UNITED STATES 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
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Mark T. Thatcher
c\o Nadeau & Simmons, P.C.
1250 Turks Head Building
Providence, RI 02903
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Providence Capital III, Inc.
Ticker or Trading Symbol: N/A
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
N/A
4. Statement for Month/Year
June, 2000
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
N/A
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director (X) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
Secretary
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 Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of | |7.Nature of Indirect
| Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |6.Dir | Beneficial Ownership
| | | | Beneficially |ect |
| | | | | | | Owned |(D)or |
| | | | | A/| | |Indir |
| Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | |ect(I)|
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COMMON STOCK (voting) |11/24/|K | | 100,000 |A | $0.0038| 100,000 |D |N/A
1999 | | | | | | | |
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of
Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|ofDeriva |Dir|Indirect
|or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial
|cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership
|Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or |
|Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind|
|tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire|
|Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct |
|rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Year |(I)|
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N/A | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Mark T. Thatcher
MARK T. THATCHER
DATE
July 18, 2000
