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). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Y.M. Noy Investments Ltd. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 33 Havazelet Hasharon Street -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Herzliya, Israel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Ampal - American Israel Corporation (NASDAW: AMPL) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Statement for Month/Year 04/02 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Relationship of Reporting Person 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) [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 ================================================================================ 6. 4. 5. Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== * If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Response) (Over) FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 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- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Options to $6.06 04/09/02 P* V 159,000 ** Class A 159,000 *159,000 D See Purchse Class A Stock $1.40013 below Stock Expla- nation of Responses ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Options to $5.94 04/09/02 P* V 170,000 ** Class A 170,000 *170,000 D See Purchse Class A Stock $1.52013 below Stock Expla- nation of Responses ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== * On April 9, 2002, Y.M. Noy Investments Ltd. ("Noy") and several employees of Ampal-American Israel Corporation ("Ampal") executed 16 Option Assignment Agreements (the "Option Assignment Agreements"). Pursuant to the Option Assignment Agreements, Noy has agreed to acquire 329,000 options (the "'Stock Options") to purchase shares of Ampal's Class A Stock, $1.00 par value (the "Class A Stock"). On February 26, 2002 Noy also signed a stock purchase agreement (the "Stock Purchase Agreement") agreeing to acquire approximately 11,115,112 shares of Class A Stock (the "Ampal Shares"), subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions. The sale and purchase of the 329,000 Stock Options pursuant to the Option Assignment Agreements are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, including the closing of the purchase and sale of the Ampal Shares pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Stock Purchase Agreement (such date, the "Closing Date"). If the transactions contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement are not consumated for any reason and the Stock Purchase Agreement is terminated, the Option Assignment Agreements will, without further action, become null and void and of no force and effect. ** Pursuant to Section 1.3 (b) of the Stock Purchase Agreement, Noy has agreed to exercise all of the Stock Options purchased pursuant to the Option Assignment Agreements on the Closing Date. /s/ Yosef A. Maiman 05/07/2002 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Name: Yosef A. Maiman Title: Chairman of the Board of Directors (On behalf of Y.M. Noy Investments Ltd.) ** 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. Page 2