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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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 |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | |||
Persons who 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. | SEC 1474 (9-02) |
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) |
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) |
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) |
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) |
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) |
8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) |
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) |
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) |
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) |
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Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
Employe Option 7 (RTB) | $ 4.97 | 01/01/2008 | 07/26/2017 | U.S. Energy Common Stock | 150,000 | 150,000 (8) | D | ||||||||
Employee Option 2 (Right to Buy) | $ 2.4 | 01/10/2001 | 01/09/2011 | U.S. Energy Common Stock | 267,734 | 267,734 (9) | D | ||||||||
Employee Option 3 (Right to Buy) | $ 3.9 | 12/07/2001 | 12/06/2011 | U.S. Energy Common Stock | 100,000 | 100,000 (10) | D | ||||||||
Employee Option 4 (Right to Buy) | $ 2.25 | 08/08/2002 | 12/07/2011 | U.S. Energy Common Stock | 52,556 | 52,556 (10) | D | ||||||||
Employee Option 5 (Right to Buy) | $ 2.46 | 07/01/2004 | 06/30/2014 | U.S. Energy Common Stock | 59,350 | 59,350 (10) | D | ||||||||
Employee Option 6 (Right to Buy) | $ 3.86 | 10/14/2005 | 10/13/2015 | U.S. Energy Common Stock | 100,000 | 100,000 (10) | D |
Reporting Owner Name / Address | Relationships | |||
Director | 10% Owner | Officer | Other | |
LARSEN KEITH G 877 NORTH 8TH WEST RIVERTON, WY 82501 |
X | CHAIRMAN & CEO |
By: Robert Scott Lorimer Attorney in Fact | 10/01/2007 | |
**Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
* | If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). |
** | Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
(1) | Shares issued to the Reporting Person under the USEG 2001 Stock Compensation Plan as amended on June 22, 2007. The issuance of these shares is for the funding obligation under the plan for the fourth quarter of the calendar year ending December 31, 2007. The Issuer has agreed under the terms of the Plan to pay all taxes due. The Reporting Person has agreed not to sell these shares to the market or pledge them on obligations until after his (i) retirement; (ii) total disability or (iii) in the case of the death of the Reporting Person his estate may sell the shares of stock. |
(2) | Includes 218,042 shares held directly by the Reporting Person. |
(3) | Includes 175,000 shares held by Sutter Gold Mining Co., Inc. (SGMI), a subsidiary of USEG. The Reporting Person is an Officer and/or Director of both USEG and SGMI and is not a controlling shareholder and does not have or share investment controll over these shares, and therefore does not have a pecuniary interest in the USEG shares held by SGMI, under rule 16a-1(a)(2)(iii). |
(4) | Includes 125,556 shares held by Plateau Resources Limited (Plateau), a wholly owned subsidiary of USEG. The Reporting Person is an Officer and/or Director of both USEG and Plateau and is not a controlling shareholder and does not have or share investment controll over these shares, and therefore does not have a pecuniary interest in the USEG shares held by Plateau, under rule 16a-1(a)(2)(iii). |
(5) | Includes shares held in the U.S. Energy Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the 'ESOP') in an account established for the benefit of the Reporting Person. |
(6) | Includes a balance of shares held in ESOP accounts established to benefit members of the Reporting Persons 'Immediate Family', as that term is defined in Rule 16a-1(e), in accordance with Rule 16a-8(b)(2). |
(7) | Shares issued to be held in the ESOP which are not allocated to accounts established for the benefit of specific plan participants. The Reporting Person, as an ESOP Trustee, exercises the voting powers with respect to such unallocated shares. |
(8) | Stock options granted under the Issuer's 2001 Incentive Stock Option Plan with a 5 year vesting schedule and exempt under Rule 16b-3. |
(9) | Includes stock options granted under the Issuer's 1998 Incentive Stock Option Plan and exempt under Rule 16b-3. |
(10) | Includes stock options granted under the Issuer's 2001 Incentive Stock Option Plan and exempt under Rule 16b-3. |