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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).)
Rudisill Carol
(Last) (First) (Middle)
135 East 57th 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)
6/99
5. If Amendment, Date of Original
(Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Persons to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director ______ 10% Owner
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X Officer (give title below) ______ Other (specify
------ Vice President below)
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
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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 (D) Price
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(Over)
SEC 1474 (7-97)
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FORM 4 (Continued)
TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed
of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls,
warrants, options, convertible securities)
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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/Day/Year)
vative (Instr. 3, 4,
Security and 5)
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Code V (A) (D) Date Exer- Expiration
cisable Date
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Option to acquire $4.25 6/28/99 A V 25,000 Note 1 Note 1
(Note 1)
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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)
(Instr. 4)
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Title Amount or
Number of
Shares
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Option to acquire Class A 25,000 $0 (Note 2) D
(Note 1) Common
Stock
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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
excercisable as to 34% of the underlying shares on June 28, 2000, and
as to an additional 8.35% quarterly thereafter until June 28, 2002. The
option expires as to the equivalent percentages of underlying shares 15
months after the applicable vesting date for such shares.
Note 2: The column 9 total does not include other options outstanding under the
Plan, because their exercise prices and exercise periods are different.
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** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute
Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C.1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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/s/Carol Rudisill 7/8/99
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** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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