------ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ------------------------------ FORM 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL ------ ------------------------------ STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OMB Number: 3235-0287 [ ] Check this box if no Expires: December 31, 2001 longer subject to Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Estimated average burden Section 16. Form 4 Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the hours per response.........0.5 or Form 5 obligations Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ------------------------------ may continue. See or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Instruction 1(b). Act of 1940 (Print or Type Responses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6.Relationship of Reporting Persons to Issuer (Check all applicable) KHOURY ABDO H. ARV ASSISTED LIVING INC. (SRS) --------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- Director 10% Owner (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS Identification 4. Statement for --- --- Number of Reporting Month/Year x Officer Other (Specify 245 FISCHER AVENUE, SUITE D-1 Person, if an entity OCTOBER, 2001 --- (give title --- title below) --------------------------------------------- (Voluntary) ------------------ below) (Street) 5. If Amendment, Date of Original PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL COSTA MESA CALIFORNIA 92626 (Month/Year) OFFICER --------------------------------------------- -------------------------- ----------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Transac- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of Se- 6. Owner- 7. Nature (Instr. 3) action tion or Disposed of (D) curities Benefi- ship of In- Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) cially Owned at Form: direct (Instr. 8) End of Month Direct Benefi- (Month/ (Instr. 3 and 4) (D) or cial Day/ --------------------------------------- Indirect Owner- Year) Code V Amount (A) or Price (I) ship (D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK 10/12/01 P 3,000 A $1.30 28,300 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON STOCK 1,700 1 BY IRA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over) *If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). SEC 1474 (3-99) FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price Security sion or action action Derivative cisable and of Underlying of (Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Securities Expiration Securities Deriv- Price of (Month/ (Instr. Acquired (A) Date (Instr. 3 and 4) ative Deriv- Day/ 8) or Disposed (Month/Day/ Secur- ative Year) of (D) (Instr. Year) ity Security 3, 4, and 5) (Instr. 5) ----------------------------------- Date Expira- Amount or -------------------------- Exer- tion Title Number of Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION D 1 COMMON 7,500 (RIGHT TO BUY) STOCK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of Derivative Form of Indirect Securities Derivative Beneficial Beneficially Security: Ownership Owned at End Direct (D) (Instr. 4) of Month or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 375,000 D -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: 1 OPTION GRANTED ON MARCH 19, 1998 FOR 7,500 SHARES AT A STRIKE PRICE OF $13.75 WAS SURRENDERED VOLUNTARILY TO THE COMPANY. **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. /s/ ABDO H. KHOURY See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. Abdo H. Khoury If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. November 12, 2001 ----------------- Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained Date in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently Page 2 valid OMB Number.