4 1 d4.txt FORM 4 FOR JOHN HOWE /------------------------------/ / OMB APPROVAL / /------------------------------/ / OMB Number: 3235-0287 / / Expires: September 30, 1998 / / Estimated average burden / / hours per response...... 0.5 / /------------------------------/ +--------+ | FORM 4 | U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION +--------+ WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 [_] Check this box if no longer subject STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities obligations may Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the continue. See Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Instruction 1(b). Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Print or Type Responses) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Howe John F. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 46107 Landing Parkway -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Fremont, CA 94538 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VidaMed, Inc. (VIDA) ----------------------------------- 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) -------------- 4. Statement for Month/Year December 2001 --------------------------------------------------- 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) --------------------------------- 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [X] Officer [_] 10% Owner [_] Other (give title below) (specify below) Vice President Finance & 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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In- Security Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct (Instr. 3) (Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct (D) Bene- Day/ ----------------------------------------------- End of or Indirect ficial Year) Month (I) Ownership Code V Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (D) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 12/10/01 M 12,496 A $ 0.00 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 12/10/01 S 12,496 D $7.790080 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 12/13/01 S 7,540 D $ 7.79 21,000 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). 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. (Over) SEC 1474(7-97) FORM 4 (continued) Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv- Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or Price of (Month/ Disposed of (D) Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) ative Year) Security --------------------------------------------------- Code V (A) (D) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $0.00 12/10/00 M 12,496 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na- cisable and Underlying Securities of of Deriv- ship ture Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form of In- Date ative Secur- of De- direct (Month/Day/ Secur- ities rivative Bene- Year) ity Bene- Security: ficial (Instr. ficially Direct(D) Owner- -------------------------------------------- 5) Owned or Indirect ship Date Expira- Amount or at End (I) (Instr. Exer- tion Title Number of of (Instr. 4) 4) cisable Date Shares Month (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option 7/10/00 1/10/00 Common (right to buy) (I) Stock 12,496 $7.790080 0 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Explanation of Responses: (1) Option granted as merit in lieu of pay increase, these option became fully exercisable on July 10, 2000. ** 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 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. /s/ John F. Howe 12/18/01 -------------------------------------- --------------------- ** Signature of Reporting Person Date Page 2 SEC 1474 (7-97)