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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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| FORM 4 | STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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| | 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
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Ascom USA Inc
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
9 East Ninth Street, Apt. 1
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(Street)
New York, NY 10003
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Identix Incorporated (IDX)
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
10/1999
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
| | Director |x| 10% Owner
| | Officer (give title below) | | Other (specify below)
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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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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) Amount of ship
3. or Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
2. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
Transaction Code --------------------------------- Owned at (D) or Indirect
1. Date (Instr. 8) (A) End of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security (Month/ ----------- Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) Day/Year) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock (no par value) 10/01/99 S 11,900 D 8.41597
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10/04/99 S 15,000 D 8.94042
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10/06/99 S 11,500 D 8.5625
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10/11/99 S 16,000 D 8.375
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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
4(b)(v).
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of
information contained in this form are not required to
respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB (Over)
control number. SEC 1474 (3-99)
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Table I--Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) Amount of ship
3. or Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
2. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
Transaction Code --------------------------------- Owned at (D) or Indirect
1. Date (Instr. 8) (A) End of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security (Month/ ----------- Amount / Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) Day/Year) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Common Stock (no par value) 10/12/99 S 5,200 D 8.43269
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10/13/99 S 2,900 D 8.28879
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10/14/99 S 2,600 D 8.10817
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10/15/99 S 2,000 D 8.00
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10/21/99 S 2,000 D 8.00
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10/22/99 S 37,100 D 8.00977
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10/25/99 S 12,000 D 8.01198
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10/26/99 S 5,000 D 8.00 4,431,524 I (1)
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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
4(b)(v).
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of
information contained in this form are not required to
respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB (Over)
control number. SEC 1474 (3-99)
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FORM 4 (continued)
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Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
of Form
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secu- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. rities Secu- of
Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- rity: In-
cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Code of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secu- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4, and 5) Date Expira- Number rity Month (I) ship
Security Secu- Day/ -------- ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) rity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Shares owned by Ascom USA Inc. are held in a voting trust pursuant to a
Voting Trust Agreement dated as of September 2, 1994 among Ascom Holding,
Inc., predecessor owner of the shares of Common Stock of Identix now held by
Ascom USA Inc., the Voting Trustee and Identix Incorporated.
**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 is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB Number.
/s/ Norbert Weissberg 11/08/99
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Name: Norbert Weissberg Date
Title: President
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