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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* 2. Date of Event 4. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol
Requiring The United Illuminating Company (UIL)
Chase Arnold L. Statement
(Last) (First) (Middle) (Month/Day/Year)
6/28/99
3.IRS Identification 5. Relationship of Reporting 6. If Amendment,
Number of Person(s) to Issuer Date of Original
c/o Chase Enterprises, One Commercial Plaza Reporting Person, (Check all applicable) (Month/Day/Year)
(Street) if an entity _X__ Director ___ 10% Owner 10/7/96
(Voluntary) ____ Officer (give ____ Other (specify
title below) below)
Hartford CT 06103 ___________________
(City) (State) (Zip) 7. Individual or
Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable
Line)
_X_Form filed by One
Reporting Person
___Form filed by
More than One
Reporting Person
TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
1. Title of Security 2. Amount of 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) 4.Nature of
(Instr. 4) Securities or Indirect (I) Indirect
Beneficially (Instr. 5) Benficial
Owned Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 225,000 D
Common Stock 5,300 I (1)
Common Stock 200,000 I (2)
* 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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TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security 2.Date Exer- 3.Title and Amount of Securities 4.Conver- 5.Owner- 6.Nature of
(Instr. 4) cisable Underlying Derivative Security sion or ship Indirect
and (Instr. 4) Exercise Form of Beneficial
Expiration Price Deriv- Ownership
Date of ative (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ Deri- Security:
Year) vative Direct
Date Expira- Amount Security (D) or
Exer- tion Title or Indirect
cisable Date Number (I)
of (Instr. 5)
Shares
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The reporting person holds these shares as custodian for his four children (i.e., the reporting person holds a portion of
these shares as custodian for each child).
(2) These shares are owned by DTC Holdings Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of D.T. Chase Enterprises, Inc. ("DTCE").
The reporting person owns 5.96% of the common stock of DTCE and various trusts for the benefit of the reporting person, his
spouse and/or his children of which the reporting person and another individual are co-trustees own 17.3% of the common
stock of DTCE. The reporting person is a Director and Executive Officer of both DTCE and DTC Holdings Corporation. The
reporting person expressly disclaims ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the
reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for the purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
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/s/ Arnold L. Chase 7/8/99
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** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute **Signature of Reporting Person Date
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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