FORM 3 Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, DC 20549
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
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person 4. Issuer Name and Trading Symbol
Hintz Russell B. DCI Telecommunications, Inc. DCTC
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(Last) First Middle
5. Relationship of Reporting
192 Third Avenue Person(s) to Issuer
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(Street) (Check all applicable)
_ Director __ 10% Owner
Milford CT 06460 X Officer __ Other (Specify)
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(City) (State) (Zip)
V.P. - CFO
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement ----------- ----------------
6. If Amendment, Date of Original
July 30, 1998 (Month/Day/Year)
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting 7. Individual or Joint/Group
Person, (Voluntary) Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting
Person
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Reporting Person
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of
Security Beneficially Owned Form: Indirect
Direct (D) Beneficial
Indirect (I) Ownership
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g. puts, calls,
warrants, options, convertible securities)
1.Title of 2.Date Exer- 3.Title 4.Conver- 5.Owner- 6.Nature
Derivative cisable & & Amount sion or ship of
Security Expiration of Exercise Form of Indirect
Date Securities Price of Deriv- Ownership
------------- Underlying Deri- ative
Date Expir- Derivative vative Security
Exer- ation Security Security Direct(D)
cisable Date ------------- Indirect
Title Amount (I)
of
Number
of
Shares
Options 2/9/95 2/9/00 Common 3000 $0.50 D __________
Options 7/26/95 7/26/00 Common 15000 $0.60 D __________
Options 9/27/96 4/12/01 Common 50000 $0.1875 D __________
Options 10/11/96 4/12/01 Common 50000 $0.1875 D __________
Options 10/25/96 4/12/01 Common 100000 $0.1875 D __________
Options 6/16/97 6/16/02 Common 34090 $1.375 D __________
Options 9/8/97 9/8/02 Common 70000 $1.75 D __________
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Explanation of Responses:
All options represent the right to purchase DCI common shares.
Russell B. Hintz 08/07/98
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Signature of Reporting Date
Person
