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
Pickryl, W. Jeffrey
15 East Fifth Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103
USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Liberty Bancorp, Inc.
LBNA
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
March, 1997
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
March, 1997
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
Sr. Vice President (LBNA) & President of Subsidiary Liberty Bank and Trust
Company of Tulsa, N.A.
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>
Common Stock |03-03-|F |V|39 |D |50.15 | | | |
|97 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |03-31-|M | |5,000 |A |12.40 | | | |
|97 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |03-31-|M | |10,000 |A |14.75 | | | |
|97 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |03-31-|M | |5,600 |A |28.875 |20,798 |D | |
|97 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock | | | | | | |3,181[1] |I |By ESOP Trust |
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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>
Employee Stock Option |12.40 |3-31-|M | |5,000 |D |12-18|12-18|Common Stock|5,000 | |0 |D | |
(Right to Buy) | |97 | | | | |-95 |-00 | | | | | | |
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Employee Stock Option |14.75 |3-31-|M | |10,000 |D |4-22-|4-22-|Common Stock|10,000 | |0 |D | |
(Right to Buy) | |97 | | | | |93 |02 | | | | | | |
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Employee Stock Option |28.875 |3-31-|M | |5,600 |D |03-17|12-16|Common Stock|5,600 | |1,200 |D | |
(Right to Buy) | |97 | | | | |-94 |-02 | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
[1] Between October 1, 1996 and December 31, 1996 reporting person acquired 76
shares of LBNA common
stock under the Liberty Bancorp, Inc. Salary Deferral, Profit Sharing and
Employee Stock Ownership Plan and
Trust (the "Plan"). Due to previous recordkeeping errors by the Plan's
Trustee, reporting person's account
balance was reduced by 7 shares, resulting in a net acquisition of 69 shares
during such period. This is the
most recent information available to reporting person.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
W. Jeffrey Pickryl
