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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*
MCEWAN RICK R.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
1100 WEST KATELLA AVENUE SUITE J
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(Street)
ORANGE CALIFORNIA 92867
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
February 2, 2001
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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
ADVANCED REFRIGERATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ARGT
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[_] Director [_] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
President
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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 1 Reporting Person
[_] Form Filed by More than 1 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, NO PAR VALUE 40,100 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Over)
SEC 1473 (3-99)
FORM 3 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities 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
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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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COMMON STOCK 5/1/02 5/1/06 STOCK OPTION 134,000 $0.30 D
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COMMON STOCK 8/1/02 5/1/06 STOCK OPTION 33,000 $0.30 D
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COMMON STOCK 11/1/02 5/1/06 STOCK OPTION 33,000 $0.30 D
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COMMON STOCK 2/1/03 5/1/06 STOCK OPTION 33,000 $0.30 D
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COMMON STOCK 5/1/03 5/1/06 STOCK OPTION 34,000 $0.30 D
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COMMON STOCK 8/1/03 5/1/06 STOCK OPTION 33,000 $0.30 D
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COMMON STOCK 11/1/03 5/1/06 STOCK OPTION 33,000 $0.30 D
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COMMON STOCK 2/1/04 5/1/06 STOCK OPTION 33,000 $0.30 D
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COMMON STOCK 5/1/04 5/1/06 STOCK OPTION 34,000 $0.30 D
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Explanation of Responses:
/S/ RICK R. MCEWAN JULY 11, 2001
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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.
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