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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
[ ] Check if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Davis Samuel
(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Versus Technology, Inc.
2600 Miller Creek Road
(Street)
Traverse City Michigan 49684
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Versus Technology, Inc. VSTI
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
Not furnished
4. Statement for Month/Year
December 1997
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
January 8, 1998
6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[X] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title [ ] Other (Specify below)
below)
_________________________________
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check applicable line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see instruction
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
5. Amount
3. Trans- 4. Securities of Securi-
action Acquired (A) or ties Bene- 6. Owner-
Code Disposed of (D) ficially ship Form: 7. Nature of
(Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) Owned at Direct(D) Indirect
2. Trans- _________ ___________________ End of or Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Transaction (A) or Month (I) Ownership
Security Date Code V Amount (D) Price (Inst. 3&4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
(Instr. 3) (Mo./Day/Yr.)
_________________ ___________ ____ ___ ______ _____ _____ ________ ___________ _________
<S> <C> <S> <C> <C> <S>
Common Stock 12/01/97 P 30,000(1) A 1.031 365,000 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities
beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
9.
Number
5. Number 7. Title of
of Deriv- 6. Date and Amount Deriv- 10. Own-
ative Sec- Exercisable of Under- ative ership
urities & Expiration lying Sec- Secur- Form of 11.
Acquired Date urities (In- ities Deriva- Nature
4. Trans- (A) or (Mo./Day/Yr.)str. 3 & 4) 8. Benefi- tive Sec- of In-
2. Conver- action Disposed _____________ _____________ Price cially urity: direct
sion or 3. Trans- Code of (D) Amount of Owned Direct(D) Bene-
1. Title of Exercise action (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, or Deriv- at End or In- ficial
Derivative Price of Date) 4 and 5) Date Expir- Number ative of direct(I) Owner-
Security Derivative (Month/ ____________________ Exer- ation of Security Month (Instr. ) ship
(Instr. 3) Security Day/Yr.) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares (Instr. (Instr. 4) (Instr.
5) 4) 4)
____________ _________ ________ _______ ______ ____ _______ _____ _____ ______ ________ _______ _________ _______
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <S>
Options $1.031 12/29/97 J(2) (2) 5/1/98 10/31 Common 100,000 (2) 100,000 D
/02
Explanation of Responses:
(1) Shares issued in exchange for services as a director of the Issuer for the period beginning May 10, 1997 and ending
April 23, 1998.
(2) Award of options by the Issuer to the reporting person, a director of the Issuer.
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SAMUEL DAVIS January 15, 1998
__________________________ ________________________
Samuel Davis
Signature of Reporting Date
Person
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of acts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
