FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL -------------------- ------------------------------ [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section OMB Number: 3235-0287 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may Expires: December 31, 2001 continue. See Instruction 1(b). Estimated average burden hours per response 0.5 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 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) Slaine Mason P. Information Holdings Inc. (IHI) ----------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social 4. Statement for [X] Director [X] 10% Owner Security Number Month/Year [X] Officer (give [ ] Other (specify of Reporting title below) below) c/o Information Holdings Inc. Person January 2001 2777 Summer Street, Suite 209 (Voluntary) ----------------------------------------- ------------------------- --------------------------------------------- (Street) 5. If Amendment, Date of 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing Original (Month/Year) (Check Applicable Line) [X] Form filed by One Reporting Person [ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Stamford Connecticut 06905 Person ----------------------------------------- ------------------ ------------------------- --------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In- Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene- (Month/ End of (D) or ficial Day/ Month Indirect Owner- Year) (Instr. 3 (I) ship and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) ------------ --------------------------- Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ Common Stock 1/9/01 S 20,000 D $24.50 D --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ Common Stock 1/9/01 S 1,000 D $25.00 D --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ Common Stock 1/9/01 S 1,000 D $25.25 D --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ Common Stock 1/9/01 S 300 D $25.50 D --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ Common Stock 1/9/01 S 100 D $25.6875 D --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over) SEC 1474 (3-99) *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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In- Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene- (Month/ End of (D) or ficial Day/ Month Indirect Owner- Year) (Instr. 3 (I) ship and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) ------------ --------------------------- Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ Common Stock 1/10/01 S 1,000 D $24.00 D --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ Common Stock 1/10/01 S 700 D $24.0625 D --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ Common Stock 1/10/01 S 600 D $24.125 D --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ Common Stock 1/10/01 S 2,300 D $24.1875 D --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ Common Stock 1/10/01 S 2,200 D $24.25 D --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ Common Stock 1/10/01 S 1,800 D $24.375 D --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ Common Stock 1/10/01 S 1,100 D $24.50 D --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ Common Stock 1/10/01 S 700 D $24.625 D --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ Common Stock 1/11/01 S 41,500 D $24.1875 D --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ Common Stock 1/11/01 S 1,400 D $24.25 D --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ Common Stock 1/11/01 S 600 D $24.3125 D --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ Common Stock 1/11/01 S 43,900 D $24.375 D --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ 2,000,000 --------------------------------- ------------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ------------ Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over) SEC 1474 (3-99) *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. FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of 2. Conver- 3.Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of Derivative sion or action tion Code Derivative cisable and Underlying Securities Security Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Securities Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr. 3) Price of (Month/ Acquired (A) Date (Month/ Derivative Day/ or Disposed Day/Year) Security Year) of (D) (Instr.3, 4, and 5) Code V (A) (D) Date Expira- Amount or Exer- tion Title Number of cisable Date Shares --------------------- -------------- ---------- ------ ------ ------ --------- -------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------------------- -------------- ---------- ------ ------ ------ --------- -------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------------------- -------------- ---------- ------ ------ ------ --------- -------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------------------- -------------- ---------- ------ ------ ------ --------- -------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------------------- -------------- ---------- ------ ------ ------ --------- -------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------------------- -------------- ---------- ------ ------ ------ --------- -------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------------------- -------------- ---------- ------ ------ ------ --------- -------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------------------- -------------- ---------- ------ ------ ------ --------- -------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------------------- -------------- ---------- ------ ------ ------ --------- -------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------------------- -------------- ---------- ------ ------ ------ --------- -------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------------------- -------------- ---------- ------ ------ ------ --------- -------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------------------- -------------- ---------- ------ ------ ------ --------- -------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------------------- -------------- ---------- ------ ------ ------ --------- -------- --------- ----------- ------------- [CONTINUATION OF THE ABOVE CHART] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Title of 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Nature Derivative of Deriv- ship of In- Security ative Form direct (Instr. 3) Secur- of De- Bene- ities rivative ficial Bene- Secu- Owner- ficially rity: ship Owned Direct (Instr. 4) at (D) or End Indi- of rect (I) Month (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) --------------- --------------- ---------------- ------------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------- ------------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------- ------------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------- ------------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------- ------------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------- ------------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------- ------------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------- ------------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------- ------------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------- ------------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------- ------------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------- ------------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------- ------------------- Explanation of Responses: /s/ Mason P. Slaine February 7, 2001 ------------------------------- ---------------- ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal **Signature of Reporting Person Date 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 is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 1474 (3-99) 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.