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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 this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Berggruen, Nicolas
(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Alpha Investment Management, Inc.
499 Park Avenue
(Street)
New York NY 10022
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Aquagenix, Inc. ("AQUX")
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
May 1998
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
/ / Director /X/ 10% Owner
/ / Officer (give title below) / / Other (specify below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting (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
5. Amount
of Secu-
rities
4. Securities Acquired (A) Bene- 6. Ownership
2. Trans- 3. Trans- or Disposed of (D) ficially Form:
action action (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned Direct 7. Nature of
Date Code ----------------------------- at End (D) or Indirect
(Month/ (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Security Day/ ------------- Amount or Price (Instr. (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) Year) Code V (D) 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share 4/20/98 (S) 3,000 (D) $5.375 (I)*
per share
Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share 4/21/98 (S) 19,200 (D) $5.375 515,041 (I)*
per share
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
2. Conver- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exercisable
sion or 3. Trans- ative Securities and Expiration Date
Exercise action 4. Transac- Acquired (A) or (Month/Day/Year)
Price of Date tion Code Disposed of (D) ----------------------
Deriv- (Month/ (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Date
1. Title of Derivative Security ative Day/ ------------- -------------------------- Exercis- Expiration
(Instr. 3) Security Year) Code V (A) (D) able Date
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9. Number of 10. Ownership
Derivative Form of
Securities Derivative
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Benefi- Security:
Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) cially Direct 11. Nature of
---------------------------------------- 8. Price of Owned at (D) or Indirect
Amount or Derivative End of Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Title Number of Security Month (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 3) Shares (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
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* Nicolas Berggruen acts as (i) the investment adviser to Alexander Enterprise
Holding Corp., a British Virgin Islands corporation. ("Alexander"), which holds
382,541 shares of Common Stock of Aquagenix, Inc. (the "Company"), and (ii) the
Chief Executive Officer, President and sole shareholder and director of Alpha
Investment Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which acts as investment
adviser to Alpha Atlas Holdings, LDC, a Cayman Islands limited duration company
("Alpha Atlas"), which holds 132,500 shares of Common Stock of the Company.
Nicolas Berggruen disclaims beneficial ownership of, and does not have a
pecuniary interest in, the shares of Common Stock of the Company held by
Alexander and Alpha Atlas.
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Nicholas Berggruen Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).