- -------- |FORM 4| - -------- ------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL [ ] CHECK THIS BOX IF NO LONGER SUBJECT ------------------------------ TO SECTION 16. FORM 4 OR FORM 5 OMB Number: 3235-0287 OBLIGATIONS MAY CONTINUE. SEE Expires: January 31, 2005 INSTRUCTION 1(b). Estimated average burden hours per response.........0.5 ------------------------------ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Print or Type Responses) ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* LaPenta, Robert V. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o L-3 Communications Corporation 600 Third Avenue - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) New York New York 10016 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (LLL) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year October 2001 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) |X| Director |_| 10% Owner |X| Officer (give title below) |_| Other (specify below) President and 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 ================================================================================ 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). (Over) Page 1 of 2
5. 6. 4. Amount of Owner- 2. Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship Trans- 3. Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7. action Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned Direct Nature of Date Code ------------------------------- Following (D) or Indirect 1. (Month/ (Instr. 8) (A) Reported Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Day/ ------------ or Transaction(s) (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) Year) Code V Amount (D) Price (Instr. 3 & 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================================================================================================================== FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ================================================================================ Explanation of Responses: See attached sheet. /s/ Christopher C. Cambria 2/11/03 - --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Christopher C. Cambria Authorized Signatory ** 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 of 2
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- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Owned ity: In- cise Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Follow- Direct direct Price 3. action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- ing (D) or Bene- 1. of Trans- Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Reported In- ficial Title of Deriv- action (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Trans- direct Owner- Derivative ative Date 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity action (I) ship Security Secur- (Month/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Day/Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Put option (Note 1) 10/19/01 J/K(1) 1 4/21/03 4/21/03 Common 300,000 (Note 1) 1 D (right to Stock sell) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================================================================= Robert V. LaPenta Attachment to Form 4 L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. October 2001 Note 1 The Reporting Person entered into a hedging arrangement termed a "variable prepaid forward agreement" with a securities broker effective as of October 19, 2001 and relating to 300,000 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Shares"), after adjustment to reflect the 2-for-1 stock split declared by the Issuer's Board of Directors on April 23, 2002 (the "Stock Split"). The arrangement is reflected in Table II as the acquisition of a put option. Following the scheduled expiration date of April 21, 2003, the number of Shares deliverable upon exercise of the put may vary, reflecting a minimum price of $43.06165 per share and a maximum price of $49.5209 per share for the Shares, in each case as adjusted to reflect the Stock Split and subject to further adjustment for dividends received and other events.