4 1 irm62.txt FORM 4 ------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------ OMB Number 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response ....... 0.5 ------------------------------ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [_] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BABSON, NICHOLAS C. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o GEHL COMPANY 143 WATER STREET -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) WEST BEND, WI 53095 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol GEHL COMPANY (GEHL) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year December 31, 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ================================================================================ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) 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. 6. 2A. 4. Amount of Owner- Deemed Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship 2. Execution 3. Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7. Transaction Date, if Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned Follow- Direct Nature of Date any Code ------------------------------- ing Reported (D) or Indirect 1. (Month/ (Month/ (Instr. 8) (A) Transaction(s) Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Day/ Day/ ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) Year) Year) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 12/31/02 A (1) 574 $8.72 2,441 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Reflects issuance of stock in payment of a portion of the director retainer fee pursuant to the Gehl Company Director Stock Grant Plan. ==================================================================================================================================== Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond (Over) unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number. SEC 1474 (9-02)
FORM 4 (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 Deriv- Form 2. ative of Conver- 5. 7. Secur- Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount ities ative Nature or 3A. Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. Benefi- Secur- of Exer- Deemed 4. Securities Date Securities Price cially ity: In- cise 3. Execu- Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Owned Direct direct Price Trans- tion action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Following (D) or Bene- 1. of action Date, Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Reported In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date if any (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Trans- direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity action(s) (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr (Instr (Instr (Instr (Instr. 3) ity Year) Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Options (Rights To Buy)(1) Grant Date: (3) Common 04/22/99 $17.50 04/21/02 04/21/09 Stock 2,000 (1) 2,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Options (Rights To Buy)(1) Grant Date: Common 04/21/00 $18.4375 (2) 04/20/10 Stock 2,000 (1) 2,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Options (Rights To Buy)(1) Grant Date: Common 01/18/02 $15.25 (2) 01/17/12 Stock 2,000 (1) 2,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Options (Rights To Buy)(1) Grant Date: Common 04/24/02 $15.25 (2) 04/23/12 Stock 2,000 (1) 2,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: (1) These options were automatically granted on the transaction date indicated above to the reporting person under the Gehl Company 1995 Stock Option Plan or the Gehl Company 2000 Equity Incentive Plan. (2) These options are subject to a three-year period following the date of grant during which such options vest and become exercisable on a cumulative basis with respect to one-third of the shares covered by the options each year. The options are subject to immediate vesting following the occurrence of certain events. (3) These options were subject to a three-year period following the date of grant during which such options vested and became exercisable on a cumulative basis with respect to one-third of the shares covered by the options each year. The date above reflects the date on which the options became fully vested. NICHOLAS C. BABSON ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. /s/ Michael J. Mulcahy 1/3/03 ------------------------------------- ---------- See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ** Signature of Reporting Person Date By Michael J. Mulcahy, Attorney-In-Fact Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space 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