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FORM 5                                             
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/ / Check box if no               U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION      
    longer subject to                       WASHINGTON, DC 20549               
    Section 16. Form                                                           
    4 or Form 5             ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
    obligations may                                                            
    continue. See            Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities 
    Instruction 1(b)                         Exchange Act of 1934,            
/ / Form 3 Holdings                  Section 17(a) of the Public Utility      
    Reported                 Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of 
/ / Form 4                              the Investment Company Act            
    Transactions                                   of 1940                    
    Reported                                                                   

                                                                                                          
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 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*      2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol   6. Relationship of Reporting Person to
  Glazer     Avram   A.                           Zapata Corporation (Zap)                      Issuer (Check all applicable)
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  (Last)          (First)          (Middle)    3. IRS or Social Security  4. Statement for      ----              ---
                                                  Number of Reporting        Month/Year          X  Officer (give    Other (Specify
 18 Stoney Clover Lane                            Person (Voluntary)          7/97              ----        title ---       below)
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                 (Street)                      5. If Amendment,     
                                                  Date of Original                                       President & CEO
 Pittsford    NY    14534                           (Month/Year)                                         ---------------
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(City)           (State)           (ZIP)         -------------------                           
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                         TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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 1. Title of Security           2. Trans-   3. Transac-  4. Securities Acquired (A)  5.  Amount of Se-    6. Owner-      7. Nature  
    (Instr. 3)                     action      tion         or Disposed of (D)           curities Benefi-    ship           of In-  
                                   Date        Code         (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)          cially Owned at     Form:          direct  
                                               (Instr. 8)                                End of Issuer's     Direct         Benefi-
                                  (Month/                                                Fiscal Year         (D) or         cial
                                   Day/                 ----------------------------     (Instr. 3 and 4)    Indirect       Owner- 
                                   Year)                Amount    (A) or      Price                          (I)            ship   
                                                                  (D)                                        (Instr. 4)     (Instr.
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.                   (Over)

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FORM 5 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price Security sion or action action Derivative cisable and of Underlying of (Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Securities Ac- Expiration Securities Deriv- Price of (Month/ (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Date (Instr. 3 and 4) ative Deriv- Day/ Disposed of (D) (Month/Day/ Secur- ative Year) (Instr. 3, 4, Year) ity Security and 5) (Instr. 5) ----------------------------------- Date Expira- Amount or --------------- Exer- tion Title Number of (A) (D) cisable Date Shares - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option (right to buy) 4.625 7/11/97 A 208334 7/11/98 7/11/07 Common Stock 208,334 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option (right to buy) 4.625 7/11/97 A 208333 7/11/99 7/11/07 Common Stock 208,333 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option (right to buy) 4.625 7/11/97 A 208333 7/11/00 7/11/07 Common Stock 208,333 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of Derivative 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of Security Derivative of Derivative Indirect (Instr. 3) Securities Security: Beneficial Beneficially Direct (D) Ownership Owned at End or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) of Year (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 645,000 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. /s/Avram A. Glazer 1/14/98 See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------ ------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Note. File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. Page 2 If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. (Bulletin No. 177, 10-15-97)