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FORM 3 Washington, D.C. 2054 ------------------------
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Expires: February 1, 1994
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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 Trading Symbol
quiring Statement
Cooper Marc S. (Month/Day/Year) Thinking Tools, Inc. (TSIM)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 1/07/97
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(Check all applicable) Date of
c/o Barington Capital Group, L.P. Original
888 Seventh Avenue, 17th Floor 3. IRS or Social X (Month/Day/Year)
Security Number of --- Director ----10% Owner
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(Street) (Voluntary) title below) below)
New York New York 10019
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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
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Ownership
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect (Instr. 5)
(I) (Instr. 5)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
(Print or Type Responses)
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SEC 1473(3/94)
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 2. Date Exercisable 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
Security (Instr. 4) 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:
Security Direct
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Date Expira- Amount Indirect
Exer- tion or (I)
cisable Date Title Number (Instr. 5)
of Shares
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10/25/96 10/25/01 Common Stock 140,000 $10.40 I(2) By Barington
Capital Group, L.P.
Option (l)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Issued to Barington Capital Group, L.P. ("Barington") in connection with Thinking Tools, Inc.'s initial public offering
in October 1996.
(2) Mr. Cooper is a partner at Barington, the holder of such option.
**Intentional misstatement or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). /s/ Marc S. Cooper 3/21/97
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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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