HOENIG GROUP INC
8-K, 1996-08-07
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549



                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)     May 16, 1996
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                               Hoenig Group Inc.
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             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)



    Delaware                     0-19619                    13-3625520
(State or other jurisdiction     (Commission               (IRS Employer
of incorporation)                File Number)         Identification No.)



Royal Executive Park,    4 International Drive,  Rye Brook, New York   10573
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(Address of principal executive offices)                            (Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code (914) 935-9000
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)







    
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Item 5
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              At the Company's 1996 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May
16, 1996, a majority of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting voted
to approve the First Amendment to the Company's 1994 Stock Option Plan, a copy
of which is annexed hereto as an Exhibit.


Item 7c.
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              Exhibit 10.2(a) First Amendment to the 1994 Stock Option Plan.






    
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                                   SIGNATURE
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              Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



Date:  July 17, 1996                           Hoenig Group Inc.



                                               By: ___________________________
                                                   Joseph A. D'Andrea
                                                   Chief Executive Officer




    
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                                   SIGNATURE
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              Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



Date:  July 17, 1996                           Hoenig Group Inc.



                                               By: /s/ J.A. D'Andrea
                                                   ___________________________
                                                   Joseph A. D'Andrea
                                                   Chief Executive Officer








                                                               EXHIBIT 10.2(A)



                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO

                             HOENIG GROUP INC. 1994
                               STOCK OPTION PLAN







    
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                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                               HOENIG GROUP INC.
                             1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN



         The 1994 Stock  Option Plan of Hoenig Group Inc.  (the  "Plan") is
amended as follows,  effective as of May 16, 1996:


         1.       Amendment  to Section 1.  Section 1 of the Plan is amended by
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deleting  the  definition of "Committee" located therein and replacing it with
the following:


         "Committee" means the Compensation and Stock Option Committee of the
         Board of Directors or other committee established by the Board of
         Directors from time to time to administer this Plan.


         2.       Amendment  to Section 8.  Subsection  8(a) of the Plan is
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deleted in its  entirety  and replaced with the following:


         (a)      Director  Options.  In order to  compensate  the  directors
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                  of the Company for their service as such directors, each
                  person serving as a director of the Company and who is not
                  otherwise employed (as of the date of such director's
                  appointment) by the Company or any of its subsidiaries
                  shall be automatically granted, as of the date of such
                  director's appointment (or if such director was appointed
                  prior to the adoption of the First Amendment to the Plan,
                  the date of the adoption of the First Amendment to the
                  Plan), a Non-Qualified Stock Option (a "Director Option")
                  to purchase 10,000 Shares at an exercise price per Share
                  equal to the Fair Market Value of the Shares as of such
                  date. Each Director Option granted pursuant to this Section
                  8 shall have a term of five years from its grant and
                  shall become exercisable in accordance with the following
                  vesting schedule. On and after the anniversary set forth
                  below of the date of grant of the Director Option, such
                  director shall be entitled to exercise his or her Director
                  Option for such number of Shares underlying such Director
                  Option as is set forth opposite such anniversary:


                           Anniversary of                       Number of
                            Date of Grant                     Underlying Shares
                           --------------                     -----------------
                               First                               4,000
                              Second                               3,000
                               Third                               3,000


         3.       Amendment  to Section 10.  Subsection  10(b) is amended by
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inserting  the  following at the end thereof:


         Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purposes of subsection (i)
         only, the definition of "person" shall not include any beneficial
         holder of more than 5% of the Common Stock as of December 31, 1995, or
         any person, trust or entity which is a successor by will or by the
         laws of descent and distribution to any such holder or any combination
         of such holders or group of such holders (including, without
         limitation, any such person or persons acting as a partnership,
         limited partnership, syndicate or other group whether formally
         organized or not).








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