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| FORM 3 | U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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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*
Ebrahimi Farhad Fred
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
8821 Experimental Farm Road
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(Street)
Cheyenne Wy 82009-8814
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 8/25/98
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person if an Entity
(Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol The Lamson & Sessions Co. (LMS)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[_] Director [_] Officer [X] 10% Owner [_] Other
(give title below) (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
TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title 2. Amount of 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of
of Securities Bene- Direct (D) or Indirect Bene-
Security ficially Owned Indirect (I) ficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock 1,346,300 shares D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of In-
Security (Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security or Form of direct Bene-
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Derivative ficial
Date Price Security: Ownership
(Month/Day/ of Direct (D) (Instr. 5)
Year) Derivative or In-
---------------------------------------------------- Security direct (I)
Date Expira- Amount or (Instr. 5)
Exer- tion Title Number of
cisable Date Shares
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Explanation of Responses:
Farhad Fred Ebrahimi is the reporting person for the Ebrahimi Family, which
consists of Farhad Fred Ebrahimi, Mary Wilkie Ebrahimi, Farhad Alexander
Ebrahimi, and Farah Alexandra Ebrahimi. As of the date of the event requiring
this Statement, 1,312,300 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock were held jointly
by Farhad Fred Ebrahimi and Mary Wilkie Ebrahimi, husband and wife; 24,000
shares of the Issuer's stock were held jointly by Farhad Fred Ebrahimi and
Farhad Alexander Ebrahimi; and 10,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock were
held jointly by Farhad Fred Ebrahimi and Farah Alexandra Ebrahimi. Accordingly,
Farhad Fred Ebrahimi and Mary Wilkie Ebrahimi have a pecuniary interest in
1,346,300 shares of the Issuer's common stock, Farhad Alexander Ebrahimi has a
pecuniary interest in 24,000 shares, and Farah Alexandra Ebrahimi has a
pecuniary interest in 10,000 shares.
**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 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.
/s/ Farhad Fred Ebrahimi 12/15/98
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, M.P. Wilkie Ebrahimi, private person, residing at 8821 Experimental Farm
Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009-8814, hereby delegate to F. Fred Ebrahimi, private
person, residing at 8821 Experimental Farm Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009-8814, the
authority to act in my place and stead with respect to the following powers:
To act as the reporting person on my behalf in connection with filings
to be made with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and
To execute such documents and to perform all other acts necessary, or
incidental to the execution of the powers enumerated herein.
This Power of Attorney is effective until revoked.
Executed this 16th day of November, 1998.
/s/ M.P. Wilkie Ebrahimi
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M.P. Wilkie Ebrahimi
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Farah A. Ebrahimi, private person, residing at 8821 Experimental Farm
Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009-8814, hereby delegate to F. Fred Ebrahimi, private
person, residing at 8821 Experimental Farm Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009-8814, the
authority to act in my place and stead with respect to the following powers:
To act as the reporting person on my behalf in connection with filings
to be made with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and
To execute such documents and to perform all other acts necessary, or
incidental to the execution of the powers enumerated herein.
This Power of Attorney is effective until revoked.
Executed this 16th day of November, 1998.
/s/ Farah A. Ebrahimi
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Farah A. Ebrahimi
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Farah A. Ebrahimi, private person, residing at 8821 Experimental Farm
Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009-8814, acting as a custodian for Farhad A. Ebrahimi,
minor person, residing at 8821 Experimental Farm Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009-8814,
hereby delegate to F. Fred Ebrahimi, private person, residing at 8821
Experimental Farm Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009-8814, the authority to act in my
place and stead with respect to the following powers:
To act as the reporting person on my behalf in connection with filings
to be made with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and
To execute such documents and to perform all other acts necessary, or
incidental to the execution of the powers enumerated herein.
This Power of Attorney is effective until revoked.
Executed this 16th day of November, 1998.
/s/ Farah A. Ebrahimi
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Farah A. Ebrahimi, as Custodian for
Farhad A. Ebrahimi
