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FORM 3
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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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|1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(1)|2. Date of Event Requiring |4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |
| Kuwait Investment Authority as Agent | Statement | |
| for the Government of Kuwait | (Month/Day/Year) | HomePlace of America, Inc. |
|------------------------------------------| | |
| (Last) (First) (Middle) | 08/15/2000 |-----------------------------------------------------------|
| | |5. Relationship of Reporting | 6. If Amendment, Date |
| Ministries Complex, Block 3 |---------------------------| Person to Issuer | of Original |
|------------------------------------------|3. IRS Identification | (Check all applicable) | (Month/Day/Year) |
| (Street) | Number of Reporting | | |
| | Person, if an Entity |[ ] Director [X] 10% Owner | |
| | (Voluntary) | | |
| | |[ ] Officer [ ] Other (specify| |
| | | (give below) |-------------------------|
| Safat Kuwait 13141 | | title below) | 7. Individual or Joint/ |
| | | | Group Filing (Check |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| applicable line) |
| (City) (State) (Zip) | |
| | [ ] Form Filed by |
| | One Reporting |
| | Person |
| | [ ] Form Filed by |
| | More than One |
| | Reporting Person |
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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. 4) |
| | | (Instr. 5) | |
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------|
| Common Stock | 12,750,000 | I | through U.S. nominee and as |
| | | | agent for the Government of |
| | | | Kuwait |
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(1) If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
5(b)(v). 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 Owner- |
| | Expiration Date | Derivative Securities | Exercise | Form of | ship (Instr. 5) |
| | (Month/Day/Year )| (Instr. 4) | Price of | Deriva- | |
| | | | Deriva- | tive | |
| | | | tive | Security:| |
| | | | Security | Direct | |
| |--------------------|--------------------------| | (D) or | |
| | Date | Expira- | | Amount or | | Indirect | |
| | Exercis-| tion | Title | Number of | | (I) | |
| | able | Date | | Shares | | (Instr. | |
| | | | | | | 5) | |
|---------------------------------|----------|---------|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------|---------------------|
| Common Stock Warrants | 6/15/99 | 1/15/01 | Common Stock | 600,000 | $12.00 | D | |
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Explanation of Responses:
------------------------- /s/ Farouk Bastaki 8/9/00
(1) 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 (1) Date
Farouk A. Bastaki
Acting Chief Investment Manager
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