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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
[ ] Check this box if no
longer subject to Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
Section 16 Form 4 Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
or Form 5 obligations Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
may continue. See or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company
Instruction 1(b). Act of 1940
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| 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(1) | 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6. Relationship of Reporting Person to|
| Couchman, Melanie Noble | Telemate.Net Software, Inc. ("TMNT") | Issuer (Check all applicable) |
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| (Last) (First) (Middle) | 3. IRS or Social | 4. Statement For | [ ] Director [X] 10% Owner |
| | Security Number | Month/Year | [ ] Officer (give [ ] Other (specify|
| | of Reporting | | title below) |
| | Person (Voluntary) | October 2000 | below) |
| c/o Telemate.Net Software, Inc. | | | |
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| (Street) | | 5. If Amendment, |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing |
| | | Date of Original| (Check appropriate Line) |
| | | (Month/Year) | [X] Form filed by One |
| 4250 Perimeter Park South, Suite 200 | | | Reporting Person |
|--------------------------------------------| | | [ ] Form filed by More than |
| (City) (State) (Zip) | | | One Reporting Person |
| Atlanta, Georgia 30341 | | | |
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| TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED |
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|1. Title of Security |2. Transaction |3. Transac- |4. Securities Acquired (A) | 5. Amount of Se- |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| (Instr. 3) | Date | tion Code | or Disposed of (D) | curities Benefi-| ship | of In- |
| | (Month/Day/ | (Instr. 8) | | cially Owned at | Form: | direct |
| | Year) | | | End of Month | Direct | Benefi-|
| | | | (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | (Instr. 3 and 4)| (D) or | cial |
| | |--------------|---------------------------| | Indirect | Owner- |
| | | Code | V | Amount | (A) or| Price| | (I) | ship |
| | | | | | (D) | | | (Instr. 4)| (Instr.|
| | | | | | | | | | 4) |
|---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------|
|Common Stock | 10/25/00 | P | | 8,250 | A |$1.67 | | D(1) | |
|---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------|
|Common Stock | 10/26/00 | P | | 15,750 | A |$1.75 | | D(1) | |
|---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------|
|Common Stock | 10/30/00 | P | | 2,500 | A |$1.37 | | D(1) | |
|---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------|
|Common Stock | 10/31/00 | P | | 3,450 | A |$1.39 | 29,950 | D(1) | |
|---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------|
|Common Stock | | | | | | | 144,488 | D | |
|---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------|
|Common Stock | | | | | | | 706,230 | I(2) |By Husband|
|---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------|
|Common Stock | | | | | | | 528,000 | I(2) |By Family |
| | | | | | | | | |Trust |
|---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------|
|Common Stock | | | | | | | 528,000 | I(2) |By Trust |
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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|1. Title of Derivative | 2. Conver- |3. Trans- |4. Trans- |5. Number of | 6. Date Exer- |7. Title and Amount |8. Price |
| Security | sion or | action | action | Derivative | cisable and | of Underlying | of |
| (Instr. 3) | Exercise | Date | Code | Securities | Expiration | Securities | Deriv- |
| | Price of | (Month/| (Instr.| Acquired (A) | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) | ative |
| | Deriv- | Day/ | 8) | or Disposed | (Month/Day/ | | Secur- |
| | ative | Year) | | of (D) | Year) | | ity |
| | Security | | | (Instr. 3, | | | (Instr. 5)|
| | | | | 4 and 5) |-----------------|--------------------| |
| | | | | | Date |Expira- | | Amount or| |
| | | |----------|----------------| Exer- |tion | Title | Number of| |
| | | | Code| V | (A) | (D) | cisable|Date | | Shares | |
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| 9. Number of | 10. Ownership | 11. Nature of |
| Derivative | Form of | Indirect |
| Securities | Derivative | Beneficial |
| Beneficially | Security: | Ownership |
| Owned at End | Direct (D) | (Instr. 4) |
| of Month | or Indirect (I) | |
| (Instr. 4) | (Instr. 4) | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Shares held in joint account with David Couchman.
(2) Mrs. Couchman disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by her husband and the trusts and this report shall not be
deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any
other purpose.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal /s/ Lauren Z. Burnham November 8, 2000
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------- ----------------
**Lauren Z. Burnham
As Attorney-in-Fact for Date
Melanie Noble-Couchman
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