FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL
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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 2. Date of Event Re- 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
quiring Statement
Fant Anthony J. (Month/Day/Year) HEI, Inc. ("HEII")
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
02/12/98 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to 6. If Amendment,
Issuer Date of Original
2154 Highland Avenue (Month/Day/Year)
(Check all applicable)
_______________________________________ ___ Director _x_ 10% Owner
(Street) 3. IRS or Social Se- 7. Individual or
curity Number of ___ Officer (give title ___ Other (specify Joint/Group
Reporting Person below) below)* Filing (Check
(Voluntary) Applicable Line)
Birmingham AL 35205 _X_ Form filed by One
_______________________________________ Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip) ___ Form filed by
More than One
Reporting Person
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 Ownership
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, $.05 par value 480,100 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of (Over)
securities beneficially owned directly SEC 1473(8-92)
or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
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
(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/ Deri- ative (Instr. 5)
Year) vative Security:
Security Direct
Date Expira- Amount (D) or
Exer- tion Title or Indirect
cisable Date Number (I)
of (Instr. 5)
Shares
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Explanation of Responses:
**Intentional misstatements or
omissions of facts constitute
Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. /s/ Anthony J. Fant February 19, 1998
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Anthony J. Fant Date
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which
must be manually signed. If space provided is Page 2
insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 1473 (8-92)