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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 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 Form 4 OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response 0.5 ¨
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b) (Print or Type Responses) 1 .Name and Address of Reporting Person* Gruber & McBaine Capital Management, LLC 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Monterey Pasta 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer ______Director X 10% Owner ______Officer (give ______Other (specify title below) below) ____________________________ (Last) (First) (Middle) 50 Osgood Place, Penthouse 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity 4. Statement for March 16, 2003 (Street) San Francisco, California 94133 5. If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 2.A. Deemed 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 3/16/03 P 6,000 A 3.025 275,600 See Note 2 D 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
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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 McBaine.
(3) By Gruber.
(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 aggregate 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 person's pro rata pecuniary interest therein.
GRUBER & MCBAINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
By: /s/ J. Patterson McBaine March 16, 2003
J. Patterson McBaine, Manager Date
**Signature of Reporting Person **
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See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff
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Joint Filer Information
Name: Jon D. Gruber
Address: 50 Osgood Place, Penthouse, San Francisco, California 94133
Designated Filer: Gruber & McBaine Capital Management, LLC
Issuer and Ticker Symbol: Monterey Pasta Company (PSTA)
Statement for Month/Day/Year: March 16, 2003
Signature: /s/ Jon D. Gruber
Name: J. Patterson McBaine
Address: 50 Osgood Place, Penthouse, San Francisco, California 94133
Designated Filer: Gruber & McBaine Capital Management, LLC
Issuer and Ticker Symbol: Monterey Pasta Company (PSTA)
Statement for Month/Day/Year: March 16, 2003
Signature: /s/ J. Patterson McBaine
Name: Eric B. Swergold
Address: 50 Osgood Place, Penthouse, San Francisco, California 94133
Designated Filer: Gruber & McBaine Capital Management, LLC
Issuer and Ticker Symbol: Monterey Pasta Company (PSTA)
Statement for Month/Day/Year: March 16, 2003
Signature: /s/ Eric B. Swergold
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