U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 4/A
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*
Tousley David L.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
14613 Howe Drive
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(Street)
Leawood KS 66224
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AVAX Technologies, Inc. (AVXT)
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
October 1998
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
11/98
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
|_| Director |_| 10% Owner
|X| Officer (give title below) |_| Other (specify below)
Chief Financial Officer
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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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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
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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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N/A
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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- Form 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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Statutory Stock $1.25 10/7/98 J(2) 50,000 10/7/98 10/7/05 Common 50,000 235,000 D
Option(1) (3) Stock
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Represents a Right to Purchase.
(2) Acquired through Authorization of the Board of Directors.
(3) The Option vests in 16 equal installments commencing on October 7, 1998 and
continuing at a rate of 1/16 per calendar quarter commencing on January 1, 1999.
This Option terminates on October 7, 2005.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
/s/ David L. Tousley 2-12-99
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** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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