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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
/ / Check this box if no
longer subject to Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
section 16. Form 4 Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
or Form 5 obligations Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
may continue. See or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company
Instruction 1(b). Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to
Issuer (Check all applicable)
WAGENHALS, FRED W. ACTION PERFORMANCE COMPANIES, INC. X Director X 10% Owner
(ACTN - NASDAQ) ---- ----
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 4. Statement for ---- title --- below)
Number of Reporting Month/Year below)
4707 E. BASELINE ROAD Person (Voluntary) MAY 2000 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD,
--------------------------------------------- PRESIDENT, AND CHIEF
(Street) EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85040 5. If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/
--------------------------------------------- Date of Original Group Filing
(City) (State) (Zip) (Month/Year) (Check applicable line)
X Form filed by One
---- Reporting Person
Form filed by More than
---- One Reporting Person
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TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Transac- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of Se- 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) action tion or Disposed of (D) curities Benefi- ship of In-
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) cially Owned at Form: direct
(Instr. 8) End of Month Direct Benefi-
(Month/ (Instr. 3 and 4) (D) or cial
Day/ --------------------------------------- Indirect Owner-
Year) Code V Amount (A) or Price (I) ship
(D) (Instr. 4) (Instr.
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COMMON STOCK 5/26/00 P 50,000 A $8.99 1,459,599 I By Trust
(1)
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200,000 I By
Partnership
(2)
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100,000 I By
Partnership
(3)
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204,001 D
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(Over)
*If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person see Instruction 4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED)
TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price
Security sion or action action Derivative cisable and of Underlying of
(Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Securities Ac- Expiration Securities Deriv-
Price of (Month/ (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Date (Instr. 3 and 4) ative
Deriv- Day/ Disposed of (Month/Day/ Secur-
ative Year) (D) (Instr. 3, Year) ity
Security 4 and 5) (Instr. 5)
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Date Expira- Amount or
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Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Shares
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9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of
Derivative Form of Indirect
Securities Derivative Beneficial
Beneficially Security; Ownership
Owned at End Direct (D) (Instr. 4)
of Month or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The shares are held by Fred Wagenhals, TTEE and Lisa Wagenhals, TTEE of the Wagenhals
Family Trust U/A/D 8/7/98 (the "Trust").
(2) The shares are held by Diecast Investments Limited Partnership, of which the Trust
serves as the general partner.
(3) The shares are held by Pebble Ridge Investments Limited Partnership, of which the
Trust serves as the general partner.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
/s/ FRED W. WAGENHALS 6/20/00
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
FRED W. WAGENHALS
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