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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section16(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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Dorrance Bennett
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
4201 N. 24th Street, #120
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(Street)
Phoenix Az 85016
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
3/30/1998
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person
###-##-####
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Vlasic Foods International Inc. (vl)
5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ ] Officer [X] 10% Owner [ ] Other
(give title below) (Specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ___________________________
7. Individual or Joint Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form Filed by One Reporting Person
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______ Form Filed by More Than One Reporting Person
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Table 1 -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
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Common Stock 3,234,967 (01) I Trustee
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Common Stock 2,000,000 (02) I Limited Partnership
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Common Stock 49,119 (03) I Trust for Children
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Common Stock 49,123 (03) I Trust for Children
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Common Stock 30,694 (04) I As Executor
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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FORM 3 (continued)
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of
cisable and Underlying Derivative Security or Exercise Form of Indirect
Expiration (Instr. 4) Price of Derivative Beneficial
Date Derivative Security: Ownership
(Month Day Security Direct (D) (Instr. 5)
Year) or
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Date Expira- Amount (Instr. 5)
Exer- tion or
cisable Date Title Number
of
Shares
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Phantom Units Common Stock 484 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(01) Bennett Dorrance is a Trustee of the Bennett Dorrance Trust.
(02) Held by a limited partnership (ABD) of which Mr. Dorrance is the sole
general partner. In his capacity as a general partner, Mr. Dorrance
holds a 1% interest in the partnership. He is also the settlor trustee
and a beneficiary of certain trusts which collectively hold a 98%
interest in the partnership. Mr. Dorrance is one of the trustees for the
trusts of two of his children, each of which holds a 0.5% interest in
ABD.
(03) Held as one of the trustees of a trust for, or as guardian of, one of
Mr. Dorrance's children, and he disclaims beneficial ownership of such
shares.
(04) Held as one of the Executors under the will of John T. Dorrance, and Mr.
Dorrance disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.
**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 is insufficient, See instructions 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.
/s/ Bennett Dorrance 4/9/1998
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
