UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 5
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
( ) Form 3 Holdings Reported
( ) Form 4 Transactions Reported
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Cherkas, Randolph
c/o Global Telecommunication Solutions, Inc.
10 Stow Road, Suite 200
Marlton, NJ 08053
USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Global Telecommunication Solutions, Inc.
GTST
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
August 6, 1998
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
President
7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting (Check Applicable Line)
(X) 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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1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect |
|Transaction| or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership |
|Date |Code| | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | |
| | | Amount | D | Price | End of Year |ect(I)| |
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Common Stock | | | | | |408,721 |D | |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of|
Security |version |Transaction rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect |
|or Exer |Date |Code| rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial |
|cise Pr | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership |
|ice of | | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | |
|Deriva | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| |
|tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| |
|Secu | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | |
|rity | | | Amount | |ble | | | |Year |(I)| |
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Stock Options |$6.375 p|2/6/9|A |50,000 - |A,D|(1) |(1) |Common Stock|50,000 |- | |D | |
|er share|8 | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Stock Options |$2.25 pe|8/6/9|A |30,000 - |A,D|(2) |(2) |Common Stock|30,000 |- |103,334 |D | |
|r share |8 | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Options to purchase 25,000 shares of common stock under the Issuer's 1994
Performance Equity Plan ("1994
Plan") become exercisable on each of February 6, 1999 and February 6, 2000.
After each portion of the option
becomes exercisable, it remains exercisable for five
years.
(2) Options to purchase 10,000 shares of common stock under the Issuer's 1994
Plan become exercisable on
each of February 6, 1999, January 1, 2000 and January 1, 2001. After each
portion of the option becomes
exercisable, it remains exercisable for five
years.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Randolph Cherkas
DATE
February 10, 1999
