UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Youssef El-Zein
c/o Pillar Investments Ltd.
28 Avenue de Messine
Paris, France 75008
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Hybridon, Inc.
HYBN
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
Aprril/1999
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(x) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer
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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect |
| Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership |
| | | | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | | A | | Owned at |Indir | |
| Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| |
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Common Stock |4/17/ |J(1)| |300,000 | A | (1) | 300,000 | I | (2) |
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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 Instructions
4(b)(v).
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Form 4 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of|
Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect |
|or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial |
|cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership |
|Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | |
|Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| |
|tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| |
|Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | |
|rity |Date |Code| | Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Granted by the Issuer's Board of Directors to Pillar Investments Ltd.
pursuant to the advisory services agreement dated May 5, 1998, between the
Issuer and Pillar Investments Ltd. appointing Pillar Investments to act as
the Issuer's non-exclusive financial adviser.
(2) By Pillar Investments Ltd. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial
ownership of the securities of the Issuer held by Pillar Investments Ltd.
**Signature of Reporting Person
/s/ Youssef El-Zein
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By: Youssef El-Zein
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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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SEC 1474 (7-96)
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