4 1 kl12011_form4.txt FORM 4 -------------------------- OMB APPROVAL -------------------------- OMB Number.......3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response.....0.5 -------------------------- U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 4 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 [_] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). (Print or Type Responses) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* G.H.M., Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 74 Trinity Place, 20th Floor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) New York, NY 10006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EPL Technologies, Inc. (EPTG) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year December 6, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [ ] Director [x] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [ ] Form filed by One Reporting Person [x] Form filed by More Than One Reporting Person -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================

~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~5. ~~Table~~6. I2A. --4. ~~Non-Derivative~~Amount ~~Securities Acquired, Disposed~~ of, ~~or Beneficially Owned |~~ Owner-~~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|~~ 1.Deemed ~~Title of Security |2. |3. |4.~~Securities Acquired (A) ~~|5.Amount~~or ofSecurities ~~|6.Dir~~ship |72.~~Nature~~ ofExecution ~~Indirect~~3. ~~| | Transaction | or~~ Disposed of (D) |Beneficially ~~Securities~~Form: ~~|ect~~7. |Transaction ~~Beneficial~~Date, ~~Ownership~~Transaction |(Instr. |3, |4 |and ~~| Beneficially |(D~~5)or ~~| | | | | | | A/ | |~~ Owned atFollowing ~~|Indir~~Direct |Nature |of | Date ~~|Code|V|~~if ~~Amount~~any |Code ~~D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| |~~ ------------------------------~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|~~ Reported (D) or Indirect 1. (Month/ (Month/ (Instr. 8) (A) Transaction(s) Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Day/ Day/ ------------~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|~~ ~~Common~~Amount ~~Stock,~~or $Price (Instr.~~001~~ ~~par~~3 ~~|12/28/01| S | | 50,000 |D~~(1I)~~(2)|~~ $0Ownership (Instr.28 |3) |Year) |Year) |Code ~~value~~V |(D) |and |4) |(Instr. |4)(Instr. |4) ~~| | | |~~ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|- Common ~~Stock,~~Shares par value $.001 ~~par |~~12/286/~~01|~~02 S ~~| | 150~~742,~~000~~736 |D(~~1)(~~3)| $0.3001 ~~| | | | value | | | | | | | | | |~~ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|- Common ~~Stock,~~Shares par value $.001 ~~par |~~12/316/~~01|~~02 S ~~| | 100~~20,000 |D(~~1)(~~4)| $0.2801 ~~| | | | value | | | | | | | | | |~~ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|- ~~Common Stock, $.001 par |12/31/01| S | | 135,000 |D(1)(5)| $0.30 |~~ 2,935,487.5 |D(1)(2)| ~~| value | | | | | | | | | |~~ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|- ~~| | | | | | | 2~~1,~~627~~884,~~412~~676.5 |D(~~1)(~~3)| | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|- ~~| | | | | | | 20~~15,000 |D(1)(45)| | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|- ~~| | | | | | | 15,000 |D(1)(5)| |~~ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-

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 (9-02) FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================

9. 10. Number Owner- of ship Deriv- Form 2. ative of Conver- 5. 7. Secur- Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount ities ative Nature or 3A. Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. Bene- Secur- of Exer- Deemed 4. Securities Date Securities Price ficially ity: In- cise 3. Execu- Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Owned Direct direct Price Trans- tion - action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Following (D) or Bene- 1. of action Date, Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Reported In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date if any (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Trans- direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ (Month/ 8) 4, and 5) Date Expira- Number ity action(s) (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ---------------------------------------------------------- ~~Table II~~ -- ~~Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -----------------------------------------------------------~~| 1.Title of |2.Con~~- ~~|3. |4. |5.Number of De|6.Date Exer |7.Title and Amount|8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature | Derivative |version |Transaction | rivative Secu|cisable and | of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|of In~~- | Security |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|direct | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis|Date(Month/ | |Secu |Securities |(D)|Beneficial| |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or |Ownership | |Deriva- ~~| | | |Date |Expir | | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer~~- ~~|ation | Title and Number| |Owned at |ire| | |Secu~~- ~~| | | | | D |cisa~~-------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| |~~ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|- ~~| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |~~ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|- ~~| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |~~ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|- ~~| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |~~ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-

Explanation of Responses: See the attached notes. /s/ G.H.M., Inc. 12/9/02 --------------------------------- ----------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date By: Joseph Giamanco President ** 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. 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 (1) G.H.M., Inc., a New York corporation ("G.H.M.") is jointly filing this Form 4 with Joseph Giamanco, Ronald J. Menello and Gary A. Herman. Joseph Giamanco holds a 52% ownership interest in G.H.M. and is the President and Chief Executive Officer of G.H.M. Ronald J. Menello holds a 24% ownership interest in G.H.M. and is the Senior Vice President of G.H.M. Gary A. Herman holds a 24% ownership interest in G.H.M. and is the Senior Vice President of G.H.M. Prior to the transactions reported herein, the group filers may be deemed to be members of a group (for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) that holds in excess of 10% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. Messrs. Giamanco, Menello and Herman disclaim ownership of the shares purchase shares owned by G.H.M., Inc. except to the extent of their actual pecuniary interest. (2) G.H.M. owns 2,935,487.5 shares of common stock ("Common Stock"), $.001 par value per share, of EPL Technologies. Pursuant to Rule 13d-4 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Messrs. Giamanco, Menello and Herman disclaim beneficial ownership of all such shares except to the extent of their actual economic interest in G.H.M. (3) Following the sale of 742,736 shares of Common Stock reported herein, Joseph Giamanco owns 1,884,676.5 shares of Common Stock. Pursuant to Rule 13d-4 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, G.H.M. and Messrs. Menello and Herman disclaim beneficial ownership of all such shares. (4) Following the sale of 20,000 shares of Common Stock reported herein, Ronald J. Menello owns no shares of Common Stock of EPL Technologies. (5) Gary A Herman owns 15,000 shares of Common Stock of EPL Technologies. Pursuant to Rule 13d-4 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, G.H.M. and Messrs. Giamanco and Menello disclaim beneficial ownership of all such shares. Joint Filer Information Name: Joseph Giamanco Address: c/o G.H.M., Inc. 74 Trinity Place New York, NY 10006 Designated Filer: G.H.M., Inc. Issuer & Ticker Symbol: EPL Technologies, Inc. (EPTG) Date of Event Requiring: December 6, 2002 Statement Signature: /s/ Joseph Giamanco ----------------------------- Joseph Giamanco Name: Ronald J. Menello Address: c/o G.H.M., Inc. 74 Trinity Place New York, NY 10006 Designated Filer: G.H.M., Inc. Issuer & Ticker Symbol: EPL Technologies, Inc. (EPTG) Date of Event Requiring: December 6, 2002 Statement Signature: /s/ Ronald J. Menello ---------------------------- Ronald J. Menello Name: Gary A. Herman Address: c/o G.H.M., Inc. 74 Trinity Place New York, NY 10006 Designated Filer: G.H.M., Inc. Issuer & Ticker Symbol: EPL Technologies, Inc. (EPTG) Date of Event Requiring: December 6, 2002 Statement Signature: /s/ Gary A. Herman --------------------------- Gary A. Herman

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