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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL
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OMB NUMBER: 3235-0104
Expires: May 31, 1997
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section16(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
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
The Registry, Inc.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
189 Wells Avenue
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(Street)
Newton MA 02159
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
May 19, 1997
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer name and ticker or trading symbol
Renaissance Solutions, Inc., RENS
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer:
(Check all applicable)
Director X 10% Owner
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Officer (give Other (Specify
----- title below) ------ below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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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 Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
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Common Stock, par value $.0001 none
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
(Over)
SEC 1473 (8-92)
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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 Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of
cisable and Underlying Derivative Security or Exercise Form of Indirect
Expiration (Instr. 4) Price of Derivative Beneficial
Date Derivative Security: Ownership
(Month/ Day/ Security Direct (D) (Instr. 5)
Year) or
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Date Expira- Amount (Instr. 5)
Exer- tion or
cisable Date Title Number
of
Shares
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Explanation of Responses:
The Registry, Inc. (the "Registry") and Rain Acquisition Corp. ("Rain"), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registry, have entered into an Agreement and Plan
of Merger with Renaissance Solutions, Inc. ("Renaissance"). In connection with
this merger agreement, certain stockholders of Renaissance, owning approximately
37.6% of the issued stock, have given Rain a proxy to vote for the merger.
Neither the Registry nor Rain has any pecuniary interest in such stock.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
The Registry, Inc.
By: Richard L. Bugley, General Counsel May 28, 1997
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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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