1 -------------------------- OMB APPROVAL -------------------------- ------ OMB Number: 3235-0362 FORM 5 Expires: December 31, 2001 ------ Estimated average burden hours per response.... 1.0 -------------------------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP [ ] CHECK BOX IF NO LONGER SUBJECT TO SECTION 16. FORM 4 OR FORM 5 OBLIGATIONS MAY CONTINUE. SEE Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities INSTRUCTION 1(b). Exchange Act of 1934, [ ] FORM 3 HOLDINGS Section 17(a) of the Public Utility REPORTED Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of [ ] FORM 4 the Investment Company Act TRANSACTIONS of 1940 REPORTED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) Holcomb Richard NEON Systems, Inc. (NESY) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- X Director 10% Owner (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 4. Statement for ---- --- Number of Reporting Month/Year Officer (give Other (specify Person (Voluntary) Fiscal year ended ---- title --- below) 14100 Southwest Frwy, Suite 500 3/31/01 below) ------------------------------------------- ------------------- (Street) -------------------- 5. If Amendment, Date of Original ------------------------------- Sugar Land TX 77478 th/Year) ------------------------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting (City) (State) (Zip) ------------------ (Check applicable line) X Form Filed by one ---- Reporting Person Form Filed by More than ---- One Reporting Person ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Transac- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of Se- 6. Owner- 7. Nature (Instr. 3) action tion or Disposed of (D) curities Benefi- ship of In- Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) cially Owned at Form: direct (Month/ (Instr. end of Issuer's Direct Benefi- Day/ 8) Fiscal Year (D) or cial Year) ---------------------------- (Instr. 3 and 4) Indirect Owner- Amount (A) or Price (I) ship (D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). (Over) SEC 2270 (3-99) 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 CONTROL NUMBER. 2 FORM 5 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (e.g., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price Security sion or action action Derivative cisable and of Underlying of (Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Securities Ac- Expiration Securities Deriv- Price of (Month/ (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Date (Instr. 3 and 4) ative Deriv- Day/ Disposed of (D) (Month/Day/ Secur- ative Year) (Instr. 3, 4, Year) ity Security and 5) (Instr. 5) ----------------------------------- Date Expira- Amount or --------------- Exer- tion Number of (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Common Stock $10.25 7/25/00 A 7,500 (1) 7/25/10 Stock 7,500 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of Derivative of Derivative Indirect Securities Security: Beneficial Beneficially Direct (D) Ownership Owned at End or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) of Year (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21,300 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanation of Responses: (1) Option granted under the issuer's Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors and will vest in 2,500 share increments over three (3) years. May 11, **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. /s/ RICHARD HOLCOMB** 2001 See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------- ------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date *As Attorney-in-Fact Note. File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. Page 2 If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 2270 (3-99) 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.