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* Young Robert F. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o Red Hat, Inc., 1801 Varsity Drive -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Raleigh North Carolina 27606 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Red Hat, Inc. (RHAT) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Year December 20, 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [_] 10% Owner [_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (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 ================================================================================ 6. 4. 5. Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7. 2A. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2. Deemed Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction Execution (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date Date, if any, ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, $.0001 12/20/02 12/20/02 S 1,212,039 D $5.60 3,939,419 D par value per share ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, $.0001 12/20/02 12/20/02 S 1,018,242(1) D $5.60 3,253,718(1) I By Wife par value per share ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, $.0001 12/20/02 12/20/02 S 68,451(1) D $5.60 223,860(1) I By Young par value per share Trust ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, $.0001 12/20/02 12/20/02 S 233,756(1) D $5.60 764,460(1) I By M Young par value per share Trust ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, $.0001 12/20/02 12/20/02 S 233,756(1) D $5.60 764,460(1) I By V Young par value per share Trust ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, $.0001 12/20/02 12/20/02 S 233,756(1) D $5.60 764,460(1) I By Z Young par value per share Trust ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== * 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- 3A. 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Deemed Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- Execution action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Date, if Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date any (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: (1) The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16, or for any other purpose. /s/ Donna Kimmerly, Attorney-In-Fact December 20, 2002 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Under Power of Attorney ** 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