as not completely
passive. In order to avoid any question as to whether their beneficial
ownership is being reported on the proper form and in order to provide greater
investment flexibility and administrative uniformity, these persons have
decided to file their beneficial ownership reports on the more detailed
Schedule 13D form rather than on the short-form Schedule 13G and thereby to
provide more expansive disclosure than may be necessary.
(a), (b) and (c) - This statement is being filed by one or more of
the following persons: GGCP, Inc. formerly known as Gabelli Group Capital
Partners, Inc. ("GGCP"), GAMCO Investors, Inc. formerly known as Gabelli Asset
Management Inc. ("GBL"), Gabelli Funds, LLC ("Gabelli Funds"), GAMCO Asset
Management Inc. formerly known as GAMCO Investors, Inc. ("GAMCO"), Gabelli
Advisers, Inc. ("Gabelli Advisers"), Gabelli Securities, Inc. ("GSI"), Gabelli
& Company, Inc. ("Gabelli & Company"), Gabelli & Company, Inc. Profit Sharing
Plan (the "Plan"), MJG Associates, Inc. ("MJG Associates"), Gabelli Foundation,
Inc. ("Foundation"), Mario Gabelli, Lynch, and Interactive. Those of the
foregoing persons signing this Schedule 13D are hereafter referred to as the
"Reporting Persons".
GGCP makes investments for its own account and is the parent
company of GBL. GBL, a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange,
is the parent company for a variety of companies engaged in the securities
business, including those named below.
GAMCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GBL, is an investment adviser
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended ("Advisers
Act"). GAMCO is an investment manager providing discretionary managed account
services for employee benefit plans, private investors, endowments, foundations
and others.
GSI, a majority-owned subsidiary of GBL, acts as a general partner
or investment manager to limited partnerships and offshore investment companies
and as a part of its business may purchase or sell securities for its own
account. It is the immediate parent of Gabelli & Company. GSI is the
Investment Manager of Gabelli Associates Fund, Gabelli Associates Fund II,
Gabelli Associates Limited, ALCE Partners, L.P., and Gabelli Multimedia
Partners, L.P. GSI and Marc Gabelli own 45% and 55%, respectively, of Gabelli
Securities International Limited ("GSIL"). GSIL provides investment advisory
services to offshore funds and accounts. GSIL is an investment advisor of
Gabelli International Gold Fund Limited, Gabelli European Partners, Ltd., and
Gabelli Global Partners, Ltd.
Gabelli & Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI, is a broker-
dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("1934
Act"), which as a part of its business regularly purchases and sells securities
for its own account.
Gabelli Funds, a wholly owned subsidiary of GBL, is a limited
liability company. Gabelli Funds is an investment adviser registered under the
Advisers Act which presently provides discretionary managed account services
for The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., The Gabelli Asset Fund, The Gabelli Growth
Fund, The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund, Inc., The Gabelli
Value Fund Inc., The Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund, The Gabelli Equity Income
Fund, The Gabelli ABC Fund, The Gabelli Global Telecommunications Fund, Gabelli
Gold Fund, Inc., The Gabelli Global Multimedia Trust Inc., The Gabelli Global
Convertible Securities Fund, Gabelli Capital Asset Fund, Gabelli International
Growth Fund, Inc., The Gabelli Global Growth Fund, The Gabelli Utility Trust,
The Gabelli Global Opportunity Fund, The Gabelli Utilities Fund, The Gabelli
Blue Chip Value Fund, The Gabelli Mathers Fund, The Gabelli Woodland Small Cap
Value Fund, The Comstock Capital Value Fund, The Comstock Strategy Fund, The
Gabelli Dividend and Income Trust, The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust,
The Gabelli Global Gold, Natural Resources, & Income Trust (collectively, the
"Funds"), which are registered investment companies.
Gabelli Advisers, a subsidiary of GBL, is an investment adviser
which provides discretionary advisory services to The Gabelli Westwood Mighty
Mitessm Fund.
The Plan, a qualified employee profit sharing plan, covers
substantially all employees of GBL and its affiliates.
MJG Associates provides advisory services to private investment
partnerships and offshore funds. Mario Gabelli is the sole shareholder,
director and employee of MJG Associates. MJG Associates is the Investment
Manager of Gabelli International Limited, Gabelli International II Limited,
Gabelli Performance Partnership, and Gabelli Fund, LDC.
The Foundation is a private foundation. Mario Gabelli is the
President, a Trustee and the
Investment Manager of the Foundation.
Lynch is a public company traded on the American Stock Exchange
engaged in manufacturing. Interactive is a public company listed on the
American Stock Exchange and is a holding company with operating subsidiaries
engaged primarily in the rural telephone industry. Lynch and Interactive
actively pursue new business ventures and acquisitions. Lynch and Interactive
make investments in marketable securities to preserve capital and maintain
liquidity for financing their business activities and acquisitions and are not
engaged in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities.
Mario J. Gabelli is a director, officer and a substantial shareholder of
Interactive and a substantial shareholder of Lynch.
Mario Gabelli is the majority stockholder and Chairman of the Board
of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of GGCP and GBL, and the Chief
Investment Officer for each of the Reporting Persons other than Lynch. GGCP is
the majority shareholder of GBL. GBL, in turn, is the sole stockholder of
GAMCO. GBL is also the majority stockholder of GSI and the largest shareholder
of Gabelli Advisers. Gabelli & Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI.
The Reporting Persons do not admit that they constitute a group.
GGCP, GBL, GAMCO, and Gabelli & Company are New York corporations
and GSI and Gabelli Advisers are Delaware corporations, each having its
principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580.
Gabelli Funds is a New York limited liability company having its principal
business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580. MJG Associates
is a Connecticut corporation having its principal business office at 140
Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830. The Foundation is a Nevada corporation
having its principal offices at 165 West Liberty Street, Reno, Nevada 89501.
Lynch is an Indiana corporation having its principal business office at 50
Kennedy Plaza, Suite 1250, Providence, Rhode Island 02903. Interactive is a
Delaware corporation having its principal place of business at One Corporate
Center, Rye, New York 10580.
For information required by instruction C to Schedule 13D with
respect to the executive officers and directors of the foregoing entities and
other related persons (collectively, "Covered Persons"), reference is made to
Schedule I annexed hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
(f) - Reference is made to Schedule I hereto.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
Item 4 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows:
On December 12, 2005, Mario Gabelli sent a letter to the
Issuer's Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. In the letter,
Mr. Gabelli, among other things, suggested that the Issuer should consider
delisting, consider reducing the cost of its SG&A structure, and examine the
elimination of its dividend. A copy of the letter is attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
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 13D relates is 915,212 shares, representing 51.46% of the 1,778,810
shares outstanding. This latter number of shares is arrived at by adding the
number of shares reported as being outstanding in the Issuer's most recently
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2005 (973,598 shares) to
the number of shares which would be receivable by the Reporting Persons if they
were to convert all of the Issuer's 7.5% and 8.25% Convertible Notes held by
them into the common stock of the Issuer (805,212 shares). However, at current
market prices it would be uneconomic to convert any of such Convertible Notes
and substantially all such Convertible Notes and not just those held by the
Reporting Persons would be converted if it became economic to do so.
Accordingly, the Reporting Persons believe that the percentage of beneficial
ownership attributable to them under the rules of the SEC is artificially high
and that a more realistic percentage of their aggregate economic interest,
which does take into account the conversion of such Convertible Notes, would be
11.30%.
The Reporting Persons beneficially own the Securities as follows:
Name
Shares of
Common Stock
% of Class of
Common
Shares of
Common
Plus
Convertible
Notes
Converted
% of
Common Plus
Convertible
Notes
Converted
GAMCO
10,000
1.03%
31,052
1.75%
Gabelli Funds
100,000
10.27%
884,160
49.71%
Mario Gabelli
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
Mario Gabelli is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the
Securities owned beneficially by each of the foregoing persons. GSI is deemed
to have beneficial ownership of the Securities beneficially owned by Gabelli &
Company. GBL and GGCP are deemed to have beneficial ownership of the
Securities owned beneficially by each of the foregoing persons other than Mario
Gabelli and the Foundation.
(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 (i) Gabelli Funds has sole dispositive and voting power with
respect to the shares of the Issuer held by the Funds 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 shall respectively vote that Fund's shares, (ii) 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 (iii) the power
of Mario Gabelli, GBL, and GGCP is indirect with respect to Securities
beneficially owned directly by other Reporting Persons.
(e) Not applicable.
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 12, 2005
MARIO J. GABELLI
GGCP, INC.
By:/s/ James E. McKee
James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
GABELLI FUNDS, LLC
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
By:/s/ James E. McKee
James E. McKee
Secretary or Assistant Secretary
GAMCO ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
By:/s/ Douglas R. Jamieson
Douglas R. Jamieson
President
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; 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 individual is GGCP, Inc., GAMCO
Investors, Inc., Gabelli Funds, LLC, Gabelli & Company, Inc., or
GAMCO Asset Management 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.
GGCP, Inc.
Directors:
Vincent J. Amabile
Business Consultant
Mario J. Gabelli
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment
Officer of GGCP, Inc., Gabelli Asset Management
Inc., and GAMCO Investors, Inc.; Director/Trustee
of all registered investment companies advised by
Gabelli Funds, LLC; Chief Executive Officer of
Lynch Interactive Corporation.
Charles C. Baum
Secretary & Treasurer
United Holdings Co., Inc.
2545 Wilkens Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21223
Arnold M. Reichman
Business Consultant
Marc J. Gabelli
President of GGCP, Inc.; Chairman of Lynch
Corporation
Matthew R. Gabelli
Vice President - Trading
Gabelli & Company, Inc.
One Corporate Center
Rye, New York 10580
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli
Marc J. Gabelli
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Investment Officer
President
Henry Kiernan
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
Directors:
Edwin L.
Artzt
Raymond C.
Avansino, Jr.
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Procter & Gamble Company
900 Adams Crossing
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Chairman
E.L. Wiegand Foundation
165 West Liberty Street
Reno, NV 89501
Mario J. Gabelli
John D.
Gabelli
See above
Senior Vice President
John C. Ferrara
See below
Karl Otto Pohl (1)
Robert S.
Prather
Frederic V.
Salerno
Vincent S.
Tese
Alan C.
Heuberger
Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie.
Bockenheimer Landstrasse 20
D-6000 FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Germany
President & Chief Operating Officer
Gray Television, Inc.
4370 Peachtree Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30319
Former Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
Verizon Communications
Lawyer, Investment Adviser and Cable Television
Executive
c/o Bear Stearns & Company, Inc.
245 Park Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10167
Cascade Investment LLC
2365 Carillon Point
Kirkland, WA 98033
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Investment Officer
Douglas R. Jamieson
Henry G. Van der Eb
Michael R. Anastasio,
Jr.
President and Chief Operating Officer
Senior Vice President
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
James E. McKee
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
GAMCO Asset Management Inc.
Directors:
Douglas R. Jamieson
Joseph R. Rindler,
Jr.
Regina M. Pitaro
F. William Scholz, II
William S. Selby
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli
Chief Investment Officer
Joseph R. Rindler,
Jr.
Chairman
Douglas R. Jamieson
Michael R.
Anastasio, Jr.
President and Chief Operating Officer
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Stephen M.
DeTore
General Counsel and Secretary
Gabelli Funds, LLC
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli
Chief Investment Officer
Bruce N. Alpert
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer
James E. McKee
Secretary
Gabelli Advisers, Inc.
Directors:
Bruce N. Alpert
John D. Gabelli
Joseph R. Rindler.
Jr.
Officers:
Bruce N. Alpert
Chief Operating Officer
James E. McKee
Secretary
Gabelli Securities, Inc.
Directors:
Robert W. Blake
President of W. R. Blake & Sons, Inc.
196-20 Northern Boulevard
Flushing, NY 11358
Douglas G. DeVivo
General Partner of ALCE Partners, L.P.
One First Street, Suite 16
Los Altos, CA 94022
Joseph R. Rindler,
Jr.
Douglas R.
Jamieson
F. William
Scholz, II
James E.
McKee
See above
President and Chief Operating Officer
See above
Assistant Secretary
Officers:
Douglas R. Jamieson
Michael R.
Anastasio
Stephen M. DeTore
See above
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Secretary
Gabelli & Company, Inc.
Directors:
James G. Webster, III
Chairman & Interim President
Irene Smolicz
Senior Trader
Gabelli & Company, Inc.
Officers:
James G. Webster, III
Chairman & Interim President
Bruce N. Alpert
Vice President - Mutual Funds
James E. McKee
Secretary
Lynch Corporation,
140 Greenwich Avenue, 4th Floor
Greenwich, CT 06830
Directors:
E. Val Cerutti
Business Consultant, Cerutti Consultants
227 McLain Street
Mount Kisco, NY 10540
Avrum Gray
Marc J. Gabelli
John C. Ferrara
Anthony R.
Pustorino
Gbar Limited Partnership
440 South LaSalle, Suite 2900
Chicago, IL 60605
Chairman
President and Chief Executive Officer
Professor Emeritus
Pace University
1 Martine Avenue
White Plains, NY 10606
Officers:
John C. Ferrara
See above
Eugene Hynes
Secretary and Treasurer
Lynch Interactive Corporation,
401 Theodore Fremd Avenue Rye, NY 10580
Directors:
Paul J. Evanson
President
Allegheny Energy, Inc.
10435 Downsville Pike
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Mario J. Gabelli
See above - GGCP, Inc.
Salvatore Muoio
Principal
S. Muoio & Co., LLC
Suite 406
509 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10022
Daniel Lee
Morris Berkowitz
John C. Ferrara
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.
3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1800
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
Consultant
Lynch Interactive Corporation
401 Theodore Fremd Ave.
Rye, NY 10580
See above
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Robert E. Dolan
Chief Financial Officer
John A. Cole
Vice President, Corporate Development
Secretary and General Counsel
(1) Citizen of Germany
Exhibit A
December 12, 2005
Ms. Angela D. Toppi
Executive Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
Trans-Lux Corporation
110 Richards Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06856
Dear Angela:
It was good chatting with you today.
I'm delighted that the outdoor advertising industry is utilizing LED
technology in their plant.
I would like to further explore how you are maximizing the potential of this
opportunity.
I continue to believe that you should focus on financial flexibility and
improving your profitability.
In this context, I suggest that you consider delisting. You should also
consider reducing the cost of
the SG&A structure. At the same time, you should also examine the elimination
of your dividend.
Our clients are large holders of your convertible bonds as well as your
common stock.
I am available to explore these alternatives.
Sincerely,
Mario J. Gabelli
MJG:dm