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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL
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OMB NUMBER 3235-0104
Expires: April 30, 1997
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hours per response: 0.5
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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
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Perucco George L.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
16 North Spring Street
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(Street)
Elgin, Illinois 60120
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
August 8, 1996
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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
Home Bancorp of Elgin, Inc. "HBEI"
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer:
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
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X Officer (give Other (Specify
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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Table 1 -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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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<S> <C> <C> <C>
No securities owned.
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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 Exercise 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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No securities owned.
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Explanation of Responses:
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
/s/ George L. Perucco August 8, 1996
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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.
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