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FORM 3 Expires: December 31, 2001
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event Requiring 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or 6. If Amendment, Date
Statement Trading Symbol CHICAGO BRIDGE of Original
WEDGE GROUP INCORPORATED (Month/Day/Year) & IRON COMPANY N.V.(NYSE: CBI) (Month/Day/Year)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 12/28/00 5. Relationship of Reporting -----------------------
-------------------------- Person(s) to Issuer 7. Individual or Joint/
1415 LOUISIANA STREET 3. I.R.S. Identification (Check all applicable) Group Filing (Check
---------------------------------------- Number of Reporting Director X 10% Owner Applicable Line)
(Street) Person, if an entity ----- ----- Form filed by
(voluntary) Officer Other (specify --- One Reporting
HOUSTON TEXAS 77002 ----- ----- below) Person
---------------------------------------- -------------------------- (give title below) X Form filed by
(City) (State) (Zip) --- More than One
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TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 5)
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SHARE CAPITAL 3,515,072(1) D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). SEC 1473 (3-99)
POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTIONS OF INFORMATION
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A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
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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 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Exercisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership
Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv-
Year) Deri- ative
vative Security:
Security Direct
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Date Expira- Amount or Indirect (I)
Exercis- tion Title Number (Instr. 5)
able Date of Shares
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) On December 28, 2000, WGI Tyler, LLC ("WEDGE Sub"), a Delaware limited liability company which prior to its conversion into
a Delaware limited liability company was WGI Tyler, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and wholly owned subsidiary of WEDGE
Group Incorporated ("WEDGE"), a Delaware corporation, received 8,146,665 shares (the "Shares") of common stock (the
"Common Stock"), par value NLG 0.01, of Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (the "Issuer"), a Netherlands company, in
exchange for 65% of the ownership interest in Howe-Baker International, LLC. Subsequently, the Shares were transferred to
WEDGE which transferred 4,453,333 shares of Common Stock to First Reserve Fund VIII, L.P. ("First Reserve"); 160,000
shares to Mr. William H. White, and 18,260 shares to Mr. Ronald D. Brazzel. Simultaneously, Minefa Holdings B.V., a
Netherlands company and also a subsidiary of WEDGE's ultimate parent company, transferred 400,000 shares of Common Stock
it had purchased prior to one year before the date of this Form 3 to First Reserve. Shortly thereafter, the remaining
3,515,072 shares of Common Stock (the "Remaining Shares") held by WEDGE were then transferred to its affiliate, WEDGE
Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which transferred them to its affiliate, Farinvest, Ltd., a Cayman Islands
company, which transferred them to its affiliate, Farinvest N.V., a Netherlands Antilles company, which transferred them
to its affiliate, WEDGE Engineering B.V., a Netherlands company. At all times, the Remaining Shares were beneficially
owned by Mr. Issam M. Fares.
WEDGE GROUP INCORPORATED
By: /s/ JAMES M. TIDWELL 1/8/2001
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Name: James M. Tidwell
Title: Vice-President
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** 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 is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION
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99.1 -- Joint Filer Information
99.2 -- Power of Attorney
