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FORM 3
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES OMB APPROVAL
OMB Number 3235-0104
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Expires: September 30, 1998
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) Estimated average burden
of the Investment Company Act of 1940 hours per response .05
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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
Anderson Terrence C. Statement Trading Symbol of Original
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(Last) (First) (Middle) April 14, 1998 ----------------------------------
4511 Helton Drive ---------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting -----------------------
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(Street) Number of Reporting (Check all applicable) Group Filing (Check
Florence Alabama 35630 Person (Voluntary) X Director 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, $.01 par value per share 569,680 D
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Common Stock, $.01 par value per share 17,480(1) I (In trust for children)
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Common Stock, $.01 par value per share 17,480(1) I (In trust for children)
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604,640
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
*If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
(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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Director Stock Option
(right to buy) (2) 4/14/98 4/14/04 Common Stock 10,000 $5.69 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities,
and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting
person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section
16 or for any other purpose.
(2) Stock option vested in full on the date of grant and expires upon the
sixth anniversary of the date of grant.
/s/ TERRENCE C. ANDERSON 4/21/98
**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.
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 OMB Number.
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