2002 TARGET 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 Exchange Act of 1934
                                (Amendment No 14)

                          2002 Target Term Trust, Inc.
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                                  Common Stock
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                        (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    902106103
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                                 (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
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                 (Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Person
                Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

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

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

                               (Page 1 of 4 pages)


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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP NO. 902106103                                           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                              636,200
BENEFICIALLY                ----------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY                    8  SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH
REPORTING                   ----------------------------------------------------
PERSON WITH                 9  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                     636,200
                            ----------------------------------------------------
                            10  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

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11            AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
                                     636,200
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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)
                                      8.15%
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14            TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
                                    IA
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ITEM 1   Security and Issuer
         Common Stock
         2002 Target Term Trust, Inc. ("TTR")
         1285 Avenue of the Americas
         New York, New York 10019

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, trusts and others, specializing in conservative asset
            management (i.e. fixed income investments ).
         d) None of George W. Karpus, JoAnn VanDegriff, or Sophie
            Karpus (the "Principals") or KIM has been convicted in the
            past 5 years of any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic
            violations).
         e) During the last five years non-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 judgment, decree, or
            final order enjoining future violations of or prohibiting
            or mandating activities subject to, federal
            with respect to such laws.
         f) Each of the Principals is a United States citizen.
            KIM is a New York State corporation.

ITEM 3   Source and Amount of Funds or Other Considerations
         KIM, an independent investment advisor, has accumulated shares
         of TTR 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 conservative, fixed income manager, with a
         specialty focus in the closed-end fund sector, the profile of
         TTR (being a conservative investment grade fund) fit the
         investment guidelines for various Accounts.

ITEM 5   Interest in Securities of the Issuer
         a) As of the date of this Report, KIM owns 636,200 shares which
            represents 8.15% of the outstanding Shares. George W. Karpus owns
            1,500 shares purchased on December 13,1996 at a price of
            $13.625 per share. None of the other Principals or KIM
            presently own Shares.
         b) KIM has the sole power to dispose of and to vote all of such
            Shares under limited powers of attorney.
         c) Open market purchases and sales for the last 60 days.

     There have been no disposition and no acquisitions, other than by such open
market purchases and sales during such period.

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                        Price Per                                    Price Per
   DATE       Shares        Share              Date        Shares        Share
   ----       ------        -----              ----        ------        -----
 4/1/99         1200      14.1875            5/4/99          2600      14.1875
 4/5/99         4100      14.1875            5/5/99           100      14.1875
 4/6/99         1400      14.1875            5/6/99          4500      14.1875
 4/8/99         2350        14.25           5/13/99          -500      14.3125
 4/9/99         -750        14.25           5/14/99          2500      14.1875
 4/9/99         3400        14.25           5/17/99          2800      14.1875
4/15/99         -500      14.1875           5/18/99          1800      14.1875
4/15/99         3500      14.1875           5/19/99          1100      14.1875
4/16/99         1000      14.1875           5/20/99          3300      14.1875
4/19/99          300      14.1875
4/20/99         4700      14.1875
4/21/99         -500        14.25
4/21/99         6200      14.1875
4/22/99         3000        14.25
4/22/99          100      14.1875
4/23/99         3800      14.1875
4/23/99        -2250        14.25
4/26/99          400      14.1875
4/27/99         4300      14.1875
4/28/99         7000      14.1875
4/29/99         2300      14.1875
4/30/99          200      14.1875

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* The 2250 shares from 04-23-99 and 500 from 05-13 were transferred out of our
  client's account.

ITEM 6   Contract, 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 TTR 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 this 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
                                                        Name /Title


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