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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form
5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Allard John
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
WPI Group, Inc. 1155 Elm Street
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(Street)
Manchester NH 03101
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
WPI Group, Inc. WPIC
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
01/00
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[x] Director
[ ] 10% Owner
[x] Officer (give title below)
[ ] Other (specify below)
President and CEO
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form biled by More than One Person
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TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially
Owned
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1. Title of Security | 2. Trans- | 3. Trans- | 4. Securities Acquired (A) | 5.Amount of | 6.Owner- |7. Nature
(Instr. 3) | action | action | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of In-
| Date | Code | | Beneficially | Form: | direct
| | (Instr. 8) | (Instr. 3,4 and 5) | Owned at | Direct | Bene-
| (Month/ | | | End of | (D) or | fical
| Day/ ---------------------------------------------------- Month | Indirect| Owner-
| Year) |Code | V | Amount | (A) or | Price | | (I) | ship
| | | | | (D) | | (Instr.3 and 4)|(Instr. 4) | (Instr.4)
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Common Stock | | | | | | | 50,400 | I |Trust
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction
4(b)(v).
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FORM 4 (continued)
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TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially
Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <S> <C> <S> <C> <S> <C> <S> <C> <S>
1.Title of |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of |6.Date Exercisable |7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10. |11.Nature
Derivative |version |Tran- |Transac- | Derivative| and Expiration | of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva | Dir|ofIndirect
Security |or Exer |saction | | Securities| Date | Securities |vative |tive | ect|Beneficial
|cise |Date | | Acquired | | |Secu |Securities| or |Ownership
|Price of| | | or Dis- | | |irty |Bene- | In |
|Deriva- |(Month/ | | posed of |-------------------|-------------------| |cially | dir|
|Security| | | |Date | Expir- | Title | Amount | |Owned at | ect|
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| | |Code | V | (A) (D) |cisable | Date | | of Shares| |Month | |
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Employee | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Stock Option | | | | | | | |Common | | | | |
(right to buy)$6.75 |07/31/98| | | | * |07/30/08 |Stock | 20,000 | | | D |
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Employee | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Stock Option | | | | | | | |Common | | | | |
(right to buy)$3.562 |03/23/99| | | | ** | 03/22/09 |Stock | 25,000 | | | D |
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Stock Option | | | | | | | |Common | | | | |
(right to buy)$1.437 |01/26/00|J*** | V |200,000 (A) | *** | 01/27/10 |Stock | 200,000 | | 245,000 | D |
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Explanation of Responses:
*Option to purchase 20,000 shares of common stock issued under the WPI Group,
Inc. 1997 Equity Incentive Plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3.
The option becomes exercisable in 1/3 increments on 07/31/99, 07/31/00 and
07/31/01.
**Option to purchase 25,000 shares of common stock issued under the WPI Group,
Inc. 1997 Equity Incentive Plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3. The
option becomes exercisable in 1/3 increments on 03/23/00, 03/23/01 and
03/23/02.
***Option to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock issued under the WPI
Group, Inc. 1997 Equity Incentive Plan in a transaction exempt under Rule
16b-3. The option becomes exercisable in three installments, the first of
which shall vest upon the closing of the sale of the Company's Husky
Technology business, the second of which shall vest upon the closing of the
sale of the Company's Instruments business and third of which shall vest
upon the refinancing of the Company's current credit facility or the
sale of the Company, whichever shall occur first. Notwithinstanding the
foregoing, the options shall vest one year from the date of grant, regardless
of whether these events have occurred.
** 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 is insufficient, see instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form
displays a currently valid OMB Number.
/s/John Allard
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**Signature of Reporting Person
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Date
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