UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person TARR, STEVEN E. 7108 FAIRWAY DRIVE, STE. 200 PALM BCH GARDENS, FL 33418-3757 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 09/24/2001 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol GLOBAL TECHNOVATIONS, INC. (GTN) 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER OF SUBSIDIARY 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

TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

+-----------------------+---------------------+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------+ |1.Title of Derivative |2.Date Exercisable |3.Title and Amount of Securities |4.Conver- |5.Ownership |6. Nature of Indirect | | Security | and Expiration Date| Underlying Derivative | sion or | Form of | Beneficial Ownership| | | (Month/Day/Year) | Security | Exercise | Derivative | | | +----------+----------+-----------------------+---------+ Price of | Security: | | | | Date | Expira- | |Amount or| Deri- | Direct(D) or| | | | Exer- | tion | Title |Number of| vative | Indirect(I) | | | | cisable | Date | |Shares | Security | | | +-----------------------+----------+----------+-----------------------+---------+----------+-------------+-----------------------+ Non-Qualified Stock Options (1) 42/1620/0102 49/1520/11 Common Stock 3050,000 $0.6433 D --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Commencing from the date of the grant, these options ~~shall~~ vest inover ~~six~~a ~~equal~~three-year ~~increments~~period ofin ~~5,000~~six ~~options~~increments ~~every~~beginning ~~six~~February ~~months~~20, 2002 provided ~~that~~ the ~~director~~individual is still ~~serving~~employed asby athe ~~director~~Company. onThe ~~each~~first ~~applicable~~two ~~vesting~~increments ~~date~~will include 8,334 options, with the remaining four increments including 8,333 options each. /s/ ~~Michael~~Steven AE. ~~Pietrangelo~~Tarr 410/188/2001 Signature of Reporting Person **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.

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