4 1 c71742ee4.txt FORM 4 ------ -------------------------- FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL ------ -------------------------- [ ] CHECK THIS BOX IF NO OMB Number: 3235-0287 LONGER SUBJECT TO Expires: January 31, 2005 SECTION 16. FORM 4 Estimated average burden OR FORM 5 OBLIGATIONS hours per response.... 0.5 MAY CONTINUE. SEE -------------------------- INSTRUCTION 1(b). U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) OBERLANDER DOUGLAS J. | SECURITY ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL, INC. (SAI) | X Director 10% Owner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----- ----- (Last) (First) (Middle)|3. I.R.S. Identification | 4. Statement for | Officer (give title below) | Number of | Month/Day/Year | ----- | Reporting Person, | | Other (specify below) 2101 SOUTH ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ROAD, | if an entity | | ----- SUITE 150 | (voluntary) | 8/02 | -----------------------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------------------- (Street) | | 5. If Amendment, |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing | | Date of Original | (Check Applicable Line) | | (Month/Day/Year) | X Form filed by One Reporting Person ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL 60005 | | | -- -----------------------------------------| | | Form filed by More than One (City) (State) (Zip) | | | -- Reporting Person | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of |2. Transaction| 2A. Deemed | 3. Transaction|4. Securities Acquired (A)| 5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature Security | Date | Execution | Code | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of (Instr. 3) | | Date, if | (Instr. 8) | (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | Beneficially | Form: | Indirect | | any | | | Owned | Direct | Bene- | | |---------------|--------------------------| Following | (D) or | ficial | | | | | | (A) | | Reported | Indirect | Owner- | (Month/Day/ | (Month/Day/ | | | | or | | Transactions(s) | (I) | ship | Year) | Year | Code | V | Amount | (D) | Price | (Instr. 3 and 4)|(Instr. 4)|(Instr. 4) ---------------|--------------|------------------|-------|-------|---------|-------|--------|-----------------|----------|---------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ---------------|--------------|------------------|-------|-------|---------|-------|--------|-----------------|----------|---------- | | | | | | | | | | ---------------|--------------|------------------|-------|-------|---------|-------|--------|-----------------|----------|---------- | | | | | | | | | | ---------------|--------------|------------------|-------|-------|---------|-------|--------|-----------------|----------|---------- | | | | | | | | | | ---------------|--------------|------------------|-------|-------|---------|-------|--------|-----------------|----------|---------- | | | | | | | | | | ---------------|--------------|------------------|-------|-------|---------|-------|--------|-----------------|----------|---------- | | | | | | | | | | ---------------|--------------|------------------|-------|-------|---------|-------|--------|-----------------|----------|---------- | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(Print or Type Responses) POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned hereby authorizes and appoints James N. Jennings and Raymond A. Gross and each of them, with full power of substitution and full power to act without the other, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, to: (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Security Associates International, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), and the rules promulgated thereunder; (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file each such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 or any other provision of the 1934 Act. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 27th day of August, 2002. /s/ Douglas Oberlander ----------------------------- Signature Douglas Oberlander ----------------------------- Print Name

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