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| FORM 4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1935, 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*
Donohue Liam S
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
9 Commonwealth Avenue, Apt 5
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(Street)
Boston MA 02116
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Access Worldwide Communications, Inc
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person if an entity
(voluntary) ###-##-####
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4. Statement for Month/Year August 2000
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[X] Director ___ Officer (give title below) ___ 10% Owner
--- ___ Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I--Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Security Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Instr. 3) (Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
Day/ ----------------------------------------------- End of (D) or ficial
Year) Month Indirect Owner-
Code V Amount (A) or (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) ship
(D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Common Stock 8/25/00 P 1,500 A $1.625 3,700 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially SEC 1742(3-99)
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* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see
Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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Form 4 (continued)
Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Derivative
Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code Securities
Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or
Price of (Month/ Disposed of (D)
Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
ative Year)
Security
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Code V (A) (D)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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N/A
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6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Deriv- 10. Form 11. Na-
cisable and Underlying Securities of ative of De- ture
Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- Secur- rivative of In-
Date ative ities Securities direct
(Month/Day/ Secur- Bene- Bene- Bene-
Year) ity ficially ficially ficial
Owned Owned at Owner-
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Date Expira- Amount or of (Instr.
Exer- tion Title Number of Month 4)
cisable Date Shares (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Explanation of Responses:
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see
Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute
Federal Criminal Violations.
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space 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 and OMB Number
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