------------------------------ 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* Vecsi Jan Martens -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o PDI, Inc. 10 Mountainview Road -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol PDI, INC (Nasdaq National Market: "PDII") ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 11/18/02 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) |X| Director |_| 10% Owner |_| Officer (give title below) |_| Other (specify below) ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (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 ================================================================================

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

Explanation of Responses: *1: These shares are owned by the son of the Reporting Person. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by her majority son and her report should not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose; *2: The stock option granted on 5/19/98 is currently exercisable with respect to all 7,500 shares. *3: The stock option granted on 6/02/99 is currently exercisable with respect to all 3,750 shares. *4: The stock option granted on 6/07/00 is currently exercisable with respect to all 7,500 shares. *5: The stock option granted on 7/11/01 is exercisable as follows: i) immediately for the purchase of 5,000 shares; and ii) for the purchase of 2,500 shares on the 2nd anniversary of the grant date. *6: The stock option granted on 7/18/02 is exercisable as follows: i) immediately for the purchase of 2,500 shares; and ii) for the purchase of 2,500 shares on each of the 1st and 2nd anniversaries of the grant date, respectively. /s/ Jan Martens Vecsi 11/18/2002 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **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 is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Page 2

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