OMB Number 3235-0287
Expires: September 30, 1998
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
/ / Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See
Instruction 1(b).
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
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person (If the form is filed
by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).)
Bramson Edward J.
(Last) (First) (Middle)
65 East 55th Street
(Street)
New York NY 10022
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Ampex Corporation (AXC)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person
(Voluntary)
4. Statement for
(Month/Year)
10/96
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original
(Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director X 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify
below)
Chairman and CEO
7. Individual or Joint/Group filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1. Title of 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of
Security action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Form: Indirect
(Instr.3) Date Code (Instr.3, 4 and 5) Beneficial Direct (D) Beneficial
(Month (Instr.8) ly Owned or Ownership
/Date/Year) at End of Indirect
Month (I) (Instr. 4)
(Inst. 3 (Instr. 4)
and 4)
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Code V Amount (A) or Price
(D)
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Class A Common 10/23/96 A V 400,000 A $6.875 2,409,910 D
Stock (Note 1)
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3,095,545 I Note 2
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TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1. Title of 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transaction 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exercisable and
Derivative sion or action Code ative Securities Expiration Date
Security Exercise Date Acquired (A) or (Month/Day/Year)
(Instr.3) Price of (Instr. 8) Disposed of (D)
Deri- (Month/
vative Day/ (Instr. 3, 4,
Security Year) and 5)
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Code V (A) (D) Date Exer- Expiration
cisable Date
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1. Title of 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price of 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of
Derivative Underlying Security Derivative Derivative Form of Deriva- Indirect Bene-
Security Security Securities tive Security: ficial Owner-
(Instr.3) (Instr.3 and 4) Beneficially Direct (D) or ship (Instr.
(Instr. 5) Owned at End Indirect (I) 4)
of Month (Instr. 4)
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Title Amount or (Instr. 4)
Number of
Shares
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Explanation of Responses:
THE FILING OF THIS REPORT SHALL NOT BE DEEMED AN ADMISSION THAT THE
REPORTING PERSON IS, FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 16 OR OTHERWISE, THE BENEFICIAL
OWNER OF CERTAIN OF THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED IN NOTE 2 TO TABLE I OF THIS
REPORT.
Note 1. The issuer's Board of Directors approved the purchase of these
securities by the reporting person as an exempt transaction under Rule
16b-3(d). The reporting person holds these securities through his designee, SH
Securities Co., LLC, a limited liability company controlled solely by him
("SHSC").
Note 2. This number includes 400,000 shares held by SHSC; 1,500,000 shares
held by Sherborne Investments Corporation (of which the reporting person is the
controlling stockholder); 491,979 shares held by Sherborne & Company
Incorporated ("SCI"); 584,192 shares held by Sherborne Holdings Incorporated, a
subsidiary of SCI ("SHI); and 119,374 shares held by NH Bond Corp., a
subsidiary of SHI ("NHB"). The reporting person is the controlling stockholder
of SCI, and therefore may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares
owned by SCI, SHI and NHB.
/S/ EDWARD J. BRAMSON November 6, 1996
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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