UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(s) Pottle, Jonathon Roy 1800 West Park Drive Suite 250 Westborough, MA 01581 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Arch Wireless, Inc. (AWIN) 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 05/02 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner [X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) Exec. Vice 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Security 2)Trans- 3.Trans- 4.Securities Acquired(A) 5)Amount of 6) 7)Nature of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Indirect Date Code A Beneficially D Beneficial (Month/ or Owned at or Ownership Day/Year) Code V Amount D Price End of Month I ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 05/29/02 A (1) 118,215 A 118,215 D Direct Table II (PART 1) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1 through 6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Derivative 2)Conversion 3)Trans- 4)Trans- 5)Number of Derivative 6)Date Exercisable and Security or Exercise action action Securities Acquired (A) Expiration Date Price of Date Code or Disposed of (D) Derivative Security Code V A D Exercisable Expiration ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Incentive Stock Option (right $7.8282 05/29/02 J (2) 37,249 06/03/09 to buy) Incentive Stock Option (right $10.6875 05/29/02 J (2) 28,857 02/17/08 to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option $0.9688 05/29/02 J (2) 102,000 12/13/10 (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option $6.0625 05/29/02 J (2) 350,000 05/16/10 (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option $7.8282 05/29/02 J (2) 29,419 06/03/09 (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option $10.6875 05/29/02 J (2) 1,144 02/17/08 (right to buy) Table II (PART 2) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1,3 and 7 through 11) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Derivative 3)Trans- 7)Title and Amount 8)Price 9)Number of 10) 11)Nature of Security action of Underlying of Deri- Derivative Indirect Date Securities vative Securities D Beneficial Amount or Security Beneficially or Ownership Number of Owned at I - Title Shares End of Month ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Incentive Stock Option (right 05/29/02 Common Stock 37,249 0 D Direct to buy) Incentive Stock Option (right 05/29/02 Common Stock 28,857 0 D Direct to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option 05/29/02 Common Stock 102,000 0 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option 05/29/02 Common Stock 350,000 0 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option 05/29/02 Common Stock 29,419 0 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option 05/29/02 Common Stock 1,144 0 D Direct (right to buy)Explanation of Responses: (1) Issued as of May 29, 2002 pursuant to the First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Arch Wireless, Inc. and its wholly owned, do mestic subsidiaries, which was confirmed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts, Western Division, on May 15, 2002. (2) Cancelled as of May 29, 2002 pursuant to the First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Arch Wireless, Inc. and its wholly owned, domestic subsidiaries, which was confirmed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District fo Massachusetts, Western Divisio n, on May 15, 2002. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /S/ Pottle, Jonathon Roy DATE 06/07/02