------ |FORM 4| ------ ------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL [ ] Check this box if no longer subject ------------------------------ to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 OMB Number: 3235-0287 obligations may continue. See Expires: September 30, 1998 Instruction 1(b). Estimated average burden hours per response.........0.5 ------------------------------ 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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Print or Type Responses) ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Sosnoff Martin Toby -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o Atalanta/Sosnoff Capital Corporation 101 Park Avenue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) New York NY 10178 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Atalanta/Sosnoff Capital Corporation ("ATL") ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 055-28-1950 ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year December 20, 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) |X| Director |X| 10% Owner |X| Officer (give title below) |_| Other (specify below) Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer -------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ================================================================================ 5. 6. 4. Amount of Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship 2. 3. Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7. Trans- Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned Direct Nature of action Code ------------------------------- at End (D) or Indirect 1. Date (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial Title of Security (Month/ ------------ or (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) Day/Year) Code V Amount (D) Price and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr.4) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 12/20/02 G 300,000 D -- 6,700,000 D --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================================================================================================================== 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). (Over) SEC 1474 (7-96) FORM 4 (continued) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ================================================================================ 10. Owner- 9. ship Number Form 2. of of Conver- 5. 7. deriv- Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount ative ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. Secur- Secur- of Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price ities ity: In- cise Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Bene- Direct direct Price 3. action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- ficially (D) or Bene- 1. of Trans- Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Owned In- ficial Title of Deriv- action (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- at End direct Owner- Derivative ative Date 8) 4, and 5) Date Expira- Number ity of Month (I) ship Security Secur- (Month/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Day/Year)Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================================================================================================================== EXPLANATION OF RESPONSES: Martin T. Sosnoff 12/20/02 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **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. 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. Page 2 SEC 1474 (7-96)