4 1 owens_form4-2002may.txt STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP =============================================================================== FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL Washington, D.C. 20549 OMB Number: 3235-0287 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Expires: January 31, 2003 Estimated average burden [X] hours per response . . 0.5 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 Filed pursuant to Section 16(a)of the obligations may continue. See Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Instruction 1(b). Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or (Print or Type Responses) Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |=============================|========================================|=========================================| |1. Name and Address of | 2. Issuer Name and Ticker | 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) | | Reporting Person* | or Trading Symbol | to Issuer (Check all applicable) | | | | | | | American Fire Retardant Corp. AFRC | Director 10% Owner | | Owens, Stephen F. | | --- --- | |-----------------------------|========================================| | |(Last) (First) (Middle)| 3. | 4. Statement | X Officer (give Other (specify | | | I.R.S.Identification | for Month/ | --- title below) --- below) | | | Number of Reporting | Year | | | 1951 Tavern Road | Person, if an entity | | President | |-----------------------------| (voluntary) | MAY / 2002 | --------------- -------------- | | (Street) | | | | | | |=================|=========================================| | | | 5. If Amendment,| 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing | | Alpine, CA 91901 | | Date of Original| | |-----------------------------| | (Month/Year) | X Form filed by One Reporting Person | | (City) (State) (Zip) | | | --- | | | | | Form filed by More than One | | | | | --- Reporting Person | |=============================|======================|=================|=========================================| | | | | |Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially owned | |================================================================================================================|

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|==================================================================================================================================| | Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | | (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |==========|==========|========|=======|===========|===========|==============|========|==========|==================|=============| |1. |2. |3. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. | |Title of |Conversion|Trans- |Trans- |Number of |Date |Title and |Price |Number of |Ownership Form of |Nature of | |Derivative|or |action |action |Derivative |Exercise- |Amount |of |Derivative|Derivative |Indirect | |Security |Exercise |Date |Code |Securities |able and |of |Deriv- |Securities|Securities |Beneficial | |(Instr.3) |Price | | |Acquired |Expiration |Underlying |ative |Benefic- |Beneficially Owned|Ownership | | |of |(Month/ |(Instr |(A) or |Date |Securi- |Security|ially |at End of Month | | | |Derivative|Day/ | 8) |Disposed |(Month/Day/|ties |(Instr. |Owned at |(Instr. 4) |(Instr. 4) | | |Security |Year) | |of (D) |Year) | |5) |End of | | | | | | | |(Instr. 3, | | | |Month | | | | | | | |4 and 5) | | | |(Instr. 4)| | | |==========|==========|======= |====|==|=======|===|====|======|=======|======|========|==========|==================|=============| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |==========|==========|========|====|==|=======|===|====|======|=======|======|========|==========|==================|=============| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |==========|==========|========|====|==|=======|===|====|======|=======|======|========|==========|==================|=============| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |==========|==========|========|====|==|=======|===|====|======|=======|======|========|==========|==================|=============|

Explanation of Responses: /s/ Stephen F. Owens 6 June 2002 ------------------------------- ---------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Stephen F. Owens 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 4(b)(v). ** 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 3

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