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-------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION -----------------------------
FORM 3 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES OMB Number: 3235-0104
Expires: December 31, 2001
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Estimated average burden
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or hours per response ... 0.05
(Print or Type Responses) Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 -----------------------------
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event Re- 4. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol
quiring Statement
MSD CAPITAL, L.P. (Month/Day/Year) I-many, Inc. ("IMNY")
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(Last) (First) (Middle) July, 2000 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) 6. If Amendment, Date
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3. IRS Identification Director X 10% Owner (Month/Day/Year)
Number of Report- ---- ----
780 Third Avenue, 43rd Floor ing Person, if an Officer (give Other (specify ---------------------
------------------------------------------------- entity title below) below) 7. Individual or
(Street) (Voluntary) ---- ---- Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable
Line)
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X Reporting Person
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Form filed by
More than One
Reporting Person
New York, NY 10017 ---
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(City) (State) (Zip) TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Ownership (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock 2,146,500(1) D
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Common Stock 842,188(2) D
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Common Stock 126,098(3) I By MSD ECI, LLC
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Common Stock 124,333(4) D
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Common Stock 124,333(5) 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 5(b)(v). SEC 1473 (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 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE
SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security sion or ship Beneficial
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Form of Ownership
Date Price of Deriv- (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ Deri- ative
Year) vative Security:
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Amount (D) or
Date Expir- or Indirect
Exer- ation Title Number (I)
cisable Date of
Shares (Instr. 5)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) MSD Capital, L.P. directly or indirectly beneficially owns all of the shares held by MSD Portfolio L.P.-Investments, DBV
Investments, L.P., MSD ECI, LLC, Black Martin Investments, LLC and Vermeer Investments, LLC, MSD Portfolio L.P.-Investments,
L.P., DBV Investments, L.P., MSD ECI, LLC, Black Marlin Investments, LLC and Vermeer Investments, LLC are each members of a
"group" with the joint reporting persons for purpose of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.
MSD Capital, L.P.
By: /s/ John C. Phelan 7/11/00
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**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal **Signature of Reporting Person Date
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 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. Page 2
SEC 1473 (3-99)
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Joint Filer Information
Name: MSD Portfolio L.P.-Investments
DBV Investments, L.P.
MSD ECI, LLC
Black Marlin Investments, LLC
Vermeer Investments, LLC
Address: 780 Third Avenue, 43rd Floor
New York, New York 10017
Designated Filer: MSD Capital, L.P.
Issuer and Ticker Symbol: I-many, Inc. (IMNY)
Dated of Event Requiring Statement: July 12, 2000
Signatures
MSD Portfolio L.P.-Investments.
By: /s/ John C. Phelan
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Name: John C. Phelan
Title: Managing Principal
DBV Investments, L.P.
By: /s/ John C. Phelan
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Name: John C. Phelan
Title: Manager
MSD ECI, LLC
By: /s/ John C. Phelan
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Name: John C. Phelan
Title: Manager
Black Marlin Investments, LLC
By: /s/ John C. Phelan
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Name: John C. Phelan
Title: Manager
Vermeer Investments, LLC
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form dislays
a currently valid OMB control number.
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By: /s/ John C. Phelan
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Name: John C. Phelan
Title: Manager
