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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
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 Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Lin, Syaru Shirley
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street
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(Street)
New York, New York 10004
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Clarent Corporation
(CLRN)
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
November/1999
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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 [ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] 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
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, |
or Beneficially Owned |
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| | | | |6. | |
| | | 4. |5. |Owner- | |
| | | Securities Acquired (A) or |Amount of |ship | |
| | 3. | Disposed of (D) |Securities |Form: |7. |
|2. | Transaction| (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) |Beneficially |Direct |Nature of |
|Transaction | Code | -------------------------------|Owned at End |(D) or |Indirect |
1. |Date | (Instr. 8) | | (A) | |of Month |Indirect |Beneficial|
Title of Security |(Month/Day/ | -----------| Amount | or | Price |(Instr. 3 |(I) |Ownership |
(Instr. 3) |Year) | Code | V | | (D) | |and 4) |(Instr.4)|(Instr. 4)|
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Common Stock | 11/22/99 | S | | 400,000 | D | 01 | 1,727,658 | I | 02 |
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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
4(b)(v).
FORM 4 (continued)
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) |
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| | | | | | | |9. |10. | |
| | | | | | | |Number |Owner-| |
| | | | | | | |of |ship | |
|2. | | | | | | |Deriv- |of | |
|Conver- | | | 5. | |7. | |ative |Deriv-|11. |
|sion | | | Number of | |Title and Amount | |Secur- |ative |Nature|
|or | | | Derivative |6. |of Underlying |8. |ities |Secur-|of |
|Exer- | |4. | Securities |Date |Securities |Price |Bene- |ity: |In- |
|cise |3. |Trans-| Acquired (A) |Exercisable and |(Instr. 3 and 4) |of |ficially |Direct|direct|
|Price |Trans- |action| or Disposed |Expiration Date |-----------------------|Deriv- |Owned |(D) or|Bene- |
1. |of |action |Code | of (D) |(Month/Day/Year) | |Amount |ative |at End |In- |ficial|
Title of |Deriv- |Date |(Instr| (Instr. 3, |-----------------| |or |Secur- |of |direct|Owner-|
Derivative |ative |(Month/ |8) | 4 and 5) |Date |Expira- | |Number |ity |Month |(I) |ship |
Security |Secur- |Day/ |------| ------------ |Exer- |tion | |of |(Instr. |(Instr. |(Instr|(Instr|
(Instr. 3) |ity |Year) |Code|V| (A) | (D) |cisable |Date |Title |Shares |5) |4) |4) |4) |
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Explanation of Responses:
01: On November 22, 1999, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group") and certain
investment partnerships of which affiliates of Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman
Sachs") and GS Group are the general partner or managing general partner (the
"Investment Partnerships") sold, in the aggregate, 400,000 shares of Common
Stock in a public offering of the Issuer's Common Stock at an offering price of
$85.00 per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions of $3.72 per
share.
02: The Reporting Person is a managing director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.,
an affiliate of GS Group. GS Group may be deemed to own beneficially and
directly 1,234,042 shares of Common Stock. Goldman Sachs and GS Group may be
deemed to own beneficially and indirectly, in the aggregrate, 493,616 shares of
Common Stock through the Investment Partnerships. Goldman Sachs is an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial
ownership of the securities reported herein as indirectly owned.
By: s/ Roger S. Begelman December 10, 1999
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Attorney-in-fact
** 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 provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedures.
Alternatively, this Form is permitted to be submitted to the
Commission in electronic format at the option of the reporting person
pursuant to Rule 101(b)(4) of Regulation S-T.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned does hereby appoint Hans L. Reich and Roger S. Begelman her
true and lawful attorneys, and each of them her true and lawful attorney, with
power to act without the other, and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute for her and in her name any Statement of Changes in
Beneficial Ownership on Form 4 and any Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial
Ownership on Form 5, or any similar or successor form, which may be required to
be filed by her with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all
instruments necessary or incidental therewith, hereby granting unto said
attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and perform in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned, and in any and all capacities, every act
and thing whatsoever required or necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and each of
them.
This power of attorney shall not be affected by the subsequent disability
or incompetence of the principal. This power of attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until either revoked in writing by the undersigned or until
such time as the person or persons to whom power of attorney has been hereby
granted cease(s) to be an employee of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. or one of
its affiliates.
In witness thereof the undersigned hereunto signed her name this 6th day of
December, 1999.
s/ Syaru Shirley Lin
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Syaru Shirley Lin
