------------------------------- OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------- OMB Number 3235-0104 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response 0.5 ------------------------------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Print or Type Responses) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Dieckbernd, Dale A. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 1255 Oak Street, P.O. Box 1008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Elkhart, Indiana 46515 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) December 11, 2002 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if any entity (voluntary) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Amcast Industrial Corporation (AIZ) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner [X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) V.P., Manufacturing, Flow Control ------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) [X] Form filed by One Reporting Person [ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================================================================== Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ================================================================================================================================== 3. Ownership 2. Amount of Securities Form: Direct 1. Title of Security Benefically Owned (D) or Indirect 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.4) (Instr.4) (I) (Instr.5) (Instr.5) Common Stock 854.366 D(1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Shares acquired pursuant to Amcast Industrial Corporation 401(k) Salary Deferral Plan. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). 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Form 3 (continued) ================================================================================================================================== Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================================================================== 5.Owner- 3.Title and Amount of ship 2.Date Exer- Securities Underlying Form of cisable and Derivative Security Deriv- Expiration (Instr.4) 4.Conver ative Date ---------------------- sion or Security: (Month/Day/Year) Amount Exercise Direct ----------------- or Price of (D) or Date Expira- Number Deri- Indirect 6.Nature of Indirect 1.Title of Derivative Security Exer- tion of vative (I) Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr.5) (Instr.5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Employee Stock Option(Right to Buy) 8/22/98 8/21/07 Common Shares 2,000 $24.7188 D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Employee Stock Option(Right to Buy) 8/26/99 8/25/08 Common Shares 1,500 $17.1250 D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Employee Stock Option(Right to Buy) 8/25/00 8/24/09 Common Shares 1,500 $17.4375 D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Employee Stock Option(Right to Buy) 8/31/01 8/30/10 Common Shares 1,500 $11.8125 D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Employee Stock Option(Right to Buy) 8/22/02 8/21/06 Common Shares 5,000 $ 8.4900 D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Employee Stock Option(Right to Buy) 8/20/03 8/19/07 Common Shares 5,000 $ 3.5250 D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: /s/ Dale A. Dieckbernd 12/12/02 -------------------------------- ---------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date **Intentional misstatement or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.