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FORM 3
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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. Date of Event Requiring |4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |
| | Statement | |
| Zelcer Ami | (Month/Day/Year) | |
|------------------------------------------| | KELLSTROM INDUSTRIES, INC. (KELL) |
| (Last) (First) (Middle) | |-----------------------------------------------------------|
| | 09/01/99 |5. Relationship of Reporting | 6. If Amendment, Date |
| c/o KELLSTROM INDUSTRIES, INC. |---------------------------| Person to Issuer | of Original |
| 1100 INTERNATIONAL PARKWAY |3. IRS Identification | (Check all applicable) | (Month/Day/Year) |
|------------------------------------------| Number of Reporting | | |
| (Street) | Person, if an Entity |[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner | |
| | (Voluntary) | | |
| | |[X] Officer [ ] Other (specify| |
| | | (give below) |-------------------------|
| | | title below) | 7. Individual or Joint/ |
| | |SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL| Group Filing (Check |
| | | MANAGER - AIRCRAFT COMPONENT | applicable line) |
| SUNRISE FL 33323 | | GROUP | |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| [X] Form Filed by |
| (City) (State) (Zip) | One Reporting |
| | Person |
| | [ ] Form Filed by |
| | More than One |
| | Reporting Person |
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| TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED |
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|1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities | 3. Ownership Form: | 4. Nature of Indirect |
| (Instr. 4) | Beneficially Owned | Direct (D) or | Beneficial |
| | (Instr. 4) | Indirect (I) | Ownership (Instr. 4) |
| | | (Instr. 5) | |
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| Common Stock | 10,000(1) | D | N/A |
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* If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
5(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities
beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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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 Security |2. Date |3. Title and Amount of |4. Conver- | 5. Owner- |6. Nature of Indirect|
| (Instr. 4) | Exercisable and | Securities Underlying | sion or | ship | Beneficial Owner- |
| | Expiration Date | Derivative Securities | Exercise | Form of | ship (Instr. 5) |
| | (Month/Day/Year )| (Instr. 4) | Price of | Deriva- | |
| | | | Deriva- | tive | |
| | | | tive | Security:| |
| | | | Security | Direct | |
| |--------------------|--------------------------| | (D) or | |
| | Date | Expira- | | Amount or | | Indirect | |
| | Exercis-| tion | Title | Number of | | (I) | |
| | able | Date | | Shares | | (Instr. | |
| | | | | | | 5) | |
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| Employee Stock Options | | | | | | | |
| (Right to buy) | (2) | 02/16/09| Common Stock | 40,000 | $16.25/sh. | D | N/A |
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Explanation of Responses:
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(1) These shares of common stock were purchased in the open market on 08/20/99.
(2) These Employee Stock Options vest in four equal installments on 02/16/99, 02/16/00, 02/16/01 and 02/16/02.
/s/ Ami Zelcer 9/8/99
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal --------------------------------- ----------
Violations. 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 provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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