1 -------------------------- OMB APPROVAL -------------------------- -------- OMB Number: 3235-0104 FORM 3 Expires: December 31, 2001 -------- Estimated average burden hours per response.... 0.5 -------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event Requiring 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or 6. If Amendment, Date Statement Trading Symbol of Original SIVLEY DEAN NEON SYSTEMS,INC. (NESY) (Month/Day/Year) ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ N/A (Last) (First) (Middle) 3/19/01 5. Relationship of Reporting ----------------------- 14100 SOUTHWEST FREEWAY, SUITE 500 ---------------------------- Person(s) to Issuer 7. Individual or Joint/ ---------------------------------------- 3. I.R.S. Identification (Check all applicable) Group Filing (Check (Street) Number of Reporting Director 10% Owner Applicable Line) Person, if an entity ----- ----- X Form filed by SUGAR LAND TEXAS 77478 (voluntary) X Officer Other (specify --- One Reporting -------------------------------------- ----- ----- below) Person (City) (State) (Zip) ---------------------------- (give title below) Form filed by Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer --- More than One ------------------------------ Reporting Person ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect (Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Beneficial (Instr. 4) Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over) *If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). SEC 1473 (3-99) POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTIONS OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER. 2 FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (e.g., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect (Instr. 4) Exercisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5) (Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv- Year) Deri- ative vative Security: Security Direct ------------------------------------------------- (D) or Date Expira- Amount or Indirect (I) Exercis- tion Title Number (Instr. 5) able Date of Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanation of Responses: By: /s/ DEAN SIVLEY MARCH 28, 2001 ---------------------------------- ------------ DEAN SIVLEY **Signature of Reporting Person Date ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. 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