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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
ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies
of this form concurrently with --------------------------
either placing an order with a broker to DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
execute sale or executing a sale
directly with a market maker. --------------------------
CUSIP NUMBER
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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.
TransCostal 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
4900 Woodway, Suite 500, Houston, TX 77056 713 626-8899
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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
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, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. 50,000 $140,000
$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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11,248,441 12/17/99 NASDAQ National
Shares Market
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INSTRUCTIONS:
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.
SEC 1147(7-97)
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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 Name of Acquisition Name of Person from Amount of Date of Nature of Payment
the Class Acquired Transaction Whom Acquired Securities Payment
(If gift, give Acquired
date donor acquired)
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Common Stock 9/22/98 Foreclosure Sale Robert Dunn 50,000 9/22/98 Cancellation of
$0.001 par Shares Outstanding
value Indebtedness
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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 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 3 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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J&D Capital, L.C. Common Stock, $0.001 (see remarks 47,300 shares $160,942
217 W. University Avenue par value below)
Lafayette, Louisiana 70506
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REMARKS:
Sales were completed pursuant to Rule 144(k) from 10/14/99 to 11/29/99 at
prices ranging from $3.25 to $4.00 per share.
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.
December 17, 1999
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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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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: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute federal
Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
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