1 -------------------------- OMB APPROVAL -------------------------- ------ OMB Number: 3235-0362 FORM 5 Expires: December 31, 2001 ------ Estimated average burden hours per response.... 1.0 -------------------------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP [ ] CHECK BOX IF NO LONGER SUBJECT TO SECTION 16. FORM 4 OR FORM 5 OBLIGATIONS MAY CONTINUE. SEE Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities INSTRUCTION 1(b). Exchange Act of 1934, [ ] FORM 3 HOLDINGS Section 17(a) of the Public Utility REPORTED Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of [ ] FORM 4 the Investment Company Act TRANSACTIONS of 1940 REPORTED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Schaeffer Peter NEON Systems, Inc. (NESY) Issuer (Check all applicable) ------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- X Director 10% Owner (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 4. Statement for ---- --- Number of Reporting Month/Year Officer (give Other (specify 14100 Southwest Frwy, Suite 500 Person (Voluntary) Fiscal year ended ---- title --- below) ------------------------------------------- 3/31/01 below) (Street) -------------------- ------------------- 5. If Amendment, Sugar Land TX 77478 Date of Original ------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- Month/Year) (City) (State) (Zip) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting ------------------ (Check applicable line) X Form Filed by one ---- Reporting Person Form Filed by More than ---- One Reporting Person ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Transac- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of Se- 6. Owner- 7. Nature (Instr. 3) action tion or Disposed of (D) curities Benefi- ship of In- Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) cially Owned at Form: direct (Month/ (Instr. end of Issuer's Direct Benefi- Day/ 8) Fiscal Year (D) or cial Year) ---------------------------- (Instr. 3 and 4) Indirect Owner- Amount (A) or Price (I) ship (D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). (Over) SEC 2270 (3-99) POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.

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