0000922423-98-0011273 TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD /BER/ CIRCON CORP 1998101319981013161616161542000000  0 0000922423-98-001127 3 1 19981001 19981013 NASD CIRCON CORP 0000719727 3845 953079904 DE 1231 3 34 000-12025 98724728 6500 HOLLISTER AVE SANTA BARBARA CA 93111 8059670404 TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD /BER/ 0000833444 3569 OWNER 000000000 0930 3 THE GIBBONS BUILDING 10 QUEENS STREET SUITE 301 HAMILTON HM 12 BERMU D0 4412928674 C/O TYCO INTERNATIONAL (US) INC ONE TYCO PARK EXETER NH 03833 ADT LIMITED 19930601 3 1 FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Tyco International Ltd. c/o Tyco International (US) Inc. One Tyco Park Exeter, NY 03833 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 10/01/98 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Circon Corporation 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director (X) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (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 | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. Amount of |3. Ownership |4. Nature of Indirect | | Securities | Form: | Beneficial Ownership | | Beneficially | Direct(D) or | | | Owned | Indirect(I) | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock, par value $.01 per share | 1,959,348 | D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Date Exer- |3.Title and Amount | |4. Conver-|5. Owner- |6. Nature of Indirect | Security | cisable and | of Underlying | |sion or |ship | Beneficial Ownership | | Expiration | Securities | |exercise |Form of | | | Date(Month/ |-----------------------|---------|price of |Deriv- | | | Day/Year) | |Amount |deri- |ative | | | Date | Expira- | |or |vative |Security: | | | Exer- | tion | Title |Number of|Security |Direct(D) or | | | cisable | Date | |Shares | |Indirect(I) | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD. /s/ Mark H. Swartz ------------------ Mark H. Swartz Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer DATE 10/13/98