UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Keys, Randall D.
c/o 3DX Technologies Inc.
12012 Wickchester, Suite 250
Houston, TX 77079-1218
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
3DX Technologies Inc.
TDXT
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
April 4, 1997
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
Chief Financial Officer
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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1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect |
| Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership |
| | | | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | |
| Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of|
Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect |
|or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial |
|cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership |
|Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | |
|Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| |
|tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| |
|Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | |
|rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| |
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Employee Stock Option |$9.25 |4/4/9|A |V|75,000 |A |* |4/3/0|Common Stock|75,000 | | | | |
(Right to Buy) | |7 | | | | | |7 | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
* On April 4, 1997, the Reporting Person was granted an option to purchase
75,000 shares of Common Stock
pursuant to the Issuer's 1994 Stock Option Plan, as amended. The shares
subject to the option will vest at a rate of
25% of the aggregate number of shares subject to the option on each of the
first and second anniversary of the
date of grant and thereafter at the rate of 2.084% on the last day of each of
the next succeeding 24 months.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Randall D. Keys
DATE
December 5, 1997
