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U.S. 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
(Print or Type Responses)
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<S> <C> <C>
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to
Issuer (Check all applicable)
Altro, Stephen Grand Toys International, Inc. ("GRIN") __x__ Director _______10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social 4. Statement for __x__ Officer (give title below)
Security Number Month/Year
Grand Toys International, Inc. of Reporting _____ Other (specify below)
1710 Rte. Transcanadienne Person August 1999
(Voluntary)
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(Street) 5. If Amendment, ---------------------------------
Date of Original 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
Dorval, Quebec, CANADA H9P 1H7 (Month/Year) (Check Applicable Line)
- ------------------------------------------ _x_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip) September 10, 1999 ___ Form filed by More than One
Reporting Person
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6.Owner- 7. Nature of
(Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship Indirect
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: Beneficial
(Instr. 8) owned at Direct Ownership
(Month/ End of Month (D) or (Instr. 4)
Day/ (Instr. 3 Indirect
Year) and 4) (I)
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Code V Amount (A)or Price
(D)
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Common Stock 8/4/99 M 100,000 (A) $4.375 D
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Common Stock 8/4/99 S 100,000 (D) $7.41(2) D
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Common Stock 8/17/99 M 100,000 (A) $4.375 D
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Common Stock 8/17/99 S 100,000 (D) $7.22(2) D
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Common Stock 8/23/99 M 200,000 (A) $4.375 D
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Common Stock 8/23/99 S 200,000 (D) $10.08(2) D
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Common Stock 8/24/99 M 206,397 (A) $7.65 D
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Common Stock 8/24/99 S 206,397 (D) $14.73(2) 0 D
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Common Stock 8/24/99 S 100,000 (D) $27.65(2) I(1) AMGO Invest-
ments, Inc.
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Common Stock 8/30/99 S 17,500 (D) $16.98(2) I(1) AMGO Invest-
ments, Inc.
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Common Stock 8/31/99 S 31,270 (D) $15.21(2) 100,000 I(1) AMGO Invest-
ments, Inc.
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
SEC 1474 (7-96)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially
Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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1.Title of Deri- 2.Conver- 3.Trans-4.Trans-5.Number of Deri- 6.Date Exer- 7.Title and Amount 8.Price 9.Number 10.Own- 11.Nature
vative Security sion or action action vative Securities cisable and of Underlying Sec- of Deri- of Deri- ership of Bene-
(Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Acquired (A) or Expiration urities vative vative Form of ficial
Price of (Month/ (Instr. Disposed of (D) Date (Instr. 3 and 4) Security Securities Deriva- Indirect
Deriva- Day/ 8) (Instr.3,4 and 5) (Month/Day (Instr. Benefi- tive Ownership
tive Year) Year) 5) cially Securi (Instr.
Security Owned at ty: Di- 4)
End of rect (D)
Month or In-
(Instr. 4) direct
(I)
(Instr.
4)
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Code V (A) (D) Date Expir- Title Amount or
Exer- ation Number of
cis- Date Shares
able
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Stock Option 8/14/ 8/14/ Common
(right to buy) $4.375 8/4/99 M 100,000 97 07 Stock 100,000 D
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Stock Option 8/14/ 8/14/ Common
(right to buy) $4.375 8/17/99 M 100,000 97 07 Stock 100,000 D
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Stock Option 8/14/ 8/14/ Common
(right to buy) $4.375 8/23/99 M 200,000 97 07 Stock 100,000 0 D
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Stock Option 5/28/ 5/28/ Common
(right to buy) $7.65 8/24/99 M 206,397 96 06 Stock 206,397 0 D
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Stock Option 8/12/ 8/12/ Common
(right to buy) $5.6875 8/12/99 A 46,750 99 09 Stock 46,750 46,750 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Prior to transactions set forth in this report Mr. Altro beneficially
owned approximately 45% of AMGO Investment, Inc., of which he is a
director.
(2) The price figure reflects a weighted average price for the sale for all of
the shares of common stock sold on the particular date.
By: /s/Stephen Altro 10/6/99
**(Signature of Reporting Person) 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.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection contained in this form
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