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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 5
ANNUAL 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 this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
[_] Form 3 Holdings Reported
[_] Form 4 Transactions Reported
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Levin John Andrew
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
One Rockefeller Plaza
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(Street)
New York NY 10020
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BKF Capital Group, Inc./BKF
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
December 31, 2001
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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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, Chief Executive Officer and President
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[_] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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5. 6.
4. Amount of Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship
2. 3. Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7.
Transaction Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at End Direct Nature of
Date Code ------------------------------- of Issuer's (D) or Indirect
1. (Month/ (Instr. 8) (A) Fiscal Year Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Day/ ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) Year) Code (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock 6/27/01 G 7,500 D
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Common Stock 6/28/01 G 10,000 D
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Common Stock 6/29/01 G 17,500 D
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Common Stock 12/27/01 G 7,500 D
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Common Stock 12/28/01 G 7,500 D 570,771 D
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7,311 I (1)
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* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see
Instruction 4(b)(v).
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 CONTROL NUMBER.
(Over)
SEC 2270 (3/99)
FORM 5 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
of Form
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- 4. or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Trans- of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date action (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ Code 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Year (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ (Instr. ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) 8) (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Options to purchase Common
Common Stock $28.27 12/13/01 A 45,000 (2) 12/31/11 Stock 45,000 45,000 D
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Restricted Common
Stock Units 1-for-1 01/12/01 A 71,413 (3) Stock 71,413 71,413 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Shares held in accounts managed by John A. Levin & Co. for the benefit of
Mr. Levin's spouse.
(2) These options were granted under the BKF Capital Group, Inc. 1998 Incentive
Compensation Plan. 15,000 of these options will become exercisable on
December 31, 2002, 15,000 will become exercisable on December 31, 2003 and
15,000 will become exercisable on December 31, 2004.
(3) The restricted stock units (RSUs) vested on the date of issuance (January
12, 2001), but the shares of Common Stock underlying the RSU's may not be
delivered prior to January 12, 2004 and such delivery may be deferred by
the reporting person.
/s/ John Andrew Levin February 12, 2002
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**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 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 control number.
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