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OMB Number 3235-0287
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
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).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Aries Domestic Fund, L.P. (1)
c/o Paramount Capital, Inc.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
787 Seventh Avenue
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(Street)
New York NY 10019
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Palatin Technologies, Inc. (PLTN)
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
10/98
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) 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 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 Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock 10/30/98 P 5,200 A $5.063 98,389 D
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* 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.
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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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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- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Reporting person, Aries Domestic Fund, L.P.: Paramount Capital Asset
Management, Inc. ("PCAMI") is the general partner of Aries Domestic Fund L.P.,
and is the investment manager for The Aries Master Fund, a Cayman Islands
exempted company, which also owns securities of the Issuer. Lindsay A.
Rosenwald, M.D., is the President Chairman of the Board and sole shareholder of
PCAMI. PCAMI and Dr. Rosenwald disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities
held by Aries Domestic Fund L.P. and The Aries Master Fund, except to the extent
of their pecuniary interest therein.
Aries Domestic Fund, L.P.
by: /s/ Lindsay A. Rosenwald November 9, 1998
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Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., President of Paramount Date
Capital Asset Management, Inc., general partner of
Aries Domestic Fund, L.P.
**Signature of Reporting Person
** 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.
Alternatively, this Form is permitted to be submitted to the Commission
in electronic format at the option of the reporting person pursuant to
rule 101(b)(4) of Regulation S-T.
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