------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------ OMB Number 3235-0287 Expires: April 30, 1997 Estimated average burden hours per response ....... 0.5 ------------------------------ U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 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 OPTIMAL ROBOTICS CORP. (THE "COMPANY") IS A FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER. CONSEQUENTLY, THE COMPANY'S SECURITIES ARE EXEMPT FROM SECTION 16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 PURSUANT TO RULE 3a12-3(b) PROMULGATED THEREUNDER. THE FILING OF THIS FORM IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF THAT EXEMPTION BY EITHER THE COMPANY OR THE SIGNATORY OF THIS FORM [_] 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 Wechsler Neil S. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o Optimal Robotics Corp. 4700 de la Savane -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Montreal, Quebec Canada H4P 1T7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Optimal Robotics Corp. OPMR ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Year May 2001 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [_] 10% Owner [X] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) Co-Chairman, Chief Executive Officer ________________________________________________________________________________ ================================================================================ 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. 2. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2.Transaction Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect 1. ~~Transaction~~Date (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial Title of Security ~~Date~~Month/ ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) ~~(mm~~Day/~~dd/yy)~~Year Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class "A" Shares 45/272/01 S 23,000 D $32.1573 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class "A" Shares 5/2/01 S 36,000 D $3132.078979 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class "A" Shares 5/3/01 S 7,300 D $32.6526 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class "A" Shares 5/4/01 S 15,700 D $31.5156 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class "A" Shares 5/7/01 S 18,000 D $30.9056 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class "A" Shares 5/10/01 M V 585,000 A $ 53.~~5625~~00 -0- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class "A" Shares 5/10/01 S 17,700 D $31.3040 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class "A" Shares 5/11/01 S 6,700 D $31.0882 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class "A" Shares 5/14/01 S 3,300 D $30.9900 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class "A" Shares 5/15/01 S 5,500 D $30.9500 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class "A" Shares 5/16/01 S 37,000 D $30.1448 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class "A" Shares 5/17/01 S 3,400 D $30.1691 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class "A" Shares 5/22/01 S 8,100 D $30.0693 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class "A" Shares 5/29/01 M V 15,000 A $3.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class "A" Shares 5/31/01 S 18,300 D $30.0036 72,750 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Responses) (Over) SEC 1474(8-92) FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================

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- 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Incentive Stock $53.~~5625~~00 45/3010/01 M V 585,000 2D 5/45/0099 25/45/0302 Class "A" 585,000 ~~N/A 50,000 D~~ Options to Shares purchase Class "A" Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~Incentive ~~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~Stock ~~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~$3.00 ~~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~5/29/01 ~~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~M ~~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~V ~~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~15,000 ~~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~D 5/5/99 5/5/02 Class "A" 15,000 534,000 D Options to Shares purchase Class "A" Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================

Explanation of Responses: /s/ Neil S. Wechsler 6/8/01 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Neil S. Wechsler ** 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. Page 2 SEC 1474 (8-92)

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