U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Act of 1934
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or
Pierce Robert W. Trading Symbol
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(Last) (First) (Middle) Carson, Inc. - CIC
64 Ross Road Savannah GA 31405
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(Street) (City) (State) (Zip)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of 4. Statement for Month/Year
Reporting Person May 1997
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5. If Amendment, Date of 6. Relationship of Reporting
Original Person(s) to Issuer
(Month/Year) (check all applicable)
-- Director -- 10% owner
-X Officer -- Other
(give title (specify
below) below)
Executive Vice President
and 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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Table 1 - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title 2. Transaction 3. Transaction 4. Securities 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of Indirect
of Date Code Acquired (A) or Securities Form Direct (D) Beneficial
Security (Month/ Disposed of (D) Beneficially or Indirect (I) Ownership
Day/ (Instr.3,4 and 5) Owned at end (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
Year) of month
Code V Amount A or D Price
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Class A Common 5/30/97 P 1,200 A 9.875
" 6/2/97 P V 800 A 9.875
" 6/2/97 G V 1,000 D 9.875
" 6/2/97 G V 1,000 D 9.875 -0- See attached note See attached note
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Note: Shares were immediately gifted to sons, Robert S. and Christopher A.
Pierce. Therefore, Robert W. Pierce disclaims any ownership, direct or indirect.
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Table II - Derivatave Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
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2. Conversion 3. Transaction Date 4. Transaction 5. Number of 6. Date 7. Title 8. Price 9. Number
or Exercise (Month/Day/Year) Code Derivative Exercisable and amount of of
Price of Securities and Expiration of Underlying Derivative derivative
Security Acquired (A) Date Securities Security securities
or Disposed of (Month/Day/ (Istr. 3 and 4) (Instr. 5) Beneficially
(D) Year) Owned at
End of Month
<C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Exercisable Expiration
05/09/97 04/30/07 Class A Common $7.500 50,000
05/01/98 04/30/07 " $7.500 16,667
05/01/99 04/30/07 " $7.500 16,667
05/01/00 04/30/07 " $7.500 16,666
10. Ownership 11. Nature
Form of of
Derivative Indirect
Security Beneficial
Direct (D) Ownership
or Indirect
D N/A
D N/A
D N/A
D N/A
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Explanation of Responses:
(I)
/s/ Robert W. Pierce June 10, 1997
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Signature of Reporting Person Date
