FORM 3
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Altbach Ronald
(Last) (First) (Middle)
410 Park Avenue, 18th Floor
(Street)
New York, New York 10022
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
4/25/99
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol:
Symposium Telecom Corporation
5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[X] Director
[ ] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below)
[ ] Other (specify below)
Chief Operating Officer
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
[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
1. Title of Security 2. Amount of 3. Ownership 4. Nature of
(Instr. 4) Securities Form: Indirect
Beneficially Direct (D) Beneficial
Owned or Indirect Ownership
(Instr. 4) (I) (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 475,000 I By spouse
Common Stock 525,000 D
* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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FORM 3 (continued)
TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
1.Title 2.Date Exer- 3.Title and
of cisable Amount of
Deri- and Ex- Securities
vative piration Underlying
Security Date (Month/ Derivative
(Instr.4) Day/Year) Security
(Instr.4)
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Date Expira- Title Amount or
Exer- tion Number of
cis- Date Shares
able
12/03/99 12/03/02 Common Stock 150,000
3/18/00 3/18/03 Common Stock 150,000
4.Conver- 5.Owner- 6.Nature
sion or ship of In-
Exercise Form direct
Price of of Deri- Benefi-
Deri- vative cial
vative Security; Owner-
Security Direct(D) ship
or Indi- (Instr.
rect(I) 5)
(Instr.5)
$1.00 D
$1.00 D
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Explanation of Responses:
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute
Federal Criminal Violations.
SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
/S/ RONALD ALTBACH 04/20/99
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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 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.
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