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FORM 3 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Expires: September 30, 1998 Estimated average burden hours per response . . . . 0.5 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* Daniel E. Straus Caprius, Inc. 46 Jonspin Road Wilmington, MA 01887 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 11/10/1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Caprius, Inc. (CAPR) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner ---- ---- Officer Other (specify below) ---- (give ---- title below) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title of Security 2. Amounts of 3. Ownership 4. Nature of (Instr. 4) Securities Form: Direct (D) Indirect Beneficially or Indirect (I) Beneficial Owned (Instr. 5) Ownership (instr. 4) (Instr. 5) ----------------- ------------ --------------- --------------- Common Stock, par -0- value $.01 per share ------------------ ------------- ---------------- ---------------- ------------------ ------------- ---------------- ---------------- ------------------ ------------- ---------------- ---------------- ------------------ ------------- ---------------- ---------------- ------------------ ------------- ---------------- ---------------- ------------------ ------------- ---------------- ---------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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). (Over) SEC 1473 (7-96) FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Derivative cisable and Securities Underlying Security Expiration Derivative Security (Instr. 4) Date (Instr. 4) (Month/Day/ Year) --------------------- --------------------- Date Expira- Amount Exer- tion Title of cisable Date Number of Shares --------- ------- --------- --------- -------------- ---------- ------- --------- ---------- -------------- ---------- ------- --------- ---------- -------------- --------- -------- ---------- ---------- 4. Conver- 5. Ownership 6. Nature of sion or Form of Indirect Exercise Derivative Beneficial Price of Security: Ownership Deri- Direct (Instr. 5) vative (D) or Security Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) --------------- -------------------------- ------------ ----------------- -------------------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------------------- ------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: /s/ Daniel E. Straus 11/18/1997 ------------------------------- --------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Daniel E. Straus ** 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. Page 2 SEC 1473 (7-96)