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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D - AMENDMENT NO. 1
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
DESTRON FEARING CORPORATION
490 Villaume Avenue
South St. Paul, Minnesota 55075
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
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(Title of Class of Securities)
250637-10-5
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(CUSIP Number)
John R. Beattie, Esq.
Thomas J. Puff, Esq.
Messerli & Kramer, P.A.
1800 Fifth Street Towers
150 South Fifth Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
(612) 672-3731
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number
of Person Authorized to Receive
Notices and Communications)
May 11, 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 which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is
filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following
box / / .
(Cover page continued on next 34 pages)
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CUSIP No. 250637-10-5
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1) Names of Reporting Persons or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above
Persons
Dirk Van Der Plas
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2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(See Instructions)
a) /X/
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) N/A
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6) Citizenship or Place of Organization: The Netherlands
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Number of Shares 7) Sole Voting Power 80,000
Beneficially Owned 8) Shared Voting Power None
by Each Reporting 9) Sole Dispositive Power 80,000
Person With: 10) Shared Dispositive Power None
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11) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 80,000
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12) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row 11 Excludes Certain Shares
(See Instructions) N/A
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13) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 11
0.6% of Common Stock outstanding
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14) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IN
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CUSIP No. 250637-10-5
1) Names of Reporting Persons or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above
Persons
Daniel Jan Kleen
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2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(See Instructions)
a) /X/
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) N/A
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6) Citizenship or Place of Organization The Netherlands
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Number of Shares 7) Sole Voting Power 117,400
Beneficially Owned 8) Shared Voting Power None
by Each Reporting 9) Sole Dispositive Power 117,400
Person With: 10) Shared Dispositive Power None
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11) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 117,400
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12) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row 11 Excludes Certain Shares
(See Instructions) N/A
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13) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 11
0.9% of Common Stock outstanding
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14) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IN
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CUSIP No. 250637-10-5
1) Names of Reporting Persons or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above
Persons
Jenny Van Der Laan
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2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(See Instructions)
a) /X/
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) N/A
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6) Citizenship or Place of Organization The Netherlands
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Number of Shares 7) Sole Voting Power 45,000
Beneficially Owned 8) Shared Voting Power None
by Each Reporting 9) Sole Dispositive Power 45,000
Person With: 10) Shared Dispositive Power None
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11) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 45,000
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12) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row 11 Excludes Certain Shares
(See Instructions) N/A
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13) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 11
.3 % of Common Stock outstanding
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14) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IN
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CUSIP No. 250637-10-5
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1) Names of Reporting Persons or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above
Persons
Johan Post
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2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(See Instructions)
a) /X/
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) N/A
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6) Citizenship or Place of Organization The Netherlands
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Number of Shares 7) Sole Voting Power 148,000
Beneficially Owned 8) Shared Voting Power None
by Each Reporting 9) Sole Dispositive Power 148,000
Person With: 10) Shared Dispositive Power None
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11) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 148,000
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12) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row 11 Excludes Certain Shares
(See Instructions) N/A
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13) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 11
1.1% of Common Stock outstanding
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14) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IN
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CUSIP No. 250637-10-5
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1) Names of Reporting Persons or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above
Persons
Michael D. Schwitz
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2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(See Instructions)
a) /X/
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) N/A
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6) Citizenship or Place of Organization United States
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Number of Shares 7) Sole Voting Power 30,900
Beneficially Owned 8) Shared Voting Power None
by Each Reporting 9) Sole Dispositive Power 30,900
Person With: 10) Shared Dispositive Power None
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11) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 30,900
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12) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row 11 Excludes Certain Shares
(See Instructions) N/A
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13) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 11
0.2% of Common Stock outstanding
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14) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IN
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CUSIP No. 250637-10-5
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Names of Reporting Persons or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above Persons
Larry Hopfenspirger
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Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(See Instructions)
a) /X/
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) N/A
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6) Citizenship or Place of Organization United States
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Number of Shares 7) Sole Voting Power 26,750
Beneficially Owned 8) Shared Voting Power None
by Each Reporting 9) Sole Dispositive Power 26,750
Person With: 10) Shared Dispositive Power None
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11) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 26,750
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12) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row 11 Excludes Certain Shares
(See Instructions) N/A
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13) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 11
0.2% of Common Stock outstanding
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14) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IN
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CUSIP No. 250637-10-5
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1) Names of Reporting Persons or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above
Persons
Jeffrey Thoele
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2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(See Instructions)
a) /X/
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) N/A
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6) Citizenship or Place of Organization United States
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Number of Shares 7) Sole Voting Power 18,700
Beneficially Owned 8) Shared Voting Power None
by Each Reporting 9) Sole Dispositive Power 18,700
Person With: 10) Shared Dispositive Power None
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11) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 18,700
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12) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row 11 Excludes Certain Shares
(See Instructions) N/A
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13) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 11
0.1% of Common Stock outstanding
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14) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IN
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CUSIP No. 250637-10-5
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9) Names of Reporting Persons or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above
Persons
Harry Carlson
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10) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(See Instructions)
a) /X/
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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) N/A
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6) Citizenship or Place of Organization United States
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7) Sole Voting Power 65,000
Number of Shares -------------------------------
Beneficially 8) Shared Voting Power None
Owned by Each -----------------------------
Reporting Person 9) Sole Dispositive Power 65,000
With: --------------------------
10) Shared Dispositive Power None
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11) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 65,000
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12) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row 11 Excludes Certain Shares
(See Instructions) N/A
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13) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 11
.5% of Common Stock outstanding
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14) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IN
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ITEM 1. SECURITY AND ISSUER.
This Schedule 13D Amendment No. 1 relates to the Common Stock of Destron
Fearing Corporation (the "Issuer"), a Delaware corporation, having its
principal executive offices at 490 Villaume Avenue, South St. Paul, Minnesota
55075.
ITEM 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND.
This Schedule 13D Amendment No. 1 is being filed by the Destron Fearing
Shareholder Group that filed a Schedule 13D Statement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 16, 1998. All information contained in such
filing, unless otherwise amended or altered by this filing, is incorporated
herein by reference. The Destron Fearing Shareholder Group (the "Group")
hereby amends its original filing on Schedule 13D to disclose that seven
additional Purchasers have joined the Group, representing an additional
466,750 common shares held by the Group, and that one original member of the
Group, Mr. Harry Carlson, has acquired an additional 10,000 shares.
Consequently, the Group now holds 1,144,950 common shares, in the aggregate,
or 8.6% of the total number of Destron Fearing shares outstanding.
The respective business or residential addresses of the additional
Purchasers are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Purchaser Address
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<S> <C>
Dirk Van Der Plas Admiraal De Ruyterlaan 6
Katwijk, Netherlands
Daniel Jan Kleen Admiraal De Ruyterlaan 4
Katwijk, Netherlands
Jenny Van Der Laan Vinkenlaan 8
Waasenaar, Netherlands
Johan Post Hoogwerflaan 27
The Hague, Netherlands
Larry Hopfenspirger 2025 Nicollet Avenue South
#203
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
Michael Schwitz 5601 Odana Rd., #9
Madison, Wisconsin 53719
Jeffrey Thoele 18891 Maple Leaf Drive
Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55346
</TABLE>
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The principal occupations and employers of the Purchasers are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Purchaser Occupation/Employer
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<S> <C>
Dirk Van Der Plas Flower Exporter/Self-Employed
Daniel Jan Kleen Private Investor
Jenny Van Der Laan Private Investor
Johan Post Private Investor
Larry Hopfenspirger Real Estate Broker/Self-Employed
Michael Schwitz Sales/Self-Employed
Jeffrey Thoele Insurance Sales/MN Health & Financial
Services, Inc.
</TABLE>
None of the above-referenced Purchasers has, during the last five years,
been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or
similar misdemeanors), nor have any of the respective Purchasers been a party
to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent
jurisdiction, and as a result of such proceeding, 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.
Three of the additional Purchasers within the Group are citizens of the
United States. The four remaining additional Purchasers, Dirk Van Der Plas,
Daniel Jan Kleen, Jenny Van Der Laan and Johan Post are citizens of The
Netherlands.
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ITEM 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.
The Purchaser's response to Item 5 of this Schedule 13D Statement is
incorporated herein by reference. All of the funds used to purchase the
Issuer's Common Stock, as stated herein, were the personal funds of the
Purchasers set forth in Item 2. The Issuer's shares acquired were purchased
through open market purchases. The aggregate purchase price for the shares
acquired and currently held by each of the respective Purchasers, is as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Purchaser Aggregate Purchase Price
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<S> <C>
Dirk Van Der Plas $160,000
Daniel Jan Kleen $234,800
Jenny Van Der Laan $90,000
Johan Post $296,000
Michael Schwitz $61,100
Larry Hopfenspriger $93,625
Jeffrey Thoele $74,800
Harry Carlson $15,250
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ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION.
The Group incorporates by reference all of the information set forth at
Item 4 of its April 16, 1998 Schedule 13D filing.
ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.
The information with respect to the aggregate number of shares and the
percentage of all outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Issuer
beneficially owned as of May 11, 1998, by each of the respective Purchasers
within the investment group is set forth in Exhibit A annexed hereto and is
incorporated herein by reference.
The Purchaser's response to Items (7) through (13) of the cover pages of
this Schedule 13D Statement, and the information and responses set forth in
Exhibit A and B, are incorporated herein by reference.
According to the Issuer's Quarterly Report for the quarterly period
ended December 31, 1997, filed February 13, 1998, the Issuer has outstanding
13,294,000 shares of Common Stock. The Group, as of the date of this filing,
beneficially own 1,144,950 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock, or
approximately 8.6% of the Issuer's outstanding common shares.
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ITEM 6. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH
RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.
Other than the common investment strategy and objectives among the
respective Purchasers within the investment group as set forth and fully
described in Item 4 of this Schedule 13D, there are no contracts,
arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) among the
Purchasers, or between the Purchasers and any person with respect to any
securities of the Issuer.
ITEM 7. MATERIALS TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.
The following is filed herewith as an Exhibit to this Schedule
13D-Amendment No. 1:
A. Information with respect to the aggregate number and percentage of
the class of securities beneficially owned by each of the
respective Purchasers within the investment group, and by the group
as an entity; and
B. Information with respect to any transactions in the class of
securities reported on that were effected during the past sixty days
or since the most recent filing of Schedule 13D, whichever is less,
by the persons named in response to paragraph (a).
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EXHIBIT A
Information with respect to the aggregate number and percentage of the
class of securities beneficially owned by each of the respective Purchasers
within the group and the group as an entity:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF SHARES PERCENTAGE
NAME BENEFICIALLY OWNED OF CLASS
---- ------------------ --------
<S> <C> <C>
Mr. and Mr. Maas van
Dusschotem 265,000 2.0%
Bradley C. Holt 243,500 1.8%
Harry Carlson 65,000 .5%
John R. Beattie 54,700 .4%
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hofstad 50,000 .4%
Dirk Van Der Plas 80,000 .6%
Daniel Jan Kleen 117,400 .9%
Jenny Van Der Laan 45,000 .3%
Johan Post 148,000 1.1%
Michael Schwitz 30,900 .2%
Larry Hopfenspirger 26,750 .2%
Jeffrey Thoele 18,700 .1%
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1,144,950 8.6%
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT B
Information with respect to any transactions in the class of securities
reported on that were effected during the past sixty days or since the most
recent filing of Schedule 13D, whichever is less, by the persons named in
response to paragraph (a).
AMOUNT OF WHERE AND HOW
DATE OF SECURITIES TRANSACTION
TRANSACTION INVOLVED PRICE EFFECTED
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Harry Carlson 5/01/98 8,000 1.50 Open-Market
5/04/98 2,000 1 5/8ths Open-Market
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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.
Dated: May 11, 1998 /s/ Maas van Dusschotem
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Maas van Dusschotem
/s/ J.J. van Dusschotem/Uruman
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J.J. van Dusschotem/Uruman
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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.
Dated: May 11, 1998 /s/ Bradley C. Holt
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Bradley C. Holt
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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.
Dated: May 11, 1998 /s/ Gary Hofstad
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Gary Hofstad
/s/ Glennis Hofstad
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Glennis Hofstad
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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.
Dated: May 11, 1998 /s/ John R. Beattie
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John R. Beattie
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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.
Dated: May 11, 1998 /s/ Harry Carlson
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Harry Carlson
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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.
Dated: May 11, 1998 /s/ Dirk Van Der Plas
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Dirk Van Der Plas
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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.
Dated: May 11, 1998 /s/ Daniel Jan Kleen
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Daniel Jan Kleen
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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.
Dated: May 11, 1998 /s/ Jenny Van Der Laan
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Jenny Van Der Laan
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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.
Dated: 27 April, 1998 /s/ Johan Post
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Johan Post
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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.
Dated: May 11, 1998 /s/ Michael Schwitz
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Michael Schwitz
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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.
Dated: May 11, 1998 /s/ Larry Hopfenspirger
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Larry Hopfenspirger
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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.
Dated: May 11, 1998 /s/ Jeffrey Thoele
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Jeffrey Thoele
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