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FORM 3
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OMB APPROVAL
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OMB Number 3235-0104
Expires: September 30, 1998
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
The Thomson Corporation
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
Metro Center
One Station Place
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(Street)
Stamford, Connecticut 06902
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
1/12/98
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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
Computer Language Research, Inc. -- CLRI
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [X] 10% Owner
Other
[ ] Officer (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)
[ ] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[X] 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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Common Stock No securities owned. (1) N/A N/A
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Common Stock No securities owned. (2) N/A N/A
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each (Over)
class of securities beneficially owned directly
or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses) SEC 1473 (7/96)
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* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).
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TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS,
FORM 3 (CONTINUED) OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying
(Instr. 4) Exercisable Derivative Security
and Expira- (Instr. 4)
tion Date
(Month/Day/
Year)
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Date Expira- Title Amount
Exer- tion or
cisable Date Number
of Shares
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
sion or ship Beneficial Ownership
Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
Price of Deriva-
Deri- tive
vative Security:
Security Direct
(D) or
Indirect
(I)
(Instr. 5)
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<S> <C> <C>
N/A N/A N/A
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N/A N/A N/A
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The Thomson Corporation ("TTC") files this Form 3 pursuant to a Stock
Purchase Agreement dated January 12, 1998 (the "Stock Purchase Agreement") among
TTC, Sabre Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned
subsidiary of TTC ("Sabre"), and certain stockholders (the "Majority
Stockholders") of Computer Language Research, Inc. ("CLR"). The Stock Purchase
Agreement requires the Majority Stockholders, who own approximately 74.6% of the
outstanding shares of CLR, to tender their shares into Sabre's all cash tender
offer for all of the outstanding shares of CLR's common stock and to otherwise
sell their shares to Sabre, subject to certain conditions set forth in the Stock
Purchase Agreement. Such tender offer is currently scheduled to expire on
February 13, 1998, subject to any extension of the expiration date. The tender
offer is being made by Sabre pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated
as of January 12, 1998 (the "Merger Agreement"), among TTC, Sabre and CLR. Under
the terms of the Merger Agreement, after the expiration of the tender offer,
Sabre will be merged (the "Merger") with and into CLR, with CLR as the surviving
corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of TTC. Also pursuant to the Stock
Purchase Agreement, each Majority Stockholder, with respect to the shares he,
she or it owns of record, appoints Sabre as his, her or its proxy to vote his,
her or its shares in favor of the Merger and against any other transaction.
Consequently, for the purposes of determining TTC's status as a 10% holder, TTC
is deemed to own beneficially 10,786,962 shares of CLR common stock pursuant to
Sabre's voting power over such shares. However, for Form 3 reporting purposes,
TTC is not the beneficial owner of any shares of CLR because TTC currently has
no pecuniary interest in the shares subject to the Stock Purchase Agreement and
will obtain such pecuniary interest only upon consummation of the tender offer
or if it otherwise purchases the shares of the Majority Shareholders pursuant
to the Stock Purchase Agreement.
(2) Sabre also files this Form 3 pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, but
has no securities to report thereunder for the same reason that TTC does not.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
/s/ Michael S. Harris 1/22/98
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*Signature of Reporting Person Date
The Thomson Corporation
By: Michael S. Harris
Vice President and Assistant Secretary
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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JOINT FILER INFORMATION
Name: Sabre Acquisition, Inc.
Address: Metro Center
One Station Place
Stamford, CT 06902
Designated Filer: The Thomson Corporation
Issuer & Ticker Symbol: Computer Language Research, Inc. -- CLRI
Date of Event
Requiring Statement: 1/12/98
Signature: /s/ Michael S. Harris
Michael S. Harris
President,
Sabre Acquisition, Inc.
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