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Accession Number:: 0001104659-10-033567
Form Type:: 4
Zero Holdings:: No
Publication Time:: 2010-06-11 13:00:00
Reporting Period:: 2010-03-05

Filing Date:: 2010-06-11
Accepted Time:: 2010-06-11 20:28:50
SEC Url:: Form 4 Filing

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
1101169	Viasystems Group Inc	VIAS	Printed Circuit Boards (3672)	752668620

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
96616	Tcw Asset Management Co	865 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles CA 90017		No	No	Yes	No
850401	Tcw Group Inc	865 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles CA 90017		No	No	Yes	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

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Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-03-05	2,425	$21.94	7,479	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-03-08	173	$22.03	7,306	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-03-12	1,686	$22.00	5,620	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-03-15	1,253	$22.00	4,367	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-03-19	1,469	$22.00	2,898	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-04-08	1,469	$21.84	1,429	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-04-09	1,429	$21.92	0	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-03-05	539	$21.94	1,662	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-03-08	38	$22.03	1,624	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-03-12	375	$22.00	1,249	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-03-15	278	$22.00	971	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-03-19	327	$22.00	644	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-04-08	327	$21.84	317	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-04-09	317	$21.92	0	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-03-05	336	$21.94	1,039	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-03-08	24	$22.03	1,015	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-03-12	234	$22.00	781	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-03-15	174	$22.00	607	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-03-19	204	$22.00	403	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-04-08	204	$21.84	199	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	Disposition	2010-04-09	199	$21.92	0	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
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No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
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No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes
No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share	15,562,558	Indirect	See footnotes

Footnotes

The shares were held directly by TCW LINC III CBO Ltd. ("LINC").
The shares were held directly by Crescent/MACH I Partners, L.P. ("CMI").
The shares were held directly by Plaza II Emerging Market CBO Limited ("Plaza", and collectively with LINC and CMI, the "Funds").
The shares (the "Viasystems Shares") are held directly by VG Holdings, LLC ("Holdings"). TCW Shared Opportunities Fund III, L.P. ("SHOP") is party to that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement of Holdings, dated as of February 11, 2010 (the "LLC Agreement"), among SHOP, Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund III, L.P. and certain of its affiliates and GSC Recovery II, L.P. and certain of its affiliates, pursuant to which such persons (each an "Investor Party") have agreed to, among other things, designate up to five (5) nominees for election to the board of directors of Holdings and to vote the Viasystems Shares in favor of such nominees. As a result, the Investor Parties may be deemed to constitute a "group" within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and each Investor Party may be deemed to beneficially own Viasystems Shares that may be beneficially owned by the other Investor Parties.
Except as set forth herein, SHOP disclaims any beneficial ownership of (i) any securities reported as directly owned by Holdings, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that SHOP is the beneficial owner of such securities for the purpose of Section 16 or for any other purpose, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest as a member of Holdings, and (ii) any Viasystems Shares that may be beneficially owned by any other Investor Party, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that SHOP is the beneficial owner of such Viasystems Shares for the purpose of Section 16 or for any other purpose, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest in such Viasystems Shares. Other than SHOP, neither the Reporting Persons (as defined below) nor any of the parties described in this report is a party to or bound by the LLC Agreement.
The Funds and SHOP have delegated all disposition and voting discretion to TCW Asset Management Company, a California corporation ("TAMCO"), and thus disclaim any beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein. TAMCO is the Investment Advisor to each Fund and SHOP, and disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein as indirectly owned, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest. TAMCO is wholly owned by The TCW Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation ("TCWG", and together with TAMCO, the "Reporting Persons") which disclaims beneficial ownership of securities reported as indirectly owned except to the extent of its pecuniary interest in TAMCO by virtue of TCWG's ownership thereof.
TCWG, together with its direct and indirect subsidiaries, collectively constitute The TCW Group, Inc. business unit (the "TCW Business Unit"). The TCW Business Unit is primarily engaged in the provision of investment management services. The ultimate parent company of TCWG is Societe Generale, S.A., a company incorporated under the laws of France ("SG"). The principal business of SG is acting as a holding company for a global financial services group, which includes certain distinct specialized business units that are independently operated, including the TCW Business Unit. SG, for purposes of the federal securities laws, may be deemed ultimately to control TCWG and the TCW Business Unit. SG, its executive officers and directors, and its direct and indirect subsidiaries (including all of its business units except the TCW Business Unit), may be deemed to beneficially own securities of the Issuer and such securities are not reported in this statement.
In accordance with Exchange Act Release No. 34-39538 (January 12, 1998) and due to the separate management and independent operation of its business units, SG disclaims beneficial ownership of securities of the Issuer beneficially owned by the TCW Business Unit. Each member of the TCW Business Unit disclaims beneficial ownership of securities of the Issuer beneficially owned by SG and any of SG's other business units.