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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
[ ] Check his box 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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Ashton, Alan C.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Ralph Rasmussen
261 East 1200 South
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(Street)
Orem, Utah 84058
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(City (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SkyMall, Inc.; SKYM
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3. IRS or Social Security
Number of Reporting
Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
December, 1996
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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)
X Director X 10% Owner
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Other (specify below) Officer (give title below)
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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
(Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
Day End of (D) or ficial
Year) Month Indirect Owner-
(Instr. 3 and 4) (I) ship
(A) or (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (D) Price
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock 12/16/96 C 267,900 A $5.33 2,536,798 D(1)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Responses)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv-
(Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities Ac-
Exercise Date (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Dis-
Price of (Month/ posed of (D)
Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
ative Year) ------------------------------------
Security Code V (A) (D)
Preferred Stock $5.33 12/16/96 C 1,425
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6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of Under- 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na-
cisable and Ex- lying Securities of of Deriv- ship ture
piration Date (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form of In-
(Month/Day/Year) ative Secur- of De- direct
Secur- ities rivative Bene-
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Date Expira- Amount or (instr. ficially rity: Own-
Exer- tion Title Number of 5) Owned Direct ership
cisable Date Shares at End (D) or (Instr. 4)
of Indi-
Month rect (I)
Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
Common Stock 267,900 (2) 0 D(1)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Securities are owned jointly with spouse.
(2) An aggregate of 1,425 shares of Preferred Stock were issued to Alan C.
Ashton and his spouse in exchange for cancellation of indebtedness of
$1,425,000 owed to Mr. Ashton and his spouse by the Company. The Preferred
Stock automatically converted into Common Stock on the closing of the
Company's initial public offering at a rate of $5.33 per share.
**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.
/s/ Alan C. Ashton 2/10/97
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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