SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
TOOLEX-ALPHA NV
(NAME OF ISSUER)
ORDINARY SHARES NLG 0.05
(TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)
N8715N103
(CUSIP NUMBER)
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement [ ]
1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NUMBE ROF ABOVE PERSON
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC
13-563460
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) [ ]
(b) [X]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANISATION
ENGLAND
NUMBER OF 5 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 0
OWNED BY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH 1,670,082
REPORTING 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
PERSON 0
WITH 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,670,082
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
1,670,082
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES
[ ]
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
8.5%
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
BK, HC
Item 1 (a) Name of Issuer:
TOOLEX-ALPHA NV
(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Office:
STRAWINSKYLAAN 2001
1077 ZZ AMSTERDAM
THE NETHERLANDS
Item 2 (a) Name of Person Filing:
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC
(b) Address of Principal Business Office:
41 LOTHBURY
LONDON EC2P 2BP
ENGLAND
(c) Citizenship (i.e. Place of Organisation)
ENGLAND
(d) Title of Class of Securities:
ORDINARY SHARES NLG 0.05
(e) CUSIP Number
N8715N103
Item 3 If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b) or
13d-2(b), check whether the person filing is a:
(a) [ ] Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15
of the Act
(b) [ ] Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the
Act
(c) [ ] Insurance Company as defined in Section
3(a)(19) of the Act
(d) [ ] Investment Company registered under Section
8 of the Investment Company Act
(e) [ ] Investment Adviser registered under Section
203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
(f) [ ] Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is
subject to the provisions of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or
Endowment Fund; see S 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)
(g) [x] Parent Holding Company, in accordance with
S 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G)
(h) [ ] Group, in accordance with
S 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(H).
Item 4 Ownership.
(a) Currently Beneficially Owned:
1,670,082
(b) Percent of Class:
8.5%
(c) Number of Shares as to which such person has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote
0
(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote
1,670,082
(iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition
of
0
(iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of
1,670,082
Item 5 Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of
the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the
beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of
securities, check the following [ ].
Item 6 Ownership of more than Five Percent on behalf of another person
NATWEST VENTURES INVESTMENTS LTD
Item 7 Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding
Company
NATWEST VENTURES INVESTMENTS LTD
IA
Item 8 Identification and Classification of Members of the Group
Not applicable
Item 9 Notice of Dissolution of the Group
Not applicable
Item 10 Certification
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in
the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the
purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or
influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and
were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any
transaction having such purposes or effect.
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete
and correct.
FEBRUARY 12, 1997
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC
BY: Signed by David Brian Maycock
NAME: David Brian Maycock
TITLE: Director of Group Compliance
SIGNATURE
Attention: Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal
criminal violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001).
