- -------- |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 February 6, 2003 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) |X| Director |_| 10% Owner |X| Officer (give title below) |_| Other (specify title 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 Instructions 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 CONTROL NUMBER. (Over) SEC 1474 (09-02) Page 1 of 3
5. 6. 4. Amount of Owner- 2A. Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship 2. Deemed 3. Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7. Trans- Execution Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned Direct Nature of 1. action Date, if Code ------------------------------- Following (D) or Indirect Title of Security Date any (Instr. 8) (A) Reported Indirect Beneficial (Instr. 3) (Month/ (Month/ ------------ or Transaction(s) (I) Ownership Day/Year) Day/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: /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. 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. SEC 1474 (09-02) Page 2 of 3
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- (Month/ (Month/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Day/Year) Day/Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Put option Note 1 2/5/03 2/6/03 J/K(1) 1 5/5/04 5/5/04 Common 300,000 Note 1 1 D (right to Stock sell) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Robert V. LaPenta Attachment to Form 4 L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. February 6, 2003 Note 1 The Reporting Person entered into a hedging arrangement termed a "variable prepaid forward agreement" with a securities broker effective as of February 5, 2003 and relating to 300,000 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Shares"). The arrangement is reflected in Table II as the acquisition of a put option. Following the scheduled expiration date of May 5, 2004, the number of Shares deliverable upon exercise of the put may vary, reflecting a minimum price of $43.1533 per share and a maximum price of $51.7840 per share for the Shares, in each case subject to adjustment for dividends received and other events. Page 3 of 3