FORM 3
U.S. 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
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Johnson Joel
(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Signature Eyewear, Inc., 498 North Oak Street
(Street)
Inglewood CA 90302
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
May 15, 1998
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Signature Eyewear, Inc. (Nasdaq Symbol "SEYE")
5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[x] Director
[ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below)
[ ] Other (specify below)
6. If Amendment, Date of Original(Month/Year)
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 I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of 3. Ownership 4. Nature of
(Instr. 4) Securities Form: Indirect
Beneficially Direct (D) Beneficial
Owned or Indirect Ownership
(Instr.4) (I)
(Instr. 5) (Instr. 4)
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*If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person,
see Instruction 5(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1.Title 2.Date Exer- 3.Title and 4.Conver- 5.Owner- 11.Nature
of cisable Amt. of sion or ship of In-
Deri- and Securi- Exercise Form of direct
vative Expiration ties Under- Price of Deri- Benefi-
Security Date (Month/ lying Deri- Deri- vative cial
(Instr.4) Day/Year) vative vative Security: Owner-
Security Security Direct(D) ship
or Indi- (Instr.5)
rect(I)
(Instr.5)
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Date Expira- Title Amt or
Exer- tion No. of
cis- Date Shares
able
Warrant (Right to Buy) 9/11/98 9/11/02 Common Stock 6,500 $12.00 D
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Explanation of Responses:
**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 provided is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.
/s/ Joel Johnson 12/29/98
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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