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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
Trustees of General Electric Pension Trust (Month/Day/Year) The Grand Union Company (Trading Symbol: GUCO)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) Sept. 17, 1996 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) 6. If Amendment, Date
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3. IRS or Social Se- Director X 10% Owner (Month/Day/Year)
curity Number of ---- ----
3003 Summer Street Reporting Person Officer (give Other (specify ---------------------
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(Street) 14-6015763 ---- ---- 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
Stamford CT 06904 ---
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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. (Over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction 5(b)(v). SEC 1473 (7-96)
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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- of Indirect
Exer- ation Title Number (I)
cisable Date of
Shares (Instr. 5)
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Class A Preferred Stock, 9/17/96 6/1/05* Common Stock, ** $7.25 (I) By Partnerships
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par value $1.00 per share par value $1.00 ***
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Explanation of Responses:
* Date on which all shares of Class A Preferred Stock are required to be redeemed.
** 5,517,241.38, the aggregate amount into which the 400,000 shares of Class A Preferred Stock acquired
by Trefoil Capital Investors, II, L.P., and the 400,000 shares of Class A Preferred Stock acquired by GE
Investment Private Placement Partners II, A Limited Partnership, are convertible.
*** Owned severally by two limited partnerships (each, a "Limited Partnership" and collectively, the "Limited Partnerships"). The
reporting person is a limited partner in one of the Limited Partnerships. The reporting person is the owner of two corporations
which are partners in a partnership which is a general partner of the other Limited Partnership. The reporting person disclaims
beneficial ownership of the securities or interest held by any Limited Partnership in excess of the reporting person's
proportionate interest, whether direct or indirect, in such Limited Partnership.
Trustees of General Electric Pension Trust
By: /s/ Donald Torrey Sept. 26, 1996
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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 (7-96)
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