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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL
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OMB NUMBER: 3235-0104
Expires: September 30, 1998
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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
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
EDELSON HARRY
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o ALYN CORPORATION
16761 Hale Avenue
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(Street)
Irvine CA 92606
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/22/96
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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
ALYN CORPORATION; "ALYN"
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer:
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
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Officer (give Other (specify
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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
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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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, $.001 par
value 480,000 I By Edelson Technology Partners III
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v)
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FORM 3 (continued)
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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
(Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security or 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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Options * 10/21/06 Common Stock, $.001 par 15,000 $13.50 D
value
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Explanation of Responses:
*Options with respect to 8,333 shares of common stock are fully vested as of the
date of grant (10/22/96) and immediately exercisable; options with respect to
3,333 shares of common stock will vest on the first anniversary of the date of
grant; and options with respect to 3,334 shares of common stock will vest on the
second anniversary of the date of grant.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
/s/ Harry Edelson 10/22/96
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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.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
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