UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 3 )*
Igen International, Inc.
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, $.001 par value
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(Title of Class of Securities)
449536101
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(CUSIP Number)
Thomas J. Tisch
667 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10021
(212) 545-2927
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications)
January 16, 1998
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(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box |_|
Note: Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be filed with
the Commission. See Rule 13d-1(a) for other parties to whom copies are to be
sent.
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
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SCHEDULE 13D
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CUSIP No. 449536101 Page 2 of 6 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Four Partners
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) |_|
(b) |_|
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
WC
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) |_|
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
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NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES 718,000
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BENEFICIALLY 8 SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY -0-
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EACH
9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING
718,000
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PERSON
10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH
-0-
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
718,000
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES* |_|
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
4.7%
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
PN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7
(INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION.
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CUSIP NO. 449536101 13D Page 3 of 6 Pages
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Item 1. Security and Issuer.
This Amendment No. 3 supplements and amends the Schedule 13D (the
"Schedule 13D") relating to the Common Stock, $.001 par value per share (the
"Common Stock"), of Igen International, Inc. (the "Issuer") filed by Four
Partners, a New York general partnership ("FP"), with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 26, 1995, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on
January 8, 1997 and by Amendment No. 2 filed on December 9, 1997.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
All funds used to purchase the securities reported in Item 5 below were
provided from the working capital of FP. The aggregate purchase price of such
securities was approximately $3,825,213.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
FP holds 718,000 shares of Common Stock, representing 4.7% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(a) Set forth in the table below is the aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock beneficially owned as of the date hereof by each person or entity
listed in Item 2 above, together with the percentage of outstanding shares of
Common Stock which is beneficially owned by each such person or entity.
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CUSIP NO. 449536101 13D Page 4 of 6 Pages
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Name of Amount and Nature of % of Class
Beneficial Owner Beneficial Ownership Outstanding (1)
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Four Partners 718,000 4.7%
Andrew H Tisch 0 (2) 0
1991 Trust
Daniel R. Tisch
1991 Trust 0 (2) 0
James S. Tisch
1991 Trust 0 (2) 0
Thomas J. Tisch
1991 Trust 0 (2) 0
Andrew H. Tisch 0 (2) 0
Daniel R. Tisch 0 (2) 0
James S. Tisch 0 (2) 0
Thomas J. Tisch 0 (2) 0
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Total 718,000 4.7%
(b) With respect to the persons and entities named in response to
paragraph (a) above:
(i) FP has directly the sole power to vote or direct the vote and
dispose or direct the disposition of the 718,000 shares of Common Stock
owned by it; and
(ii) By virtue of their status as managing trustees of the trusts which
are the general partners of FP, the Messrs. Tisch may be deemed to have
indirectly shared power to vote or direct the vote and dispose or direct the
disposition of the 718,000 shares of Common Stock owned by FP.
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(1) The Issuer's 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
September 30, 1997 indicated that 15,148,752 shares of
Common Stock were issued and outstanding.
(2) Does not include shares owned by FP. None of the Messrs. Tisch
beneficially owns any shares of Common Stock, except to the extent that
beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by FP
may be attributed to them.
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CUSIP NO. 449536101 13D Page 5 of 6 Pages
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(c) The following transactions were effected by FP since the filing of
FP's Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D. None of the persons or entities named
in Item 2 above effected any other transactions in the Common Stock since the
filing of FP's Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D.
Transaction Date Security No. Price/Share Market
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Sale 12/09/97 Common 15,000 $13.6250 NASDAQ
Sale 12/16/97 Common 50,000 $12.3156 NASDAQ
Sale 01/07/98 Common 6,000 $13.8333 NASDAQ
Sale 01/09/98 Common 10,000 $13.7500 NASDAQ
Sale 01/09/98 Common 2,000 $13.7500 NASDAQ
Sale 01/13/98 Common 7,500 $13.7500 NASDAQ
Sale 01/13/98 Common 10,000 $13.7500 NASDAQ
Sale 01/14/98 Common 20,000 $13.6875 NASDAQ
Sale 01/16/98 Common 50,000 $16.0000 NASDAQ
Sale 01/20/98 Common 59,000 $16.5318 NASDAQ
Sale 01/21/98 Common 5,000 $17.5625 NASDAQ
Sale 01/21/98 Common 10,000 $17.6250 NASDAQ
Sale 01/22/98 Common 25,000 $17.5000 NASDAQ
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CUSIP NO. 449536101 13D Page 6 of 6 Pages
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
hereby certify that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.
January 23, 1998
FOUR PARTNERS
By /s/Thomas J. Tisch
Thomas J. Tisch
Manager of Four Partners
