4 1 fm4leparulo10-2002.txt FORM 4 - LEPARULO - 10/2002 ------------------------------ 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, DC 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). (Print of Type Responses) ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Leparulo Peter V. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 9360 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 110 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) San Diego CA 92121 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Novatel Wireless, Inc. (NVTLD) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year October 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________ 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) Sr. VP and General Manager, CDMA Operations ------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________________________ 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. 4. Securities Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Beneficially ship 2A. 3. Disposed of (D) Owned Form: 7. 2. Deemed Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Following Direct Nature of Trans- Execution Code ------------------------------- Reported (D) or Indirect 1. action Date, if (Instr. 8) (A) Transaction(s) Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date any ------------ or (Instr. 3 & (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy) Code V Amount (D) Price Instr.4) (Instr.4) (Instr.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share 1,105(1) D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
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 ative Form 2. Secur- of Conver- 5. 7. ities Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Bene- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ficially Secur- of Exer- 3A. 4. Securities Date Securities Price Owned ity: In- cise Deemed Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Follow- Direct direct Price 3. Execut- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- ing (D) or Bene- 1. of Trans- ion Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Reported In- ficial Title of Deriv- action Date if (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Trans- direct Owner- Derivative ative Date any 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity action(s) (I) ship Security Secur- (mm/dd/ (mm/dd/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity yy) yy) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Incentive Stock Option Grant (Right $165.00 Common 2,424 $165.00 to Buy) (1) 9/29/00 9/29/00 9/29/01 9/29/10 Stock (1) (1) D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Non-Quali- fied Stock Option Grant (Right to $165.00 Common 37,576 $165.00 Buy) (1) 9/29/00 9/29/00 9/29/01 9/29/10 Stock (1) (1) D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Incentive Stock Option Grant (Right $16.80 Common 6,508 $16.80 to Buy) (1) 1/30/02 1/30/02 1/30/03 1/30/12 Stock (1) (1) D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Non-Quali- fied Stock Option Grant (Right to $16.80 Common 20,157 $16.80 Buy) (1) 1/30/02 1/30/02 1/30/03 1/30/12 Stock (1) (1) D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Warrants (Right to $48.60 Common $48.60 Buy) (1) 7/14/00 7/14/00 (2) 7/14/05 Stock 57(1) (1) D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Non-Quali- fied Stock Option Grant (Right to Common 28,666 $2.23 Buy) $2.23(3) 10/31/02 10/31/02 J(3) A 4/30/03 10/31/12 Stock (3) (3) 95,388 D ====================================================================================================================================
Explanation of Responses: (1) Effective as of October 29, 2002, Novatel Wireless, Inc. (the "Company") effected a combination of all the issued and outstanding shares of its common stock, $0.001 par value per share, in a ratio of 1 share for every 15 shares surrendered (hereinafter, the "Reverse Split"). Further information about the Reverse Split may be found in the Company's filing on Form 8-K made with the SEC on October 22, 2002. All the share and option amounts contained in this filing on Form 4 accordingly reflect the effectiveness of the Reverse Split. (2) Warrants issued in July 2000 and are currently exercisable. (3) Pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated 2000 Employee Stock Incentive Plan (the "Option Plan"), the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors authorized and approved, effective following the close of business on October 31, 2002, the issuance, to all Company employees, of options to purchase shares of common stock, in each case at an exercise price of $2.23 per share. The options subject to such grants shall become vested and immediately exercisable on the sixth month anniversary of the grant, subject to the other terms and conditions of the Option Plan. /s/ Patrick T. Waters, Attorney-in-Fact November 4, 2002 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date 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). ** 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. Page 2