SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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*
GUEZ PAUL

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O AZTECA PRODUCTION INTERNATIONAL
5804 EAST SLAUSON AVENUE

(Street)
CITY OF COMMERCE CA 90040

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
INNOVO GROUP INC [ INNO ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director X 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/09/2005
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 03/09/2005 S 13,672 D $5.44 109,632 I see note(1)
Common Stock 03/10/2005 S 20,000 D $5.37 89,632 I see note(1)
Common Stock 03/11/2005 S 3,832 D $5.37 85,800 I see note(1)
Common Stock 03/15/2005 J 111,613 D $0(2) 174,101 I see note(2)
Common Stock 3,349,204 I see note(3)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Mr. Paul Guez exercises the sole power to direct the voting and disposition of these shares held for the account of Commerce Investment Group LLC ("Commerce"), an entity jointly owned by Hubert Guez and Paul Guez, but which Mr. Paul Guez has the sole power to direct the voting and disposition of the shares.
2. These shares are to be transferred in the ordinary course of business pursuant to a privately negotiated transaction for non-cash consideration in connection with the execution of a settlement agreement. Paul Guez may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner of these shares becasue he has the sole voting and investment control over the 111,613 shares held by SHD Investments transferred in this transaction. Mr. Paul Guez indirectly holds the sole voting and investment control over the remaining 174,101 shares held for the account of SHD.
3. In addition to the shares listed herein, Mr. Paul Guez may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner of the following shares due to the sole power he has to direct the voting and disposition of such shares held for the account of the respective entity: (1) 2,200,000 shares held for the account of Azteca Productions International, Inc. ("Azteca"), and (2) 1,149,204 shares held for the account of Integrated Apparel Resources LLC. Mr. Paul Guez dislcaims beneficial ownership of all shares listed herein not held directly for his own account and the filing of this statement shall not be deemed to be an admission of Paul Guez that he is the beneficial owner of any securities not held directly for his own account for purposes of Section 16 or otherwise.
/s/ Paul Guez 03/15/2005
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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