Gerald A. and Henrietta V. Rauenhorst - Page 3




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                                     Background                                       
               At the time of filing the petition, petitioners resided in             
          Naples, Florida.  Petitioners were the only partners of Arbeit &            
          Co. (Arbeit), a general partnership.2  NMG, Inc. (NMG), was a               
          Delaware corporation which did business as George Rice & Sons.              
               On March 31, 1992, Arbeit and NMG executed an agreement                
          which required that Arbeit surrender 2,500 shares of NMG series A           
          preferred stock, a subordinated promissory note, and certain                
          previously issued NMG warrants.  Pursuant to this same agreement,           
          NMG issued to Arbeit a senior subordinated promissory note of $5            
          million and a junior subordinated promissory note of $2.4                   
          million.  NMG also issued a warrant which gave Arbeit the right             
          to purchase 772.14 shares of NMG class A common stock at an                 
          exercise price of $1 per share.  Before November 12, 1993,                  
          Arbeit, Sieben Investment Co., Berkeley Atlantic Income, Ltd.,              
          and BG Services, Ltd., held warrants to purchase NMG class A                
          common stock in the following amounts:                                      
                    Warrantholder            Number of Shares                         
                    Arbeit                   772.14                                   
                    Sieben                        18.36                               
                    Berkeley            115.41                                        
                    BG Services         230.82                                        
                   Total                    1,136.73                                 

               Before December 22, 1993, NMG’s outstanding stock consisted            

               2Arbeit’s sole purpose was to act as a nominee for                     
          petitioners, as trustee of the Gerald Rauenhorst Revocable Trust.           
          This trust was a revocable grantor trust, and its assets were               
          treated as owned by Mr. Rauenhorst under sec. 676.                          




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