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UNITED STATES 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 (PRINT OR TYPE RESPONSES) 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 *
McGovern Patrick J.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
One Exeter Plaza
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(Street)
Boston MA 02116
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading
IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. ("IDGB")
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
April 2000
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director X 10% Owner
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Officer (give X Other (specify
--- title below) --- below)
see Note 1
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable
Line) SEE NOTE 1 BELOW
---- Form filed by One Reporting Person
X Form filed by more than One Reporting Person
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TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR
BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) action action Acquired (A) Securities ship Indirect
Date Code or Disposed Beneficially Form: Bene-
(Instr. of (D) Owned at Direct (D) ficial
8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) End of or Owner-
(Month/ ------------------------------------------- Month (Instr. Indirect (I) ship
Day/Year) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Class A Common Stock 04/03/00 P 9,000(2) A $11.26
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Class A Common Stock 04/06/00 J 25,000930 A
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Class A Common Stock 04/05/00 P 7,000(2) A $11.40
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Class A Common Stock 04/19/00 P 2,000(2) A $10.54
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Class A Common Stock 04/20/00 P 9,000(2) A $9.90 10,950,449 I (4)
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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. Transaction 4. Transaction 5. Number of 6. Date Exercisable
Security sion or Date Code Derivative and Expiration
(Instr. 3) Exercise (Month/Day/ (Instr. 8) Securities Date (Month/
Price of Year) Acquired (A) Day/Year)
Deriv- or Disposed
ative of (D) (Instr.
Security 3, 4 and 5) ----------------------------
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Code V (A) (D) Exercisable Date
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Class B Common Stock 4/06/00 D 25,000
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7. Title and 8. Price of 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of
Amount of Derivative Derivative Form of Indirect
Underlying Security Securities Derivative Beneficial
Securities (Instr. 5) Beneficially Security: Ownership
(Instr. 3 Owned at Direct (D) (Instr. 4)
and 4) End of or Indirect
Month (I)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
Date
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Amount or
Title Number of Share
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Class A Common 75,000 I (6)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Filed on behalf of International Data Group, Inc. ("IDG"), IDG Holdings,
Inc. ("IDG Holdings"), IDG Enterprises, Inc. ("IDG Enterprises") and Patrick J.
McGovern. Mr. McGovern is a director of and owns a majority of the outstanding
capital stock of IDG. IDG owns all of the outstanding capital stock of IDG
Holdings, which owns all of the outstanding capital stock of IDG Enterprises.
(2) Represents shares acquired by IDG Enterprises.
(3) Represents shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon conversion of shares
of Class B Common Stock. Each share of Class B Common Stock is convertible to
one share of Class A Common Stock.
(4) Consists of 10,945,749 shares of Class A Common Stock owned by IDG
Enterprises, and 5,000 shares of Class A Common Stock held by Mr. McGovern's
wife, of which Mr. McGovern disclaims beneficial ownership; does not include
20,001 shares subject to exercisable options to purchase Class A Common Stock
and 75,000 shares of Class B Common Stock convertible into an equal number of
shares of Class A Common Stock.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
By: /s/ Patrick J. McGovern*
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**Signature of Reporting Person
May 10, 2000
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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 a currently
valid OMB Number.
* By Edward N. Gadsby, Jr., as attorney-in-fact
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Joint Filer Information
Name: International Data Group, Inc.
Address: One Exeter Place
Boston, MA 02109
Designated Filer: Patrick J. McGovern
Issuer and Ticker
Symbol: IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. ("IDGB")
Statement for April 2000
Signature: /s/ Edward B. Bloom, Vice President*
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Name: IDG Holdings, Inc.
Address: One Exeter Place
Boston, MA 02109
Designated Filer: Patrick J. McGovern
Issuer and Ticker
Symbol: IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. ("IDGB")
Statement for April 2000
Signature: /s/ Edward B. Bloom, Treasurer*
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Name: IDG Enterprises, Inc.
Address: One Exeter Place
Boston, MA 02109
Designated Filer: Patrick J. McGovern
Issuer and Ticker
Symbol: IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. ("IDGB")
Statement for April 2000
Signature: /s/ Edward B. Bloom, Treasurer*
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* By Edward N. Gadsby, Jr., as attorney in fact
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