5 1 form5jlapolla122002.txt JAMES LAPOLLA - DECEMBER 2002 ------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------ OMB Number 3235-0362 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response ....... 1.0 ------------------------------ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 5 ANNUAL 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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [ ] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). [ ] Form 3 Holdings Reported [ ] Form 4 Transactions Reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* LaPolla James F. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o American Medical Alert Corp. 3265 Lawson Boulevard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Oceanside New York 11572 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol American Medical Alert Corp. ("AMAC") -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Statement for Month/Year December, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================
5. Amount of 6. Owner- 2A. 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship 7. Nature 2. Trans- Deemed 3. Trans- Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: of action Execution action (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at End Direct Indirect Date Date, if Code -------------------------- of Issuer's (D) or Benefi- 1. Title (Month/ any Month/ (Instr.8) (A) Fiscal Indirect cial of Security Day/ Day/ or Year (Instr. (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) Year) Year) Amount (D) Price 3 and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ None. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person see instruction 4(b)(v). (Over) SEC 2270 (3-99) FORM 5 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ================================================================================
10. 9. Owner- Number ship of Form 2. Deriv- of Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of Exer- Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. 3A. Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- Deemed 4. or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Execution Trans- of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date Date, if action (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ any Code 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Year (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ (Month/Day (Instr. ----------- Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Year) 8) (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Options to Purchase Common Common Stock $2.30 08/13/02 A 10,000 Immed. 08/12/02 Stock 10,000 10,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Options to Purchase Common Common Stock $1.90 Immed. 10/29/06 Stock 10,000 10,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
Explanation of Responses: /s/ James LaPolla 2/2/03 ------------------------------------------- ----------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date * If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). ** 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. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB number. Page 2