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FORM 3 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES OMB Number: 3235-0104
Expires: September 30, 1998
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 .... 0.5
(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
Huntsman Packaging Corporation (Month/Day/Year) Blessings Corporation (BCO)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 4/7/98 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) 6. If Amendment, Date
----------------------- to Issuer (Check all applicable) of Original
3. IRS or Social Se- Director X 10% Owner (Month/Day/Year)
curity Number of ---- ----
500 Huntsman Way Reporting Person Officer (give Other (specify ---------------------
- ------------------------------------------------- (Voluntary) title below) below) 7. Individual or
(Street) ---- ---- Joint/Group Filing
87-0496065 (Check Applicable
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Reporting Person
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Form filed by
More than One
X Reporting Person
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 ---
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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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See Table II
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. Page 1 of 4
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction 5(b)(v). SEC 1473 (7-97)
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:
-------------------------------------------------- Security Direct
Amount (D) or
Date Expir- or Indirect
Exer- ation Title Number (I)
cisable Date of
Shares (Instr. 5)
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* * * Common Stock, *5,925,072 $21.00 * *
$.71 par value
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Explanation of Responses:
* Pursuant and subject to the terms and conditions of a certain Tender Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy dated as of April 7, 1998
(the "Tender Agreement"), certain stockholders of the Issuer have agreed to tender, and have granted irrevocable limited proxies,
to VA Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Huntsman Packaging Corporation, with respect to 5,925,072 shares of Common
Stock of the Issuer. The Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 14D-1 (the "Schedule") filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 14, 1998 by VA Acquisition Corp. and Huntsman Packaging Corporation, including Section 12 of the Offer to
Purchase (Exhibit (a)(1) to the Schedule) which describes the Tender Agreement, and such Tender Agreement (Exhibit (c)(2) to the
Schedule), are incorporated herein by reference.
Huntsman Packaging Corporation
By: /s/ Richard P. Durham 5/1/98
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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). Richard P. Durham
President and Chief Executive Officer
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 of 4
SEC 1473 (7-97)
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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: September 30, 1998
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 .... 0.5
(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
VA Acquisition Corp. (Month/Day/Year) Blessings Corporation (BCO)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 4/7/98 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) 6. If Amendment, Date
---------------------- to Issuer (Check all applicable) of Original
3. IRS or Social Se- Director X 10% Owner (Month/Day/Year)
500 Huntsman Way curity Number of ---- ----
Reporting Person Officer (give Other (specify ---------------------
- ------------------------------------------------- (Voluntary) title below) below) 7. Individual or
(Street) ---- ---- Joint/Group Filing
87-0579748 (Check Applicable
Line)
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Reporting Person
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Form filed by
More than One
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 X Reporting Person
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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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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. Page 3 of 4
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction 5(b)(v). SEC 1473 (7-97)
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:
-------------------------------------------------- Security Direct
Amount (D) or
Date Expir- or Indirect
Exer- ation Title Number (I)
cisable Date of
Shares (Instr. 5)
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* * * Common Stock, *5,925,072 $21.00 D *
$.71 par value
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Explanation of Responses:
*Pursuant and subject to the terms and conditions of a certain Tender Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy dated as of April 7, 1998
(the "Tender Agreement"), certain stockholders of the Issuer have agreed to tender, and have granted irrevocable limited proxies,
to VA Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Huntsman Packaging Corporation, with respect to 5,925,072 shares of Common
Stock of the Issuer. The Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 14D-1 (the "Schedule") filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 14, 1998 by VA Acquisition Corp. and Huntsman Packaging Corporation, including Section 12 of the Offer to
Purchase (Exhibit (a)(1) to the Schedule) which describes the Tender Agreement, and such Tender Agreement (Exhibit (c)(2) to the
Schedule), are incorporated herein by reference.
VA Acquisition Corp.
By: /s/ Richard P. Durham 5/1/98
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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). Richard P. Durham
President and Chief Executive Officer
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 4 of 4
SEC 1473 (7-97)
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