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FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL
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OMB Number: 3235-0104
Expires: September 30, 1998
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(m) 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 Requiring 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or 6. If Amendment, Date
Walker Stephen Nicholas Statement Trading Symbol of Original
- ---------------------------------------- (Month/Day/Year) The Cronos Group (CRNS) (Month/Day/Year)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 10/5/99 ----------------------------------
1285 Avenue of the Americas, 20th Floor ---------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting -----------------------
- ---------------------------------------- 3. I.R.S. Identification Person(s) to Issuer 7. Individual or Joint/
(Street) Number of Reporting (Check all applicable) Group Filing (Check
New York New York 10019 Person, if an entity XX Director 10% Owner Applicable Line)
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(City) (State) (Zip) ---------------------------- Officer Other ----- One Reporting
----- (give ----- (specify Person
title below) below) Form filed by
----- More than One
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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. 5)
(Instr. 5)
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Common Shares None
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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 Ownership
Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv-
Year) Deriv- ative
ative Security:
Security
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Date Expira- Amount or (D) or
Exercis- tion Title Number Indirect (I)
able Date of Shares (Instr. 5)
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ S N Walker 12/01/99
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**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. Page 2
If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 1473 (7-97)
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form
are not to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.
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