UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(s)
Galin, Robert F.
P.O. Box 1070
1400 Shelburne Road
Burlington, VT 05402-1070
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
IDX Systems Corporation (IDXC)
3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
10/97
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
Vice President, Sales
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1)Title of Security 2)Trans- 3.Trans- 4.Securities Acquired(A) 5)Amount of 6) 7)Nature of
action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Indirect
Date Code A Beneficially D Beneficial
(Month/ or Owned at or Ownership
Day/Year) Code V Amount D Price End of Month I
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C><C>
Common Stock 10/24/97 S 19,200.00 D $35.500000 D Direct
Common Stock 10/24/97 M 6,000.00 A D Direct
Common Stock 10/24/97 M 4,000.00 A D Direct
Common Stock 10/24/97 M 5,014.00 A D Direct
Common Stock 10/24/97 M 4,000.00 A D Direct
Common Stock 10/24/97 S 6,000.00 D $35.500000 D Direct
Common Stock 10/24/97 S 4,000.00 D $35.500000 D Direct
Common Stock 10/24/97 S 5,014.00 D $35.500000 D Direct
Common Stock 10/24/97 S 4,000.00 D $35.500000 778.00 D Direct
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Table II (PART 1) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1 through 6)
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1)Title of Derivative 2)Conversion 3)Trans- 4)Trans- 5)Number of Derivative 6)Date Exercisable and
Security or Exercise action action Securities Acquired (A) Expiration Date
Price of Date Code or Disposed of (D)
Derivative
Security Code V A D Exercisable Expiration
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Employee Stock Option (right to$6.197500 10/24/97 M 6,000.00 09/21/97 (1) 09/21/00
buy)
Employee Stock Option (right to$6.292500 10/24/97 M 5,014.00 09/01/99 (1) 09/01/02
buy)
Employee Stock Option (right to$7.815000 10/24/97 M 4,000.00 07/01/98 (1) 07/01/01
buy)
Employee Stock Option (right to$18.000000 10/24/97 M 4,000.00 (2) 11/16/06
buy)
Employee Stock Option (right to$30.000000 01/05/07
buy)
Non-Qualified Stock Option $30.625000 09/06/97 09/06/06
(right to buy)
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Table II (PART 2) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1,3 and 7 through 11)
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1)Title of Derivative 3)Trans- 7)Title and Amount 8)Price 9)Number of 10) 11)Nature of
Security action of Underlying of Deri- Derivative Indirect
Date Securities vative Securities D Beneficial
Amount or Security Beneficially or Ownership
Number of Owned at I
- Title Shares End of Month
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Employee Stock Option (right to10/24/97 Common Stock 6,000.00 0.00 D Direct
buy)
Employee Stock Option (right to10/24/97 Common Stock 5,014.00 0.00 D Direct
buy)
Employee Stock Option (right to10/24/97 Common Stock 4,000.00 0.00 D Direct
buy)
Employee Stock Option (right to10/24/97 Common Stock 4,000.00 12,000.00 D Direct
buy)
Employee Stock Option (right to Common Stock 20,000.00 20,000.00 D Direct
buy)
Non-Qualified Stock Option Common Stock 49,671.00 49,671.00 D Direct
(right to buy)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1)
Vesting accelerates on the effective date of IDX Systems Corporation's initial public offering.
(2)
Grant to reporting person of option to purchase 16,000 shares of common stock under the IDX Systems Corporation 1995 Stock Option
Plan. The option becomes exercisable in 25 percent increments of 4,000 shares each on November 16, 1996, November 16, 1997,
November 16, 1998 and November 16, 1999. The plan pursuant to which the reported option was granted provides for tax withholding
rights.
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SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/S/ By: Robert W. Baker, Jr., Attorney in Fact
For: Robert F. Galin
DATE
