SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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*
GRUBER & MCBAINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

(Last) (First) (Middle)
50 OSGOOD PLACE

(Street)
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94133

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/18/2003
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ADEPT TECHNOLOGY INC [ ADTK ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director X 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 2,069,477(4) I By Limited Partnerships and Investment Advisory Accounts(1)(5)
Common Stock 230,722(2)(4) D
Common Stock 294,222(3)(4) D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Warrant 11/18/2003 11/18/2008 Common Stock 888,888(4) $1.25 I By Limited Partnerships and Investment Advisory Accounts(1)(5)
Warrant 11/18/2003 11/18/2008 Common Stock 111,111(4) $1.25 D(2)
Warrant 11/18/2003 11/18/2008 Common Stock 111,111(4) $1.25 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. This form is filed by Gruber & McBaine Capital Management, LLC (GMCM), a limited liability company that is an investment adviser for client accounts and a general partner of investment limited partnerships; Jon D. Gruber (Gruber) and J. Patterson McBaine (McBaine), who are managers, members and portfolio mangers of GMCM; and Eric B Swergold (Swergold), who is a member and portfolio manager of GMCM.
2. By Gruber
3. By McBaine
4. This total is the number of shares beneficially owned after the transactions reported in accounts and investment partnerships in which the reporting persons have some pecuniary interest; the total excludes shares held in other client accounts managed by GMCM in which the reporting persons have no pecuniary interest.
5. By GMCM, as an investment adviser for client accounts and a general partner of investment partnerships, and by Gruber and McBaine as managers, members and portfolio managers of GMCM, and by Swergold as a member and portfolio manager of GMCM. GMCM, Gruber, McBaine and Swergold have pecuniary interest in those client accounts and partnerships that in the agregate represent less than the total number of shares shown in Items 4 and 5. Each such reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities with respect to which indirect beneficial ownership is reported, except to the extent of that reporting persons pro rata pecuniary interest therein.
GRUBER & MCBAINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC By: /s/ J. Patterson McBaine, J. Patterson McBaine, Manager 12/01/2003
/s/ Jon D. Gruber 12/01/2003
/s/ J. Patterson McBaine 12/01/2003
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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