U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 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 [_] Check box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* J.P. Morgan Partners (SBIC), LLC (f/k/a Chase Venture Capital Associates, LLC) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC 1221 Avenue of the Americas-40th Floor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) New York New York 10020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Home Products International, Inc. ("HPII") ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Year January 2001 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ================================================================================ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [X] 10% Owner [_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [_] Form filed by one Reporting Person [X] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person ________________________________________________________________________________ ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================ 6. 4. 5. Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,332,660.66 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== * If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Responses) (Over) (Form 4-07/99) FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 10. 9. Owner- Number ship of Form 2. Deriv- of Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: (1) The name of the reporting person changed during the first week of January 2001 as a result of internal reorganizations and name changes effective as of various times during the week. The internal reorganizations and name changes did not alter the proportionate interests of the ultimate securitiy holders. J.P. Morgan Partners (SBIC), LLC /s/ Stephen P. Murray 2/08/01 By:--------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Stephen P. Murray Date Managing Director ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal 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 provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. NAME AND ADDRESS OF DESIGNATED STATEMENT ISSUER NAME, TICKER REPORTING PERSON REPORTER (Note 1 and 2) FOR OR TRADING SYMBOL MONTH/YEAR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ J.P. Morgan Partners (BHCA), L.P. J.P. Morgan Partners January 2001 Home Products International, Inc. ("HPII") c/o J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC (SBIC), LLC 1221 Avenue of the Americas 40th Floor New York, NY 10020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JPMP Master Fund Manager, L.P. J.P. Morgan Partners January 2001 Home Products International, Inc. ("HPII") c/o J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC (SBIC), LLC 1221 Avenue of the Americas 40th Floor New York, NY 10020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JPMP Capital Corporation J.P. Morgan Partners January 2001 Home Products International, Inc. ("HPII") c/o J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC (SBIC), LLC 1221 Avenue of the Americas 40th Floor New York, NY 10020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. J.P. Morgan Partners January 2001 Home Products International, Inc. ("HPII") c/o J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC (SBIC), LLC 270 Park Avenue 35th Floor New York, NY 10017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chatham Ventures, Inc. J.P. Morgan Partners January 2001 Home Products International, Inc. ("HPII") c/o J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC (SBIC), LLC 1221 Avenue of the Americas 40th Floor New York, NY 10020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAME AND ADDRESS OF TITLE OF AMOUNT OF OWNERSHIP FORM: NATURE OF INDIRECT DISCLAIMS REPORTING PERSON SECURITY SECURITIES DIRECT (D) OR BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP PECUNIARY BENEFICIALLY INDIRECT (I) INTEREST OWNED ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.P. Morgan Partners (BHCA), L.P. Common Stock 1,332,660.66 I See Explanatory No c/o J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC Note 3 below 1221 Avenue of the Americas 40th Floor New York, NY 10020 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JPMP Master Fund Manager, L.P. Common Stock 1,332,660.66 I See Explanatory No c/o J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC Note 4 below 1221 Avenue of the Americas 40th Floor New York, NY 10020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JPMP Capital Corporation Common Stock 1,332,660.66 I See Explanatory No c/o J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC Note 5 below 1221 Avenue of the Americas 40th Floor New York, NY 10020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Common Stock 1,332,660.66 I See Explanatory No 270 Park Avenue Note 6 below 35th Floor New York, NY 10017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chatham Ventures, Inc. Common Stock 1,332,660.66 I See Explanatory No c/o J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC Note 7 below 1221 Avenue of the Americas 40th Floor New York, NY 10020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanatory Notes: 1) The names of the reporting persons and the Designated Reporter changed during the first week of January 2001 as a result of internal reorganizations and name changes effective as of various times during the week. The internal reorganizations and name changes did not alter the proportionate interests of the ultimate security holders of the renamed entities. 2) The Designated Reporter is executing this report on behalf of all Reporting Persons, each of whom has authorized it to do so; each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the Issuer's securities to the extent it exceeds such Person's pecuniary interest. 3) The amounts shown in Table I represent the beneficial ownership of the Issuer's equity securities by JPM SBIC. The Reporting Person is the sole member of JPM SBIC. 4) The amounts shown in Table I represent the beneficial ownership of the Issuer's equity securities by JPM SBIC, a portion of which may be deemed attributable to the Reporting Person because it is the sole general partner of J.P. Morgan Partners (BHCA), L.P. ("JPM BHCA"), the sole member of JPM SBIC. The actual pro rata portion of such beneficial ownership that may be deemed to be attributable to the Reporting Person is not readily determinable because it is subject to several variables, including the internal rate of return and vesting of interests within JPM BHCA. 5) The amounts shown in Table I represent the beneficial ownership of the Issuer's equity securities by JPM SBIC, a portion of which may be deemed attributable to the Reporting Person because it is the general partner of JPMP Master Fund Manager, L.P. ("MF Manager"), the general partner of JPM BHCA (the parent of JPM SBIC). The actual pro rata portion of such beneficial ownership that may be deemed to be attributable to the Reporting Person is not readily determinable because it is subject to several variables, including the internal rate of return and vesting of interests within JPM BHCA and MF Manager. 6) The amounts shown in Table I represent the beneficial ownership of the Issuer's equity securities by JPM SBIC, a portion of which may be deemed attributable to the Reporting Person because it is the sole stockholder of JPMP Capital Corporation (the general partner of MF Manager) and of Chatham Ventures, Inc., the limited partner of JPM BHCA. The actual pro rata portion of such beneficial ownership that may be attributable to the Reporting Person is not readily determinable because it is subject to several variables, including the internal rate of return and vesting of interests within JPM BHCA and MF Manager. 7) The amounts shown in Table I represent the beneficial ownership of the Issuer's equity securities by JPM SBIC, a portion of which may be deemed attributable to the Reporting Person because it is the sole limited partner of JPM BHCA, the parent of JPM SBIC. The actual pro rata portion of such beneficial ownership that may be deemed to be attributable to the Reporting Person is not readily determinable because it is subject to several variables, including the internal rate of return and vesting of interests within JPM BHCA.