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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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Bankgesellschaft Berlin AG
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
Alexanderplatz 2
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(Street)
D-10178 Berlin Germany
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
The Emerging Germany Fund, Inc. (FRG)
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
October 1997
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Director
[ ] Officer (give title below)
[X] 10% Owner
[ ] Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
[X] Form Filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] 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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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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Amount of Owner-
Securities ship
Trans- Trans- Securities Acquired (A) Beneficially Form:
action action or Disposed of (D) Owned at Direct Nature of
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) End of (D) or Indirect
Title of (Month/ (Instr. 8) ---------------------------- Month Indirect Beneficial
Security Day/ ---------- Amount (A) or Price (Instr. (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) Year) Code V (D) 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Common Stock, par
value $.001 per share 10/8/97 P 10,000 A $11.5625
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Common Stock, par
value $.001 per share 10/23/97 P 1,000 A 10.3125
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Common Stock, par
value $.001 per share 10/27/97 P 120,000 A 10.4063
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Common Stock, par
value $.001 per share 10/28/97 P 8,000 A 9.5000
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Common Stock, par
value $.001 per share 10/30/97 P 20,000 A 10.2813 1,834,500 D
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* If the Form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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)
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
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Title and Ownership
Number of Date Exer- Amount of Form of
Derivative cisable and Underlying Number of Deriv-
Securities Expiration Securities Price Derivative ative
Conver- Trans- Acquired (A) Date (Month/ (Instr. 3 of Securities Security:
sion or Trans- action or Disposed Day/Year) and 4) Deriv- Benefi- Direct
Exercise action Code of (D) -------------- -------------- ative cially (D) or Nature of
Title of Price of Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, Date Amount Secur- Owned at Indirect Indirect
Derivative Deriv- (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Exer- Expir- or Num- ity End of (I) Beneficial
Security ative Day/ -------- ---------- cis- ation ber of (Instr. Month (Instr. Ownership
(Instr. 3) Security Year) Code V (A) (D) able Date Title Shares 5) (Instr. 4) 4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Explanation of Responses:
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Bankgesellschaft Berlin AG
By: /s/ Gregory L. Melville November 6, 1997
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Name: Gregory L. Melville Date
Title: Assistant Director
By: /s/ Dirk Kipp November 6, 1997
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Name: Dirk Kipp Date
Title: Director
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