4 1 pascoe4.htm FORM 4 - WILLIAM A PASCOE 1

FORM 4

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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, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility

Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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  1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

 

Pascoe William A.

2.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

The Montana Power Company (MTP)

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer

(check all applicable).

Director 10% owner

X Officer(give Other(specify

title below) below)

V.P. Transmission Services

(Last) (First) (Middle)

 

40 E. Broadway Street

3.I.R.S. Identification

Number of Reporting Person,

if any entity

(Voluntary)

 

 

 

4.Statement for

Month/Year

02/2002

(Street)

 

 

Butte MT 59701

5.If Amendment

Date of Original

(Month/Year)

 

7.Individual or Joint/Group Filing

(check applicable line).

X Form Filed by One Reporting Person

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City (State) (Zip)

TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security

(Instr.3)

2.Transaction

Date

(Month/

Day/

Year)

 

3.Transaction

Code

(Instr. 8)

 

4.Security Acquired (A)

or Disposed of (D)

(Instr. 3, 4, & 5)

5.Amount of

Securities

Beneficially

Owned at

End of Month

(Instr. 3 & 4)

6.Owner-ship

Form:

Direct (D)

or

Indirect (I)

(Instr. 4)

7.Nature of

Indirect

Beneficial

Ownership

(Instr. 4)

Code

V

Amount
  1. or

(D)

Price

Common Stock

 

          

 

5,554.000

D

Common Stock

5,304.632

I

BY TTEE RET & SAV PLAN (401K)

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FORM 4 (continued)

TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

 

1.Title of Derative Security

(Instr.3)

2.Conver-sion or

Exercise

Price of

Deri-vative

Security

 

3.Trans-action

Date

(Month/

Day/

Year)

4.Trans-

action

Code

(Instr. 8)

 

5.Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)

(Instr.3,4,&5)

6.Date Exercisable and Expiration Date

(Month/Day/Year)

7.Title and Amount of

Underlying Securities

(Instr. 3 & 4)

8.Price

of

Deriv-ative

Secur-

ity

(Instr. 5)

9.Number

of

Deriv-

ative

Secur-

ities

Benef-

icially

Owned

at End

of

Month

(Instr.4)

10.Owner-

ship

Form of

Deriv-

ative

Security:

Direct

(D) or

Indirect

(I)

(Instr.4)

11.Nature of

Indirect

Beneficial

Ownership

(Instr.4)

 

Code

V

 

(A)

 

(D)

 

Date

Exer-cisable

Expira-

tion

Date

Title

Amount or

Number of Shares

 

Stock Option

$38.6875

          

06/26/2002

06/26/2010

Common Stock

16,000

  

16,000

D

  

Stock Option

$18.0000

      

 

 

04/06/2000

04/06/2008

Common Stock

10,446

10,446

D

Stock Option

$35.3594

 

 

6/21/2001

06/21/2009

Common Stock

16,000

16,000

D

Stock Option

$27.5625

10/25/2001

10/25/2009

Common Stock

22,200

22,200

D

Explanation of Responses:

  

**Signature of Reporting Person

  

Date

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By: Rose Marie Ralph, Attorney-in-fact

Pascoe, William A.

40 E Broadway

Butte MT 59701-9394

The Montana Power Company (MTP)

2/2002

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