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|F O R M 3| Washington, D.C. 20549 | OMB APPROVAL |
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP |OMB Number 3235-0104|
|Expires: September 30,1998|
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, |Estimated ave. burden |
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or |hours per response.....0.5|
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940 ----------------------------
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Date of Event |4.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |
| | Requiring Statement | |
| | (Month/Day/Year) | Houghton Mifflin Company |
| | | (HTN)|
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| (Last) (First) (MI)| 12/01/1999 |5.Relationship of Reporting Person to |6.If Amendment, Date of |
| | | Issuer (Check all Applicable) | Original (Mon/Day/Year)|
| 425 Spring Lake Drive | | | |
| |-----------------------| Director 10% Owner | 12/02/1999 |
| |3.IRS or Soc. Sec. No. |--- --- |-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------| of Reporting Person | |7.Individual or Joint/ |
| (Street) | (Voluntary) | X Officer Other | Group Filing |
| | |---(give title below)---(Specify below)| (Check Applicable Line)|
| | | | X Form filed by One |
|Itasca IL 60143-2079| | Senior Vice President, |--- Reporting Person |
| | | Houghton Mifflin Company | Form filed by More |
| | | |--- than Reporting Person|
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| (City) (State) (Zip) |
| TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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|1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) |2.Amount of Securities |3.Ownership |4.Nature of Indirect Beneficial |
| | Beneficially Owned | Form: | Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| | (Instr. 4) | Direct (D) | |
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|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
| Common Stock | 8,180 | D | |
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| Common Stock | 1,707.438 | I | 401(k) Plan |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly. SEC 1473 (7-96)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
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FORM 3 (continued) TABLE II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible security)
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|1.Title of |2.Date Exercisable and |3.Title and Amount of Underlying |4.Conversion or |5. |6.Nature of |
| Derivative | Expiration Date | Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | Exercise Price |Own. | Indirect |
| Security | (Month/Day/Year) | | of Derivative |Form | Beneficial |
| (Instr. 4) | | | Security |of | Ownership |
| | | | |Deri.| (Instr. 5) |
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| | | | |Dir. | |
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| |Date |Expiration | |Amount or Number | |Ind. | |
| |Exercisable |Date | Title |of Shares | |(I) | |
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|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
|Stock Option | 10/24/1995 | 10/23/2000 |Common Stock | 8,000 | $21.3750 | D | |
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|Stock Option | | 11/30/2008 |Common Stock | 4,000 | $42.9375 | D | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(01) All shares become exercisable on February 15, 2001, provided that the Committee administering the Houghton Mifflin Compa
ny 1998 Stock Compensation Plan determines on or prior to that date the Company has attained stated financial go
als by December 31, 2000; otherwise, 1,334 shares will become exercisable on December 1, 2002; and 1,333 shares will
each become exercisable on December 1, 2003, and December 1, 2004.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/John E. Laramy 01/10/2000
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------------------ ----------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 1473 (7-96)
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 OMD Number.
Laramy, John E. Houghton Mifflin Company 12/01/1999 PAGE: 2 OF 2
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