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FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB Number 3235-0104
Expires: September 30, 1998
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Estimated average burden
hours per response . . . . 0.5
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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* 2. Date of Event Re- 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
quiring Statement OLD KENT FINANCIAL CORPORATION (OKEN)
(Month/Day/Year)
MEIJER, HENDRIK G. 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Last) (First) (Middle) (Check all applicable)
4/21/97 [X] Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give _____ Other (specify
2929 WALKER AVENUE, N.W. title below below)
(Street) 3. IRS or Social Se-
curity Number of
Reporting Person 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 49544 Voluntary 4/29/97
(City) (State) (Zip)
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 BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
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Common Stock 4,346 D
Common Stock 3,578 I By Wife-Trust
Common Stock 5 I By Wife as Custodian
Common Stock 210 I By Wife IRA
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction 5(b)(v).
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED)
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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 Exercisable and 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying
(Instr. 4) Expiration Date Derivative Security (Instr. 4)
(Month/Day/Year)
Date Expiration Amount or Number
Exercisable Date Title of Shares
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4. Conversion or Exercise Price of 5. Ownership Form of 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
Derivative Security Derivative Security: (Instr. 5)
Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
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Explanation of Responses:
/S/ HENDRIK G. MEIJER AUGUST 5, 1997
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal **Signature of Reporting Person Date
Criminal Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Hendrik G. Meijer
By Mary E. Tuuk
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. Attorney-in-Fact
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.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, or both,
as the case may be, of OLD KENT FINANCIAL CORPORATION, does hereby appoint
MARY E. TUUK; DAVID J. WAGNER; B.P. SHERWOOD, III; ROBERT L. SADLER;
GORDON R. LEWIS and JEFFREY A. OTT, and each of them severally, with full
power of substitution, his or her attorneys or attorney to execute in his
or her name any form or report required to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission regarding his or her beneficial ownership of any
security related to Old Kent Financial Corporation pursuant to Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any amendments to
such forms or reports, and to file such forms and reports with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable stock exchange.
Dated: April 21, 1997 /S/ HENDRIK G. MEIJER
Hendrik G. Meijer
