/------------------------------/ / OMB APPROVAL / /------------------------------/ / OMB Number: 3235-0362 / / Expires: October 31, 2001 / / Estimated average burden / / hours per response...... 1.0 / /------------------------------/ ---------------------- UNITED STATES FORM 5 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ---------------------- Washington, D.C. 20549 [_] Check box if no longer subject ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities obligations may Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the continue. See Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Instruction 1(b). Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [_] Form 3 Holdings Reported [_] Form 4 Transactions Reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Wheeler Kurt C. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 601 Gateway Blvd. Suite 360 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) South San Francisco CA 94080 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VidaMed, Inc. (VIDA) ----------------------------------- 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) -------------- 4. Statement for Month/Year 2001 --------------------------------------------------- 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) -------------------------------- 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [_] Officer (give [_] 10% Owner [_] Other title below) (specify below) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

+--------+ ---------------------------- ~~| FORM 5 | U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL +~~--------~~+ WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549~~ ---------------------------- ~~[_] Check box if OMB Number: 3235~~-0362 no longer subject ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Expires: September 30, 1998 to Section 16. Estimated average burden Form 4 or Form 5 Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities hours per response...... 1.0 obligations may Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the ---------------------------- ~~continue. See Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Instruction 1(b). Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [_] Form 3 Holdings Reported [_] Form 4 Transactions Reported~~ -------------------------------~~-------------------------------------------------~~ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Howe John F. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 46107 Landing Parkway ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Fremont CA 94538 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VidaMed, Inc. (VIDA) ----------------------------------- 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Statement for Month/Year 2000 --------------------------------------------------- 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) -------------------------------- 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [ ] Director [X] Officer [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Other (give title below) (specify below) Vice President Finance & Chief Financial Officer ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-~~Transaction 3. ~~Trans-~~Transaction 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. ~~Owner-~~Ownership 7. Nature of (Instr. 3) ~~action~~Date ~~action~~Code or Disposed of (D) Securities ~~ship~~Form: ofIndirect ~~In-~~(Month/ ~~Date~~(Instr. ~~Code~~8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially ~~Form:~~Direct ~~direct~~ (~~Month/~~D) ~~(Instr.~~Beneficial 8Day/Year) Owned at ~~Direct~~or ~~Bene-~~Indirect(1) ~~Day/~~Ownership End of (DInstr. 4) or(Instr. ~~ficial Year~~4) Issuer's ~~Indirect~~Amount) ~~Owner-~~ (A) or ~~Fiscal Year~~ (~~I) ship Amount (~~D) Price Fiscal Year (Instr. 3 and 4) ~~(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~21,000 (1) D~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

FORM 5 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned * If the Form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction 4(b)(v). 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. (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv- Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or Price of (Month/ Disposed of (D) Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) ative Year) Security --------------------------- (A) (D) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Director Stock Option $ 2,875 1/2/01 A 5,000 (right to buy) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~Employee~~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~Stock~~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~Option~~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na- cisable and Underlying Securities of of Deriv- ship ture Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative of De- of In- Date ative Secur- rivative direct (Month/Day/ Secur- ities Secu- Bene- Year) ity Bene- rity: ficial (Instr. 5) ficially Direct Owner- -------------------------------------------- Owned (D) or ship Date Expira- Amount or at End Indi- (Instr. 4) Exer- tion Title Number of of Year rect (1) cisable Date Shares (Instr.~~813~~ 64) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/2/01 1/002/11 ACommon ~~199~~5,000 ~~(right~~5,000 toD ~~buy)~~Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Explanation of Responses: /s/ KURT C. WHEELER 2/5/2002 -------------------------------- ----------------- **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. 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 number. Page 2

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na- Security (Instr. 3) cisable and Underlying Securities of of Deriv- ship ture Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative of De- of In- Date ative Secur- rivative direct (Month/Day/ Secur- ities Secu- Bene- Year) ity Bene- rity: ficial (Instr. ficially Direct Owner- -------------------------------------------- 5) Owned (D) or ship Date Expira- Amount or at End Indi- (Instr. Exer- tion Title Number of of Year rect (1) 4) cisable Date Shares (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option (2) 6/1/10 Common 199,000 199,000 D (right to buy) Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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