SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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^*

WEST HIGHLAND CAPITAL INC/LHG/WHP/PB/BP

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

300 DRAKES LANDING ROAD

SUITE 290

(Street)

GREENBRAE

94904

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MPOWER HOLDING CORP [ MPOW ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

Director	X	10% Owner
Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/08/2003

4. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock⁽¹⁾	09/08/2003		S		100,000	D	$1.27	0⁽³⁾	I	See Notes⁽²⁾⁽⁴⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The reporting persons consist of (i) Lang H. Gerhard ("Gerhard"), manager of Estero Partners, LLC, sole shareholder of West Highland Capital, Inc., and a general partner of investment limited partnerships; (ii) West Highland Capital, Inc. ("WHC"), a registered investment adviser and general partner of investment limited partnerships; (iii) Estero Partners, LLC ("Estero"), a general partner of investment limited partnerships, and (iv) West Highland Partners, L.P. ("WHP"), an investment limited partnership of which Gerhard, WHC and Estero are the general partners. Gerhard, WHC and Estero disclaim membership in a group with any other person within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(i) and Rule 16a-1(a)(1) under the Exchange Act. WHP is filing jointly and disclaims membership in a group with any person within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(i) and Rule 16a-1(a)(1) under the Exchange Act.

2. The securities were sold by WHP and as such were owned indirectly by WHC, Estero and Gerhard.

3. The zeros in the above table are placeholders only that are required by the EDGAR software and should be disregarded. After the transaction reported on this form, WHP directly owned 8,061,013 shares, Estero beneficially owned 8,061,613 shares indirectly, and the number of shares beneficially owned by each of Gerhard and WHC was 8,975,536.

4. WHP disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities with respect to which its ownership is reported. Each of Gerhard, Estero and WHC disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities he or it beneficially owns, except to the extent, if any, of his or its pecuniary interest therein.

	West Highland Capital, Inc. by Bonnie George, Chief Operating Officer	09/10/2003
	Lang H. Gerhard by West Highland Capital, Inc., Attorney-in-Fact	09/08/2003
	Estero Partners, LLC by West Highland Capital, Inc., Attorney-in-Fact	09/08/2003
	West Hihgland Partners, L.P. by West Highland Capital, Inc., Attorney-in-Fact	09/08/2003
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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