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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 of Original
Zera Lynn (Month/Day/Year) OpTel, Inc. (OTEL) (Month/Day/Year)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 5/19/99 5. Relationship of Reporting -----------------------
c/o OpTel, Inc. ---------------------------- Person(s) to Issuer 7. Individual or Joint/
1111 W. Mockingbird Lane 3. I.R.S. Identification (Check all applicable) Group Filing (Check
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(Street) Person, if an entity ----- ----- X Form filed by
Dallas Texas 75247 (voluntary) X Officer Other (specify --- One Reporting
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(City) (State) (Zip) ---------------------------- (give title below) Form filed by
Vice President, Human Resources --- 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
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 5)
(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 (3-99)
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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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Employee Stock Option (1) 11/12/06 Class A Common Stock 12,827.85 17.15 D
(right to buy)
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Employee Stock Option (2) 12/2/08 Class A Common Stock 19,333.35 19.60 D
(right to buy)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Exercisable in four annual installments commencing on 5/30/97.
(2) Exercisable in four annual installments commencing on 12/02/00.
/s/ LYNN ZERA May 18, 1999
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal ------------------------------- -------------
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note. File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. Page 2
If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 1473 (3-99)
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