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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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
[_] Check box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Jones, Mark C.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
11 Hanover Square
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(Street)
New York New York 10005
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Winmill & Co. Incorporated (WNMLA)
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
September 1999
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[x] Director [_] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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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 Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
(Over)
(Form 4-07/98)
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
of Form
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Non-Qualified $2.375 9/7/99 A 10,000 9/8/00 9/7/04 Class A 10,000 20,000 D
Stock Option Common Shares
$.01 par value
per share
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Thomas B. Winmill on behalf of
Mark C. Jones by Power of Attorney 10/8/99
dated 3/2/99
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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.
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DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY
THIS is intended to constitute a DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY pursuant to
Article 5, Title 15 of the New York General Obligations Law:
I, Mark C. Jones, do hereby appoint each of Thomas B. Winmill and Deborah
A. Sullivan, my attorneys-in-fact TO ACT SEPARATELY IN MY NAME, PLACE AND STEAD
in any way which I myself could do, if I were personally present, with respect
to the following matters:
1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Bull
& Bear Group, Inc. ("Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 and Form
144 and all other documents and forms similar thereto or
appropriate in connection therewith, including but not
limited to seller's representation letters, stock powers,
and certificates in accordance with, respectively, Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder, and Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, and
other applicable law (the "Documents");
2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Documents and file same with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange, clearing firm, registrar or a transfer agent, as
appropiate, or similar authority; and
3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Durable Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitute's, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933.
This Durable Power of Attorney shall not be affected by my subsequent
disability or incompetence.
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TO INDUCE ANY THIRD PARTY TO ACT HEREUNDER, I HEREBY AGREE THAT ANY
THIRD PARTY RECEIVING A DULY EXECUTED COPY OR FACSIMILE OF THIS INSTRUMENT MAY
ACT HEREUNDER, AND THAT REVOCATION OR TERMINATION HEREOF SHALL BE INEFFECTIVE AS
TO SUCH THIRD PARTY UNLESS AND UNTIL ACTUAL NOTICE OR KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH
REVOCATION OR TERMINATION SHALL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY SUCH THIRD PARTY, AND I
FOR MYSELF AND MY HEIRS, EXECUTORS, LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES AND ASSIGNS, HEREBY
AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY FROM AND AGAINST ANY
AND ALL CLAIMS THAT MAY ARISE AGAINST SUCH THIRD PARTY BY REASON OF SUCH THIRD
PARTY HAVING RELIED ON THE PROVISIONS OF THIS INSTRUMENT.
THIS DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY MAY BE REVOKED BY ME AT ANY TIME.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name this March 2,
1999.
/s/ Mark C. Jones
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Mark C. Jones
STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On March 2, 1999 before me personally came Mark C. Jones, the individual
described in, and who executed the foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged to
me that he executed the same.
Sworn to before me this 2nd day of March, 1999.
/s/ Irene K. Kawczynski
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Notary Public
