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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
[_] Check this 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*
SIMS, LUKE E.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 3700
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(Street)
MILWAUKEE WI 53202
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NAIC GROWTH FUND, INC. (GRF)
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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
04/17/2003
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[X] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
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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.
2A. 4. Amount of Owner-
Deemed Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship
2. Execution 3. Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7.
Transaction Date, if Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned Follow- Direct Nature of
Date any Code --------------------------- ing Reported (D) or Indirect
1. (Month/ (Month/ (Instr. 8) (A) Transaction(s) Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Day/ Day/ ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) Year) Year) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4 ) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock 4/17/03 A 1,400 A 8.57 30,844 D
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17,415 I By children
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51,830 I By Triad
Investment
Company, LLC
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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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10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
of 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. Benefi- Secur- of
Exer- Deemed 4. Securities Date Securities Price cially ity: In-
cise 3. Execu- Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Owned Direct direct
Price Trans- tion 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(s) (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/ Luke E. Sims 04/21/2003
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Luke E. Sims Date
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