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FORM 3 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES OMB Number: 3235-0104
Expires: October 31, 2001
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Estimated average burden
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or hours per response .... 0.5
(Print or Type Responses) 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
Ellison Claude (Month/Day/Year) Dobson Communication Corporation (DCEL)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 02/03/00 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) 6. If Amendment, Date
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3. IRS or Social Se- Director 10% Owner (Month/Day/Year)
curity Number of ---- ----
13439 N. Broadway Ext. Reporting Person Officer (give Other (specify ---------------------
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(Street) ---- ---- Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable
Vice President/General Manager Western Region Line)
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Reporting Person
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Form filed by
More than One
Reporting Person
Oklahoma City, OK 73114 ---
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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. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
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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 (7-97)
POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED
TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS 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 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:
-------------------------------------------------- Security Direct
Amount (D) or
Date Expir- or Indirect
Exer- ation Title Number (I)
cisable Date of
Shares (Instr. 5)
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Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) (1) 06/01/06 Class C Common Stock(2) 966 $400.00 D
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Class C Common Stock (2) 241 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The initial options exercisable into 1,207 total shares began vesting on April 1, 1999 at a 20% annual rate.
(2) Under the Company's Agreement and Plan of Recapitalization dated as of January 31, 2000 by and between the Company and its
existing stockholders, to be consummated after the effective date but prior to the closing of the Company's initial public
offering of Class A Common Stock ("New Class A Common Stock"), the New Class A Common Stock will be created and each share
of Class C Common Stock will automatically convert, upon transfer, into 111.44 shares of New Class A Common Stock, subject
to adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations, or reorganizations.
/s/ Claude Ellison 02/03/00
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**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal **Signature of Reporting Person Date
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.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. Page 2
SEC 1473 (7-97)
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