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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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
(Print or Type Responses)
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<S> <C> <C>
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person 2. Date of Event 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Requiring
(Month/Day/Year)
Vilmorin Clause & Cie 9/28/99 Agritope, Inc. (AGTO)
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(First) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social 5. Relationship of Reporting Person 6. If Amendment, Date of
Security Number to Issuer (Check all applicable) Original
B.P.1 of Reporting ______ Director ___X___ 10% Owner (Month/Day/Year)
- ------------------------------------------ Person ______ Officer _______ Other
(Street) (Voluntary) (give title (specify 7. Individual or Joint/
below) below) Group
63720 Chappes, France Filing (Check App-
- ------------------------------------------ N/A licable Line)
(City) (State) (Zip) ___ Form filed by
One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by
More than One
Reporting Person
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of 3. Owner- 4. Nature of
(Instr. 4) Securities ship Indirect
Beneficially Form: Beneficial
owned at Direct Ownership
End of Month (D) or (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) Indirect
(I)
(Instr. 5)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
SEC 1474 (7-96)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).
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FORM 3 (continued)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially
Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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1.Title of Deri- 2.Date 3.Title and Amount 4.Conversion 5.Ownership 6.Nature of
vative Security Exercis- of Securities or Exercise Form of Beneficial
(Instr.4) able and Underlying Price of Derivative Indirect
Expiration Derivative Derivative Security: Ownership
Date Security (Instr. 4) Security Direct (D) (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ or Indirect (I)
Year) (Instr. 5)
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Date Expi- Title Amount
Exer- ration or Number
cisable Date of Shares
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Series A (1) N/A Common 714,285(3) N/A D
Convertible Stock
Preferred Stock
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Warrants to (2) 9/28/04 Common 125,000(3) $7.00 D
Purchase Stock
Series A
Convertible
Preferred Stock
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The shares of Series A Preferred Stock are convertible, at the option of
the holder thereof, at any time and from time to time, without the payment
of additional consideration by the holder thereof.
(2) The warrants are exercisable at any time prior to 5 p.m., U.S. Pacific
Time, on the expiration date.
(3) Of the 714,285 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and 125,000 warrants to
purchase Series A Preferred Stock that Vilmorin beneficially owns, Vilmorin
purchased 150,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and 37,500 warrants to
purchase shares of Series A Preferred Stock on behalf of Hazera Quality
Seeds Ltd. under a certain Letter Agreement dated September 22, 1999.
VILMORIN CLAUSE & CIE
By: /s/ Pierre Lefebvre 10/08/99
Name: Pierre Lefebvre
Title: CEO
**(Signature of Reporting Person) Date
**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.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection contained in this form
are not required to respond unless the form displays valid OMB Number.
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ATTACHMENT TO FORM 3
Name of Designated Reporting Person: Vilmorin Clause & Cie
Date of Event Requiring Statement: September 28, 1999
Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol: Agritope, Inc.(AGTO)
The names and addresses of the other Reporting Persons who have joined in this
filing are as follows:
Name Address
Groupe Limagrain Holding S.A. B.P. 1
63720 Chappes, France
Societe Cooperative Agricole Limagrain B.P. 1
63720 Chappes, France
Vilmorin Clause & Cie ("Vilmorin") is a subsidiary of Groupe Limagrain Holding
S.A. ("Group Limagrain"), and Groupe Limagrain is, in turn, a subsidiary of
Societe Cooperative Agricole Limagrain (the "Cooperative"). By virtue of these
parent-subsidiary relationships, each of Groupe Limagrain and the Cooperative is
an indirect beneficial owner of the Agritope securities beneficially owned
directly by Vilmorin, as described in the attached Form 3.
GROUPE LIMAGRAIN HOLDING S.A.
By: /s/ Pierre Lefebvre
Name: Pierre Lefebvre
Title: Deputy CEO
SOCIETE COOPERATIVE AGRICOLE
LIMAGRAIN
By: /s/ Pierre Pagesse
Name: Pierre Pagesse
Title: President
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