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[ ] Form 4 Transactions Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940
Reported
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6.Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to|
| | | Issuer (Check all Applicable) |
| | United Pan-Europe Communications NV | |
| Riordan John F. | (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 | | President, CEO & |
| | (Voluntary) | | Managing Director |
| Kylemore House, Kells Bay | | December 31, 2001 | ------------------------------ |
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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 |
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| | | | 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.Securities Acquired (A) or |5.Amount of |6. |7.Nature of Indirect|
| (Instr. 3) | tion Date | action | Disposed of (D) | Securities |Own.| Beneficial |
| | (Month/ | Code | (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) | Beneficially |Form| Ownership |
| | Day/Year) |(Instr.8)|-------------------------------| Owned at End of|(D) | (Instr. 4) |
| | | | |(A) | | Issuer's |or | |
| | | | |or | | Fiscal Year |(I) | |
| | | | Amount |(D) | Price | (Instr. 3 & 4) | | |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly. SEC 2270 (7-97)
*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, Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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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 | |Year |or | |
| | | | |---------------------|Date |Exp. | Title |Number of | |(Instr. 4)|Ind.| |
| | | | | (A) | (D) |Exbl.|Date | |Shares | | |(I) | |
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|Employee |Euro12.99|01/30/ A |1,300,000 | | (2) |01/30/ Ordinary |1,300,000 | |1,300,000 | D | |
|Stock |(1) | 01 | | | | | 06 | Shares | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The exercise price is $12.04 based on a conversion rate of 1.0787 on January 30, 2001.
(2) Although immediately exercisable under Dutch law, the option grant is deemed exercisable in 48 equal monthly installments
commencing on January 30, 2001, and all unvested options must be resold to the Issuer.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/ John F. Riordan February 13, 2002
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ----------------------------------- -----------------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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