FORM 4
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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
|_| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Clearwater Offshore Fund Ltd.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o New World Trustees (Bahamas) Ltd.,
Euro-Canadian Centre, Marlboro Street
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(Street)
P.O. Box N-4465, Nassau, Bahamas
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Maxim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - MAXM
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
December 1997
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
|_| Director |_| 10%
|_| Officer (give title below) |X| Other (specify below)(1)
(1) Member of 13(d) group owning more than 10%
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
|_| 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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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock 10/30/97 P4 6,824 A $14.1096 D
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Common Stock 10/31/97 P4 10,500 A $15.0905 D
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Common Stock 11/26/97 P4 8,000 A $15.0281 D
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Common Stock 11/28/97 P4 23,600 A $15.3093 D
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Common Stock 12/29/97 P4 1,000 A $15.375 D
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Common Stock 12/31/97 P4 3,200 A $16.3736 200,183 D
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(1) Clearwater Offshore Fund, Ltd. ("Clearwater Offshore") and Clearwater Fund
IV, LLC ("Clearwater LLC"), constitute a "group" owning more than 10% of the
Common Stock of the Issuer for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, by virtue of the fact that Hans Frederic Heye,
the Managing Member of Clearwater LLC is the President of Clearwater Futures,
Inc., the trading manager of Clearwater Offshore.
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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9. 10.
Number Owner-
of ship
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
of Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
CLEARWATER OFFSHORE FUND LTD.
By: MANNING CONSULTANTS LTD., a Director
By: FALKIRK S.A., as Attorney-in-Fact
/s/ Carol Goodwin
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Name: Carol Goodwin 6/29/98
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Date
** Signature of Reporting Person
** 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 procedures.
