SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO. 10)*
MULTI-COLOR CORPORATION
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(NAME OF ISSUER)
Common Stock
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(TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)
625383 10 4
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(CUSIP NUMBER)
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement [ ]. (A fee
is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous statement on file
reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of
securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7.)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
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Page 1 of 4 Pages
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CUSIP NO. 625383 10 4 13G Page 2 of 4 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
JOHN C. COURT
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a)
See Item 4 (b) [X]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States of America
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF 567,742 - See Item 4
SHARES --------------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH 9,691 - See Item 4
REPORTING --------------------------------------------------------
PERSON WITH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
567,742 - See Item 4
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8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
9,691 - See Item 4
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
577,433 - See Item 4
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
23.6%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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ITEM 1(a) Name of Issuer: Multi-Color Corporation
1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Office:
205 West Fourth Street, Suite 1140
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
2(a) Name of Persons Filing: John C. Court
2(b) Address of Principal Business Office:
205 West Fourth Street, Suite 1140
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
2(c) Citizenship: U.S.A.
2(d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock, no par value
2(e) CUSIP No.: 625383 10 4
3. If this Statement is Filed Pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b) or
13d-2(b), check whether the Person Filing is a: N/A
4. Ownership:
(a) See Item 9 of cover page.
(b) See Item 11 of cover page.
(c) See Items 5-8 of cover page.
This Amendment No. 10 to Schedule 13G is filed solely by John C.
Court. The original Schedule 13G and all Amendments prior to Amendment
No. 5 to Schedule 13G were filed by Burton D. Morgan, John C. Court,
John D. Littlehale, Thomas F. Costello and John R. Voelker on the same
Schedule 13G.
The aggregate amount of shares shown in Items 5, 7 and 9 for John
C. Court includes 128,500 options for shares that are exercisable
within 60 days, 39,730 shares issuable upon conversion of the
Company's Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and 9,691 shares held
in a custodial account for the benefit of Mr. Court's child. Mr. Court
disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held in the custodial
account for his child.
The aggregate amount of shares shown in Items 5 through 11 for
Mr. Court does not include shares in the following Multi-Color plans
of which Mr. Court and Mr. Littlehale are trustees: 3,604 shares owned
by the Multi-Color Stock Purchase Plan and 16,000 shares held for the
Multi-Color Defined Benefit Plan.
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John C. Court, Burton D. Morgan, John D. Littlehale, John R.
Voelker, Thomas F. Costello and Philip E. Courtier are parties to an
agreement ("Agreement") with the Company pursuant to which they must
offer their shares for sale to the Company, and if it declines to
purchase, to the other signato ries at a price based on current market
prices, if any of them desires to sell shares not in compliance with
Section (e)(1) and (f) of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities
Act of 1933. Mr. Court does not affirm that the Agreement operates to
make the signatories thereto a group for purposes of Section 13(d)(3)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Agreement has previously
been filed as an Exhibit to Registra tion Statement No. 33-15957.
5. Ownership of 5% or less of class: N/A
6. Ownership of more than 5% on behalf of another person: N/A
7. Identification and classification of the subsidiary which
acquired the security being reported by the parent holding
company: N/A
8. Identification and classification of members of the group: N/A
9. Notice of dissolution of group: N/A
10. Certification: N/A
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.
Date:February 13, 1998 /s/John C. Court
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John C. Court
