HYPERION 2002 TERM TRUST INC
SC 13D/A, 1999-06-09
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                  Under the Securities and Exchange Act of l934
                                 (Amendment #7)

                         HYPERION 2002 TERM TRUST, INC.
                                      (HTB)
                                (Name of Issuer)

                                    448915108
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                           George W. Karpus, President
                          Karpus Management, Inc. d/b/a
                          Karpus Investment Management
                          14 Tobey Village Office Park
                            Pittsford, New York 14534
                                 (716) 586-4680

            (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
                     to Receive Notices and Communications)

                                  June 7, 1999
             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

        If the person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to
      report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and
                     is filing this schedule because of Rule
               13d-1 (b) (3) or (4), check the following box. [ ]

                               (Page 1 of 4 pages)
                             There are no exhibits.



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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP NO. 448915108                                           Page 2 of 4 Pages
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1             NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
              S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
                   Karpus Management, Inc. d/b/a Karpus Investment Management
                              I.D. # 16-1290558
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2             CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*          (a) |_|
                                                                         (b) |X|
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3             SEC USE ONLY
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4             SOURCE OF FUNDS*
              AF
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5             CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS                   |_|
              IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
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6             CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
              New York
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NUMBER OF                   7  SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES                         2,747,310
BENEFICIALLY                ----------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY                    8  SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH
REPORTING                   ----------------------------------------------------
PERSON WITH                 9  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                               2,747,310
                            ----------------------------------------------------
                            10  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

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11            AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
              2,747,310
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12            CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
              EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                                       |_|
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13            PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 8.09%

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14            TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
              IA
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ITEM 1        Security and Issuer
              Common Stock
              Hyperion 2002 Term Trust, Inc.
              Hyperion Capital Management, Inc.
              1 Liberty Plaza
              165 Broadway
              36th floor
              New York, New York 10006
ITEM 2        Identity and Background
              a)  Karpus Management, Inc, d/b/a/ Karpus Investment Management
                  ("KIM")
                  George W. Karpus, President, Director, and Controlling
                  Stockholder
                  JoAnn VanDegriff, Vice President and Director
                  Sophie Karpus, Director
              b)  14 Tobey Village Office Park
                  Pittsford, New York 14534
              c)  Principal business and occupation - Investment Management
                  for individuals, pension and profit sharing plans,
                  corporations, endowments trust and others, specializing in
                  conservative asset management (i.e. fixed income).
              d)  None of George W. Karpus, JoAnn VanDeGriff, or Sophie Karpus
                  (the "Principals") or KIM has been convicted in the past
                  five years of any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic
                  violations).
              e)  During the last five years none of the principals or KIM has
                  been a party to a civil proceeding as a result of which any
                  of them is subject to a judgement, decree, or final order
                  enjoining future violations of or prohibiting or mandating
                  activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or
                  finding any violation with respect to such laws.
              f)  Each of the Principals is a United States citizen.
                  KIM is a New York corporation.

ITEM 3        Source and Amount of Funds or Other Condiderations
              KIM, an independent investment advisor, has accumulated shares
              of HTB on behalf of accounts that are managed by KIM ("the
              Accounts") under limited powers of attorney. All funds that have
              been utilized in making such purchases are from such Accounts.

ITEM 4        Purpose of Transaction
              KIM has purchased Shares for investment purposes. Being primarily
              a fixed income manager, with a specialty focus in the closed end
              fund sector, the profile of HTB fit the investment guidelines for
              various Accounts. Shares have been acquired since September 19,
              1993.
ITEM 5        Interest in Securities of the Issuer
              a) As of the date of this Report, KIM owns 2,747,310 shares, which
              represents 8.09% of the outstanding shares. George W. Karpus
              (President of KIM) presently owns 4,000 shares (purchases of
              6/1/95 600 shs. @ 7.25, 6/9/95 900 shares @ 7.375, 12/22/95 1,500
              shares @ 7.125, 7/3/96 1,000 shares @ 6.875). Sophie Karpus
              (Director) purchased 1,000 shares 11/7/94 @ 6.375. JoAnn
              VanDeGriff (Vice-President and Director) purchased 12/19/96 200
              shares @ 7.125 and 900 shares 12/20/96 @ 7.125. Karpus Investment
              Management Profit Sharing Plan Fund-B purchased 10/26/93 1,200
              shares @ 7.75, 3/24/95 750 shares @ 6.875 and 3/27/95 250 shares
              @ 6.875.
              b) KIM has the sole power to dispose of and to vote all such
              Shares under limited powers of attorney.
              c) The first open market purchase occurred on February 8, 1995 as

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              previously reported. There have been no dispositions and no
              acquisitions, other than by such open market purchases, during
              such period unless indicated.
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         DATE       Shares      Price Per             Date          Shares     Price Per
                                  Share                                          Share
<S>                 <C>         <C>                  <C>            <C>        <C>
       4/6/99        -1250       8.4375               5/3/99         15900       8.4375
       4/8/99         5000          8.5               5/4/99           300       8.4375
       4/9/99        10700       8.4375               5/6/99         11850       8.4375
      4/12/99          300       8.4375               5/6/99          2100        8.375
      4/13/99         5600       8.4375               5/7/99           900        8.375
      4/13/99        -5000       8.4375               5/7/99           950       8.4375
      4/14/99        12000       8.4375              5/10/99          8450        8.375
      4/15/99         2100       8.4375              5/11/99          3900        8.375
      4/16/99         5900       8.4375              5/12/99           300        8.375
      4/16/99         1800          8.5              5/13/99          2750        8.375
      4/19/99         9200       8.4375              5/13/99         -2750        8.375
      4/20/99        15900       8.4375              5/13/99         -2000       8.4375
      4/21/99         6300       8.4375              5/14/99         78450        8.375
      4/22/99         4800       8.4375              5/17/99          2500        8.375
      4/23/99        -2000       8.4375              5/18/99          2000        8.375
      4/23/99       -10000       8.4375              5/20/99          6300       8.3125
      4/23/99         2000       8.4375              5/28/99         -2300       8.4375
      4/29/99         2450       8.4375
      4/30/99        -2750       8.4375
      4/30/99         6300       8.4375


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* The 10,000 shares from 04-23-99 and 2,000 from 05-13 were transferred out of
our client's account.

                The Accounts have the right to receive all dividends from. any
                proceeds for the sale of the Shares. KIM reserves the right to
                further accumulate or sell shares. None of the Accounts has an
                interest in shares constituting more than 5% of the Share
                outstanding.
ITEM 6          Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings, or Relationships with
                Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
                Except as described above, there are no contracts, arrangements,
                understandings or relationships of any kind among the Principals
                and KIM and between any of them and any other person with
                respect to any of HTB securities.
ITEM 7          Materials to be filed as Exhibits
                Not applicable.



Signature

         After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in the statement is true, complete, and
correct.

                                                      Karpus Management, Inc.

June 7, 1999                                          By: /s/ George W. Karpus
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   Date                                                         Signature

                                                     George W. Karpus, President
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