U.S. 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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
[_] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Tella William C.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
150 Motor Parkway
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(Street)
Hauppauge, NY 11788
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(City) (State) (Zip)
Curative Health Services, Inc. (Cure)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
January 2002
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4. Statement for Month/Year
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [_] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
Sr. VP of Business Development
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[X] Form filed by one Reporting Person
[_] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock 1/25/02 M 4,800 A 4.75 23,541 D
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Common Stock 1/25/02 M 4,800 A 4.875 28,341 D
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Common Stock 1/25/02 M 24,996 A 6.50 53,337 D
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Common Stock 1/25/02 M 1,600 A 6.75 54,937 D
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Common Stock 1/25/02 M 4,583 A 11.50 59,520 D
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Common Stock 1/25/02 M 8,000 A 6.375 67,520 D
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Common Stock 1/25/02 M 11,666 A 6.125 79,186 D
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Common Stock 1/25/02 M 30,000 A 5.406 109,186 D
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Common Stock 1/25/02 M 10,002 A 5.563 119,188 D
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Response) (Over)
FORM 4 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
of Form
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Incentive Common
Stock Options 4.75 1/25/02 M 4,800 1/25/02 5/26/03 Stock 4,800 4.75 - D
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Incentive Common
Stock Options 4.875 1/25/02 M 4,800 1/25/02 2/17/04 Stock 4,800 4.875 - D
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Incentive Common
Stock Options 6.50 1/25/02 M 24,996 1/25/02 5/26/09 Stock 30,000 6.50 5,004 D
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Incentive Common
Stock Options 6.75 1/25/02 M 1,600 1/25/02 8/11/02 Stock 1,600 6.75 - D
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Incentive Common
Stock Options 11.50 1/25/02 M 4,583 1/25/02 3/9/09 Stock 5,000 11.50 417 D
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Incentive Common
Stock Options 6.375 1/25/02 M 8,000 1/25/02 6/5/05 Stock 8,000 6.375 - D
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Incentive Common
Stock Options 6.125 1/25/02 M 11,666 1/25/02 2/22/10 Stock 20,000 6.125 8,334 D
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Incentive Common
Stock Options 5.406 1/25/02 M 30,000 1/25/02 5/31/10 Stock 60,000 5.406 30,000 D
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Incentive Common
Stock Options 5.563 1/25/02 M 10,002 1/25/02 12/22/10 Stock 30,000 5.563 19,998 D
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ John C. Prior February 11, 2002
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John C. Prior Date
(Attorney in Fact)
**Signature of Reporting Person
** 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 provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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