U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO
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*
Rasmussen Michael J.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
14730 SW Surrey Court
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(Street)
Beaverton OR 97006
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
April 14, 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
The Encore Group, Inc.;EGRP
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ X ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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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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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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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock 750 D None
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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 Security Form of
2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative
and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security:
(Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of
---------------------- or Exercise (D) or Indirect
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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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Stock Option 10/21/98 4/19/08 Common Stock 4,750 $10 per share D
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Stock Option 10/21/98 4/19/08 Common Stock 80 $10 per share D
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/Michael J. Rasmussen July 6, 1998
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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 provided is insufficient. See Instruction 6 for procedure.
Alternatively, this form is permitted to be submitted to the
Commission in electronic format at the option of the reporting person
pursuant to Rule 101(b)(4) of Regulation S-T.
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