SCHEDULE 13G
Amendment No. 12
Cerner Corporation
common stock
Cusip #156782104
Filing Fee: No
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Cusip #156782104
Item 1: Neal L. Patterson
Item 4: United States Citizen
Item 5: 3,522,743
Item 6: 30,000
Item 7: 3,492,743
Item 8: 30,000
Item 9: 3,492,743
Item 10: X
Item 11: 10.8%
Item 12: IN
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SCHEDULE 13G
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-7
Item 1(a): Name of Issuer:
Cerner Corporation
Item 1(b): Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
2800 Rockcreek Parkway, Suite 601
Kansas City, MO 64117
Item 2(a): Name of Person Filing:
Neal L. Patterson
Item 2(b): Address or Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:
2800 Rockcreek Parkway, Suite 601
Kansas City, MO 64117
Item 2(c): Citizenship:
United States
Item 2(d): Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock
Item 2(e): CUSIP Number:
156782104
Item 3: If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b), or 13d-
2(b), check whether the person filing is a:
Not applicable.
Item 4: Ownership
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 3,522,743*
(b) Percent of Class: 10.8%
(c) Number of Shares as to which such person has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 3,492,743*
(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 30,000
(iii)sole power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of: 3,492,743*
(iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of: 30,000
*Such number of shares includes 196,000 held by Jeanne Lillig-
Patterson, wife of Neal L. Patterson, as trustee for their minor
children. Such number of shares excludes 46,567 shares
beneficially owned by Jeanne Lillig-Patterson. Neal L. Patterson
denies beneficial ownership of such shares and the description
herein of such shares shall not be construed as an admission that
Neal L. Patterson is, for purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the beneficial owner of such
securities.
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Item 5: Ownership of Five Percent of Less of a Class.
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as
of the date hereof, the reporting person has ceased to be
the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class
of securities, check the following ( ).
Item 6: Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person
Shares (constituting a portion of the number of shares
reported under Item 4) are held on behalf of Neal L.
Patterson by a trustee under the Cerner Corporation Employee
Stock Purchase Retirement Plan. Pursuant to the terms of
such plan, the trustee receives the dividends with respect
to such shares and invests such dividends pursuant to the
terms of the plan.
Item 7: Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding
Company.
Not Applicable
Item 8: Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
Not Applicable.
Item 9: Notice of Dissolution of Group.
Not Applicable.
Item 10: Certification
Not Applicable.
Signature
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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.
By: /s/ Neal L. Patterson
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Neal L. Patterson
Chief Executive Officer
February 13, 1998
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