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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Merrill Robert J.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
202 Alpine Drive
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(Street)
Rochester NY 14618
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Choice One Communications Inc. ("CWON")
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
August, 2000
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ X ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
Vice President, Business Development
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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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5. 6.
4. Amount of Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship
Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7.
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at end Direct Nature of
2. 3. ----------------------------- of month (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction Transaction (A) Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date Code Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (Instr. 8) (D) & 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Common Stock 8/14/00 P 900 A $16.00 D
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Common Stock 8/23/00 P 500 A $16.9375 67,807 D
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* If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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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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9. 10.
Number Owner-
of ship
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- 4. or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Trans- of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date action (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ Code 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ (Instr. ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) 8) (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Stock Options (1) $28.25 8/1/00 A 7,500 See Note 8/1/10 Common 7,500 7,500 D
Options (1) (2) Stock Shares Options
(1)
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Expanation of Responses:
1 Options to purchase shares of the Issuer's Common Stock granted under its
1998 Employee Stock Option Plan, as amended.
2 1500 Shares will become exercisable on 8/1/01, 260 shares will become
exercisable on the first day of each month thereafter until 7/1/03, and 20
shares will become exercisable on 8/1/03.
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
currenty valid OMB #.
/s/Robert J. Merrill, Jr. 8/25/00
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Alternatively, this Form is permitted to be submitted to the Commission in
electronic format at the option of the reporting person pursuant to Rule
101(b)(4) of Regulation S-T.
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