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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
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*
SCP Private Equity Partners II, L.P.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
Building 300 435 Devon Park Drive
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(Street)
Wayne, PA 19087
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/12/2000
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
USDATA Corporation (USDC)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[_] Director [X] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[_] Form Filed by One Reporting Person
[X] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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3. Ownership Form:
2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or
1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
None
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* 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.
(Over)
(Form 3-07/99)
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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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5. Owner-
3. Title and Amount of Securities ship
Underlying Derivative Security Form of
2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative
and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security:
(Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of
---------------------- or Exercise (D) or Indirect
Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Contractual Right To Presently 6/30/06 Common Stock 2,175,698 (FN 1) (FN 1) (FN 1)
Exchange securities for
Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock. (FN 1) (FN 1)
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Explanation of Responses:
(FN 1) On September 12, 2000, the Issuer and SCP Private Equity Partners II,
L.P. ("SCP"), entered into an exchange agreement pursuant to which the Issuer
granted SCP the right to exchange certain securities of eMake Corporation
("eMake"), a subsidiary of the Issuer, for Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
of the Issuer. Pursuant to this agreement, each eMake security may be exchanged
for 0.025 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of the Issuer. Each
share of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of the Issuer is convertible into
approximately 16.42 shares of common stock of the Issuer, subject to increase
for dividends and dilutive issuances. Presently, SCP has the right to
exchange/convert its eMake securities into 1,325,000 shares of Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock of the Issuer which is convertible into 2,175,698
shares of common stock of the Issuer. For purposes of Section 16 reporting, SCP
is deemed to beneficially own the derivative securities of the Issuer disclosed
herein, notwithstanding the fact that SCP has not yet exercised its right to
exchange its securities. Similarly, SCP Private Equity II, LLC (the "Manager")
is deemed to beneficially own these same derivative securities of the Issuer
disclosed herein because of a contractual agreement with SCP which grants the
Manager the power to make voting and investment decisions regarding the
securities held by SCP. Accordingly, the derivative securities of the Issuer
disclosed herein are owned directly by SCP and indirectly by the Manager.
By: /s/ James Brown September 22, 2000
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Name: James Brown
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Title: A Manager of SCP Private Equity II, LLC, the Manager of
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SCP Private Equity II General Partner, L.P., the
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General Partner of Reporting Person
** 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.
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Joint Filer Information
Name: SCP Private Equity II, LLC
Address: Building 300
435 Devon Park Drive
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
Designated Filer: SCP Private Equity Partners II, L.P.
Issuer & Ticker Symbol: USDATA Corporation (USDC)
Date of Event Requiring Statement: September 12, 2000
Signature: By: /s/James Brown
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Name: James Brown
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Title: A Manager
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