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                UNITED STATES 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(h) 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).

(Print of Type Responses)
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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*
        Wallner                     Edgar

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   (Last)                           (First)             (Middle)

        10115 Kincey Avenue, Suite 250
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                                    (Street)

        Huntersville, NC  28078
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)


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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

        Orthofix International N.V. ("OFIX")
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3.   I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)


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4.   Statement for Month/Day/Year

            March 6, 2003
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)


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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     |X|  Director                             |_|  10% Owner
     |X|  Officer (give title below)           |_|  Other (specify below)

        Deputy Chairman
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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.
                                                                                                 Amount of      6.
                                                                 4.                              Securities     Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Beneficially   ship
                                       2A.          3.           Disposed of (D)                 Owned          Form:     7.
                            2.         Deemed       Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Following      Direct    Nature of
                            Trans-     Execution    Code         ------------------------------- Reported       (D) or    Indirect
1.                          action     Date, if     (Instr. 8)                   (A)             Transaction(s) Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security           Date       any          ------------                 or              (Instr. 3 &    (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                  (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy)    Code     V      Amount      (D)    Price     Instr.4)      (Instr.4) (Instr.4)
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Common Stock                3/6/03                   S               25,200      D      (1)
                                                                        (2)
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Common Stock                3/7/03                   S               24,800      D      (1)      307,400        D
                                                                        (2)
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                                                                                                 216,500(2)     I         By Trust
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                                                                                                  90,000(3)     I         By Pension
                                                                                                                               Fund
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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).

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FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
            (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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                                                                                                          9.
                                                                                                          Number    10.
                                                                                                          of        Owner-
                                                                                                          deriv-    ship
                                                                                                          ative     Form
             2.                                                                                           Secur-    of
             Conver-                            5.                              7.                        ities     Deriv-   11.
             sion                               Number of                       Title and Amount          Bene-     ative    Nature
             or                                 Derivative    6.                of Underlying     8.      ficially  Secur-   of
             Exer-            3A.      4.       Securities    Date              Securities        Price   Owned     ity:     In-
             cise             Deemed   Trans-   Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of      Follow-   Direct   direct
             Price   3.       Execut-  action   or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-  ing       (D) or   Bene-
1.           of      Trans-   ion      Code     of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)            Amount  ative   Reported  In-      ficial
Title of     Deriv-  action   Date if  (Instr.  (Instr. 3,    ----------------            or      Secur-  Trans-    direct   Owner-
Derivative   ative   Date     any      8)       4 and 5)      Date     Expira-            Number  ity     action(s) (I)      ship
Security     Secur-  (mm/dd/  (mm/dd/  ------   ------------  Exer-    tion               of      (Instr. (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)   ity     yy)      yy)      Code V    (A)   (D)    cisable  Date     Title     Shares  5)      4)        4)       4)
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Explanation of Responses:

     (1)  See Schedule A.

     (2)  The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these
          securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the
          Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of such securities for the
          purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
          amended, or for any other purposes.

     (3)  The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these
          securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and
          this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person
          is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16
          of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other
          purposes.

By:  /s/ Brian McCollum                                          3/10/03
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      **Signature of Reporting Person                             Date

             Attorney-in-Fact

**     Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
       Criminal Violations.
       See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

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       If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

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                                   Schedule A



Trade Date           Transaction Type       Quantity     Price Per Share
03/06/2003           SELL                        500         $27.55
03/06/2003           SELL                      1,000         $27.29
03/06/2003           SELL                        500         $27.25
03/06/2003           SELL                      1,000         $27.18
03/06/2003           SELL                      4,000         $27.15
03/06/2003           SELL                      8,000         $27.15
03/06/2003           SELL                        200         $27.27
03/06/2003           SELL                        200         $27.33
03/06/2003           SELL                        600         $27.22
03/06/2003           SELL                      2,000         $27.20
03/06/2003           SELL                      2,000         $27.22
03/06/2003           SELL                      5,000         $27.20
03/06/2003           SELL                        200         $27.35
03/07/2003           SELL                     20,000         $27.12
03/07/2003           SELL                        100         $27.40
03/07/2003           SELL                      2,700         $27.31
03/07/2003           SELL                      2,000         $27.30



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Thomas Hein, Brian McCollum and Christy Boyd, signing singly,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

         (1)      execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
                  undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
                  Orthofix International N.V (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5
                  in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
                  Act of 1934 and the rules 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 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
attorney-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 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

         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 3rd day of January , 2003.

                                              /s/ Edgar Wallner
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                                              Signature

                                               Edgar Wallner
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                                              Print Name