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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
FREEMAN RICHARD P.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
5210 E. Williams Circle, Ste 200
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(Street)
Tucson AZ 85711
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(City (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Wavetech International Inc.
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3. IRS Or Social Security
Number of Reporting
Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
12/98
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5. If Amendment,
Date of Original
(Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[X] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
Vice-President, Investor Relations, Product Development
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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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Form 4 (continued)
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TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature of
Security action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship Indirect
(Instr. 3) Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: Beneficial
(Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Owner-
Day/ ---------- ------------------------ End of Month (D) or ship
Year) (A) or (Instr. 3 and 4) Indirect(I) (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (D) Price (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock 12/06/98 W 20,076 A (1) 1,207,763 (2) D
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Table II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Derivative
Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Securities Acquired
Exercise Date Code (A) or Disposed
Price of (Month/ (Instr. 8) of (D)(Instr. 3,4, and 5)
Derivative Day/ ----------- -------------------------
Security Year) Code V (A) (D)
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6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10.Owner- 11. Nature
cisable and Underlying Securities of of Deriv- ship of
Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form of Indirect
Date (Month/ ative Securities Deriv- Benefi-
Day/Year) Security Bene- ative cial
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Date Expira- Amount or Owned at Direct (D) ship
Exer- tion Title Number of End of Month or Indirect (Instr.4)
cisable Date Shares (Instr. 4) (I)(Instr.4)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) These shares were acquired by will.
(2) Total amount includes: 1,007,763 shares held directly by Mr. Freeman and
200,000 options to purchase common shares.
/s/ Richard P. Freeman 1/6/99
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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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.
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