OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: December 31, 2001 Estimated average burden hours per response.......0.5 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 this box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). [ ] Form 3 Holdings Reported [ ] Form 4 Transactions Reported ================================================================================ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Dresner Milton H. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 28777 Northwestern Hwy. Suite 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Southfield MI 48034 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ================================================================================ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BioTime, Inc. (BTX) ================================================================================ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) ================================================================================ 4. Statement for Month/Year 3/02 ================================================================================ 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 ================================================================================ * If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================ 6. 4. 5. Owner- Security Acquired (A) or Amount of ship Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7. (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2. 3. ----------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction Transaction (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date Code Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (Instr. 8) (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Shares, no par value 90,207+ D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). FORM 5 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 9. 10. Number Owner- of ship 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- Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- 4. or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Trans- of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date action (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ Code 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ (Instr. ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) 8) (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase Common Common Shares $7.25 3/26/01 3/25/06 Shares 10,000 N/A 10,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase Common Common Shares $11.50 3/31/00 3/30/05 Shares 10,000 N/A 10,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase Common Common Shares $12.57 4/29/99 4/28/04 Shares 10,000 N/A 10,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase Common Common Shares $6.50 8/13/01 8/01/04 Shares 15,385 N/A 15,385 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase Common Common Shares $3.00 3/25/02 A 20,000 ++ 3/30/07 Shares 20,000 N/A 20,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: + Includes 50,000 common shares that Mr. Dresner may acquire through the exercise of stock options and 15,385 common shares that Mr. Dresner may acquire through the exercise of warrants. ++ 12,500 options became exercisable on the date of grant and the remaining 7,500 will become exercisable in 9 equal monthly installments based upon continued service on the board of directors. s/Milton H. Dresner April 9, 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. 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 valid OMB Number.