SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
INTERLINK COMPUTER SCIENCES, INC.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, $.001 Par Value
(Title of Class of Securities)
458747102
(CUSIP number)
Terry A. Blaney
Washington State Investment Board
2424 Heritage Court S.W.
P.O. Box 40916
Olympia, WA 98504-0916
(360) 664-8284
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
February 11, 1997
(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 [ ].
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Washington State Investment Board
91-1443137
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
00
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) [ ]
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
State of Washington
7 NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
WITH SOLE VOTING POWER
0
8 SHARED VOTING POWER
0
9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
0
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES [ ]
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
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CUSIP No. 458747102 13D <PAGE>
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ITEM 1. SECURITY AND ISSUER.
This Schedule 13D relates to the common stock, par value $.001
per share (the "Common Stock"), of Interlink Computer Sciences, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation ("Interlink"). The address of Interlink's
principal executive offices is 47370 Fremont Boulevard, Fremont,
California 94538.
ITEM 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND.
This Schedule 13D is filed by the Washington State Investment
Board (the "Reporting Person"), which is a state executive branch
agency having the responsibility to manage and invest the assets of
state retirement, insurance and permanent funds. The business address
of the Reporting Person is 2424 Heritage Court SW, P.O. Box 40916,
Olympia, Washington 98504-0916.
(a)-(c) Not applicable.
(d)-(e) None.
(f) Not applicable.
ITEM 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.
The Reporting Person is a limited partner of Menlo Ventures IV,
L.P. and Menlo Evergreen V, L.P. (collectively, the "Partnerships").
On February 11, 1997, the Reporting Person acquired a total of 720,862
shares of Interlink Common Stock (the "Shares") from the Partnerships
(119,126 shares of Interlink Common Stock from Menlo Ventures IV, L.P.
and 601,736 shares of Common Stock from Menlo Evergreen V, L.P.) in
pro-rata distributions by the Partnerships to their limited partners.
The Reporting Person furnished no consideration to the Partnerships or
to any other person in exchange for the Shares.
ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION.
The Reporting Person acquired its limited partnership interests
in the Partnerships for investment purposes. As described in Item 3
above, the Reporting Person acquired the Shares in pro-rata
distributions effected by the Partnerships on February 11, 1997. As
described in Item 5 below, the Reporting Person sold all of the
Shares on February 14, 1997.
The Reporting Person has no current intention to acquire any
additional shares of Interlink Common Stock.
ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.<PAGE>
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(a) As a result of the pro-rata distributions described in Item
3 above, the Reporting Person may have been deemed during the period
from February 11, 1997 to February 14, 1997 to own beneficially
720,862 shares of Interlink's Common Stock, which constituted 10.3% of
the outstanding shares of Interlink Common Stock based upon the most
recently available filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission
by Interlink.
As a result of the sale of all of the Shares on February 14,
1997, the Reporting Person currently does not own beneficially any
shares of Interlink Common Stock.
(b) During the period from February 11, 1997 to February 14,
1997, the Reporting Person had sole power to vote (or to direct the
vote of) all of the Shares and no power to dispose (or to direct the
disposition) of any of the Shares.
(c) As described in Item 3 above, the Reporting Person acquired
the Shares on February 11, 1997, and sold the Shares on February 14,
1997 at a price of $13 5/8 per Share in a transaction effected on the
Nasdaq National Market System.
(d) None.
(e) February 14, 1997.
ITEM 6. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS
WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.
The Reporting Person has no contracts, arrangements or
understandings with respect to any securities of Interlink.
ITEM 7. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.
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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.
February 21, 1997
WASHINGTON STATE INVESTMENT BOARD
By: /s/ TERRY A. BLANEY
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Name: Terry A. Blaney
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Title: Senior Investment Officer
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