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(I) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |_| Check this box if no longer Subject to Section 16, Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction I(lr). ================================================================================ 1. NAME and ADDRESS of Reporting Person Serenbetz Warren L. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o Interpool, Inc. 211 College Road East -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Princeton New Jersey 08540 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ================================================================================ 2. ISSUER NAME and Ticker or Trading Symbol Interpool, Inc. (IPX) ================================================================================ 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) ================================================================================ 4. Statement for Month/Year July 2002 ================================================================================ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ================================================================================ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) |X| Director |X| 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 ================================================================================ 6. 4. 5. Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7. Transaction (INSTR. 3, 4 AND 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2. Code ---------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 07/31/2002 X 232,000 D 3,054,374 I (1,2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) On July 31, 2002 Hickory Enterprises, L.P., a New Jersey limited partnership in which the reporting person holds a 38.7% non voting interest, fully redeemed its interest upon the maturation of the 1997 Goldman Sachs Exchange Fund to which it had deposited 232,000 shares of Interpool, Inc. common stock. (2) Aggregate indirect beneficial interest in 3,054,374 shares includes 1,134,584 shares owned by family members, 1,737,409 shares owned by Hickory Enterprises, L.P. a limited partnership in which the reporting person holds a 38.7% non voting interests, and 182,381 shares held by Radcliff Group, Inc., a Delaware Corporation of which the reporting person is president. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 9. 10. Number Owner- of ship 2. Deriv- Form of Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: ** Intentional misstatement or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). /s/ Warren L. Serenbetz 08/02/2002 --------------------------------------------- ---------- Signature of Reporting Person Date Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.