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| FORM 4 | U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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[_] Check this box if
no longer subject STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
obligations may Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
continue. See Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Instruction 1(b). Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Fred B. Craves
c/o Bay City Capital LLC
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
750 Battery Street, Suite 600
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(Street)
San Francisco, CA 94111
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Medarex, Inc. (MEDX)
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 000-00-0000
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4. Statement for Month/Year June 2000
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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 [ ] Officer [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Other
(give title below) (specify below)
Chairman of the Board of Directors
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[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. Title 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Security Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Instr. 3) (Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
Day/ ----------------------------------------------- End of (D) or ficial
Year) Month Indirect Owner-
Code V Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) ship
(D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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See
explanation I,
Common Stock 06/16/00 S 3,545 (D) $80.1875 I below.
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Common Stock 06/19/00 S 5,022 (D) $80.0945 I
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Common Stock 06/20/00 S 1,477 (D) $85.125 I
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Common Stock 06/20/00 S 5,318 (D) $82.1424 I
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Common Stock 06/21/00 S 2,511 (D) $83.7353 I
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Common Stock 06/22/00 S 886 (D) $84.2083 I
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Common Stock 06/28/00 S 2,216 (D) $80.8271 I
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Common Stock 06/29/00 S 2,659 (D) $80.854 I
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Common Stock 07/03/00 X 13,436 (A) $10.00 98,758 I
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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. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv-
Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities
Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or
Price of (Month/ Disposed of (D)
Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
ative Year)
Security
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Code V (A) (D)
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Common Stock Warrants $10.00 07/03/00 X 13,301
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TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)--CONTINUED
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1. Title of Derivative 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na-
Security (Instr. 3) cisable and Underlying Securities of of Deriv- ship ture
Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form of In-
Date ative Secur- of De- direct
(Month/Day/ Secur- ities rivative Bene-
Year) ity Bene- Secu- ficial
(Instr. ficially rity: Owner-
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Date Expira- Amount or at End (D) or (Instr.
Exer- tion Title Number of of Indi- 4)
cisable Date Shares Month rect (1)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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See See
Common explanation 2, explanation 1,
Common Stock Warrants 08/04/98 08/04/02 Stock 13,301 below 0 I below
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Explanation of Responses:
1. In a series of open market transactions, BCC Acquisition I LLC ("BCC
Acquisition") sold 800,000 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock and exercised
Warrants to purchase 454,796 shares of Issuer's Common Stock (the "Shares").
Fred B. Craves' indirect ownership of the Issuer's Common Stock and Warrants
is derived as follows: The Bay City Capital Fund I, L.P. ("BCC") has
approximately a 74.634% proportional interest in the capital account of BCC
Acquisition. Bay City Capital Management LLC ("BCC Management") owns a 3.75%
general partnership interest in BCC. The Craves Group LLC owns a 50%
proportional interest in the capital account of BCC Management. Fred B.
Craves owns a 1/3 proportional interest in the capital account of The Craves
Group LLC. In addition, The Craves Group LLC has a 10% limited partnership
interest in BCC. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the
Shares except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein. The Reporting
Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the Shares except to the extent of
its pecuniary interest therein.
2. Pursuant to the Rights Exchange Agreement ("REA"), dated as of June 10,
1998, the price for each warrant was based on the Face Value (as defined in
the REA) of rights acquired, where $6.75 of Face Value was exchanged for 1
share of the Issuer's Common Stock and a warrant to purchase 0.1222 shares
of Issuer's Common Stock.
**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/ Fred B. Craves 7/7/2000
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