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FORM 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL
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/ / CHECK THIS BOX IF NO STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OMB NUMBER: 3235-0287
LONGER SUBJECT TO EXPIRES: DECEMBER 31, 2001
SECTION 16. FORM 4 OR Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, ESTIMATED AVERAGE BURDEN
FORM 5 OBLIGATIONS MAY Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or HOURS PER RESPONSE .... 0.5
CONTINUE. SEE Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 -----------------------------
INSTRUCTION 1(b).
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
Chouinard Jean-Guy H Power Corp. ("HPOW") ---- ----
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 4. Statement for ---- title ---- (specify
Number of Reporting Month/Year below) below)
Person (Voluntary) General Manager, H Power Enterprises
of Canada Inc.
755 Montpellier #1709 August 2000 ----------------- ------------------
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(Street) 5. If Amendment, (Check Applicable Line)
Date of Original X Form filed by One Reporting Person
(Month/Year) ___Form filed by More than One
St. Laurent Quebec Canada H4L 4R1 Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) 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. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
(Month/ End of (D) or ficial
Day/ ------------------------------------------- Month Indirect Owner-
Year) (A) or (I) ship
Code V Amount (D) Price (Instr. 3 (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
and 4)
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Common Stock, $.001 par value
per share 08/23/00 P 300 A $15.95 300 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction 4(b)(v). SEC 1474 (3-99)
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 CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
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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 Security 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exer-
(Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities Ac- cisable and Ex-
Exercise Date (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Dis- piration Date
Price of (Month/ posed of (D) (Month/Day/
Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Year)
ative Year)
Security
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Date Expira-
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cisable Date
Code V (A) (D)
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7. Title and Amount of Under- 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Nature
lying Securities of of Deriv- ship of In-
(Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form direct
ative Securi- of De- Bene-
Secur- ties rivative ficial
ity Bene- Secu- Own-
(Instr. ficially rity: ership
5) Owned Direct (Instr. 4)
at End (D) or
Amount or of Indi-
Title Number of Month rect (I)
Shares (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Thomas Michael September 7, 2000
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**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute **Signature of Reporting Person Date
Federal Criminal Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Attorney-in-fact
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.
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 currently
valid OMB Number.
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SEC 1474 (3-99)
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
The undersigned (the "Reporting Person") hereby constitutes and
appoints William Zang and Thomas Michael, and either of them or his designee,
as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full
power of substitution and resubstitution with respect to all matters arising
in connection with the filing of statements of beneficial ownership,
including, without limitation, Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership on
Form 3 ("Form 3"), Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 4
("Form 4") and Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership on Form 5 ("Form 5"),
of the securities of H Power Corp. (the "Company") with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and any exchange on which the
securities of the Company are traded on behalf of the Reporting Person in the
Reporting Person's capacity as director and/or officer of the Company with
full power in the Reporting Person's name and on the Reporting Person's
behalf, to do any and all of the following:
1. To make, execute and file with the Commission statements on Forms 3,
4 or 5, or amendments to a statement on Forms 3, 4 or 5, with respect to the
beneficial ownership by the Reporting Person of the securities of the Company;
and
2. Otherwise to take all actions and to do all things necessary or
proper, required, contemplated or deemed advisable by the attorney-in-fact,
in his discretion, including the execution and delivery of all documents, and
generally to act for and in the name of the Reporting Person with respect to
the filing of statements on Forms 3, 4 or 5, or amendments to statements on
Forms 3, 4 or 5, as fully as would the Reporting Person if then personally
present and acting.
Dated: August 30, 2000
/s/ Jean-Guy Chouinard
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