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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
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
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Credit Suisse Group
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
Paradeplatz 8, Postfach 1, CH-8070
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(Street)
Zurich, Switzerland
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
6/14/99
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Income Opportunities Fund 2000, Inc. (IFT)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[_] Director [X] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/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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Common Stock 1,108,100 shares I See Explanation of Responses
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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
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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>
Not applicable.
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Explanation of Responses:
See Attachment A
Credit Suisse Group
/s/ William W. Chandler 8/26/99
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
By: William W. Chandler
Director
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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Attachment A
Explanation of Responses
The securities reported herein are owned by Credit Suisse First Boston
Corporation ("CSFBC"), a Massachusetts corporation and a broker-dealer
registered under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act"). CSFBC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse First
Boston Inc., a Delaware corporation ("CSFBI"). Credit Suisse First Boston, a
Swiss bank (the "Bank"), owns a majority of the voting stock, and all of the
non-voting stock, of CSFBI. The ultimate parent company of the Bank and CSFBI,
and the owner of the remainder of the voting stock of CSFBI, is Credit Suisse
Group, a corporation formed under the laws of Switzerland.