UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
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 Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Adams, James S.
11825 N. Pennsylvania Street
Carmel, IN 46032
U.S.A.
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Conseco, Inc.
CNC
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
February 28, 1999
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect |
| Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership |
| | | | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | |
| Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| |
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<S> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Preferred Redeemable Incre|02/01/|J(1)| |1,000 |D | | | D | |
ased Dividend Equity Securi|99 | | | | | | | | |
ties, 7% PRIDES, | | | | | | | | | |
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Convertible Preferred Sto| | | | | | | | | |
ck | | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |02/01/|J(1)| |3,420 |A | | |D | |
|99 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |02/24/|M | |4,800 |A |$10.47 | |D | |
|99 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |02/24/|M | |4,800 |A |$14.30 | |D | |
|99 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |02/24/|F | |5,447 |D |$30.81 |496,895 |D | |
|99 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock | | | | | | |9,377 |I |By 401(k) Plan |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of|
Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect |
|or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial |
|cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership |
|Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | |
|Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| |
|tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| |
|Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | |
|rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| |
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Options to Purchase |$10.47 |02/24|M | |3,448 |D |12/14|12/13|Common Stock|3,448 | |0 |D | |
| |/99 | | | | |/98 |/01 | | | | | | |
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Options to Purchase |$10.47 |02/24|M | |1,352 |D |12/14|12/13|Common Stock|1,352 | |0 |D | |
| |/99 | | | | |/98 |/04 | | | | | | |
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Options to Purchase |$14.30 |02/24|M | |4,800 |D |12/13|12/12|Common Stock|4,800 | |0 |D | |
| |/99 | | | | |/98 |/05 | | | | | | |
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Options to Purchase |$30.81 |02/24|A |V|5,447 |A |8/24/|02/23|Common Stock|5,447 | |5,447 |D | |
| |/99 | | | | |99 |/09 | | | | | | |
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Options to Purchase (| | | | | | | | | | | |617,386 |D | |
2) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The Reporting Person received 3,420 shares of common stock upon redemption
by the Issuer of 1,000 shares
of
PRIDES.
(2) Represents stock options held by the Reporting Person as previously
reported.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/James S. Adams by Karl W. Kindig, Attorney-in-Fact
DATE
March 9, 1999
