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FORM 3 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB Number 3235-0104
Expires: April 30, 1997
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Estimated average burden
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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* 2. Date of Event Re- 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
quiring Statement
Forstmann Theodore J. (Month/Day/Year) CIDCO Incorporated; CDCO
(Last) (First) (Middle) June 28, 1996 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer 6. If Amendment,
(Check all applicable) Date of Original
Director 10% Owner (Month/Day/Year)
767 Fifth Avenue, 44th Floor 3. IRS or Social Se- ----- ----- 7/8/96
curity Number of Officer (give X Other (specify 7. Individual or Joint/
(Street) Reporting Person ----- title ----- below) Group Filing (check
(Voluntary) below) Applicable Lines)
Form Filed by One
general partner of general partner of --- Reporting Person
New York, New York 10153 10% owner
(City) (State) (Zip) ---------------------------------- Form Filed by More
--- than One Reporting
Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Ownership (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
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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 Instructions 5(b)(v) SEC 1473 (7-96)
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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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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner-ship 6. Nature of
Security Date (Month/Day/Year) Securities Underlying sion or Form of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Derivative Security Exercise Deri-vative Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Price of Security: Ownership
Deri- Direct (D) or (Instr. 5)
vative Indirect (I)
Date Exer- Expiration Date Title Amount or Security (Instr. 5)
cisable Number of
Shares
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3.75% Convertible
Subordinated Notes 12/31/96[fn1] 6/30/03 Common Stock $150 million $41.00[fn2] I The reporting
person is a
general part-
ner of FLC
XXX Partner-
ship, which
is the gen-
eral partner
of ID Hol-
ding Partner-
ship, L.P.,
which is the
direct owner
Explanation of Responses:
On September 6, 1996, the Reporting Person resigned as a
director of the Issuer. Reporting Person:
/s/ Theodore J. Forstmann 9/11/96
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts ------------------------------------------------- ----------
constitute Federal Criminal Violations. Theodore J. Forstmann Date
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15. U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient,
See Instruction 6 for procedure.
[fn1] Earlier (i) if a third party announces an intention to effect a
Change in Control or (ii) upon a Change in Control (as such
term is defined in the Note Purchase Agreement, dated
June 7, 1996, between the Issuer, ID Holding Partnership, L.P.
and ID Partnership, L.P.
[fn2] Subject to anti-dilution adjustment.
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