U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 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 to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Waveland International, Ltd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 1850 Second Street, Suite 201 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Highland Park, Illinois 60035 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Heartland Partners, L.P. (AMEX:HTL) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Statement for Month/Year September 12, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class A Limited Partnership Units 09/12/02 S 300 D $9.7500 14,251(1) D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: (1) Waveland International,Ltd. ("WIL") formerly held 14,551 units of which it sold 300 on September 12, 2002. The Reporting Persons are related entities and may therefore be deemed to have an indirect ownership interest (pecuniary) in such units. * 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 Response) (Over) 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =================================================================================================================================== WAVELAND INTERNATIONAL, LTD. By: David S. Richter, Director /s/ David S. Richter September 16, 2002 -------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date ** 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. Page 2 of 3 ATTACHMENT Pursuant to Rules 16a-1(a)(3) and 16a-3(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and General Instruction 4(b)(v) of Form 4, the undersigned hereby execute this attachment as joint filers with respect to the foregoing Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (Statement for September 2002) regarding certain Class A Limited Partnership Units of Heartland Partners, L.P. (AMEX: HTL): WAVELAND INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 1850 Second Street, Suite 201 Highland Park, Illinois 60035 By: WAVELAND INTERNATIONAL, LTD. By: /s/ David S. Richter ---------------------------- David S. Richter, Director WAVELAND PARTNERS, L.P. 1850 Second Street, Suite 201 Highland Park, Illinois 60035 By: Waveland Capital Management, L.P. Its: General Partner By: Clincher Capital Corporation Its: General Partner By: /s/ David S. Richter ---------------------------- David S. Richter, President WAVELAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. 1850 Second Street, Suite 201 Highland Park, Illinois 60035 By: Clincher Capital Corporation Its: General Partner By: /s/ David S. Richter ---------------------------- David S. Richter, President CLINCHER CAPITAL CORPORATION 1850 Second Street, Suite 201 Highland Park, Illinois 60035 By: /s/ David S. Richter ----------------------------- David S. Richter, President WAVELAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 1850 Second Street, Suite 201 Highland Park, Illinois 60035 By: /s/ David S. Richter -------------------------- David S. Richter, Manager WAVELAND PARTNERS, LTD. 1850 Second Street, Suite 201 Highland Park, Illinois 60035 By: /s/ David S. Richter --------------------------- David S. Richter, Director Page 3 of 3