FORM 4 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting 2. Issuer Name and 3. IRS or Social 4. Statement 5. If Amendment, Person Ticker or Trading Security for Date of Symbol Number of Month/Year Original Reporting Person (Month/Year) (Voluntary) Miller, Kenneth V. BIOMET, INC. 367-48-7463 01-20-2003 BMET 3503 Greenleaf Blvd. Kalamazoo, MI 49008 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) _Director _10% Owner _Officer (give title below) _Other (specify below) X 7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting [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 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities aquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature of Indirect Security action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Ship Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 3) Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: (Instr. 4) (Instr. Owned at Direct (Month/ 8) (A) End of Month (D) or Day/ or (Instr. 3 Indirect Year) Code V Amount (D) Price and 4) (I) Common Stock 01-17-2003 G 327 A 14,495 D (a) Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertable securities) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Title of Con- Trans- Trans- Number of Date exer- Title and Amount Price Number Owner- Nature Derivative version action action Derivative cisable and of Underlying of of Ship of Security or Date Code Securities Expiration Securities Deriv- Deriv- Form Indirect (Instr. 3) Exercise (Instr. Acquired (A) Date (Instr. 3 and 4) ative ative of Bene- Price of 8) or Disposed (Month/ Secu- Secu- Deriv- ficial Deriv- of (D) Day/Year) rity rities ative Owner- ative (Instr. 3, (Instr. Bene- Secu- ship Security 4 and 5) 5) fically rity: (Instr. Owned Direct 4) at end (D) or ( Amount of Indi- Month/ C Date Expi- or Month rect Day/ O Exer- ra- Number (Instr. (I) Year D cis- tion of 4) (Instr. ) E V (A) (D) able Date Title Shares 4) Stock Option $29.02 01-17 G 2,000 01-17 01-16 Common Stock 2,000 7,000 D -2003 -2003 -2006 Explanation of responses: a. Represents the grant of restricted shares as one-half of this non-employee director's compensation for service on the Company's board of directors. These shares are not freely transferrable and may not be sold by the non-employee director until such time as he or she no longer serves on the Company's board of directors. Signature of Reporting Person: /s/Kenneth V. Miller -------------------------------------------------- Kenneth V. Miller