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| FORM 4 | U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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[X] Check this box if
no longer subject STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
obligations may Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
continue. See Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Instruction 1(b). 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*
Kramer Hartmut
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o La Redoute S.A. 110 rue de Blanchemaille
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(Street)
Roubaix France 59051
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Brylane Inc. (BYL)
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3. IRS or Identification Number of Reporting Person if an entity
(Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year 4/99
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[X] Director [ ] Officer [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Other
(give title below) (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
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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 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Security Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Instr. 3) (Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
Day/ ----------------------------------------------- End of (D) or ficial
Year) Month Indirect Owner-
Code V Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) ship
(D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock 04/13/99 J(1) V 25,000 D $24.50 0 D
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200 I (2)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If this form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
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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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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv-
Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities
Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or
Price of (Month/ Disposed of (D)
Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
ative Year)
Security
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Code V (A) (D)
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TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)--CONTINUED
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6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na-
cisable and Underlying Securities of of Deriv- ship ture
Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form of In-
Date ative Secur- of De- direct
(Month/Day/ Secur- ities rivative Bene-
Year) ity Bene- Secu- ficial
(Instr. ficially rity: Owner-
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Date Expira- Amount or at End (D) or (Instr.
Exer- tion Title Number of of Indi- 4)
cisable Date Shares Month rect (1)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Disposition pursuant to a tender offer.
(2) Mr. Kramer had previously purchased shares of common stock of Brylane Inc.
REDAM LLC ("REDAM"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pinault-Printemps-Redoute
S.A. ("PPR"), owned shares of common stock of Brylane Inc. as of August 31,
1998. As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of La Redoute S.A., an
affiliate of PPR, the parent company of REDAM, Mr. Kramer may have been
deemed to have beneficially owned the shares owned by REDAM. Mr. Kramer
previously disclaimed beneficial ownership of these shares, and this Form 4
filed for April 1999 shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. Kramer was
the beneficial owner of such securities for any purpose.
On April 23, 1999, Buttons Acquisition Corporation ("Buttons"), a wholly
owned indirect subsidiary of PPR, merged with and into Brylane Inc., with
Brylane Inc. as the surviving corporation. In connection with such merger,
all of the shares of Brylane Inc. owned indirectly by PPR were cancelled,
and the 200 outstanding shares of common stock of Buttons were converted
into the same number of shares of common stock of Brylane Inc., which
shares are now owned by EMPUSA LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of PPR.
**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.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB Number.
/s/ Hartmut Kramer May 10, 1999
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
