4 1 green-form4.txt STATEMENT OF CHANGES UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL ---------------------------- OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response.......0.5 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). (Print or Type Responses) ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Green April -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o The Singing Machine Company, Inc. 6601 Lyons Road, Bldg. A-7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Coconut Creek FL 33073 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol The Singing Machine Company, Inc. SMD ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 12/31/02 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [_] 10% Owner [X] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) Chief Financial Officer ________________________________________________________________________________ 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. 2A. 4. Securities Owner- Deemed Securities Acquired (A) or Beneficially ship 2. Execution 3. Disposed of (D) Owned Form: 7. Transaction Date, Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Following Direct Nature of Date if any Code ---------------------------- 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 2/25/03 2/25/03 X 1,000 A 2.04 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 2,050 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 in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number. (Over) 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) ================================================================================
9. Number 10. of Owner- deriv- ship 2. ative Form Conver- 5. 7. Secur- of 11. sion Number of Title and Amount ities Deriv- Nature or 3A. Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. Bene- ative of Exer- Deemed 4. Securities Date Securities Price ficially Secur- In- cise 3. Execu- Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Owned ity: direct Price Trans- tion action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Following Direct Bene- 1. of action Date, Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Reported (D) or ficial Title of Deriv- Date if any (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Trans- Indirect 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option (right Common to buy) $2.04 2/25/03 X 1,000 12/01/01 12/01/06 Stock 1,000 11,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option (right Common to buy) $9.00 12/31/02 A 20,000 (1) (1) Stock 20,000 20,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (2)Employee Stock Option (right Common to buy) $2.04 12/05/00 A 12/01/02 12/01/06 Stock 15,000 15,000 D ====================================================================================================================================
Explanation of Responses: (1) Twenty percent of the options are exercisable on January 1, 2004 and 20% exercisable each January 1st thereafter with the last 20% becoming exercisable on January 1, 2008. These options expire 5 years after they become exercisable with varying expiration dates from December 31, 2009 through December 31, 2013. (2) These options were granted in September 2000 and are listed to provide a complete description of the Reporting Person's beneficial ownership of the Issuer's securities. /s/ April Green February 26, 2003 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date ** 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