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FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL
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OMB Number: 3235-0104
Expires: September 30, 1998
Estimated average burden
hours per response 0.5
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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*
LABATT FRED B.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Austin, Calvert & Flavin, Inc.
112 East Pecan, Suite 2800
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(Street)
San Antonio Texas 78205
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
January 1, 1998
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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
TOM BROWN, INC.
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Director
[ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below)
[X] Other (specify below)*
Member of Group Owning 10%
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check all applicable)
[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. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Onwership
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
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COMMON STOCK 6,000 D
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COMMON STOCK 200,000 I (1)
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COMMON STOCK 300 I (2)
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see
Instruction 5(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
(Over)
SEC 1473 (7-96)
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FORM 3 (continued)
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TABLE II--Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of
Security (Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security sion or ship Indirect
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Form of Beneficial
Date ----------------------------------- Price of Deriv- Ownership
(Month/Day/Year) Deriv- ative (Instr. 5)
--------------------- Amount ative Security
of Security Direct
Date Expira- Title Number (D) or
Exer- tion of Indirect
cisable Date Shares (I)
(Instr. 5)
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Explanation of Responses:
* The reporting person may be deemed to be a member of a group holding equity
securities of the Issuer. The filing of this report shall not be deemed an
admission that the reporting person is a member of such a group.
(1) The amount of securities shown in Column 2 of Table I of this Form 3 is
owned beneficially by Encino Partners, L.P. ("Encino"). The reporting
person is a general partner of Encino. The entire amount of the Issuer's
securities held by Encino is reported herein. The reporting person
disclaims any beneficial ownership of the Issuer's securities reported
herein for purposes of Rule 16a-1(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Act") or otherwise, except as to securities
representing the reporting person's pro rata interest in, and interest in
the profits of, Encino.
(2) The amount of securities shown in Column 2 of Table I of this Form 3 is
owned beneficially by Raven Schaefer, the reporting person's wife. The
entire amount of the Issuer's securities held by his wife, individually,
is reported herein. The reporting person disclaims any beneficial
ownership of the Issuer's securities reported herein for the purposes of
Rule 16a-1(a) under the Act or otherwise.
/s/ Fred B. Labatt 4/29/98
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** Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal 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.
