3 1 acqtci_28march2003.txt U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP 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 [_] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. SEE Instruction 1(b). ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Transcontinental Realty Acquisition Corporation (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 1800 Valley View Lane, Suite 300 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Dallas TX 75234 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) March 18, 2003 ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. I.R.S Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) 13-4243611 ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. ("TCI") ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [X] 10% Owner [_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting (Check applicable line) [X] Form filed by One Reporting Person [_] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ________________________________________________________________________________ ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ================================================================================
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. 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 1,213,226 (2) D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
FORM 3 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================
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 ---------------------- or Exercise (D) or Indirect 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. Explanation of Responses: (1) Reporting person is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Realty Investors, Inc. (2) Acquired as a result of the expiration of a cash tender offer at $17.50 per share on March 18, 2003. /s/ Robert A. Waldman March 28, 2003 ---------------------------------- ----------------------- Robert A. Waldman, Secretary Date Signature of Reporting Person * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).