FORM 4
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longer subject to
Section 16. Form
4 or 5 obligations
may continue. See
instruction 1 (b)
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
Huizenga H. Wayne Florida Panthers Holdings, Inc. "PAW" (Check all applicable)
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
3. IRS 4. Statement for [X] Director [ ] 10%
Identification Month/Year Owner
Number of [X] Officer (give title [ ] Other
Reporting Person, below)
If an Entity
(Voluntary)
01-99 Chief Executive Officer
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450 East Las Olas Boulevard
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(Street) 5. If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
Date of Original (Check applicable line)
(Month/Year)
Fort Lauderdale Florida 33301 N/A [X] Form filed by one Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) Person
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1.Title of 2.Transaction 3.Transaction 4.Securities Acquired (A) 5.Amount of 6.Ownership 7.Nature of
Security Date Code or Disposed of (D) Securities Form Indirect
(Instr. 3) (Month/Day/ (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3,4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Beneficial
Year) Owned at (D) Ownership
End of the Indirect (Instr. 4)
Month (I)
(Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr. 4)
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Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
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Class A
Common Stock 397,202 sh. D N/A
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Class A
Common Stock 6,033,494 sh. I (1)
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Class A
Common Stock 100,100 sh. I (2)
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Class B
Common Stock 255,000 sh. D N/A
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*If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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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 2.Conver- 3.Trans- 4.Trans- 5.Number 6.Date Exer- 7.Title and 8.Price 9.Num- 10.Own- 11. Nat-
of Der- sion or action action of Deriv- cisable and Amount of of ber of ership ure
ivative Exercise Date Code ative Sec- Expiration Underlying Deriv- Deriv- Form of
Security Price (Month/ (Instr. 8) urities Date Securities ative ative of Ind-
(Instr. 3) of Deriv- Day/ Acquired (Month/ (Instr. 3 and 4) Secur- Secur- Deriv- direct
ative Year) (A) or Day/Year) ity ities ative Bene-
Security Disposed (Instr.5) Bene- Secur- ficial
of (D) fically ity Own-
(Instr. Owned Direct ership
3,4 and 5) at End (D) (Instr.
of or 4)
Month Indirect
(I)
(Instr.
4)
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Expir- Amount
Exer- ation or Number
Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title of Shares
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Stock Class A
Options $10.00/sh. (3) -- -- -- -- (3) 11-08-06 Common 100,000 sh. -- 100,000 D N/A
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Stock Class A
Options $17.25/sh. (4) -- -- -- -- (4) 01-02-08 Common 350,000 sh. -- 350,000 D N/A
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Stock Class A
Options $ 9.31/sh. (5) A -- 350,000 -- (5) 01-04-09 Common 350,000 sh. -- 350,000 D N/A
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) These shares of Class A Common Stock are held indirectly through Huizenga
Investments Limited Partnership, of which the sole general partner is
Huizenga Investments, Inc. and the sole limited partner is the reporting
person. The reporting person is the sole stockholder of Huizenga
Investments, Inc. The reporting person is signing this Form 4 individually,
in his capacity as limited partner of Huizenga Investments Limited
Partnership and in his capacity as sole stockholder of Huizenga
Investments, Inc., the sole general partner of Huizenga Investments Limited
Partnership.
(2) The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares, all of
which are beneficially owned by his wife.
(3) The options were granted on November 8, 1996 and vest in four equal annual
installments beginning on November 8, 1997.
(4) The options were granted on January 2, 1998 and vest in four equal annual
installments beginning on January 2, 1999.
(5) The options were granted on January 4, 1999 and vest in four equal annual
installments beginning on January 4, 2000.
/s/ H. Wayne Huizenga 02/10/99
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute 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 provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
