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FORM 3 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event Requiring 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or 6. If Amendment, Date
Davis Thomas L. Statement Trading Symbol of Original
- ---------------------------------------- (Month/Day/Year) OYO Geospace Corporation (OYOG) (Month/Day/Year)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 11/26/97 ------------------------------------
Colorado School of Mines-Department ---------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting 7. Individual or
of Geophysics 3. IRS or Social Security Person to Issuer Joint/Group Filing
1500 Illinois Street Number of Reporting (Check all applicable) (check applicable
- ---------------------------------------- Person (Voluntary) X Director 10% Owner box)
(Street) ----- -----
Golden Colorado 80401-1887 ---------------------------- Officer Other (specify X Form filed by
- ---------------------------------------- ----- (give title ----- below) --- One Reporting
(City) (State) (Zip) below) Person
Form filed by
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Reporting
Person
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* If the Form is filed by more than one
Reporting Person, see instruction 5(b)(v). TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 5)
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No securities owned.
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Exercisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership
Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv-
Year) Deri- ative
vative Security:
------------------------------------------------- Security Direct
Date Expira- Amount or (D) or
Exercis- tion Title Number Indirect (I)
able Date of Shares (Instr. 5)
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Stock Option 11/26/98 11/26/07 Common Stock, $.01 6,300 $ 14.00 D N/A
par value
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Explanation of Responses:
By: /s/ THOMAS L. DAVIS 12/8/97
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements 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 provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6
for procedure.
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