Applied Industrial Technologies Inc (AIT): Royce & Associates Cuts Stake in Half As Shares Surge

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Chuck Royce‘s Royce & Associates recently filed an amended Form 13G with the Securities and Exchange Commission to report a change to its stake in Applied Industrial Technologies Inc (NYSE:AIT). The fund’s stake now counts 688,000 common shares, which amass 1.76% of the float, while it previously held nearly twice as many shares, with its position having consisted of 1.34 million shares, as per its 13F for the end of June.

Applied Industrial Technologies is a company that produces and sells industrial parts and fluid power components. More details about it can be found on its recently-redesigned website. Over the past 12 months, the company’s stock has gained 17.3%. For the first quarter of its fiscal year 2017, Applied Industrial Technologies reported EPS of $0.70 and revenue of $624.8 million, compared to EPS of $0.61 and revenue of $641.9 million for the same quarter of its previous fiscal year. Shares of the company recently surged to their 52-week-highs on the results.

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18 investors from Insider Monkey’s system reported having long positions in Applied Industrial Technologies Inc (NYSE:AIT) as of the end of the second quarter, up by two from the end of March. Among the bullish investors were Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group (189,261 shares), Robert Polak’s Anchor Bolt Capital (127,368 shares), Jim Simons’ Renaissance Technologies (121,400 shares), and Brian Taylor’s Pine River Capital Management (22,800 shares).

You can access the original SEC filing by clicking here.

Ownership Summary Table

Name Sole Voting Power Shared Voting Power Sole Dispositive Power Shared Dispositive Power Aggregate Amount Owned Power Percent of Class
Royce Associates 688,000 1.76%

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G
(Rule 13d-102)
Information statement pursuant to Rules 13d-1 and 13d-2

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No.12)

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)

03820C105
(CUSIP Number)

Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement: October 31, 2016

*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).

CUSIP No. 03820C105 13G
1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Royce & Associates, LP 52-2343049
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) [ ]
(b)
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
NUMBER OF 5 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 688,000
BENEFICIALLY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 688,000
PERSON 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON 688,000
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ]
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
1.76%
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IA
CUSIP No. 03820C105 13G
Item 1(a) Name of Issuer:
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

Item 1(b) Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:
Chief Financial Officer
One Applied Plaza
Cleveland, OH 44115
Item 2(a) Name of Persons Filing:
Royce & Associates, LP
Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office, or, if None, Residence:
745 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10151
Item 2(c) Citizenship:
New York Corporation
Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock
Item 2(e) CUSIP Number:
03820C105
Item 3 If this statement is filed pursuant to rules 13d-1(b), or 13d-
2(b), check whether the person filing is a:
(a) [ ] Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act
(b) [ ] Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act
(c) [ ] Insurance Company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act
(d) [ ] Investment Company registered under Section 8 of
the Investment Company Act
(e) [X] Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
(f) [ ] Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is
subject to the provisions of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or Endowment Fund
(g) [ ] Parent Holding Company, in accordance with Rule 13d-1 (b)(ii)(G)
(h) [ ] Group
CUSIP No. 03820C105 13G
Item 4 Ownership
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned:
688,000
(b) Percent of Class:
1.76%
(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

(i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote
688,000

(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote
__________
(iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition
of 688,000
(iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of __________
Item 5 Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. [ X ]
Item 6 Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person .
NONE
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
CUSIP No. 03820C105 13G
Item 10 Certification.

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief,
the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary
course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of
or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of
the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with
or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose 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 with respect
to it is true, complete and correct.

Date: November 07, 2016

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