UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
GARNIER, ANTON C.
Southwest Water Company
225 North Barranca Avenue, Suite 200
West Covina, CA 91791
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SOUTHWEST WATER COMPANY
SWWC
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
January 31, 2000
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect |
| Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership |
| | | | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | |
| Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| |
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<S> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock, $0.01 par val| | | | | | |43,411 |D |/1 |
ue | | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock, $0.01 par val| | | | | | |88,648 |D | /1 Joint Trust |
ue | | | | | | | | | |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of|
Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect |
|or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial |
|cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership |
|Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | |
|Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| |
|tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| |
|Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | |
|rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| |
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Stock Option (Right to|$6.85 |8/28/|J | |40,185 |A |/2 |8/29/|Common Stock|40,185 | |40,185 |D | |
Buy) | |90 | | | | | |00 | | | | | | |
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Stock Option (Right to|$6.65 |1/29/|A | |29,767 |A |/3 |1/30/|Common Stock|29,767 | |29,767 |D | |
Buy) | |91 | | | | | |01 | | | | | | |
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Stock Option (Right to|$3.63 |3/28/|A | |19,000 |A |/4 |1/29/|Common Stock|19,000 | |19,000 |D | |
Buy) | |94 | | | | | |04 | | | | | | |
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Stock Option (Right to|$3.63 |3/14/|A | |19,000 |A |/5 |3/15/|Common Stock|19,000 | |19,000 |D | |
Buy) | |95 | | | | | |05 | | | | | | |
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Stock Option (Right to|$4.81 |2/8/9|A | |23,625 |A |/6 |2/9/0|Common Stock|23,625 | |23,625 |D | |
Buy) | |6 | | | | | |6 | | | | | | |
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Stock Option (Right to|$10.10 |2/12/|A | |23,625 |A |/7 |2/13/|Common Stock|23,625 | |23,625 |D | |
Buy) | |97 | | | | | |07 | | | | | | |
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Stock Option (Right to|$8.53 |1/27/|A | |46,875 |A |/8 |1/28/|Common Stock|46,875 | |46,875 |D | |
Buy) | |98 | | | | | |08 | | | | | | |
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Stock Option (Right to|$10.08 |2/4/9|A | |45,000 |A |/9 |2/5/0|Common Stock|45,000 | |45,000 |D | |
Buy) | |9 | | | | | |9 | | | | | | |
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Stock Option (Right to|$14.563 |1/13/|A | |45,000 |A |/10 |1/14/|Common Stock|45,000 | |45,000 |D | |
Buy) | |00 | | | | | |10 | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
/2 Granted under the SWWC's Employee Stock Purchase Plan issued under old Rule
16b-3. Exercisable @ 1/5 a
year beginning
8/28/91.
/3 Exercisable @ 1/5 a year beginning 1/29/92. /4 Exercisable @ 1/5 a year
beginning 3/28/95. /5 Exercisable @
1/5 a year beginning
3/14/96.
/6 Exercisable @ 1/5 a year beginning 2/8/97. /7 exercisable @ 1/5 a year
beginning 2/12/98. /8 Exercisable @
1/5 a year beginning
1/27/99.
/9 Exercisable @ 1/5 a year beginning 2/4/00. /10 exercisable @ 1/5 a year
beginning 1/13/01.
/1, /2, /3, /4, /5, /6, /7 and /8 adjusted for stock dividends/splits on
1/20/96, 1/20/97, 1/20/98, 10/20/98 and
10/20/99.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
\s\ Anton C. Garnier
DATE
February 4, 2000
