SEC Form 4

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ~~Saddoris~~Carson, ~~Donald~~James KD. (Last) (First) (Middle) ~~9208~~5116 ~~Flaxon~~Rosbury Dell Place (Street) ~~Elk Grove~~Antelope, CA ~~95624~~95843 (City) (State) (Zip) 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol American States Water Company 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) ###-##-#### 4. Statement for (Month/Day/Year 1101/2128/~~2002~~2003 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 01/28/2003 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Description ~~Sr.~~ 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

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)

2.TransactionDate(Month/Day/Year)

2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any(Month/Day/Year)

3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)

6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

Amount

A/D

Price

Common

11/21/02

53.0000

$25.45

709.4523

Common

VAR

4368.4563

$25.15

11311.2700

401K

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

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conver- sion or Exercise Price of Deri- vative Security

3. Transaction Date(Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr.8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

6. Date Exercisable(DE) and Expiration Date(ED) (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr.5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr.4)

10. Owner-shipForm ofDeriv-ativeSecurities:Direct (D)orIndirect (I)(Instr.4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.4)

Code

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Options

$23.15

01/01/2003

2995

0512/1031/002003

0412/3031/102013

Common

~~6000~~2995

$2023.8315

2995

Stock Options

$23.15

01/01/2003

2995

0112/0231/012004

0112/0131/112013

Common

~~6000~~2995

$23.2115

2995

Stock Options

$23.15

01/01/2003

3085

0212/0431/022005

0212/0331/122013

Common

~~12075~~3085

$23.4315

3085

Explanation of Responses:

By: /s/ Donald K. Saddoris 11/22/02 ** Signature of Reporting Person Date SEC 1474 (9-02) 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. 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.

By:	Date:
/s/ James D. Carson	01/27/2003

** Signature of Reporting Person	SEC 1474 (9-02)
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. 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.

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