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FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB NUMBER: 3235-0287
[ ] Check this box if no longer Expires: September 30, 1998
subject to Section 16. Form 4 Estimated average burden
or Form 5 obligations may hours per response..... 0.5
continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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
(Print or Type Responses)
1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
or Trading Symbol (Check all applicable)
Klinsky Steven B. CIDCO Incorporated; CDCO X Director 10% Owner
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Officer (give X Other
(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 4. Statement for ----- title below) ----- (specify
Number of Reporting Month/Year below)
c/o Forstmann Little & Co. Person (Voluntary) General partner of general parter of 10% owner
767 Fifth Avenue, 44th Floor December 1996 ----------------------------------------------
(Street) 5 If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
Date of Original (Check Applicable Line)
New York New York 10153 (Month/Year) X Form filed by One Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) Form filed by More than One
--- Reporting Person
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TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) action action (A)or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of
Date Code Benefi- Form: Indirect
(Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) cially Direct Bene-
(Month/ Owned at (D) or ficial
Day/ Code V Amount (A) or Price End of Indirect Owner-
Year) (D) Month (I) ship
(Instr. 3 (Instr. (Instr.
and 4) 4) 4)
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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 (7-96)
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TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1.Title of 2.Conver- 3.Trans- 4.Transac- 5.Number of 6.Date Exer- 7.Title 8.Price 9.Number 10.Owner- 11.Na-
Derivative sion or action tion Code Derivative cisable and Amount of of Deriv- ship ture
Security Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Securities and Expir- of Under- Deriv- ative Form of In-
(Instr. 3) Price (Month/ Acquired (A) ation Date lying ative Secu- of De- direct
of Day/ or Disposed (Month/ Securities Secu- rities rivative Bene-
Deriva- Year) of (D) Day/Year) rity Bene- Secu- ficial
tive (Instr. 3, (Instr. 3 (Instr. ficially rity; Own-
Security 4, and 5) and 4) 5) Owned Direct ership
at End (D) or (Instr.
Amount of Indi- 4)
Date Expir- or Month rect (I)
Exer- ation Title Number (Instr. (Instr.
cis- Date of 4) 4)
Code V (A) (D) able Shares
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3.75% $41 12/30/96 J(1) $150 1/1/97 6/30/03 $150 $150 $0 I The repor-
Convertible mil- Common mil- mil- ting per-
Subordinated lion Stock, lion lion son is a
Notes par general
value partner of
$.01 FLC XXX
per Partner-
share ship,
which is
the gen-
eral part-
ner of ID
Holding
Partner-
ship,
L.P.,
which was
the
direct
owner.
Explanation of Responses:
(1) On December 30, 1996, the issuer redeemed
the $150 million 3.75% Convertible Subordinated
Notes for $146 million, plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon.
By: /s/ Steven B. Klinsky January 2, 1997
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts ------------------------------------------- ---------------
constitute Federal Criminal Violations. Steven B. Klinsky
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date
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 Page 2
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. SEC 1474 (7-96)
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