U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
2501 McGee
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(Street)
Kansas City Missouri 64108
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
5/9/00
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Crown Media Holdings, Inc.; NASDAQ - CRWN
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[_] Director [X] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[ ] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[X] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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3. Ownership Form:
2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or
1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Class A common stock, 160,400 D
par value $0.01
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
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FORM 3 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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5. Owner-
3. Title and Amount of Securities ship
Underlying Derivative Securities Form of
2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative
and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security:
(Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of
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Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Class B commmon stock, Class A common stock,
par value $0.01 (1) N/A N/A par value $0.01 30,670,422 $0 I By Hallmark
Entertainment, Inc.(2)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Pursuant to the terms of the Issuer's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, each share of Class B common stock is convertible into one
share of Class A common stock at the option of the holder thereof, or upon
certain transfers of such stock.
(2) Hallmark Cards, Incorporated owns 100% of Hallmark Entertainment, Inc.
HALLMARK CARDS, INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Judith C. Whittaker May 19, 2000
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Name: Judith C. Whittaker Date
Title: Vice President
**Signature of Reporting Person
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 10 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.
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ATTACHMENT
Pursuant to Rules 16a-1(a)(3) and 16a-3(j) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and General Instruction 5(b)(v) of Form 3, the undersigned hereby
executes this attachment as a joint filer with respect to the foregoing Initial
Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities (Date of Event Requiring
Statement - 5/09/00; Designated Filer - Hallmark Cards, Incorporated) regarding
certain shares of Class A Common Stock of Crown Media Holdings, Inc.
HALLMARK ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
1325 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
By: /s/ Judith C. Whittaker
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Name: Judith C. Whittaker
Title: Vice President
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