UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 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 OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response. . . . 0.5 ____ Check 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: Drewanz, John H. 23 Hudson Street Annapolis, MD 21401 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol: Sonex Research, Inc. (SONX) 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary): 4. Statement date: November 20, 2002 5. If Amendment, date of original: 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable): _X_ Director ___ 10% Owner ___ Officer(give title below) ___ Other(specify) 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, & Beneficially Owned 1. Title of Security 2. Transaction Date 3. Transaction Code 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) 5. Total Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership 1. 2. 3. 4. 4. 4. 5. 6. 7. Title Date Code Amount A/D Price Total Owned Form Nature ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common 800,000 D Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts calls warrants options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date 4. Transaction Code ** 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date 7. Title and Amount or Number of Underlying Securities 8. Price of Derivative Security 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned 10.Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) 11.Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Title Price Date Code** Date Date A/D Number Exercisable Expires -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Underlying Securities Derivative Securities Title Amount/No. Price # Owned Form Nature ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Option (right to buy) $.25 (1) J A 100,000 (1) 11/17/12 Common Stock 100,000 25,000 D Option (right to buy) $.25 (2) 12/19/11 Common Stock 100,000 25,000 D Option (right to buy) $.25 current 9/30/11 Common Stock 25,000 25,000 D Option (right to buy) $.25 current 9/30/11 Common Stock 50,000 50,000 D Warrant (right to buy) $.50 current 3/29/06 Common Stock 75,000 75,000 D Total of underlying securities 200,000 ** Transaction codes used: J - grant of option Explanation of Responses: 1) Ten-year option exercisable 25% as of January 1, 2003 and 25% on January 1, 2004, 2005 and 2006. 2) Ten-year option exercisable 25% as of the 12/20/01 date of grant and 25% on each subsequent anniversary of the date of grant. /s/ John H. Drewanz 11/20/02 ------------------------------------ ------------- **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).