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FORM 3 OMB Approval
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB Number 3235-0104
Expires: September 30, 1998
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Estimated average burden
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
(Print or Type Responses) 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 | 2. Date of Event Re- | 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Person* | quiring Statement | First Western Bancorp, Inc. -- FWB
Sky Financial Group, Inc. | (Month/Day/Year) |------------------------------------------------------------------
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(Last) (First) (Middle) | 12/15/98 | Person(s) to Issuer | Original (Month/Day/Year)
|-------------------------| (Check all applicable) | N/A
221 South Church Street | 3. IRS or Social | ___ Director X 10% Owner|-------------------------------
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(Street) | of Reporting | (give title (specify | Form filed by:
| Person (Voluntary) | below below) | (Check Applicable Line)
| | | X One Reporting Person
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Bowling Green, Ohio 43402 | 34-1372535 | | Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) | 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 Beneficial
(Instr. 4) | Beneficially Owned | Form: Direct | Ownership (Instr. 5)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned, directly or indirectly. (Over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v) SEC 1473 (7-96)
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED)
TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1.Title of Derivative Security | 2.Date Exer- | 3.Title and Amount of Securities | 4.Conver- | 5. Owner- | 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) | cisable and | Underlying Derivative Security | sion or | ship | Beneficial
| Expiration | (Instr. 4) | Exercise | Form of | Ownership
| Date | | Price of | Deriv- | (Instr. 5)
| (Month/Day/ | | Deriv- | ative |
| Year) | | ative | Security:|
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|Date | Expir-| | Amount | | (D) or |
|Exer- | ation | Title | or | | Indirect |
|cisable| Date | | Number | | (I) |
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Option to purchase First | T | T |First Western Bancorp, | 2,269,357| TT | D | N/A
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Western Bancorp, Inc. Common | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
See attached
/s/ Marty E. Adams 12/23/98
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Name: Marty E. Adams Date
Title: President and Chief Operating
Officer
** 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 provided 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 currently valid OMB Number.
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SEC 1473 (7-96)
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T Beneficial ownership of 2,269,357 shares reported hereunder is being
reported solely as a result of the Stock Option Agreement, dated as of
December 15, 1998 (the "Stock Option Agreement"), by and between Sky
Financial Group, Inc. and First Western Bancorp, Inc. The option may be
exercised, in whole or in part, only upon certain events (none of which, as
of the date hereof, has occurred), as set forth in the Stock Option
Agreement. The option expires upon certain events, as set forth in the
Stock Option Agreement. The option granted pursuant to the Stock Option
Agreement has not yet become exercisable. Sky Financial Group, Inc.
expressly disclaims ownership of such shares.
TT A price per share equal to $28.50, subject to adjustment in certain
circumstances.
