HYPERION 2002 TERM TRUST INC
SC 13D/A, 1999-07-09
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                 Under the Securities and Exchange Act of l934
                                 (Amendment #8)

                         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)

                                  July 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                         2,737,035
BENEFICIALLY                ----------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY                    8  SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH
REPORTING                   ----------------------------------------------------
PERSON WITH                 9  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                               2,737,035
                            ----------------------------------------------------
                            10  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

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11            AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
              2,737,035
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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)
              8.99%
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14            TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
              IA
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                    *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
         INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7
     (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION.


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ITEM 1   Security and Issuer
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         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
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         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
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         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
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         a) As of the date of this Report, KIM owns 2,737,035 shares,
         which represents 8.99% 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.
         Date      Shares   Price Per            Date      Shares   Price Per
                                Share                                   Share
       5/3/99       15900      8.4375          6/1/99        -700       8.375
       5/4/99         300      8.4375          6/2/99        9800       8.375
       5/6/99       11850      8.4375          6/3/99       34700       8.375
       5/6/99        2100       8.375          6/3/99      -34500       8.375
       5/7/99         900       8.375          6/8/99        3800       8.375
       5/7/99         950      8.4375         6/11/99        1350      8.3125
      5/10/99        8450       8.375         6/14/99        1500       8.375
      5/11/99        3900       8.375         6/17/99       -2100       8.375
      5/12/99         300       8.375         6/18/99       -4500       8.375
      5/13/99        2750       8.375         6/21/99        -400       8.375
      5/13/99       -2750       8.375         6/22/99        8300       8.375
      5/13/99       -2000      8.4375         6/23/99        3200       8.375
      5/14/99       78450       8.375         6/25/99       -4250       8.375
      5/17/99        2500       8.375         6/29/99        2000       8.375
      5/18/99        2000       8.375         6/29/99       -1000      8.3125
      5/20/99        6300      8.3125         6/29/99        -425       8.375
      5/28/99       -2300      8.4375         6/30/99      -10050       8.375

















* THE 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
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         Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
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            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.

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

                                         George W. Karpus, President
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