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| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
+--------+ Washington, D.C. 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
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Stanford Venture Capital Holdings, Inc.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
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(Street)
5050 Westheimer Road
Houston, Texas 77056
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
November 30, 2001
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3. I.R.S Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity
(Voluntary)
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Senesco Technologies, Inc. (SENO)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[_] Director [X] 10% Owner
[_] Officer [_] Other
(give title below) (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
Table I--Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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1. Title 2. Amount of 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of
of Securities Bene- Direct (D) or Indirect Bene-
Security ficially Owned Indirect (I) ficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock,
par value $0.01
per share 1,142,858 D (1)
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(Over)
SEC 1473 (7-96)
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)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of In-
Security (Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security or Form of direct Bene-
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Derivative ficial
Date Price Security: Ownership
(Month/Day/ of Direct (D) (Instr. 5)
Year) Derivative or In-
---------------------------------------------------- Security direct (I)
Date Expira- Amount or (Instr. 5)
Exer- tion Title Number of
cisable Date Shares
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Warrant 12/3/01 12/3/06 Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share 250,000 $2.00 D (1)
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Warrant 12/3/01 12/3/06 Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share 250,000 $3.25 D (1)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) These securities are directly beneficially owned by Stanford Venture
Capital Holdings, Inc. and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by
R. Allen Stanford. Mr. Stanford disclaims beneficial ownership of these
securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting
person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or
for any other purposes.
/s/ Yolanda M. Suarez December 31, 2001
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Stanford Venture Capital Holdings, Inc Date
Secretary
** 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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JOINT FILER INFORMATION
Name: Stanford Venture Capital Holdings, Inc.
Address: 5050 Westheimer Road
Houston, Texas 77056
Designated Filer: Stanford Venture Capital Holdings, Inc.
Issuer and Ticker Symbol: Senesco Technologies, Inc. ("SENO")
Date of Event Requiring
Statement: November 30, 2001
Signature: Stanford Venture Capital Holdings, Inc.
By: /s/ Yolanda M. Suarez
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Yolanda M. Suarez
Secretary
JOINT FILER INFORMATION
Name: R. Allen Stanford
Address: c/o Stanford Venture Capital Holdings, Inc.
5050 Westheimer Road
Houston, Texas 77056
Designated Filer: Stanford Venture Capital Holdings, Inc.
Issuer and Ticker Symbol: Senesco Technologies, Inc. ("SENO")
Date of Event Requiring
Statement: November 30, 2001
Signature: /s/ R. Allen Stanford
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R. Allen Stanford