UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
FORM 3
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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)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Apollo Advisors, L.P.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
2 Manhattanville Road
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(Street)
Purchase NY 10577
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/01/99
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Brooke Group Ltd.
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Director x 10% Owner
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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
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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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
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect (Instr. 5)
(I)(Instr. 5)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* 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 securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exercisable 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature
Security (Instr. 4) and Expiration Securities Underlying sion or ship of In-
Date (Month/Day/Year) Derivative Security Exercise Form of direct
------------------------- (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv- Bene-
Date Expira- ------------------------- Derivative ative ficial
Exer- tion Title Amount Security Security: Owner-
cisable Date or Direct ship
Number (D) or (Instr.
of Indirect 5)
Shares (I)
(Instr.
5)
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Warrant 3/3/98 3/2/03 Common Stock 2,000,000(1) $5.00 I (see footnote 1)
Warrant 11/1/99 10/31/04 Common Stock 2,150,000(1) $0.10 I (see footnote 1)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Amount reported includes Warrants beneficially owned by AIF II, L.P. ("AIF")
and Lion Advisors, L.P. ("Lion") that are exercisable for an aggregate of
4,150,000 common shares of Brooke Group Ltd. (the "Issuer"). The Reporting
Person is the general partner of AIF. Apollo Capital Management, Inc. ("Apollo
Management") is the general partner of the Reporting Person. Lion Capital
Management, Inc. ("Lion Management") is the general partner of Lion. Leon D.
Black and John J. Hannan are the directors and principal executive officers of
Apollo Management and Lion Management. The Reporting Person, AIF, Lion, Apollo
Management, Lion Management, Messrs. Black and Hannan and their respective
affiliates disclaim beneficial ownership of all shares of the Issuer in excess
of their pecuniary interests, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an
admission that such person or entity is the beneficial owner of, or has any
pecuniary interest in, any such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for another purpose. The
foregoing does not include any adjustments for the declaration or payment by the
Issuer of a 5% stock dividend on September 30, 1999 to holders of record on
September 24, 1999.
APOLLO ADVISORS, L.P.
By: Apollo Capital Management, Inc.,
its general partner
/s/ Michael D. Weiner September 30, 1999
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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