U.S. 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 box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Buckley Timothy
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Red Hat, Inc., 1801 Varsity Drive
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(Street)
Raleigh North Carolina 27606
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Red Hat, Inc. (RHAT)
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
September 26 - 27, 2002
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[_] Director [_] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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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 Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
2A. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
2. Deemed Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction Execution (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date Date, if any, ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, $.0001 9/26/02 9/26/02 S 3,000 D $4.8197 D (1)(2)
par value per share
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Common Stock, $.0001 9/27/02 9/27/02 S 3,000 D $4.8452 357,300 D (1)(2)
par value per share
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
(Over)
(Form 4-07/99)
FORM 4 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
of Form
2. Deriv- 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- 3A. 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Deemed Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- Execution action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Date, if Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date any (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Reflects shares held in a joint account in the name of
Timothy J. Buckley and Frances A. Buckley. The
Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of
all such shares, except to the extent of his
pecuniary interest therein.
(2) All Red Hat stock sales reported herein
were effected pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 trading
plan, which was effective December 21, 2001.
/s/Timothy Buckley September 30, 2002
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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 provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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