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|F O R M 3| Washington, D.C. 20549 | OMB APPROVAL |
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP |OMB Number 3235-0104|
|Expires: September 30,1998|
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, |Estimated ave. burden |
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or |hours per response.....0.5|
(Print or Type Responses) Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940 ---------------------------
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Date of Event |4.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |
| | Requiring Statement | Meridian Holdings, Inc. (MEHO) |
| Offoha Marcellina | (Month/Day/Year) | |
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| (Last) (First) (MI)| |5.Relationship of Reporting Person to |6.If Amendment, Date of |
| | 7/3/2000 | Issuer (Check all Applicable) | Original (Mon/Day/Year)|
| | | | |
| |-----------------------| X Director 10% Owner | / / |
| 4201 Live Oak Road |3.IRS or Soc. Sec. No. |--- --- |-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------| of Reporting Person | |7.Individual or Joint/ |
| (Street) | (Voluntary) | Officer Other | Group Filing |
| | |---(give title below)---(Specify below)| (Check Applicable Line)|
| | | Legal Counsel | X Form filed by One |
| | | |--- Reporting Person |
| | | | Form filed by More |
| Raleigh, NC 27604 | | |--- than Reporting Person|
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| (City) (State) (Zip) | TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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|1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) |2.Amount of Securities |3.Ownership |4.Nature of Indirect Beneficial |
| | Beneficially Owned | Form: | Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| | (Instr. 4) | Direct (D) | |
| | | or Indirect | |
| | | (I)(Instr.5)| |
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|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
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| Common | 14400 | D | |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly.
*If the 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 security)
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|1.Title of Derivative |2.Date Exercisable |3.Title and Amount of Underlying |4.Conversion |5.Ownership|6.Nature of |
| Security (Instr. 4) | and Expiration | Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | or | Form of | Indirect |
| | Date | | Exercise | Deriv- | Beneficial |
| | (Month/Day/Year) | | Price of | ative | Ownership |
| |----------------------|--------------------------------------| Derivative | Security:| (Instr. 5) |
| |Date |Expiration| |Amount or| Security | Direct | |
| |Exercisable|Date | Title |Number | | (D) or | |
| | | | |of Shares| | Indirect | |
| | | | | | | (I) | |
| | | | | | | (Instr.5)| |
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|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
|--------------------------|-----------|----------|----------------------------|---------|-------------|-----------|---------------|
| | / / | / / | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/ Marcellina Offoha 7/3/2000
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). -------------------------------------------- ----------
**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.
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