5 1 nasdaq0001193867 Director Southwall Technologies Inc. 000081361994-2551470 12/31/02 5 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 5 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP [ ] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. [ ] Form 3 Holdings Reported [ ] Form 4 Transactions Reported 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(s) ALEXANDER, BRUCE J. 1029 Corporation Way P.O. Box 10052 Palo Alto, CA 94303 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Southwall Technologies Inc. (SWTX) 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 12/02 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) Director 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 Amount D Price End of Year I ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table II (PART 1) Derivative Securitites 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 A D Exercisable Expiration ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Non-Qualified Stock Option $2.670000 02/27/02 A 594 (1) (2) 02/27/12 (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option $8.000000 02/27/02 A 7,000 (1) (3) 02/27/09 (right to buy) Table II (PART 2) Derivative Securitites 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 Year ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Non-Qualified Stock Option 02/27/02 Common Stock 594 594 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option 02/27/02 Common Stock 7,000 7,000 D Direct (right to buy) Explanation of Responses: (1) This option was granted pursuant to Southwall Technologies Corporation's stock incentive plan and is exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3. (2) This option becomes exercisable, in which 50% of the shares becomes exercisable after six months, with 6 equal monthly installments thereafter, commencing on the date of the grant. (3) This option becomes exercisable in four equal, annual installments, commencing one year after the date of grant. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /S/ By: John Lipscomb For: Bruce Alexander DATE 02/04/03