U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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
[_] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Benson John
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
10740 Rose Creek Ct.
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(Street)
Dallas Texas 75238
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
DGSE Companies, Inc. (DGSE)
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Day/Year
March 19, 2003
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[X] Director [_] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
Chief Financial Officer
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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 Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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5. 6.
4. Amount of Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship
2A. 3. Disposed of (D) Befeficially Form: 7.
2. Deemed Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned Follow- Direct Nature of
Trans- Executin Code ------------------------------- ing Reported (D) or Indirect
1. action Date, (Instr. 8) (A) Transaction(s) Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date if any ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock 3/19/03 P 500 A 1.2450 10,500 D
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Response) (Over)
FORM 4 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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9. 10.
Number Owner-
of ship
Deriv- Form
2. ative of
Conver- 5. 7. Secur- Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount ities ative Nature
or 3A. Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. Bene- Secur- of
Exer- Deemed 4. Securities Date Securities Price ficially ity: In-
cise 3. Exe- Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Owned Direct direct
Price Trans- cution action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Following (D) or Bene-
1. of action Date, Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Reported In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date if any (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Trans- direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity action (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ John Benson 03/19/03
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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.