4 1 NYSE0001196737 p@hoj7ds Director Jabil Circuit, Inc. 000089829338-188-6260 10/17/02 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(s) Lavitt, Mel S. 10560 Ninth Street North St. Petersburg, FL 33716 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Jabil Circuit, Inc. (JBL) 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 10/17/2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) 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) 7)Nature of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Indirect Date Code A Beneficially D Beneficial (Month/ or Owned at or Ownership Day/Year) Code V Amount D Price End of Month I ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table II (PART 1) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1 through 6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Derivative 2)Conversion 3)Trans- 4)Trans- 5)Number of Derivative 6)Date Exercisable and Security or Exercise action action Securities Acquired (A) Expiration Date Price of Date Code or Disposed of (D) Derivative Security Code V A D Exercisable Expiration ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Non-Qualified Stock Option $12.9500 10/17/02 A 7,000 (1) 10/17/12 (right to buy) Table II (PART 2) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1,3 and 7 through 11) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Derivative 3)Trans- 7)Title and Amount 8)Price 9)Number of 10) 11)Nature of Security action of Underlying of Deri- Derivative Indirect Date Securities vative Securities D Beneficial Amount or Security Beneficially or Ownership Number of Owned at I - Title Shares End of Month ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Non-Qualified Stock Option 10/17/02 Common Stock 7,000 7,000 D Direct (right to buy) Explanation of Responses: (1) Options shall vest at the rate of 12% of the shares upon the expiration of six (6) months after the Vesting Commencement Date (10/17 /02) and 2% of the shares at the end of each month thereafter provided that the optionee is an employee of, or consultant (as define d in the relevant stock incentive plan) to, the Company or a subsidiary. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /S/ By: Robert L. Paver, Attorney-in-Fact For: Mel S. Lavitt DATE 10/21/02