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FORM 3 OMB Approval
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION -------------------------
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB Number 3235-0104
Expires: May 31, 1994
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Estimated average burden
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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 Re- | 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
| quiring Statement |
Alston Richard A. | (Month/Day/Year) | National Processing, Inc. (NAP)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) | 1 | 5. Relationship of Reporting | 6. If Amemdment, Date of
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1231 Durrett Lane | 3. IRS or Social | (Check all applicable) | (Month/Day/Year)
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(Street) | of Reporting | __x__ Officer(give _____ (specify |
| Person (Voluntary) | title below) below) |
| | Executive Vice President-Finance |
Louisville Kentucky 40285 | | and Corporate Development |
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(City) (State) (Zip) | TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities | 3. Ownership | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
| Beneficially Owned | Form: Direct | Ownership (Instr. 5)
| (Instr. 4) | (D) or Indirect |
| | (I) (Instr. 5) |
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No securities owned. (2) | | |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned, directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
1 Effectiveness of the Issuer's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, which is expected to occur on August 8, 1996.
2 At the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed on Form 8-A, the reporting person beneficially owned no
securities of the Issuer. If after the effectiveness of Form 8-A, the reporting person becomes the beneficial owner of securities of
the Issuer, such ownership will be reflected on a subsequent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED) 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.Conver- | 5. Owner- | 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) | cisable and | Underlying Derivative Security | sion or | ship | Beneficial
| Expiration | (Instr. 4) | Exercise | Form of | Ownership
| Date | | Price of | Deriv- | (Instr. 5)
| (Month/Day/ | | Deri- | ative |
| Year) | | vative | Security:|
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| Date | Expir-| | Amount | | (D) or |
| Exerc-| ation | Title | or | | Indirect |
| isable| Date | | Number | | (I) |
| | | | of | | (Instr. 5) |
| | | | Shares | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
By: /s/ Richard A. Alston August 7, 1996
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*Signature of Reporting Person Date
** 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 procedure.
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