------ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ------------------------------ FORM 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL ------ ------------------------------ STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OMB Number: 3235-0287 [ ] Check this box if no Expires: December 31, 2001 longer subject to Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Estimated average burden Section 16. Form 4 Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the hours per response.........0.5 or Form 5 obligations Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ------------------------------ may continue. See or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Instruction 1(b). Act of 1940 (Print or Type Responses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) PASQUALE DOUGLAS M. ARV ASSISTED LIVING, INC. (SRS) to Issuer (check all applicable) -------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- X Director 10% Owner (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS Identification 4. Statement for ---- --- 245 FISCHER AVENUE, SUITE D-1 Number of Reporting Month/Year X Officer Other (specify -------------------------------------------- Person, if an entity OCTOBER, 2001 ---- --- below) (Street) (Voluntary) ------------------- (give title below) COSTA MESA CALIFORNIA 92626 5. If Amendment, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER -------------------------------------------- Date of Original ------------------------------------ (City) (State) (Zip) (Month/Year) 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. Ownership 7. Nature of (Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Form: Indirect Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Beneficial (Instr. 8) Owned at (D) or Ownership (Month/ End of Month Indirect (Instr. 4) Day/ --------------------------------------- (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) Year) Code V Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 4) (D) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK 10/24/01 P 2,000 A $1.23 99,500 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK 10/25/00 P 200 A $1.35 99,500 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK 10/29/01 P 2,800 A $1.23 99,500 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK 10,500 I BY IRA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 4(b)(v). (Over) SEC 1474 (3-99) FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price Security sion or action action Derivative cisable and of Underlying of (Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Securities Expiration Securities Deriv- Price of (Month/ (Instr. Acquired (A) Date (Instr. 3 and 4) ative Deriv- Day/ 8) or Disposed (Month/Day/ Secur- ative Year) of (D) (Instr. Year) ity Security 3, 4, and 5) (Instr. 5) ----------------------------------- Date Expira- Amount or -------------------------- Exer- tion Title Number of Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION COMMON (RIGHT TO BUY) D(1) STOCK 150,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of Derivative Form of Indirect Securities Derivative Beneficial Beneficially Security: Ownership Owned at End Direct (D) (Instr. 4) of Month or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 900,000 D -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: (1) OPTION GRANTED ON JUNE 1, 1998 FOR 35,936 SHARES AT A STRIKE PRICE OF $11.13 WAS SURRENDERED VOLUNTARILY TO THE COMPANY. OPTION GRANTED ON JUNE 1, 1998 FOR 114,064 SHARES AT A STRIKE PRICE OF $11.13 WAS SURRENDERED VOLUNTARILY TO THE COMPANY. **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/ DOUGLAS M. PASQUALE NOVEMBER 12, 2001 Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------------ ------------------ **Signature of Reporting Person Date Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. Douglas M. Pasquale If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.