UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 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 this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). ================================================================================ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WITTEVEEN RAOUL J. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O INTERPOOL, INC. 211 COLLEGE ROAD EAST, 3RD FLR. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) PRINCETON NEW JERSEY 08540 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ================================================================================ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Interpool, Inc. (IPX) ================================================================================ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) ================================================================================ 4. Statement for Month/Year September 2002 ================================================================================ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ================================================================================ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) |X| Director |X| 10% Owner |X| Officer (give title below) |_| Other (specify below) President and COO ================================================================================ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) |X| Form filed by One Reporting Person |_| Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ================================================================================ * If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). ================================================================================ 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 09/27/02 P 70 A 12.21 I [1,2] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 09/27/02 P 1,690 A 12.15 104,699 I [1,2] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3,467,730 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (1) Stock acquired by Kingstone capital Group LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company in which the reporting person holds a 17.605% interest. (2) Aggregate indirect beneficial interest in 104,699 shares includes 1,500 shares owned by the reporting person's wife, and 101,210 shares held by The WSW Exchange Fund and 1,989 shares held by Kingstone Capital Group LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company in which the reporting person holds a 17.605% interest. Explanation of Responses: ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Page 1 of 2 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. /s/ Raoul J. Witteveen 9/27/2002 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- ** Signature of Reporting Person Date Page 2 of 2