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U.S. 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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Vorwerk & Co.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
Muehlenweg 17-37
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(Street)
Wuppertal D-42270 Germany
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
4/19/00
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Tupperware Corporation (TUP)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [X] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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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 Beneficially Owned
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3. Ownership Form:
2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or
1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock, par value $.01
per share 121,200 I See Footnote No. 1
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Common Stock, par value $.01
per share 5,714,100 I See Footnote No. 2
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
5(b)(v)
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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SEC 1473 (3-99)
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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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5. Owner-
3. Title and Amount of Securities ship
Underlying Derivative Security Form of
2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative
and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security:
(Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of
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Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Explanation of Responses:
FOOTNOTE NO. 1: Held through Vorwerk & Co. Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, a
private corporation limited by shares organized and existing under the laws of
the Federal Republic of Germany (with its address at Muehlenweg 17-37, D-42270
Wuppertal, Germany), all of the voting rights of which are held by Vorwerk & Co.
Interholding GmbH, a private corporation limited by shares organized and
existing under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (with its address at
Muehlenweg 17-37, D-42270 Wuppertal, Germany), all of the shares of which are
held by Vorwerk & Co.
FOOTNOTE NO. 2: Held through Vorwerk International Niggemann & Co., a limited
partnership organized and existing under the laws of Switzerland (with its
address at Verenastrasse 39, CH-8832 Wollerau, Switzerland), all of the
voting rights of which are held by Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH.
/s/ Robin L. Spear April 25, 2000
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Robin L. Spear
Attorney-in-fact for Dr. Ulrich Mollman,
Head of Legal Department
Vorwerk & Co.
** 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 is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
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