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*
French Neil
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Command Security Corporation
Lexington Park, Route 55
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(Street)
Lagrangeville NY 12540
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/14/03
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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
Command Security Corporation CMMD
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[X] Director [_] 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)
[X] Form Filed by One Reporting Person
[_] 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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Common Stock 1,617,339 I By Reliance Security Group, plc.
Par value $.0001
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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).
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FORM 3 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or 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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Warrant Immediately Common 150,000 $1.875 I By Reliance
Security
Group, plc
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Warrant Immediately Common 2,298,092 $1.03125 I By Reliance
Security
Group, plc
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Preferred Series A Immediately Common 12,325.35(1) 0 I By Reliance
Security
Group, plc
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Explanation of Responses:
Mr. French was elected to the Board of Directors as of January 14, 2003 as
a replacement for Mr. Geoffrey Haslehurst who resigned as of January 14,
2003. The Board elected Mr. French to fill Mr. Hasleshurst's position on the
board in accordance with a Shareholder's Agreement dated September 12, 2000,
between Command Security Corporation, William C. Vassell and Reliance
Security Group, plc. Mr. French is an officer and director of Reliance
Security Group, plc.
(1) Convertible into 1,232,535 shares of the Company's Common Stock.
/s/ Neil French January 23, 2003
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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).
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.
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