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FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
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OMB Number 3235-0104
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Expires: December 31, 2001
Estimated average burden
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, hours per response........0.5
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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event 4. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol
Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
DeSorrento James 10/20/00 eSoft, Inc. (ESFT)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS Identification 5. Relationship of Reporting 6. If Amendment, Date of
Number of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Original (Month/Day/Year)
Person, if an entity (Check all applicable)
(Voluntary) X Director 10% Owner
c/o eSoft, Inc. --- ---
295 Interlocken Boulevard, Suite 500 N/A Officer Other
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(Street) title) below) 7. Individual or Joint/Group
below) Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting
---Person
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Broomfield CO 80021 ---Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Ownership (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock, $.01 par value 5,000 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not (Over)
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number. 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 Exercisable 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of
(Instr. 4) and Expiration Date Securities Underlying or Exercise Form of Indirect
(Month/Day/Year) Derivative Security Price of Derivative Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Derivative Security: Ownership
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Date Exer- Expira- Amount or or
cisable tion Title Number of Indirect (I)
Date Shares (Instr. 5)
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Option to Purchase Common Stock Note 1 10/20/04 Common Stock 30,000 $3.438 D
$.01 par value
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Explanation of Responses:
Note 1: The options vest equally over a twenty-four month period.
/s/James DeSorrento January 9, 2001
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts ------------------------------- -----------------
constitute Federal Criminal Violations. James DeSorrento 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.
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 Number. Page 2
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