FORM 3 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Drubner Norman S. ----------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o Drubner, Hartley, O'Connor & Mengacci, L.L.C. 500 Chase Parkway ----------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Waterbury CT 06708 ----------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) November 1, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol OptiCare Health Systems, Inc. (OPT) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Other (specify below) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) January 31, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check all Applicable) [X] Form filed by One Reporting Person [ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE I--Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, par value $.001 per share 294,489 D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). (Over) SEC 1473 FORM 3 (continued) TABLE II--Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Security (Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security sion or ship Indirect Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Form of Beneficial Date ----------------------------------- Price of Deriv- Ownership (Month/Day/Year) Deriv- ative (Instr. 5) --------------------- Amount ative Security: or Security Direct Date Expira- Title Number (D) or Exer- tion of Indirect cisable Date Shares (I) (Instr. 5) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). /s/ Norman S. Drubner February 19, 2002 ---------------------------------------- ------------------ ** Signature of Reporting Person Date Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. 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. (Over) SEC 1473