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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(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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(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
Foy John M. Statement Trading Symbol of Original
- ---------------------------------------- (Month/Day/Year) The Cronos Group (Nasdaq: CRNS) (Month/Day/Year)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 02/04/00 ----------------------------------
444 Market Street, 15th 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
San Francisco California 94111 Person, if an entity Director 10% Owner applicable line)
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(City) (State) (Zip) XX Officer Other ----- One Reporting
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title below) below) ----- Form filed by
Senior Vice President 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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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
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POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED
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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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Stock Option(1) (2) 2/4/10 Common Stock, 80,000 $5.25 D
par value $2.00
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Options granted under The Cronos Group's 1999 Stock Option Plan.
(2) Conditional on the Reporting Person's continued employment, options will
generally vest and be exercisable as follows: 25% on 2/4/01, 50% on
2/4/02, 75% on 2/4/03 and 100% on 2/4/04.
/s/ John M. Foy March 10, 2000
** 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 is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
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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