------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------ OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response.........0.5 ------------------------------ UNITED STATES 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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |_| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). (Print of Type Responses) ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Russell Robert M. Jr. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 257 Great Valley Parkway -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Malvern, PA 19355 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Axeda Systems Inc.("XEDA") -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 11/1/2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) |x| Director |_| 10% Owner |x| Officer (give title below) |_| Other (specify below) Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable line) |x| Form Filed by One Reporting Person |_| Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================

15. ~~Title~~Amount of ~~Security 2~~6. ~~Trans- 2A~~4. 3.Securities ~~Transaction~~Owner- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5.or ~~Amount~~Beneficially ofship 62A. ~~Ownership 7~~3. ~~Nature of (Instr. 3) action Deemed Code or~~ Disposed of (D) ~~Securities~~Owned Form: ~~Indirect~~7. ~~Date Execution (Instr~~2. 8)Deemed Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) ~~Beneficially~~Following Direct ~~Beneficial~~Nature ~~(Month/~~of ~~Date,~~Trans- ifExecution ~~Owned~~Code ------------------------------- Reported (D) or ~~Ownership~~Indirect ~~Day/~~1. ~~any~~action ~~Following~~Date, ~~Indirect~~if (Instr. 48) ~~Year~~(A) Transaction(~~Month/~~s) ~~Reported~~Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date any ------------ or (Instr. 3 & (I) ~~Day/~~Ownership ~~Trans-~~ (Instr. 43) ~~Year~~(mm/dd/yy) ~~actions~~(smm/dd/yy) Code V Amount (~~Inst.~~D) 3Price ~~and~~Instr.4) (Instr.4) (Instr.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~Code~~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VAxeda ~~Amount~~Common (Stock 11/01/2002 P 200 A) or$0.79 (72,400 D) ~~Price~~ ---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================

2 FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================

19. ~~Title~~Number 10. of ~~Derivative~~Owner- deriv- ship ative Form 2. 3.Secur- 3Aof Conver- 5. 47. ~~Transaction~~ities 5Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Bene- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ficially Secur- of Exer- 3A. 4. Securities Date ~~Exercisable~~Securities ~~Security~~Price ~~Conversion~~Owned ~~Transaction~~ity: In- cise Deemed ~~Code~~Trans- ~~Derivative~~Acquired ~~and~~(A) ~~Expiration~~Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) orof ~~Date~~Follow- ~~Execution~~Direct ~~(Instr~~direct Price 3. 8)Execut- ~~Securities~~action ~~Date~~or ~~Exercise~~Disposed ~~(Month/~~Expiration Date, if---------------- ~~Acquired~~Deriv- ing (AD) or Bene- 1. of Trans- ion Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) ~~Price~~Amount ofative ~~Day/Year)~~Reported ~~any~~In- ~~Disposed~~ficial Title of ~~(D)~~Deriv- ~~Derivative~~action Date if (~~Month/~~Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Trans- direct Owner- Derivative ative Date any 8) 4, and 5) Date Expira- Number ity action(s) (I) ship Security ~~Day~~Secur- (mm/~~Year~~dd/ (mm/dd/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ~~and~~ity yy) yy) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~Date Exer~~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~Expiration Code V (A) (D) cisable Date~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~~Options to acquire Common Stock (1) $0.43 10/8/2002 N/A A 100,000 8/8/2006 10/7/2012~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================

Explanation of Responses: /s/ Robert M. Russell Jr. 11/05/2002 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date 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

7. Title and Amount 8. Price of 9. Number 10. Ownership 11. Nature of of Underlying Derivative of Form of Indirect Securities Security derivative Derivative Beneficial (Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr. 5) Securities Security: Ownership Beneficially Direct (D) (Instr. 4) Owned or Following Indirect (I) Reported (Instr. 4) Trans- action(s) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title Amount or Number of Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 100,000 $0.43 881,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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