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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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 2. Date of Event Requiring 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or 6. If Amendment, Date
Sandler Lewis H. Statement Trading Symbol of Original
- ---------------------------------------- (Month/Day/Year) United Investment Realty Trust/UIRT (Month/Day/Year)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 3/6/98 ------------------------------------
8080 N. Central Expwy, Suite 500 ---------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting
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(Street) Number of Reporting (Check all applicable)
Person (Voluntary) Director 10% Owner
Dallas, Texas 75206 ###-##-#### ----- -----
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(City) (State) (Zip) ----- ----- below)
(give title below)
President & CEO
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TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 5)
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Common Shares of Beneficial Interest 10,000 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
(Print or Type Responses) SEC 1473 (3/91)
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Exercisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership
Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv-
Year) Deri- ative
vative Security:
Security Direct
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Date Expira- Amount or Indirect (I)
Exercis- tion Title Number (Instr. 5)
able Date of Shares
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Options to purchase 1/1/99 1/1/04 Common Shares of 10,000 IPO price D
Beneficial Interest
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Options to purchase 1/1/00 1/1/05 Common Shares of 10,000 IPO price D
Beneficial Interest
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Options to purchase 1/1/01 1/1/06 Common Shares of 10,000 IPO price D
Beneficial Interest
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Options to purchase 1/1/02 1/1/07 Common Shares of 10,000 IPO price D
Beneficial Interest
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ LEWIS H. SANDLER March 5, 1998
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal ------------------------------- -------------
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note. File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. Page 2
If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 1473 (3/91)
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