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| F O R M 5 | Washington, D.C. 20549 | OMB APPROVAL |
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[ ] Check this box if ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP |OMB Number 3235-0362|
no longer subject |Expires: September 30,1998|
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may continue. Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchanged Act of 1934, ----------------------------
[ ] Form 3 Holdings Reported Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
[ ] Form 4 Transactions Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940
Reported
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6.Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to|
| | | Issuer (Check all Applicable) |
| | United International Holdings, Inc. | |
| Leonard, David J. | UIHIA | Director 10% Owner |
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| (Last) (First) (MI)|3.IRS Identification |4.Statement for Month/ | X Officer Other |
| | Number of Reporting | Year |---(give title below) ---(Specify below)|
| | Person, if an entity | | |
| | (Voluntary) | |Senior Vice President - UIH |
| 4643 S. Ulster Street, Suite 1300 | | 2/98 |President, CEO - UIH Latin America, Inc.|
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| (Street) | |5.If Amendment, Date of |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing |
| | | Original (Month/Year) | (Check Applicable Line) |
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| | | | X Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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| | | | Form filed by More than One |
| Denver, CO 80237 | | |--- Reporting Person |
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| (City) (State) (Zip) |
| TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned |
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|1.Title of Security |2.Transac- |3.Trans- |4.Security Acquired (A) or |5.Amount of |6. |7.Nature of Indirect|
| (Instr. 3) | tion Date | action | Disposed of (D) | Securities |Own.| Beneficial |
| |(Month/ | Code | (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) | Beneficially |Form| Ownership |
| |Day/Year) |(Instr.8)|-------------------------------| Owned at End of|(D) | (Instr. 4) |
| | | | |(A) | | Issuer's |or | |
| | | | |or | | Fiscal Year |(I) | |
| | | | Amount |(D) | Price | (Instr. 3 & 4) | | |
|-------------------------------|------------|---------|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
| <S> | <C> | <C> | <C> |<C> |<C> | <C> |<C> | <C> |
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| Class A Common Stock | (1) | A | 315(1) | A |$11.50(2)| 930(2) | I | (3) |
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| Class A Common Stock | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,000 | D | -- |
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(1) Acquired as contributed by employer to 401(k) plan and as vested.
(2) Information is as of the Plan year end, December 31, 1997.
(3) Held by United International Holdings, Inc., 401(k) Savings and Stock Ownership Plan.
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly. SEC 2270 (7-97)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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FORM 5 (continued) TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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|1.Title of|2.Conver-|3. |4.Tran- |5.Number of |6.Date |7.Title and Amount |8.Price of|9.Number |10. |11.Nature |
|Derivative|sion or |Trans| saction| Derivative |Exercisable| of Underlying |Derivative| of |Own.| of |
|Security |Exercise |Date | Code | Securities |and | Securities |Security |Derivative|Form|Indirect |
|(Instr. 3)|Price of |(Mon/|(Instr.8)| Acquired (A) or |Expiration | (Instr. 3 & 4) |(Instr. 5)|Securities|of |Beneficial|
| |Deriva- | Day/| | Disposed of (D) |Date | | |Benefi- |Deri|Ownership |
| |tive |Year)| | (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) |(Month/Day/| | |cially |Sec.|(Instr. 4)|
| |Security | | | | Year) | | |Owned at |Dir.| |
| | | | | |-----------|---------------------| |End of |(D) | |
| | | | | | | | |Amount or | |Year |or | |
| | | | |---------------------|Date |Exp. | Title |Number of | |(Instr. 4)|Ind.| |
| | | | | (A) | (D) |Exbl.|Date | |Shares | | |(I) | |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|<S> | <C> |<C> | <C> | <C> | <C> | <C> |<C> | <C> | <C> | <C> |<C> | <C>| <C> |
|Employee | 10.875 |12/19/ A | 20,000 | -- | (4) |12/19/ Class A | 20,000 | -- |165,000(5)| D | -- |
|Stock Opt-| |97 | | | | |07 | Common | | | | | |
|ion (right| | | | | | | | Stock | | | | | |
|to buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(4) The stock options are exercisable monthly from date of grant.
(5) 114,792 options are exercisable at February 28, 1998.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/ David J. Leonard 3/23/98
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------------------ ----------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 2270 (7-97)
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 OMD Number
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