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U.S. 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
[ ] Check box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Bartels William H.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o SPAR Group, Inc.
580 White Plains Road
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(Street)
Tarrytown New York 10591
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SPAR Group, Inc. ("SGRP")
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Day/Year
April 30, 2003
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[X] Director [X] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
Vice Chairman
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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 Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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6.
4. 5. Owner-
2A. Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
Deemed 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
Execution Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
2. Date, if Code -------------------------- Owned Follow- (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction any (Instr. 8) (A) ing Reported Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date (mm/dd/yy) ----------- Amount or Price Transactions (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) (Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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I (2)
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Common Stock,
$.01 par value 04/29/03 P 1,000 A $3.50 I (2)
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Common Stock,
$.01 par value 04/30/03 P 1,000 A $3.50 I (2)
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Common Stock,
$.01 par value 5,227,406(1) D
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Common Stock,
$.01 par value 18,000 I (2)
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
of Form
2. 6. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. Date 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Exercisable Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative and of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- 4. Securities Expiration Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. 3A. Trans- Acquired (A) (Month/Day/Year) (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- Deemed action or Disposed ---------------- ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Execution Code of(D) Amount ative Following In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date Date, if (Instr. (Instr. 3, or Secur- Trans- direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ any 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity actions (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ (Month/Day ------ ----------- Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Option to $1.30 (3) 8/2/11 Common
buy Common Stock, 58,999
Stock $.01 par (4) D
value
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Option to $1.30 (5) 8/2/11 Common,
buy Common Stock, 153,846 D
Stock $.01 par
value
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Option to $1.43 (6) 8/2/11 Common
buy Common Stock,
Stock $.01 par 82,150 D
value
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Option to Common
buy Common Stock,
Stock $.01 par 294,995 D
value
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
Explanation of Responses:
(1) Includes 250,000 shares owned by Stella Bartels.
(2) Owned as beneficiary under WHB Services, Inc. Defined Benefit Trust.
(3) Vests as to 58,999 shares on August 2, 2003.
(4) 235,996 option shares were granted on August 2, 2001; 176,997 shares
have vested and been exercised.
(5) Shares become immediately vested and exercisable when the market value
of shares is $10.00.
(6) Shares are eligible to vest in five equal vesting periods through each of
December 31, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. For each period, Twenty
percent of the options may become vested and exercisable if the fair
market value of the shares equals at least $10.00 at some time such during
period. On January 1, 2006 through August 2, 2006, all options which did
not vest during the earlier vesting periods will become immediately
exercisable if the fair market value of the shares, at any time during
this seven month period equals no less than $10.00.
/s/ William H. Bartels 05/01/03
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
[TYPE NAME OF REPORTING PERSON HERE]
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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