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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Westerfield William U.
c/o Twinlab Corporation
150 Motor Parkway
Suite 210
Hauppauge NY 11788
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/23/99
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Twinlab Corporation ("TWLB")
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security |2. Amount of |3. Ownership |4. Nature of Indirect |
(Instr. 4) | Securities | Form: | Beneficial Ownership |
| Beneficially | Direct(D) or | (Instr. 5) |
| Owned | Indirect(I) | |
| (Instr. 4) | (I)(Instr. 5)| |
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No securities owned. | | | |
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* If form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). (Over)
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. SEC 1473 (7-96)
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Date Exer- |3.Title and Amount | |4. Conver-|5. Owner- |6. Nature of Indirect |
Security | cisable and | of Underlying | |sion or |ship | Beneficial Ownership |
(Instra. 4) | Expiration | Securities (Instr. 4)| |exercise |Form of | (Instra. 5) |
| Date(Month/ |-----------------------|---------|price of |Deriv- | |
| Day/Year) | |Amount |deri- |ative | |
| Date | Expira- | |or |vative |Security: | |
| Exer- | tion | Title |Number of|Security |Direct(D) or | |
| cisable | Date | |Shares | |Indirect(I) | |
| | | | |(Instra. 5) | |
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Explanation of Responses:
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. Date 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 procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB Number. Page 2
/s/ By: Howard Sobel 08/03/99
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(on behalf of the reporting person) Date
** Signature of Reporting Person
