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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 3
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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Murray Stephen P.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Chase Venture Capital Associates, LLC
380 Madison Avenue-12th Floor
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(Street)
New York New York 10017
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
1/1/2000
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Home Products International , Inc. ("HPII")
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
|X| Director |_| 10% Owner
|_| Officer (give title below) |_| Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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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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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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3. Ownership Form:
2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or
1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock 1,332,660.66 I FN 1
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person see instruction
5(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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FORM 3 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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5. Owner-
3. Title and Amount of Securities ship
Underlying Derivative Security Form of
2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative
and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security:
(Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of
---------------------- or Exercise (D) or Indirect
Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The amounts shown represent the beneficial ownership of the Issuer's
securities by Chase Venture Capital Associates, LLC, a portion of which may be
deemed attributable to the reporting person because the reporting person is a
partner of Chase Capital Partners, which is (i) the sole managing member of
CCP-SBIC Manager, LLC, the Managing Member of CVCA, LLC, (ii) the managing
member of CCP-Consolidating, LLC, the non-managing member of CVCA, LLC
("Consolidating") and (iii) the manager, by delegation, of CVCA, LLC, pursuant
to a master advisory agreement with CCP-SBIC Manager, LLC and Consolidating. The
actual pro rata portion of such beneficial ownership is not readily determinable
because it is subject to several variables, including CVCA, LLC's and CCP's
internal rate of return and vesting.
/s/ Stephen P. Murray
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Stephen P. Murray Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
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.
If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
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