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FORM 3
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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(1)
Love Craig J.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Success Bancshares, Inc.
100 Tri-State International - Suite 300 P.O. Box 1499
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(Street)
Lincolnshire IL 60069-1499
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/99
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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
Success Bancshares, Inc. (SXNB)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[_] Director [_] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Success National Bank
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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. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
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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 Securities 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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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Stock Option (1) 4/28/09 Common Stock 5,000 10.125 D
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Stock Option (2) 11/17/09 Common Stock 5,000 11.94 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Exercisable in increments of 1,250 shares on each of April 28, 2000, 2001,
2002 and 2003.
(2) Exercisable in increments of 1,250 shares on each of November 17, 2000,
2001, 2002 and 2003.
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/s/ Craig J. Love May 10, 2000
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Signature of Reporting Person(1) Date
(1)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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