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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
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
[_] Check box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Waveland International, Ltd.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
227 West Monroe, Suite 4800
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(Street)
Chicago, Illinois 60606
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
The Cronos Group (NASDAQ: CRNS)
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
August, 1999
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[_] Director [x] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[_] Form filed by one Reporting Person
[_] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Shares 8/12/99 P 20,000 A $4.2206
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Common Shares 8/16/99 P 1,600 A $4.2500 1,061,100 D
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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.
(Print or Type Responses)
(Over)
(Form 4-07/98)
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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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10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
of Form
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
WAVELAND INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
/s/ David S. Richter 9/10/99
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David S. Richter, Director Date
** Signature of Reporting Person
** 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.
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ATTACHMENT
Pursuant to Rules 16a-1(a)(3) and 16a-3(j) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and General Instruction 4(b)(v) of Form 4, the undersigned
hereby execute this attachment as joint filers with respect to the
foregoing Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (Statement for
August 1999) regarding certain Common Shares of The Cronos Group
(NASDAQ: CRNS):
WAVELAND PARTNERS, L.P.
227 West Monroe, Suite 4800
Chicago, Illinois 60606
By: Waveland Capital Management, L.P.
Its: General Partner
By: Clincher Capital Corporation
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ David S. Richter
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David S. Richter, President
WAVELAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
227 West Monroe, Suite 4800
Chicago, Illinois 60606
By: Clincher Capital Corporation
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ David S. Richter
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David S. Richter, President
CLINCHER CAPITAL CORPORATION
227 West Monroe, Suite 4800
Chicago, Illinois 60606
By: /s/ David S. Richter
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David S. Richter, President
WAVELAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
227 West Monroe, Suite 4800
Chicago, Illinois 60606
By: /s/ David S. Richter
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David S. Richter, Manager
WAVELAND PARTNERS, LTD.
227 West Monroe, Suite 4800
Chicago, Illinois 60606
By: /s/ David S. Richter
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David S. Richter, Director
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