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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(s)
Jore, Matt
45000 Highway 93 South
Ronan, MT 59864
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Jore Corporation (JORE)
3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
01/00
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[X] Director [X] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
President/CEO
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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1)Title of Security 2)Trans- 3.Trans- 4.Securities Acquired(A) 5)Amount of 6) 7)Nature of
action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Indirect
Date Code A Beneficially D Beneficial
(Month/ or Owned at or Ownership
Day/Year) Code V Amount D Price End of Month I
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C><C>
Common Stock 01/01/00 G 4,500 D 4,411,539 D Direct
Common Stock 7,945 I by Trust
Common Stock A 01/15/00 Z (1) 1,083,300 D 158,410 I by Trust (2)
Common Stock B 536,441 I by Trust
Common Stock C 536,441 I by Trust
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Table II (PART 1) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1 through 6)
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1)Title of Derivative 2)Conversion 3)Trans- 4)Trans- 5)Number of Derivative 6)Date Exercisable and
Security or Exercise action action Securities Acquired (A) Expiration Date
Price of Date Code or Disposed of (D)
Derivative
Security Code V A D Exercisable Expiration
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Long Calls (right to buy) I $0.9700 01/01/98 01/01/08
Long Calls (right to buy) II $0.9700 01/01/98 01/01/08
(3)
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Table II (PART 2) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1,3 and 7 through 11)
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1)Title of Derivative 3)Trans- 7)Title and Amount 8)Price 9)Number of 10) 11)Nature of
Security action of Underlying of Deri- Derivative Indirect
Date Securities vative Securities D Beneficial
Amount or Security Beneficially or Ownership
Number of Owned at I
- Title Shares End of Month
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Long Calls (right to buy) I Common Stock 407,099 407,099 D Direct
Long Calls (right to buy) II Common Stock 1,744,703 1,744,703 D Direct
(3)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1)
These shares were transferred out of the Voting Trust to the beneficiaries' own account, and held directly.
(2)
These shares are held by the Jore Corporation Voting Trust of which Matthew Jore is the trustee. Matthew Jore does not have the
power of disposition of these shares and therefore disclaims beneficial ownership of those shares, and this report shall not be
deemed to an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for the purposes of Section 16 or for
any other reason.
(3)
Option to purchase Michael Jore's shares.
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SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/S/ Jore, Matt
DATE
