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FORM 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL
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[_] Check this box if no STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OMB Number: 3235-0287
longer subject to Expires: September 30, 1998
Section 16. Form 4 Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Estimated average burden
or Form 5 obligations Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 hours per response.......... 0.5
may continue. See or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 --------------------------------
Instruction 1(b).
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
Reporting Person Trading Symbol (Check all applicable)
Meredith Partners, Inc. Meridian Point Realty Trust VIII Co. [_] Director [X] 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social 4. Statement for ____ Officer (give ____ Other (specify
Security Number of Month/Year 6/97 title below)
3000 Sand Hill Road Reporting Person below)
Building 1, Suite 100 (Voluntary) -----------------------------------------------
7. Individual or Joint Group filing (Check
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(Street) 5. If Amendment, [_] Form filed by One Reporting Person
Date of Original [X] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Menlo Park, California 94025 (Month/Year) 6/9/97
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(City) (State) (Zip) TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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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 In- (Instr. 4)
Day/ (A) or (Instr. 3 direct (I)
Year) Code V Amount (D) Price and 4) (Instr. 4)
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Preferred Stock 6/6/97 P 60,000 A $7.7/8 73,000 D
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Preferred Stock 6/6/97 P 10,000 A $8.00 D
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Preferred Stock 4/7/97 P 500 A $5.3/4 D
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Preferred Stock 3/3/97 P 500 A $5.3/4 D
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Preferred Stock 2/10/97 P 1,000 A $5.1/4 D
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Preferred Stock 2/7/97 P 1,000 A $5.1/4 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction 4(b)(v). SEC 1474 (7-96)
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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)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Cover- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of
Security (Instr. 3) sion or action action Derivative cisable and Underlying Securities
Exercise Date Code Securities Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4)
Price of (Month/ (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) Date (Month/
Deriv- Day/ or Disposed Day/Year)
ative Year) of (D) (Instr. ----------------------------------------
Security 3, 4, and 5) Date Expira- Amount or
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Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Shares
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Right to Purchase $8.00 5/21/97 J 1,183,556 6/11/97 6/11/97 Preferred 1,183,556
Stock
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1. Title of Derivative 8. Price 9. Number 10. Ownership 11. Nature of
Security (Instr. 3) of of Form of Indirect
Deriv- Deriv- Derivative Beneficial
ative ative Security: Ownership
Security Securities Direct (D) (Instr. 4)
(Instr. 5) Beneficially or Indirect
Owned at (I)
End of Month (Instr. 4)
(Instr. 4)
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Right to Purchase $8.00 200,000 D
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Explanation of Responses:
#4: Assignment of Right to Purchase
The 73,000 shares of Preferred Stock reported in Table I are beneficially owned
by Allen K. Meredith, Chief Executive Officer of Meredith Partners, Inc.
Mr. Meredith's address is 3000 Sand Hill Road, Building 1, Suite 100, Menlo
Park, CA 94025
** Intentional misstatements or /s/ Allen K. Meredith June 16, 1997
omissions of facts constitute ---------------------- --------------
Federal Criminal Violations. **Signature of Date
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and Reporting Person
15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Allen K. Meredith
Note: File three copies of -----------------------
this Form, one of which Chief Executive Officer
must be manually signed.
If space provided is
insufficient, see
Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB Number.
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