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| FORM 3 | U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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*
Puri Nathu Ram
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
365 Plains Roads
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(Street)
Mapperley, Nottingham NG3 SRS
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(City) (State) (Zip)
England
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 4/1/99
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person if an Entity
(Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Cadmus Communications Corporation, CDMS
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[X] Director [ ] Officer [X] 10% Owner [ ] Other
(give title below) (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
____ Form Filed by One Reporting Person
_X__ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title 2. Amount of 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of
of Securities Bene- Direct (D) or Indirect Bene-
Security ficially Owned Indirect (I) ficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock 929,268 I By Purico (IOM)
Limited, an Isle
of Man company
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Common Stock 129,065 I By Melham U.S.
Inc., a Delaware
corporation
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of In-
Security (Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security or Form of direct Bene-
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Derivative ficial
Date Price Security: Ownership
(Month/Day/ of Direct (D) (Instr. 5)
Year) Derivative or In-
---------------------------------------------------- Security direct (I)
Date Expira- Amount or (Instr. 5)
Exer- tion Title Number of
cisable Date Shares
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N/A
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Explanation of Responses:
**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/ Nathu R. Puri 4/9/99
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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FORM 3 APPENDIX
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Name and Address of Reporting Person:
Purico (IOM) Limited
Analyst House
20-26 Peel Road
Douglas, Isle of Man 1M99 IAP
Signature:
PURICO (IOM) LIMITED
By: /s/ John Scott
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Name: John Scott
Title: Director
Designated Filer:
Nathu Ram Puri
Date of Event Requiring Statement:
April 1, 1999
Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol:
Cadmus Communications Corporation, CDMS
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Name and Address of Reporting Person:
CLARY LIMITED
Analyst House
20-26 Peel Road
Douglas, Isle of Man 1M99 IAP
Signature:
CLARY LIMITED
By: /s/ John Scott
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Name: John Scott
Title: Director
Designated Filer:
Nathu Ram Puri
Date of Event Requiring Statement:
April 1, 1999
Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol:
Cadmus Communications Corporation, CDMS