HOENIG GROUP INC
SC 13D/A, 1999-02-16
SECURITY BROKERS, DEALERS & FLOTATION COMPANIES
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                  SCHEDULE 13D



                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                               (AMENDMENT NO. 1 )


                                HOENIG GROUP INC.
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                     COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    434396107
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                                 (CUSIP Number)

        KATHRYN L. HOENIG, VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
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          HOENIG GROUP INC., 4 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE, RYE BROOK, NY 10573
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           (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
                       Receive Notices and Communications)

                                 AUGUST 24, 1998
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             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously  filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the  acquisition  that is the subject of this  Schedule  13D, and is filing this
schedule  because of Rule 13d-1(e),  Rule 13d-1(f) or Rule  13d-1(g),  check the
following box |_|.

Note:  Schedules  filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five
copies of the  schedule,  including  all  exhibits.  See Rule 13d-7(b) for other
parties to whom copies are to be sent.

*The  remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting  person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for  any  subsequent   amendment   containing   information  which  would  alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act  (however,  see the
Notes).

CUSIP NO.  434396107 .


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CUSIP NO. 434396107                          PAGE 2 OF 6 PAGES
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1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
        S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
        ALAN B. HERZOG
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2     CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions)(A) (B)
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3       SEC USE ONLY
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4       SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
        PF
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5       CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS
        2(d) or 2(e)

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6       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
        U.S.A.
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                        7       SOLE VOTING POWER
                                945,682
                                         (SEE ITEM 5)

      NUMBER OF
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        SHARES          8       SHARED VOTING POWER
     BENEFICIALLY               14,600
       OWNED BY                          (SEE ITEM 5)
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         EACH           9       SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
      REPORTING                 945,682
        PERSON                           (SEE ITEM 5)
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         WITH           10      SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                14,600
                                         (SEE ITEM 5)
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11        AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
          1,040,282
                   (SEE ITEM 5)
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12        CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
           (See Instructions)
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13        PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
          12.2%
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14        TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
          IN
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         Alan B. Herzog  (the  "Reporting  Person"),  along with  certain  other
reporting persons named therein, jointly filed a statement on Schedule 13D dated
November 15, 1991 (the "Original  Schedule  13D").  Subsequently,  the Reporting
Person filed a separate  statement dated October 21, 1993 (the "Herzog  Schedule
13D")  amending  the  information  reported in the  Original  Schedule  13D with
respect  to the  Reporting  Person.  The  Reporting  Person  should no longer be
considered a Reporting Person with respect to the Original  Schedule 13D, except
with respect to the period preceding such filing.

         This  Amendment  Number 1 to the Herzog  Schedule 13D amends the Herzog
Schedule 13D as follows:

ITEM 1.  SECURITY AND ISSUER.  

                  Item 1 is hereby amended by substituting the following:

                  This  Statement  relates to shares of common  stock,  $.01 par
value per share (the "Common Stock") of Hoenig Group Inc. (the  "Company").  The
Company's  principal  executive office is located at 4 International  Drive, Rye
Brook, NY 10573.

ITEM 2.  IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND.

                  Item 2 is hereby  amended by  substituting  the  following for
subsections (a), (b) and (c) thereof:

                  (a) This  Statement  is being  filed  by Alan B.  Herzog  (the
"Reporting Person").

                  (b)       The business address of the Reporting Person is: c/o
                            Hoenig Group Inc., 4 International Drive, Rye Brook,
                            NY 10573.

                  (c)       The Reporting Person's present principal  occupation
                            is  Executive  Vice   President,   Chief   Operating
                            Officer,  Chief  Financial  Officer,  Treasurer  and
                            Director of the Company.  The principal  business of
                            the Company is the provision  (through the Company's
                            wholly-owned   brokerage   subsidiaries)  of  global
                            securities brokerage,  marketing and distribution of
                            proprietary and independent third-party research and
                            related services to institutional investors; and the
                            provision (through the Company's investment advisory
                            subsidiary) of professional investment management to
                            public  and  corporate   employee   benefit   plans,
                            investment   partnerships  and  other  institutional
                            clients.   The   address  of  the   Company   is:  4
                            International Drive, Rye Brook, NY 10573.


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ITEM 3.  SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.

                  Item 3 is hereby amended by adding the following:

                  On October 26, 1998,  the Reporting  Person  purchased  10,000
shares of Common Stock from the Company for $52,250, pursuant to the exercise of
options  granted on January 4, 1994 under the  component of the  Company's  1991
Stock Option Plan (the "1991 Plan") which  conforms to the  requirements  of the
Internal Revenue Code (the "Incentive Plan").

                  On December 26, 1997, the Reporting  Person  purchased  12,500
shares of Common Stock from the Company for $63,593.75  pursuant to the exercise
of incentive stock options granted on January 4, 1993 under the Incentive Plan.

                  On December 18,  1996,  options to purchase  25,000  shares of
Common  Stock  granted on December  18, 1991 under the  Incentive  Plan  expired
without being exercised.

                  On each of December  13, 1996,  April 12, 1996,  May 22, 1995,
November 16, 1994 and November 17, 1993, the Reporting  Person  purchased  5,000
shares of Common Stock (totaling in the aggregate 25,000 shares of Common Stock)
from the Company at a purchase  price of $0.10 per share  (aggregating  $2,500),
pursuant to the exercise of  non-qualified  options granted on May 6, 1992 under
the component of the 1991 Plan which does not conform to the requirements of the
Internal Revenue Code.

                  The shares  purchased  upon  exercise of each of the foregoing
options were purchased with cash from personal funds.

ITEM 4.  PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION.

                  The Reporting Person has acquired his beneficial  ownership in
the shares of Common Stock for investment  purposes.  The Reporting  Person does
not have any  present  plan or proposal as a  stockholder  which  relates to, or
would result in any action with respect to,  matters  listed in  paragraphs  (b)
through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. In the future,  the Reporting  Person may
decide to  purchase  additional  shares of Common  Stock in the open market or a
private transaction, or to sell any or all of his shares of Common Stock.

ITEM 5.  INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

                  Item 5 is hereby  amended by  substituting  the  following for
subsection (a) thereof:

                  (a) According to the Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 1998, as of November 14, 1998, the Company's
had issued and outstanding 8,530,309 shares of Common Stock.

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                  The  Reporting  Person is the  beneficial  owner of  1,040,282
shares of Common Stock or 12.2% of the outstanding  Common Stock,  consisting of
(i) 917,182 shares of Common Stock owned directly;  (ii) 28,500 shares of Common
Stock  registered in the name of the Reporting  Person,  as custodian  under the
Uniform  Gift to Minors Act for the  benefit  of the  Reporting  Person's  minor
children;  (iii) 80,000 shares registered in the name of the Reporting  Person's
spouse,  Frances G. Herzog and 14,600 shares  registered in the name of the Alan
B. & Frances G. Herzog  Charitable  Foundation,  Inc., a  charitable  foundation
qualified   under   Section   501(c)(3)  of  the  Internal   Revenue  Code  (the
"Foundation").

                  All of the  Class A  Warrants  and the Class B  Warrants  have
expired without being exercised.

                  Item 5 is further  amended by  substituting  the following for
subsection (b) thereof:

                  (b) The  Reporting  Person has the sole  power to vote,  or to
direct the vote of, 945,682 shares of Common Stock, and shared power to vote, or
to direct the vote of, 14,600 shares of Common Stock;  and sole power to dispose
of, or to direct the  disposition  of, 945,682 shares of Common Stock and shared
power to dispose of, or to direct the  disposition  of,  14,600 shares of Common
Stock.

                  The  Reporting  Person  shares power to vote, or to direct the
vote,  and power to  dispose  of, or to direct  the  disposition  of, the 14,600
shares of Common  Stock owned by the  Foundation  with  Frances G.  Herzog,  the
Reporting   Person's   spouse,   and  Martha  Yohe,   the   Reporting   Person's
mother-in-law.  Frances G. Herzog, the Reporting Person's spouse, has sole power
to vote,  or to direct the vote,  and sole power to dispose of, or to direct the
disposition of, the 80,000 shares owned by Frances G. Herzog.

                  Frances  G.  Herzog  and  Martha  Yohe are not  engaged in any
business occupation. The address of each of Frances G. Herzog and Martha Yohe is
c/o Alan B. Herzog,  Hoenig Group Inc., 4  International  Drive,  Rye Brook,  NY
10573. During the past five years,  neither of Frances G. Herzog nor Martha Yohe
has been convicted in a criminal  proceeding  (excluding  traffic  violations or
similar  misdemeanors)  and neither has been a party to a civil  proceeding of a
judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction,  as a result of which
either of them was or is subject to a judgment,  decree or final order enjoining
future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal
or state  securities  laws or finding any  violation  with respect to such laws.
Each of Frances G. Herzog and Martha Yohe is a citizen of the United States.

                  Item  5  is  further   amended  by  adding  the  following  to
subsection (d) thereof:

                  The Foundation has the right to receive or the power to direct
the receipt of dividends  from,  or the proceeds from the sale of, 14,600 of the
shares of Common Stock  beneficially  owned by the Reporting Person.  Frances G.
Herzog has the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of  dividends
from,  or the  proceeds  from the sale of,  80,000 of the shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by the Reporting Person.



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SIGNATURE.

                  After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief,  I certify  that the  information  set forth in this  statement is true,
complete and correct.

Date:   February 12, 1999

                                                       By:  /s/  ALAN B. HERZOG
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                                                              ALAN B. HERZOG



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