Issuer Name: The Ziegler Companies, Inc.
Reporting Person: Van Horn, Lynn R.
W72 N1001 Harrison Avenue
Cedarburg, Wisconsin 53012
Social Security Number: ###-##-####
Statement for: April 1997
Relationship of
Reporting Person
to Issuer: Officer - Senior Vice President - Finance
Title of Security: Common Stock
Amount of Securities
Beneficially Owned
at End of Month: 1,560
Ownership Form: Direct
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Title of Common Stock through
Derivative Security: employee stock option (right to buy)
Conversion or
Exercise Price of
Derivative Security: $16.625
Transaction Date: April 29, 1997
Transaction Code: X
Number of Derivative
Securities Disposed Of: 6,000
Date Exercisable: Immediate
Expiration Date: December 29, 2003
Title of Underlying
Securities: Common Stock
Number of Shares
of Underlying Securities: 6,000
Price of
Derivative Security: $12,750.00
Number of Derivative
Securities Beneficially
Owned at End of Month: 0
Ownership Form of
Derivative Security: Direct
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Title of Common Stock through
Derivative Security: employee stock option (right to buy)
Conversion or
Exercise Price of
Derivative Security: $15.940
Transaction Date: April 29, 1997
Transaction Code: X
Number of Derivative
Securities Disposed Of: 1,210
Date Exercisable: Immediate
Expiration Date: April 30, 1997
Title of Underlying
Securities: Common Stock
Number of Shares
of Underlying Securities: 1,210
Price of
Derivative Security: $3,400.10
Number of Derivative
Securities Beneficially
Owned at End of Month: 0
Ownership Form of
Derivative Security: Direct
