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FORM 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL
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/ / CHECK THIS BOX IF NO STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OMB NUMBER: 3235-0287
LONGER SUBJECT TO EXPIRES: SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
SECTION 16. FORM 4 OR Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, ESTIMATED AVERAGE BURDEN
FORM 5 OBLIGATIONS MAY Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or HOURS PER RESPONSE .... 0.5
CONTINUE. SEE Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 -----------------------------
INSTRUCTION 1(b).
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Perlmutter, Robert D. Horizon Group, Inc./HGI (1) X Director 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 4. Statement for ---- title ---- (specify
Number of Reporting Month/Year below) below
Person (Voluntary) ----------------- ------------------
1955 Emerald Woods 6/98
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(Street) ###-##-#### 5. If Amendment, X (Check Applicable Line)
Date of Original ---Form filed by One Reporting Person
(Month/Year) ---Form filed by More than One
Highland Park Illinois 60035 Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
(Month/ End of (D) or ficial
Day/ ------------------------------------------- Month Indirect Owner-
Year) (A) or (I) ship
Code V Amount (D) Price (Instr. 3 (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
and 4)
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 6/15/98 J(2) 2,000 D (2) 0 D
per share, of Horizon
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 6/15/98 J(2) 1,194 A (2) 1,194 D
per share, of Prime
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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 4(b)(v). SEC 1474 (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 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exer-
(Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities Ac- cisable and Ex-
Exercise Date (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Dis- piration Date
Price of (Month/ posed of (D) (Month/Day/
Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Year)
ative Year)
Security
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cisable Date
Code V (A) (D)
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Horizon Director/Employee $12.81 6/15/98 J(3) 5,000
Stock Option
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Prime Director/Employee $12.81 6/15/98 J(3) 4,596 6/15/98 4/30/07
Stock Option
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Prime Nonemployee Director $13.44 6/15/98 A 5,000 6/15/98 6/15/08
Stock Option
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Prime Series B Preferred Stock,
par value $0.01 per share (4) 6/15/98 J(2) 400 6/15/98 none
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7. Title and Amount of Under- 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Nature
lying Securities of of Deriv- ship of In-
(Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form direct
ative Securi- of De- Bene-
Secur- ties rivative ficial
ity Bene- Secu- Own-
(Instr. ficially rity: ership
5) Owned Direct (Instr. 4)
at End (D) or
Amount or of Indi-
Title Number of Month rect (I)
Shares (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock 5,000 (3) 0 D
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Common Stock 4,596 (3) 4,596 D
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Common Stock 5,000 N/A 5,000 D
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Common Stock 478 (2) 400 D
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Explanation of Responses: SEE PAGE 3 OF 3 (ATTACHED)
/s/ Robert D. Perlmutter July 10, 1998
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**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute **Signature of Reporting Person Date
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 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.
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FORM 4 - CONTINUED
1. NAME AND ADDRESS OF REPORTING PERSON: Robert D. Permutter
2. ISSUER NAME AND TICKER OR TRADING SYMBOL: Horizon Group, Inc./HGI
3. IRS OR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OF REPORTING PERSON (VOLUNTARY): ###-##-####
4. STATEMENT FOR THE MON/YEAR: June/1998
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(1) On June 15, 1998, Horizon Group, Inc. ("Horizon") merged into Sky Merger
Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary, and immediately thereafter, Prime
Retail, Inc. ("Prime") merged into Sky Merger Corp. (the "Merger"). The
surviving corporation in the Merger changed its name to Prime Retail,
Inc. and is trading under the symbol PRT.
(2) Common shares of Horizon were converted into common shares of Prime and
Series B Preferred Stock of Prime at the exchange ratio of 0.597 of a
share of Prime common stock and 0.20 of a share of Prime Series B
Preferred Stock per share of Horizon common stock in the Merger.
(3) The Horizon Director/Employee Stock Option was assumed by Prime and is
now exercisable for shares of Prime common stock, equal to the product
of (A) 0.9193 times (B) the number of common shares of Sky Merger Corp.
subject to such option, on the same terms except the option continues to
be exercisable regardless of death, disability or termination of
optionee.
(4) Shares of Prime Series B Preferred Stock are convertible on a 1.19617
to one basis into shares of common stock of Prime.
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