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| F O R M 3 | Washington, D.C. 20549 | OMB APPROVAL |
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP |OMB Number 3235-0104|
|Expires: December 31, 2001|
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, |Estimated avg. burden |
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or |hours per response.....0.5|
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940 ----------------------------
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Date of Event |4.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |
| | Requiring Statement | |
| | (Month/Day/Year) | UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (UCOMA) |
| Riordan John F. | | fka UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. |
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| (Last) (First) (MI)| 01/30/02 |5.Relationship of Reporting Person to |6.If Amendment, Date of |
| | | Issuer (Check all Applicable) | Original (Mon/Day/Year)|
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| |-----------------------| X Director 10% Owner | |
| Kylemore House, Kells Bay |3.IRS Identification |--- --- |-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------| Number of Reporting | |7.Individual or Joint/ |
| (Street) | Person, if an entity | X Officer (give Other | Group Filing |
| | (voluntary) |--- title --- (specify | (Check Applicable Line)|
| | | below) below) | X Form filed by One |
| | | |--- Reporting Person |
| | | Chief Executive Officer & President of| Form filed by More |
| | | United Pan Europe Communications NV | than One Reporting |
| County Kerry Ireland | | ------------------------------------- |--- Person |
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| | TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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|1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) |2.Amount of Securities |3.Ownership |4.Nature of Indirect Beneficial |
| | Beneficially Owned | Form: | Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| | (Instr. 4) | Direct (D) | |
| | | or Indirect | |
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|Class A Common Stock | 33,280 | D | |
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|Class A Common Stock | 748,903 | I |By a corporation(1) |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly. SEC 1473 (7-97)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
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FORM 3 (continued) TABLE II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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|1.Title of |2.Date Exercisable and |3.Title and Amount of Underlying |4.Conversion or |5. |6.Nature of |
| Derivative | Expiration Date | Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | Exercise Price |Own. | Indirect |
| Security | (Month/Day/Year) | | of Derivative |Form | Beneficial |
| (Instr. 4) | | | Security |of | Ownership |
| | | | |Deri.| (Instr. 5) |
| | | | |Sec. | |
| | | | |Dir. | |
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| |Date |Expiration | |Amount or Number | |Ind. | |
| |Exercisable |Date | Title |of Shares | |(I) | |
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|Stock Option | (2) | 10/08/08 | Class A Common | 66,720 | $4.1563 | D | |
|(right to buy) | | | Stock | | | | |
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|Stock Option | (3) | 12/06/10 | Class A Common | 200,000 | $14.8125 | D | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The stock of the corporation is held by a discretionary trust for the benefit of the Reporting Person and his immediate
family. The Reporting Person is a director of the corporation.
(2) The option is exercisable in 48 equal monthly installments commencing on October 8, 1998.
(3) The option is exercisable in 48 equal monthly installments commencing on December 6, 2000.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/ John F. Riordan January 29, 2002
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). -------------------------------- -----------------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. John F. Riordan
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 1473 (7-97)
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 OMD Number.
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