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UNITED STATES 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).)
Atchison Robert L.
(Last) (First) (Middle)
500 Broadway
(Street)
Redwood City CA 94063
(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)
11/97
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original
(Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify
below)
Vice President
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
/Day/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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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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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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Option to acquire $3.125 11/19/97 A V 65,000 (Note 1) (Note 1)
(Note 1)
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Option to acquire $5.875 11/19/97 D V 25,000 (Note 3) (Note 3)
(Note 3)
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Option to acquire $5.75 11/19/97 D V 40,000 (Note 4) (Note 4)
(Note 4)
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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 Securities 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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Class A Common Stock 65,000 $0 (Note 2) D
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Class A Common Stock 25,000 $0 (Note 2) D
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Class A Common Stock 40,000 $0 (Note 2) D
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Explanation of Responses:
Note 1: Non-qualified stock option grant pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Ampex
Corporation Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The option becomes exercisable on
October 28, 2002, subject to accelerated vesting as approved by the Stock
Incentive Plan Committee in accordance with the Plan. The option expires 15
months after the applicable vesting date.
Note 2: The column 9 total does not include other options outstanding under the
Plan, because their exercise prices and exercise periods are different.
Note 3: Cancellation of non-qualified stock option originally granted on
June 30, 1997 pursuant to Rule 16b-3 of the Plan. This option would have become
exercisable on June 30, 2002, subject to accelerated vesting, and would have
expired 15 months after the applicable vesting date.
Note 4: Cancellation of non-qualified stock option originally granted on July
16, 1996 pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Plan. This option became exercisable
as to 12,500 shares on October 11, 1996; as to 7,500 shares on February 14,
1997; as to an additional 7,500 shares on July 18, 1997; and would have become
exercisable as to the remaining 12,500 shares on July 16, 2001, subject to
accelerated vesting. This option would have expired 15 months after the
applicable vesting dates for such shares.
/s/Robert L. Atchison 12/4/97
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Robert L. Atchison
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