FORM 3 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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 2. Date of Event Requiring 4.Issuer Name and Ticker or
Reporting Person* Statement (Month/Day/Year) Trading Symbol
Levinson, Daniel A. 05/18/2000
Arguss Communications, Inc.
(Last) (First) (Middle) (ARGX)
One Church Street - Suite 302 3. IRS Identifi- 5. Relationship of Reporting
________________________________ cation Number Person(s) to Issuer
(Street) of Reporting (Check all applicable)
Person, if an X Director __ 10% Owner
Entity (Voluntary) __ Officer (give __ Other (specify
Rockville MD 20850 title below)
________________________________ below)
(City (State) (Zip) __________________________________
6. If 7. Individual or Joint/Group
Amendment, Filing
Date of (Check Applicable Line)
Original X Form filed by One Reporting
(Month/ Person
Day/ ____Form filed by More than One
Year) Reporting Person
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security 2. Amount 3. Owner- 4. Nature
(Instr. 4) of ship of
Securities Form: Indirect
Benefi- Direct (D) Beneficial
cially or Indi- Ownership
Owned rect (I) (Instr. 4)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 5)
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see
Instruction 5(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of
securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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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 2. Date 3. Title 4. Con- 5. Own- 6. Na-
Derivative Exercis- and Amount version ership ture of
Security able and of Underlying or Form of Indi-
(Instr. 4) Expiration Derivative Exer- Deriva- rect Ben-
Date Security cise tive Se- eficial
(Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price curity: Owner-
Year) of De- Direct ship
rivative (D) or (Instr. 5)
Security Indirect (I)
(Instr.5)
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Date Expi- Title Amount
Exer- ra- or
cis- tion Number
able Date of
Shares
Options to 5/18 5/18 Common 5,000 $19.50 (D)
purchase 2001 2010 Stock
Common
Stock
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Explanation of Responses:
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute
Federal Criminal Violations.
SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). /s/ Daniel A. Levinson 06/06/00
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Daniel A. Levinson
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.
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