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). ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Mendelson Eric A. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 825 Brickell Bay Drive, 16th Floor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Miami Florida 33131 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Heico Corporation "HEI" and "HEI.A" ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) 066-42-0756 ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Year 03/28/2003 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [ ] 10% Owner [X] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) Executive Vice President ________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ================================================================================ 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 03/28/03(1) T 131(1) D $10.28(1) 18,571(1) I 401(k) Plan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class A Common Stock 03/28/03(1) T 39(1) D $6.60(1) 14,742(1) I 401(k) Plan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 1,592 D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class A Common Stock 1,291 D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 850 I (2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class A Common Stock 628 I (2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 82,360 I By EAM Mgt L.P. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 157,282 I By Mendelson Int'l Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class A Common Stock 119,713 I By Mendelson Int'l Corp. ==================================================================================================================================== * 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) Page 1 0f 2 FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock $8.67 3/17/03 A 117,500 (3) 3/17/13 Common 117,500 -- 117,500(4) D Option (Right to Buy) Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock $6.16 3/17/03 A 7,500 (3) 3/17/13 Class A 7,500 -- 7,500(4) D Option (Right to Buy) Common Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: (1) These shares were forfeited from the Reporting Person's account in the HEICO Corporation 401(k) Plan (the Plan) as a result of the Plan's annual ADP/ACP tests of voluntary and matching contribution limits determined pursuant to ERISA requirements and as reported to the Reporting Person on his participant's statement received from the Plan on March 28, 2003. (2) Amount of Securities beneficially owned represents shares held by the Reporting Person as custodian for minor children. (3) Options become exercisable 20% per year over five years from date of grant. (4) In addition to these options, the Reporting Person owns directly options entitling the Reporting Person to purchase an aggregate of 383,933 shares of Common Stock and 157,162 shares of Class A Common Stock. These options become exercisable on various dates and have various expiration dates. /s/ Eric A. Mendelson 03/28/2003 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date ** 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. Page 2 of 2