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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP |OMB Number 3235-0287|
[ ] Check this box if |Expires: December 31, 2001|
no longer Subject Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, |Estimated avg. burden |
to Section 16. Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or |hours per response.....0.5|
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940 ----------------------------
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6.Relationship of Reporting Person to |
| | | Issuer (Check all Applicable) |
| Riordan John F. | United Pan-Europe Communications NV (UPCOY) | |
| | | Director 10% Owner |
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| (Last) (First) (MI)|3.IRS Identification |4.Statement for Month/ | X Officer Other |
| | Number of Reporting | Year |---(give title below) ---(Specify below)|
| | Person, if an entity | | |
| | (Voluntary) | February 2001 | President-UPC |
| Kylemore House, Kells Bay | | | -------------------------------- |
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| (Street) | -- |5.If Amendment, Date of |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing |
| | | Original (Month/Year) | (Check Applicable Line) |
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| | | | X Form filed by One Reporting Person |
| | | March 6, 2001 |--- |
| | | | Form filed by More than One |
| County Kerry Ireland | | |--- Reporting Person |
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| (City) (State) (Zip) |
| TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned |
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|1.Title of Security |2.Transac- |3.Trans. |4.Security Acquired (A) or |5.Amount of |6. |7.Nature of Indirect|
| (Instr. 3) | tion Date | Code | Disposed of (D) | Securities |Own.| Beneficial |
| |(Mon/Day/Yr)|(Instr.8)| (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) | Beneficially |Form| Ownership |
| | |---------|-------------------------------| Owned at End of|(D) | (Instr. 4) |
| | | | | |(A) | | Month |or | |
| | |Code| V | Amount |(D) | Price | (Instr. 3 & 4) |(I) | |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
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|Ordinary Shares | 02/23/01 |S(2)| | 100,000 | D |Euro10.15| | D | |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
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|Ordinary Shares | 02/28/01 |S(2)| | 80,000 | D |Euro11.19| 905,094 | D | |
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|Ordinary Shares | | | | | | | 3,660 | I |By Spouse |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly. SEC 1474 (7-97)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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FORM 4 (continued) TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible security)
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|1.Title of|2.Conver-|3. |4.Tran- |5.Number of |6.Date |7.Title and Amount |8.Price of|9.Number |10. |11.Nature |
|Derivative|sion or |Trans| saction| Derivative |Exercisable | of Underlying |Derivative| of |Own.| of |
|Security |Exercise |Date | Code | Securities |and | Securities |Security |Derivative|Form|Indirect |
|(Instr. 3)|Price of |(Mon/|(Instr.8)| Acquired (A) or |Expiration | (Instr. 3 & 4) |(Instr. 5)|Securities|of |Beneficial|
| |Deriva- | Day/| | Disposed of (D) |Date | | |Benefi- |Deri|Ownership |
| |tive |Year)| | (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)|(Month/Day/ | | |cially |Sec.|(Instr. 4)|
| |Security | | | | Year) | | |Owned at |Dir.| |
| | | | | |-------------|---------------------| |End of |(D) | |
| | | | | | | | |Amount or | |Month |or | |
| | | |---------|-------------------|Date |Exp. | Title |Number of | |(Instr. 4)|Ind.| |
| | | |Code| V | (A) | (D) |Exbl. |Date | |Shares | | |(I) | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The Reporting Person is a director of UnitedGlobalCom, Inc., which owns 237,210,890 Ordinary Shares of the Issuer. The
Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these Ordinary Shares and this Report shall not be deemed an admission
that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of such Shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
(2) The Reporting Person entered into a credit agreement in February 2000 pursuant to which he pledged shares of the Issuer as
collateral. Pursuant to the terms of such agreement the lender sold a portion of the collateral.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/ John F. Riordan March 14, 2001
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------------ -----------------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. John F Riordan
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 1474 (7-97)
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 OMD Number
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