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FORM 4
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OMB NUMBER: 3235-0287
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
/ / Check this box if no longer
subject to Section 16. Form 4
or Form 5 obligations may
continue. SEE Instruction 1(b)
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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
to Issuer
Hackel, Kenneth S. Nathans Famous, Inc. NATH (Check all applicable)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social 4. Statement for Director X 10% Owner
Security Number of Month/Year ------ -----
Reporting Person Officer (give Other (specify
(Voluntary) December 1999 ------ ----- below)
title below)
P.O. Box 726
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(Street) 5. If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
Date of Original (Check Applicable Line)
(Month/Year) X Form filed by One Reporting Person
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Form filed by More than One
Alpine, New Jersey 07620 --- Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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1.Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired(A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of Indirect
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: Beneficial
(Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Owner-
Day/ End of Month (D) or ship
Year) Indirect
(Instr. 3 and 4) (I)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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(A) or (D)
Code V Amount Price
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Common stock, $0.01 par 12/2/99 P 3,100 A $3.375 D
value per share
Common stock, $0.01 par 12/7/99 P 800 A $3.28125 D
value per share
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Common stock, $0.01 par 12/17/99 P 3,700 A $3.1875 D
value per share
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Common stock, $0.01 par 12/23/99 P 10,000 A $3.3125 D
value per share
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TOTAL 755,500
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
4(b)(v). SEC 1474 (7-96)
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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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1. Table of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date 7. Title and 8. Price of
Security sion or action action Derivative Exercisable Amount of Derivative
(Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Securities and Underlying Security
Price of (Instr. 8) Acquired Expiration Securities (Instr. 5)
Deriv- (Month/Day/ (A) or Date (Instr. 3 and 4)
ative Year) Disposed
Security of (D) (Month/Day/
(Instr. 3, Year)
4, and 5)
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Date Expir- Amount or
Code V (A) (D) Exer- ation Title Number of
cisable Date Shares
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<S> <C> <C>
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9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of
Derivative Form of Indirect
Securities Derivative Beneficial
Beneficially Security: Ownership
Owned at Direct (D) (Instr. 4)
End of or Indirect
Month (I)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
** 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.
/s/Kenneth S. Hackel 1/7/00
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not Page 2 required to respond unless the form displays a
currently valid OMB Number. SEC 1474 (7-96)
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