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FORM 3
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event Requiring 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or 6. If Amendment, Date
Carl, III Robert D. Statement Trading Symbol of Original
- ---------------------------------------- (Month/Day/Year) Tops Appliance City, Inc. (TOPS) (Month/Day/Year)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 3/31/98 ----------------------------------
8300 Dunwoody Place, Suite 209 ---------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting -----------------------
- ---------------------------------------- 3. IRS Identification Person to Issuer 7. Individual or Joint/
(Street) Number of Reporting (Check all applicable) Group Filing (Check
Atlanta GA 30350 Person, if an Entity Director X 10% Owner applicable line)
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(City) (State) (Zip) ---------------------------- Officer Other ----- One Reporting
----- (give ----- (specify Person
title below) below) Form filed by
----- More than One
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TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 4)
(Instr. 5)
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Common Stock 34,800 D
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200(1) I By family member(1)
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(1) Represents shares of Common Stock held by Mary Ann Carl, Robert D. Carl, III's mother. Robert D. Carl, III specifically
disclaims any beneficial ownership of such shares.
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*If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
(Print or Type Responses)
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Exercisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership
Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv-
Year) Deri- ative
vative Security:
Security Direct
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Date Expira- Amount or Indirect
Exercis- tion Title Number (I)
able Date of Shares (Instr.
5)
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6.5% Subordinated Convertible currently 11/30/2003 Common Stock 23,056.2 $22.25/Share D
Debentures Due November 30, 2003
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6.5% Subordinate Convertible currently 11/30/2003 Common Stock 857,142.9 $1.75/Share D
Debentures (New) Due November 30,
2003
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ ROBERT D. CARL III April 2, 1998
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal 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. Page 2
If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
(Print or Type Responses)
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