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). ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Waveland International, Ltd. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 227 West Monroe, Suite 4800 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Chicago Illinois 60606 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Heartland Partners, L.P. (AMEX:HTL) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Year November 2001 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [X] 10% Owner [_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [_] Form filed by one Reporting Person [X] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person ________________________________________________________________________________ Page 1 of 4 ================================================================================ 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~~Class ~~Stock~~A Limited Partnership Units 11/801/01 SJ V1/ 8290,~~600~~787 D $018.63151 2/ D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~Common~~Class ~~Stock~~A Limited Partnership Units 11/901/01 SJ V171,201 15A 171,~~400~~201 3/ D ~~$0.55~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~Common~~Class ~~Stock~~A Limited Partnership Units 11/1301/01 S400 V4/ ~~19,000~~I DSee ~~$0.50~~FN4 ~~1,322,000* D~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class A Limited Partnership Units 11/01/01 J 119,586 A 119,586 5/ D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== ---------------------- 1/ Internal transfer among related entities (see footnote 2). 2/ Waveland International, Ltd. ("WIL") formerly held 308,938 Units of which in transferred 171,201 Units to Waveland Partners, L.P. ("WPLP") and 119,586 Units to Waveland Partners, Ltd. ("WPLD"). The Reporting Persons are related entities and may therefore be deemed to have an indirect ownership interest (pecuniary) in such Units. 3/ WPLP acquired 171,201 Units from WIL via internal transfer of which WPLP, Waveland Capital Management L.P. ("WCMLP") and Clincher Capital Corporation ("CCC") have beneficial ownership interest. However, the other Reporting Persons may be deemed to have an indirect beneficial ownership interest (pecuniary) in such Units. 4/ Units are held in an account for which WCMLP serves as the investment advisor. Thus, WCMLP and CCC, its general partner, may be deemed to have an indirect beneficial ownership interest in such Units. 4/ WPLD acquired 119,586 Units from WIL via internal transfer of which WPLD and Waveland Capital Management, LLC have beneficial ownership interest. However, the other Reporting Persons may be deemed to have an indirect beneficial ownership interest (pecuniary) in such Units.

* 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 Response) (Over) Page 2 of 4 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================

Explanation of Responses: WAVELAND INTERNATIONAL, LTD. /s/ David S. Richter, President December 10, 2001 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **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. Page 3 of 4 ATTACHMENT Pursuant to Rules 16a-1(a)(3) and 16a-3(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and General Instruction 4(b)(v) of Form 4, the undersigned hereby execute this attachment as joint filers with respect to the foregoing Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (Statement for November 2001) regarding certain Class A Limited Partnership Units of Hearland Partners, L.P. (AMEX:HTL): WAVELAND INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 227 West Monroe, Suite 4800 Chicago, Illinois 60606 By: /s/ David S. Richter ----------------------------- David S. Richter, Director WAVELAND PARTNERS, L.P. 227 West Monroe, Suite 4800 Chicago, Illinois 60606 By: Waveland Capital Management, L.P. Its: General Partner By: Clincher Capital Corporation Its: General Partner By: /s/ David S. Richter ---------------------------- David S. Richter, President WAVELAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. 227 West Monroe, Suite 4800 Chicago, Illinois 60606 By: Clincher Capital Corporation Its: General Partner By: /s/ David S. Richter ---------------------------- David S. Richter, President CLINCHER CAPITAL CORPORATION 227 West Monroe, Suite 4800 Chicago, Illinois 60606 By: /s/ David S. Richter ----------------------------- David S. Richter, President WAVELAND PARTNERS, LTD. 227 West Monroe, Suite 4800 Chicago, Illinois 60606 By: /s/ David S. Richter --------------------------- David S. Richter, Director WAVELAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 227 West Monroe, Suite 4800 Chicago, Illinois 60606 By: /s/ David S. Richter -------------------------- David S. Richter, Manager Page 4 of 4

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