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OMB Number 3235-0104
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
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*
Edwards Stephen F.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
126 East 56th Street
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(Street)
New York New York 10022
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
8/12/99
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CORT Business Services Corportation ("CBZ")
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[_] Director [X] 10% Owner(1)
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (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 Beneficially Owned
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3. Ownership Form:
2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or
1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).
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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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5. Owner-
3. Title and Amount of Securities ship
Underlying Derivative Security Form of
2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative
and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security:
(Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of
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Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1)The Reporting Person is a party to a voting trust agreement dated as
of August 12,1999 among Citicorp Venture Capital, Ltd. ("CVC") and each of the
Reporting Perrson, Stephen C. Sherrill and Harold O. Rosser (the "Trustees")
pursuant to which CVC has deposited 4,350,411 shares of Common Stock (the "Trust
Shares") of the Issuer into the voting trust created by such agreement (the
"Voting Trust"). The Trustees have the right to vote the Trust Shares on any
issue presented to the shareholders of the Issuer in any manner as they may
choose so long as the Trust Shares are held by the Voting Trust. The Trustees
have no power to dispose of the Trust Shares and do not have any right to
receive dividends or distributions in respect thereof. Since the Reporting
Person has no pecuniary interest in the Trust Shares, such shares are not listed
on Table I of this Form 3.
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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.**
Date: August 23, 1999
/s/ Stephen F. Edwards
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Stephen F. Edwards
**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.
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
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