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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Littlechild John
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
10115 Kincey Avenue, Suite 250
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(Street)
Huntersville, N.C. 28078
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/02/03
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Orthofix International N.V. ("OFIX")
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
|X| Director |_| 10% Owner
| | Officer (give title below) |_| Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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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 Beneficially Owned
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3. Ownership Form:
2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or
1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock 20,861 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form
are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid
OMD control number.
(OVER)
SEC 1473 (7-02)
FORM 3 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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5. Owner-
3. Title and Amount of Securities ship
Underlying Derivative Security Form of
2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative
and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security:
(Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of
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Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Stock Option (right
to buy) (1) 3/31/03 Common Stock 50,000 $14.40 D
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Stock Option (right
to buy) (1) 6/30/04 Common Stock 10,000 $14.40 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The option is currently exercisable.
/s/ John Littlechild 1/10/03
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** 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 is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
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