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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO. 1)*
SCM MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
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(NAME OF ISSUER)
COMMON STOCK
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(TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)
784018 10 3
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(CUSIP NUMBER)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing of this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
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CUSIP NO. 784018 10 3 13G PAGE 2 OF 5 PAGES
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(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSON BERND MEIER
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON N/A
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(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* N/A
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
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(3) SEC USE ONLY
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(4) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
GERMAN
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(5) SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF 255,239
SHARES --------------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY (6) SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY 61,064
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH --------------------------------------------------------
(7) SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
255,239
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(8) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
61,064
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(9) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
316,303
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(10) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES* [ ]
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(11) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
2.25%
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(12) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT
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CUSIP No. 784018 10 3 Page 3 of 5 Pages
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ITEM 1.
(a) Name of Issuer SCM MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices 131 ALBRIGHT WAY
LOS ALTOS, CA 95032
ITEM 2.
(a) Name of Person Filing BERND MEIER
(b) Address of Principal Business Office SCM MICROSYSTEMS GMBH
LUITPOLDSTRASSE 6
D-85276 PFAFFENHOFEN
GERMANY
(c) Citizenship GERMAN
(d) Title of Class of Securities COMMON STOCK
(e) CUSIP Number N/A
ITEM 3. IF THIS STATEMENT IS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b), OR 13d-2(b),
CHECK WHETHER THE PERSON IS A:
(a) [ ] Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act
(b) [ ] Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act
(c) [ ] Insurance Company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act
(d) [ ] Investment Company registered under section 8 of the Investment
Company Act
(e) [ ] Investment Adviser registered under section 203 of the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940
(f) [ ] Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is subject to the
provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
or Endowment Fund, see Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)
(g) [ ] Parent Holding Company, in accordance with
Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G) (Note: See Item 7)
(h) [ ] Group, in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(H)
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ITEM 4. OWNERSHIP
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned 316,303
(b) Percent of Class 2.25%
(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
(i)sole power to vote or to direct the vote 255,239
(ii)shared power to vote or to direct the vote 61,064*
(iii)sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of 255,239
(iv)shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of 61,064*
ITEM 5. OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date
hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more that
five percent of the class of securities, check the following [X].
ITEM 6. OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON. N/A
ITEM 7. IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH
ACQUIRED THE SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT
HOLDING COMPANY. N/A
ITEM 8. IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP N/A
ITEM 9. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP N/A
* Includes 61,064 shares held pursuant to a voting trust agreement with Nicholas
Efthymiou.
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CUSIP No. 784018 10 3 Page 5 of 5 Pages
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ITEM 10.
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary
course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the
effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities
and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction
having such purposes or effect.
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
February 16, 1999
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Date
/s/ BERND MEIER
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Signature
Bernd Meier, Chief Operations Officer
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Name/Title
