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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
(Print or Type Responses)
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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
Mason Joseph Barry Statement Trading Symbol of Original
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(Last) (First) (Middle) April 14, 1998 ----------------------------------
#4 Stadium Drive, 420 Alston Hall ---------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting ----------------------
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(Street) Number of Reporting (Check all applicable) Group Filing (Check
Tuscaloosa Alabama 35487 Person 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. 5)
(Instr. 5)
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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). SEC [473(9-96)
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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)(1) 4/14/98 4/14/04 Common Stock 10,000 $5.69 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Stock option vested in full on the date of grant and expires upon the sixth anniversary of the date of grant.
/s/ JOSEPH BARRY MASON 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 is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 1473 (9/96)
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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