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*
COFRANCESCO, JR. EDWARD R.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
250 PARK AVENUE S. SUITE 200
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(Street)
WINTER PARK FL 32789
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
JANUARY 1, 2002
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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
INTERNATIONAL ASSETS HOLDING CORPIRATION -- IAAC
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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)
EXECUTIVE VICE 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 One Reporting Person
[_] Form Filed by More than One 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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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).
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
---------------------- 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)
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INTERNATIONAL ASSETS
HOLDING CORP. OPTIONS 12/22/01* 12/22/10 COMMON 20,000 2.125 D
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INTERNATIONAL ASSETS
HOLDING CORP. OPTIONS 12/22/02** 12/22/11 COMMON 20,000 0.60 D
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Explanation of Responses: STOCK OPTIONS GRANTED TO EMPLOYEE OF THE ISSUER. *6666
BECOME EXERCISABLE ON 12/22/01; AN ADDITIONAL 6666 BECOME EXERCISABLE ON
12/22/02; AN ADDITIONAL 6668 BECOME EXERCISABLE ON 12/22/03. **6666 BECOME
EXERCISABLE ON 12/22/02; AN ADDITIONAL 6666 BECOME EXERCISABLE ON 12/22/03; AN
ADDITIONAL 6668 BECOME EXERCISABLE ON 12/22/04.
/S/ EDWARD R. COFRANCESCO, JR. 01/08/02
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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.