FORM 3
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OMB APPROVAL
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OMB Number 3235-0104
Expires: October 31, 2001
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Rice Frederick A.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o The Nauset Group, Inc.
126 Valley Road
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(Street)
Glen Rock NJ 07452
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
November 1, 2001
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
OptiCare Health Systems, Inc. (OPT)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(check all applicable)
[x] Director
[ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below)
[ ] Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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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 BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instruction 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or
Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly
* If the Form is filed by more than one reporting person, see
Instruction 5(b)(v).
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TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of
Security (Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security sion or ship Indirect
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Form of Beneficial
Date ----------------------------------- Price of Deriv- Ownership
(Month/Day/Year) Deriv- ative (Instr. 5)
--------------------- Amount ative Security:
or Security Direct
Date Expira- Title Number (D)
Exer- tion of Indirect
cisable Date Shares (I)
(Instr. 5)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the Form is filed by more than one reporting person, See
Instruction 5(b)(v).
/s/ Frederick A. Rice February 1, 2002
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** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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