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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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
Johnson James A. Statement Trading Symbol of Original
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c/o Apex Management III, LLC ---------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting 7. Individual or Joint/
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(Street) Number of Reporting (Check all applicable) (Check Applicable
Person (Voluntary) X Director ----- 10% Owner Line)
233 Wacker Drive, Suite 900 ----- Officer ----- Other (specify
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(City) (State) (Zip) Reporting Person
Chicago, IL 60606
-- Form filed by More
than One Reporting
Person
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TABLE 1 -- 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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Common Stock 401,000(1) I By Apex Investment Fund III, L.P.
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Common Stock 20,500(1) I By Apex Strategic Partners LLC
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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. (Over)
(Print or Type Responses)
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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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Common Stock Warrants 8/11/98 7/31/03 Common Stock(1) 186,452 $3.00 I By Apex Investment
Fund III, L.P.
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Common Stock Warrants 3/8/99 12/31/01 Common Stock(1) 19,251 $3.50 I By Apex Investment
Fund III, L.P.
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Common Stock Warrants 3/8/99 12/31/01 Common Stock(2) 984 $3.50 I By Apex Strategic
Partners LLC
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Common Stock Warrants 8/11/98 7/31/03 Common Stock(2) 9,532 $3.00 I By Apex Strategic
Partners LLC
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Owned by Apex Investment Fund III, L.P. Mr. Johnson is President of Stellar Investment Co., the Managing Member of Apex
Management III, LLC, which is the General Partner of Apex Investment Fund III, L.P. Mr. Johnson disclaims beneficial ownership
of the securities, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(2) Owned by Apex Strategic Partners LLC, Mr. Johnson is President of Stellar Investment Co., the Managing Member of Apex
Management III, LLC, which is the General Partner of Apex Strategic Partners LLC. Mr. Johnson disclaims beneficial ownership of
the securities, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
James A. Johnson
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal By: /s/ James A. Johnson 4/5/00
Violations. ------------------------------- ----------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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. SEC 1147 (9/93)
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