UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 5
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
[ ] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.
[ ] Form 3 Holdings Reported
[ ] Form 4 Transactions Reported
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(s)
Kuzia, Paul H
1800 West Park Drive
Suite 250
Westborough, MA 01581
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Arch Wireless, Inc. (ARCH)
3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
12/00
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 Pres. Tech & Reg Aff
Technology & Regulatory Affair
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
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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 Amount D Price End of Year I
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Table II (PART 1) Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1 through 6)
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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 A D Exercisable Expiration
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Non-Qualified Stock Option $0.9688 12/13/00 A 59,000 (1) 12/13/10
(right to buy)
Non-Qualified Stock Option $6.0625 05/16/00 A 253,089 (1) 05/16/10
(right to buy)
Incentive Stock Option (right $6.0625 05/16/00 A 10,211 (1) 05/16/10
to buy)
Table II (PART 2) Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1,3 and 7 through 11)
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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 Year
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Non-Qualified Stock Option 12/13/00 Common Stock 59,000 59,000 D Direct
(right to buy)
Non-Qualified Stock Option 05/16/00 Common Stock 253,089 253,089 D Direct
(right to buy)
Incentive Stock Option (right 05/16/00 Common Stock 10,211 10,211 D Direct
to buy)
Explanation of Responses:
(1)
Each option will become exercisable at the rate of 25% of the shares subject to the option on each of the first four anniversaries o
f the date of grant.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/S/ Kuzia, Paul H
DATE 01/04/01