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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 5
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
[ X ] Form 3 Holdings Reported
[ X ] Form 4 Transactions Reported
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Halis Jeffrey S.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
500 Park Avenue, 5th Floor
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(Street)
New York, New York 10022
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Primex Technologies, Inc. (PRMX)
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
December 31, 1997
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ X ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting
(check applicable line)
[X] Form Filed by One Reporting Person\
___ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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5. 6.
4. Amount of Owner-
Security Acquired (A) or Securities ship
Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7.
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at End Direct Nature of
2. 3. ----------------------------- of Issuer's (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction Transaction (A) Fiscal Year Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date Code Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (Instr. 8) (D) & 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock 7/24/97 P3 2,000 A $24.30 I* By Partner-
ships and
Corporations*
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Common Stock 9/5/97 P4 6,000 A $31.94 I*
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Common Stock 9/11/97 P4 2,000 A $32.05 I*
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Common Stock 9/23/97 P4 3,300 A $32.21 I*
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Common Stock 9/25/97 P4 2,200 A 32.28 I*
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Common Stock 9/26/97 P4 3,000 A 32.11 I*
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Common Stock 9/26/97 P4 5,000 A 32.05 I*
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Common Stock 10/8/97 P4 3,000 A 32.99 I*
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Common Stock 12/1/97 P4 100 A 33.17 543,554* I*
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly
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FORM 5 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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9. 10.
Number Owner-
of ship
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- 4. or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Trans- of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date action (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ Code 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Year (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ (Instr. ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) 8) (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Explanation of Responses:*375,044 of the shares reported herein are owned by
Tyndall Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership. 100,080 of the shares
reported herein are owned by Tyndall Institutional Partners, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership. 41,770 of the shares reported herein are owned by Madison
Avenue Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership. 26,660 of the shares
reported herein are owned by Halo International, Ltd., a company organized under
the laws of the Cayman Islands. Jeffrey S. Halis possesses sole voting and
investment control over all securities owned by Tyndall Partners, L.P., Tyndall
Institutional Partners, L.P., Madison Avenue Partners, L.P. and Halo
International, Ltd., respectively.
/s/Jeffrey S. Halis February 13, 1998
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** 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.
