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FORM 3
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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
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|1. Name and Address of |2. Date of Event Re- |4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |
| Reporting Person | quiring Statment | |
| | (Month/Day/Year) | Pinnacle Global Group, Inc. ("PING")(1) |
| Badger Peter W. | 1/29/99 | |
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| (Last) (First) (Middle) |3. IRS or Social Se- |5. Relationship of Reporting Persons to Issuer|6. If Amendment, |
| | curity Number of | (Check all applicable) | Date of Original |
| | Reporting Person | | (Month/Day/Year) |
| 5151 San Felipe, Suite 1300 | (Voluntary) | [X] Director [ ] 10% Owner | |
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| (Street) | | |---------------------|
| | | [X] Officer (give title [ ] Other (specify|7.Individual or Joint|
| | ---------------- | below) below) | Group Filing (Check|
| Houston Texas 77056 | | | Applicable Line) |
| ----------------------------------- | | ------------------------------------- | |
| (City) (State) (Zip) | | |[X]Form filed by one |
| | | PRESIDENT OF WHOLLY-OWNED OPERATING | reporting person |
| | | ENTITY, SPIRES FINANCIAL, L.P. |[ ]Form filed by More|
| | | | than One Reporting|
| | | | Person |
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| | Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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|1. Title of Security |2. Amount of Securities | 3. Ownership | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial |
| | Beneficially Owned | Form: Direct (D) | Ownership |
| | (Instr. 4) | or Indirect (I) | (Instr. 5) |
| | | (Instr. 5) | |
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|Common Stock | 79,572 | D | |
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|Common Stock | 253,333 | I |Through Spires Financial-PB, Inc. |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If this form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
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FORM 3 (Continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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|1. Title of Derivative |2. Date Exer- |3. Title and Amount of |4. Conver- |5. Ownership |6. Nature of In- |
| Security (Instr. 4) | cisable and | Securities Underlying | sion or | Form of | direct Beneficial|
| | Expiration | Derivative Security | Exercise| Derivative | Ownership |
| | Date | (Instr. 4) | Price of| Security: | (Instr. 5) |
| | (Month/Day/ | | Deri- | Direct (D) | |
| | Year) | | vative | or Indirect| |
| | | | Security| (I) | |
| |-----------------|--------------------------------| | (Instr. 5) | |
| | | | | Amount | | | |
| |Date |Expira- | | or | | | |
| |Exer- |tion | Title | Number | | | |
| |cisable |Date | | of | | | |
| | | | | Shares | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Pursuant to Rule 12 g-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Pinnacle Global Group, Inc. is the successor issuer to TEI,
Inc. (trading symbol "TANK").
/s/ PETER W. BADGER 2/8/99
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