SEC FORM
3
SEC Form 3
| FORM 3 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
| A.P. PHARMA, INC. |
| 123 SAGINAW DRIVE |
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
08/14/2006
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3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AP PHARMA INC /DE/
[ APPA ]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
| X |
Director |
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10% Owner |
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Officer (give title below) |
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Other (specify below) |
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X |
Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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2.
Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr.
4)
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3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| Date Exercisable |
Expiration Date |
Title |
Amount or Number of Shares |
| Explanation of Responses: |
| No securities are beneficially owned. |
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By: Gordon Sangster - Attorney-in-fact For: Arthur Taylor |
08/14/2006 |
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** Signature of Reporting Person |
Date |
| 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). |
| ** 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 is insufficient,
see
Instruction 6 for procedure. |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these present, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of Marea
Fabrique or Gordon Sangster, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in
the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or
director of A.P. Pharma, Inc., Forms 3, 4, and 5
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form
3, 4, 5, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely file such form
with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-
fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-
fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-
in-fact full power and authority to do and perform
any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of
any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-
fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights
and powers herein granted. The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 26th day
of July, 2006.
/S/ Arthur T. Taylor
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Signature
Arthur T. Taylor
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Printed Name
