IDENTIX INC
SC 13D/A, 1999-11-23
COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN
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                                  UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                 SCHEDULE 13D

                   Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                (Amendment No.11)


                              IDENTIX INCORPORATED
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                                (Name of Issuer)


                         COMMON STOCK ($0.01 Par Value)
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)


                                    451906101
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                                 (CUSIP Number)


                              Identix Incorporated
                   510 N. Pastoria Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086
                               Tel: (408) 731-2000

    Christopher M. Wells, Esq., Coudert Brothers, 1114 Avenue of the Americas
                     New York, New York 10036 (212) 626-4400
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                 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
               Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)


                                November 8, 1999
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                      (Date of Event which Requires Filing
                               of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1 (b)(3) or (4), check the following box [ ].

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five
copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7(b) for other
parties to whom copies are to be sent.

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosure
provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the "Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the
Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
                               Page 1 of 10 Pages



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CUSIP No. 451906101                 SCHEDULE 13D              Page 2 of 10 Pages



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   1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

       Ascom Holding AG


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   2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                             (a)  [  ]
                                                             (b)  [  ]


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   3   SEC USE ONLY




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   4   SOURCE OF FUNDS*

       00


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   5   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
       ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)                                         [  ]


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   6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

       Switzerland


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   NUMBER OF      7    SOLE VOTING POWER
     SHARES            0
  BENEFICIALLY    --------------------------------------------------------------
    OWNED BY      8    SHARED VOTING POWER
      EACH             0
   REPORTING      --------------------------------------------------------------
     PERSON       9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
      WITH             4,330,024
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                       0

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  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

       4,330,024

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  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

                                                                      [  ]

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  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

       14.1%

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  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

       CO


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CUSIP No. 451906101                 SCHEDULE 13D              Page 3 of 10 Pages



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   1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

       Ascom USA Inc.


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   2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                             (a)  [  ]
                                                             (b)  [  ]


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   3   SEC USE ONLY




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   4   SOURCE OF FUNDS*

       00


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   5   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
       ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)                                         [  ]


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   6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

       New York


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   NUMBER OF      7    SOLE VOTING POWER
     SHARES            0
  BENEFICIALLY    --------------------------------------------------------------
    OWNED BY      8    SHARED VOTING POWER
      EACH             0
   REPORTING      --------------------------------------------------------------
     PERSON       9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
      WITH             4,330,024
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                       0

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

       4,330,024

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  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

                                                                      [  ]

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  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

       14.1%

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  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

       CO


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         This Eleventh Amended Statement (the "Eleventh Amended Statement") to
the initial Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
behalf of Ascom Hasler Ltd. on September 12, 1988, the First Amendment to
Schedule 13D filed on October 25, 1988, the Second Amendment to Schedule 13D
filed on December 23, 1988, the Third Amendment to Schedule 13D filed on March
23, 1989, the Fourth Amendment to Schedule 13D filed on December 13, 1989, the
Fifth Amendment to Schedule 13D filed on July 24, 1990, the Sixth Amendment to
Schedule 13D filed on December 26, 1990, the Seventh Amendment to Schedule 13D
filed on August 13, 1992, the Eighth Amendment to Schedule 13D filed on March
30, 1993, the Ninth Amendment to Schedule 13D filed on July 19, 1996, and the
Tenth Amendment to Schedule 13D filed on August 12, 1999, all of which are
incorporated by reference herein and are referred to collectively herein as the
"Prior Filings," is being filed pursuant to Rule 13d-2 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on behalf of Ascom Holding AG ("Ascom AG") and
Ascom USA Inc. ("Ascom USA" and, together with Ascom AG, sometimes collectively
referred to herein as the "Reporting Persons"). Unless otherwise stated herein,
all capitalized terms used in this Eleventh Amended Statement have the same
meanings as those set forth in the Prior Filings.


Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

                  Not applicable.


Item 4.  Purpose of Transaction.

                  Item 4 is hereby supplemented as follows:

                  The Reporting Persons effected the following dispositions of
                  the Issuer's Common Stock in open market transactions: (i)
                  9,000 shares at $7.27778 per share on August 12, 1999; (ii)
                  11,000 shares at $7.50 per share on August 13, 1999; (iii)
                  6,000 shares at $7.54167 per share on August 16, 1999; (iv)
                  6,900 shares at $7.625 per share on August 17, 1999; (v)
                  12,000 shares at $7.85417 per share on August 18, 1999; (vi)
                  7,100 shares at $8.00 per share on August 19, 1999; (vii)
                  3,000 shares at $8.04167 per share on August 20, 1999; (viii)
                  3,100 shares at $8.00202 per share on August 23, 1999; (ix)
                  18,000 shares at $8.06944 per share on August 24, 1999; (x)
                  8,000 shares at $8.20312 per share on August 25, 1999; (xi)
                  5,900 shares at $8.31250 per share on August 26, 1999; (xii)
                  8,000 shares at $8.07812 per share on August 30, 1999; (xiii)
                  400 shares at $8.125 per share on August 31, 1999; (xiv) 3,800
                  shares at $8.00 per share on September 1, 1999; (xv) 12,000
                  shares at $8.02083 per share on September 2, 1999; (xvi)
                  10,800 shares at $8.0625 per share on September 3, 1999;
                  (xvii) 18,000 shares at $8.88194 per share on September 7,
                  1999; (xviii) 3,000 shares at $9.00 per share

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                  on September 8, 1999; (xix) 11,200 shares at $9.00223 per
                  share on September 9, 1999; (xx) 16,900 shares at $9.07433 per
                  share on September 10, 1999; (xxi) 2,900 shares at $8.5625 per
                  share on September 27, 1999; (xxii) 5,600 shares at $8.25 per
                  share on September 28, 1999; (xxiii) 5,000 shares at $8.25 per
                  share on September 29, 1999; (xxiv) 9,600 shares at $8.33594
                  per share on September 30, 1999; (xxv) 11,900 shares at
                  $8.41597 per share on October 1, 1999; (xxvi) 15,000 shares at
                  $8.94042 per share on October 4, 1999; (xxvii) 11,500 shares
                  at $8.5625 per share on October 6, 1999; (xxviii) 16,000
                  shares at $8.375 per share on October 11, 1999; (xxix) 5,200
                  shares at $8.43269 per share on October 12, 1999; (xxx) 2,900
                  shares at $8.28879 per share on October 13, 1999; (xxxi) 2,600
                  shares at $8.10817 per share on October 14, 1999; (xxxii)
                  2,000 shares at $8.00 per share on October 15, 1999; (xxxiii)
                  2,000 shares at $8.00 per share on October 21, 1999; (xxxiv)
                  37,100 shares at $8.00977 per share on October 22, 1999;
                  (xxxv) 12,000 shares at $8.01198 per share on October 25,
                  1999; (xxxvi) 5,000 shares at $8.00 per share on October 26,
                  1999; (xxxvii) 9,800 shares at $8.66326 per share on November
                  5, 1999; (xxxviii) 22,000 shares at $9.18465 per share on
                  November 8, 1999; (xxxix) 6,000 shares at $9.00 per share on
                  November 9, 1999; (xl) 6,800 shares at $9.01654 per share on
                  November 10, 1999; (xli) 400 shares at $8.875 per share on
                  November 11, 1999; (xlii) 17,000 shares at $9.04411 on
                  November 12, 1999; (xliii) 12,500 shares at $10.2 per share on
                  November 15, 1999; (xliv) 15,000 shares at $10.675 per share
                  on November 16, 1999; (xlv) 7,000 shares at $10.00 per share
                  on November 17, 1999; (xlvi) 5,000 shares at $10.00 per share
                  on November 18, 1999 (collectively, the "Share Disposition
                  Transactions").

                  Except as described herein and as set forth in the Prior
                  Filings, the Reporting Persons have no present plans or
                  proposals which may relate to the types of changes or
                  transactions described in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of
                  Schedule 13D.

Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

                  Item 5 is hereby supplemented as follows:

  (a) and (b).    As a result of the Share Disposition Transactions, the
                  aggregate number of shares and percentage of Common Stock of
                  the Issuer beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons, as
                  well as the number of shares as to which there is sole power
                  to vote or direct the vote, shared power to vote or direct the
                  vote, sole power to dispose or direct the disposition, or
                  shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of the
                  Reporting Persons are as follows:

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                Power to Vote\1                  Power to
                       No of Shares         Percentage       ---------------------           ---------------------
Person              Beneficially Owned       of Class        Sole           Shared           Sole           Shared
- ------              ------------------       --------        ----           ------           ----           ------
<S>                    <C>                   <C>              <C>              <C>         <C>                 <C>
Ascom USA              4,330,024             14.1%            0                0           4,330,024           0

Ascom AG2              4,330,024             14.1%            0                0           4,330,024           0
</TABLE>



         1        The Common Stock is subject to a voting trust described in
                  Prior Filings pursuant to which Ascom USA has no voting power
                  except to cast votes regarding certain extraordinary corporate
                  events.

         2        Ascom USA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ascom Holding Inc.,
                  a Delaware corporation, which, in turn, is a wholly-owned
                  subsidiary of Ascom AG. Therefore, Ascom AG may be deemed a
                  beneficial owner of the Common Stock directly owned by Ascom
                  USA.


(c)      The Reporting Persons effected the following dispositions of the
         Issuer's Common Stock in open market transactions: (i) 2,900 shares at
         $8.5625 per share on September 27, 1999; (ii) 5,600 shares at $8.25 per
         share on September 28, 1999; (iii) 5,000 shares at $8.25 per share on
         September 29, 1999; (iv) 9,600 shares at $8.33594 per share on
         September 30, 1999; (v) 11,900 shares at $8.41597 per share on October
         1, 1999; (vi) 15,000 shares at $8.94042 per share on October 4, 1999;
         (vii) 11,500 shares at $8.5625 per share on October 6, 1999; (viii)
         16,000 shares at $8.375 per share on October 11, 1999; (ix) 5,200
         shares at $8.43269 per share on October 12, 1999; (x) 2,900 shares at
         $8.28879 per share on October 13, 1999; (xi) 2,600 shares at $8.10817
         per share on October 14, 1999; (xii) 2,000 shares at $8.00 per share on
         October 15, 1999; (xiii) 2,000 shares at $8.00 per share on October 21,
         1999; (xiv) 37,100 shares at $8.00977 per share on October 22, 1999;
         (xv) 12,000 shares at $8.01198 per share on October 25, 1999; (xvi)
         5,000 shares at $8.00 per share on October 26, 1999; (xvii) 9,800
         shares at $8.66326 per share on November 5, 1999; (xviii) 22,000 shares
         at $9.18465 per share on November 8, 1999; (xix) 6,000 shares at $9.00
         per share on November 9, 1999; (xx) 6,800 shares at $9.01654 per share
         on November 10, 1999; (xxi) 400 shares at $8.875 per share on November
         11, 1999; (xxii) 17,000 shares at $9.04411 on November 12, 1999;
         (xxiii) 12,500 shares at $10.2 per share on November 15, 1999; (xxiv)
         15,000 shares at $10.675 per share on November 16, 1999; (xxv) 7,000
         shares at $10.00 per share on November 17, 1999; (xxvi) 5,000 shares at
         $10.00 per share on November 18, 1999.

         Except as set forth in this Eleventh Amended Statement, neither the
         Reporting Persons nor, to the best of their knowledge and belief, any
         officer, director or controlling


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         person of the Reporting Persons has effected any transactions in the
         Issuer's common stock during the past sixty (60) days.


Item 7.  Material to be filed as Exhibits.

                  Item 7 is hereby supplemented as follows:

                  Exhibit           Description
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                  1.                Joint Filing Agreement, dated November 18,
                                    1999, between Ascom AG and Ascom USA.
























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                                    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.


Dated:   November 18, 1999
                                          ASCOM USA INC.



                                          By: /s/  Norbert Weissberg
                                              ---------------------------
                                          Name:  Norbert Weissberg
                                          Title: President


                                          ASCOM HOLDING AG



                                          By: /s/ Markus Zimmermann
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                                              Name:  Markus Zimmermann
                                              Title: First Vice President









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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
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1.       Joint Filing Agreement, dated November 18, 1999 between Ascom AG and
         Ascom USA.




















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                                    EXHIBIT 1
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                             JOINT FILING AGREEMENT


         The undersigned hereby agree that this Statement on Schedule 13D with
respect to the beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock of Identix
Incorporated is filed jointly, on behalf of each of them.


Dated:   November 18, 1999


                                            ASCOM HOLDING AG



                                            By: /s/ Markus Zimmermann
                                                -------------------------------
                                                Name:  Markus Zimmermann
                                                Title: First Vice President


                                            ASCOM USA INC.



                                            By: /s/ Norbert Weissberg______
                                                -------------------------------
                                                Name:  Norbert Weissberg
                                                Title: President




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