------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------ OMB Number: 3235-0362 Expires: December 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response.........1.0 ------------------------------ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 5 ANNUAL 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 box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). |_| Form 3 Holdings Reported |_| Form 4 Transactions Reported ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Tama Christopher -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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/Year December 31, 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) |_| Director |_| 10% Owner |X| Officer (give title below) |_| Other (specify below) Executive Vice President ------------------------------------------------------ ________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ================================================================================

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

Explanation of Responses: *1: The option granted on 01/17/00 is currently exercisable with respect to all 5,000 shares. *2: The option granted 02/14/01 is exercisable as follows: i) 6,724 as of 02/14/02, and ii) 6,722 on each of 02/14/03 and 02/14/04. *3: The option granted 03/07/02 is exercisable as follows: i) 5,141 on 03/07/03, and ii) 5,140 on each of 03/07/04 and 03/07/05. /s/ Christopher Tama 2/11/03 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **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.

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