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UNITED STATES 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
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Panzera, Philip M.
(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o First Priority Group, Inc.
51 East Bethpage Road
(Street)
Plainview, New York 11803
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/97
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
First Priority Group, Inc. (FPGP)
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
/ / Director / / 10% Owner
/x/ Officer (give title below) / / Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial and Accounting Officer
6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
11/30/97
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
/x/ Form filed by One Reporting Person
/ / Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
2. Amount 3. Ownership
of Secu- Form:
rities Direct 4. Nature of
Bene- (D) or Indirect
ficially Indirect Beneficial
Owned (I) Ownership
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).
FORM 3 (continued)
Table II--Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
2. Date Exercisable
and Expiration Date 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative
(Month/Day/Year) Security (Instr. 4)
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Date Amount or
1. Title of Derivative Exercis- Expiration Title Number of
Security (Instr. 4) able Date Shares
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Incentive Stock Option 11/17/98 11/16/02 Common Stock 40,000
Incentive Stock Option 11/17/99 11/16/02 Common Stock 40,000
Incentive Stock Option 11/17/00 11/16/02 Common Stock 40,000
5. Ownership
Form of
Derivative
4. Conver- Security:
sion or Direct 6. Nature of
Exercise (D) or Indirect
Price of Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Derivative (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 4) Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Incentive Stock Option $4.625 D
Incentive Stock Option $4.625 D
Incentive Stock Option $4.625 D
Explanation of Responses:
s/ Philip M. Panzera December 11, 1997
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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