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FORM 3 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES OMB Number: 3235-0104
Expires: September 30, 1998
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Estimated average burden
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or hours per response .... 0.5
(Print or Type Responses) Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 -----------------------------
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event Re- 4. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol
The Bay City Capital Management LLC ("BCC quiring Statement Diametrics Medical, Inc.
Management") c/o Bay City Capital LLC (Month/Day/Year) Nasdaq Trading Symbol: DMED
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) 6. If Amendment, Date
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3. IRS or Social Se- Director XX 10% Owner (Month/Day/Year)
750 Battery Street, Suite 600 curity Number of ---- ----
Reporting Person Officer (give Other (specify ---------------------
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(Street) ---- ---- Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable
Line)
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XX Reporting Person
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Form filed by
More than One
San Francisco, California 94111 Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Ownership (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock Approximately 40,352 I BCC Management has 3.75%
proportional interest (exclusive
of certain carried interest
distributions) in the profits
and capital account of The Bay
City Capital Fund I, L.P.
("BCC"), which, in turn, holds
a 52.5% proportional interest
in the profits and capital
account of BCC Acquisition II
LLC ("BCC Acquisition"),
assuming Bay Investment Group,
L.L.C., contributes $9,047,044
(its maximum capital commitment)
to BCC Acquisition.**
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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 1473 (7-97)
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 CONTROL NUMBER.
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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 Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security sion or ship Beneficial
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Form of Ownership
Date Price of Deriv- (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ Deri- ative
Year) vative Security:
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Amount (D) or
Date Expir- or Indirect
Exer- ation Title Number (I)
cisable Date of
Shares (Instr. 5)
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Warrant (07/__/98) (07/__/03) Common Stock Approxi- $8.40
mately Per Share I See comments on
13,450 page 1 of this Form
3 for BCC Management
with respect to its
indirect ownership
of common stock.
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Convertible Senior Secured (07/__/98) (07/__/03) Common Stock Approxi- $8.40 I See comments on
Fixed Rate Note mately Per Share page 1 of this Form
15,703 3 for BCC Management
with respect to its
indirect ownership
of common stock.
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Explanation of Responses:
THIS FILING SHALL NOT BE DEEMED AN ADMISSION THAT BAY CITY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC PRESENTLY IS, FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 16 OF THE
ACT OR OTHERWISE, THE BENEFICIAL OWNER OF ANY EQUITY SECURITIES COVERED BY THIS STATEMENT.
** SEE CONCURRENT FILINGS OF FORM 3 OF BCC ACQUISITION II LLC AND THE BAY CITY CAPITAL FUND I, L.P.
/s/ John D. Diekman July 9, 1998
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***Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal ***Signature of Reporting Person Date
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 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. Page 2
SEC 1473 (7-97)
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