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UNITED STATES --------------------------
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
WASHINGTON, DC 20549 --------------------------
OMB Number: 3235-0101
FORM 144 Expires: May 31, 2000
Estimated average burden
NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES hours per response ... 2.0
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES --------------------------
ACT OF 1933 S.E.C. USE ONLY
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ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
of this form concurrently with
either placing an order with a broker to --------------------------
execute sale or executing a sale CUSIP NUMBER
directly with a market maker.
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WORK LOCATION
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1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print) (b) I.R.S. IDENT. NO. (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
TransCoastal Marine Services, Inc. 72-1353528 000-23225
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1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE (e) TELEPHONE NO.
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AREA CODE NUMBER
3535 Briarpark, Suite 210, Houston, Texas 77042 713 784-7429
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2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT (b) I.R.S. IDENT. (c) RELATIONSHIP (d) ADDRESS STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE
THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD NO. TO ISSUER
less than 10%
J & D Capital, L.C. 72-1365743 Stockholder 217 W. University Ave., Lafayette, LA 70506
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INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain
the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
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3(a) (b) (c) (d)
TITLE OF THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH BROKER S.E.C. USE ONLY NUMBER OF SHARES AGGREGATE
CLASS OF THROUGH WHOM THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE --------------- OR OTHER UNITS MARKET
SECURITIES OFFERED OR EACH MARKET MAKER WHO IS BROKER-DEALER TO BE SOLD VALUE
TO BE SOLD ACQUIRING THE SECURITIES FILE NUMBER (See instr. 3(c)) (See instr. 3(d))
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Common Stock Jefferies & Company, Inc. 533,500 $6,001,875
$0.001 par value
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(e) (f) (g)
NUMBER OF SHARES APPROXIMATE NAME OF EACH
OR OTHER UNITS DATE OF SALE SECURITIES
OUTSTANDING (See instr. 3(f)) EXCHANGE
(See instr. 3(e)) (Mo. Day Yr.) (See instr. 3(g))
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9,148,141 Shares 4/30/98 NASDAQ National Market
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INSTRUCTIONS:
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1. (a) Name of issuer
(b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
(c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any (d) Issuer's address, including
zip code
(e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
2. (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
(b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an
entity
(c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director,
10 percent stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the
foregoing)
(d) Such person's address, including zip code
3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
(b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended
to be sold
(c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
aggregate face amount)
(d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified
date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
(e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt
securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most
recent report or statement published by the issuer
(f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
(g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities
are intended to be sold
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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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TABLE I--SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part
of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
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Title of Date you Nature of Acquisition Name of Person from Amount of Date of Nature of Payment
the Class Acquired Transaction Whom Acquired Securities Payment
(If gift, also give Acquired
date donor acquired)
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Common Stock 3/24/97 Private Placement Original Issue 533,500 Shares 3/24/97 (See Remarks Below)
$0.001 par value
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INSTRUCTIONS:
1. If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in
cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the
nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any
note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe
the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged
in full or the last installment paid.
2. If within two years after the acquisition of the securities the person for
whose account they are to be sold had any short positions, put or other
option to dispose of securities referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 144,
furnish full information with respect thereto.
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TABLE II--SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish the following information as to all securities
of the issuer sold during the past three months by the
person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
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Name and Address of Seller Title of Securities Sold Date of Sale Amount of Gross Proceeds
Securities
Sold
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N/A
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REMARKS: The surrender and exchange of an equal number of shares of the Common
Stock, no par value, of Red Fox International, Inc., a Louisiana corporation.
INSTRUCTIONS:
See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be
sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition,
information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required
by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the
person filing this notice.
April 30, 1998
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DATE OF NOTICE
ATTENTION:
The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to
be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any
material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective
operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been
publicly disclosed.
J & D Capital, L.C.
By: /s/ G. DARCY KLUG
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(signature)
G. Darcy Klug, Manager
The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are
to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
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ATTENTION: INTERNATIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSION OF FACTS CONSTITUTE FEDERAL
CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001).
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