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<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
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<STATE>MN
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<PHONE>612-492-2400
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<CONFORMED-NAME>MORGAN JESS S & CO INC
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<FISCAL-YEAR-END>0331
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<STREET1>C/O JESS S MORGAN & CO INC
<STREET2>5750 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 590
<CITY>LOS ANGELES
<STATE>CA
<ZIP>90045
<PHONE>3236342400
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<STREET1>C/O JESS S MORGN & CO INC
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<CITY>LOS ANGELES
<STATE>CA
<ZIP>90045
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            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>90036</rptOwnerZipCode>
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      <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
      <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
      <isOther>0</isOther>
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      <securityTitle>
        <value>Velocity Express</value>
      </securityTitle>
      <postTransactionAmounts>
        <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
          <value>62500</value>
          <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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      </postTransactionAmounts>
      <ownershipNature>
        <directOrIndirectOwnership>
          <value>D</value>
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  <footnotes>
    <footnote id="F1">62,500 Series H Convertible Preferred</footnote>
  </footnotes>
  <remarks>This filing is required because the number of our common shares into which our preferred holdings converts has increased (over the 10% thereshold) due to the antidilution provisions in the preferred instruments. </remarks>
  <ownerSignature>
    <signatureName>Gary Levenstein, Executive Vice President  Jess S. Morgan &amp; Co., Inc.</signatureName>
    <signatureDate>2003-10-22</signatureDate>
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