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                                     FORM 4

                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                  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 to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
     obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

     (Print or Type Responses)

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

    Reicher                         Michael             K.
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   (Last)                           (First)             (Middle)

C/o Halsey Drug Co., Inc. 695 N. Perryville Rd. Bldg. 2
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                                    (Street)

   Rockford,                        Illinois             61107
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)

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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Halsey Drug Co., Inc.         Symbol: HDG
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3.   IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)


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4.   Statement for Month/Year

     7/00
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)


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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     [X]  Director                             [_]  10% Owner
     [X]  Officer (give title below)           [_]  Other (specify below)

       Chief Executive Officer
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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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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) (Month/Day/Year) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
(Over) 1 of 2 2 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) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5% Convertible Senior Secured Common Debentures $1.404 3/10/98 A (1) 3/10/98 3/15/03 Stock 213,675 213,675 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Warrants $1.404 3/10/98 A (1) 3/10/98 3/15/05 Stock 32,375 32,375 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Warrants $2.279 3/10/98 A (1) 3/10/98 3/15/05 Stock 31,579 31,579 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5% Convertible Senior Secured Common Debentures $1.404 6/12/98 A (2) 6/12/98 3/15/03 Stock 51,363 51,363 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Warrants $1.404 6/12/98 A (2) 6/12/98 3/15/05 Stock 7,782 7,782 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Warrants $2.279 6/12/98 A (2) 6/12/98 3/15/05 Stock 7,590 7,590 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Non-qualified Common Stock Options $2.375 2/19/98 A (3) 2/19/08 Stock 1,000,000 1,000,000 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5% Convertible Senior Secured Common Debentures $1.1312 4/1/99 A (4) 4/1/99 3/15/03 Stock 4,111 4,111 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Non-qualified Common Stock Options $1.125 4/12/99 A (5) 4/12/00 4/12/09 Stock 100,000 100,000 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5% Convertible Senior Secured Common Debentures $2.4250 7/1/99 A (4) 7/1/99 3/15/03 Stock 1,939 1,939 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5% Convertible Senior Secured Common Debentures $2.3063 10/1/99 A (4) 10/1/99 3/15/03 Stock 1,789 1,789 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Non-qualified Common Stock Options $1.875 2/17/00 A (5) 2/17/01 2/17/10 Stock 125,000 125,000 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5% Convertible Senior Secured Common Debentures $1.722 4/1/00 A (4) 4/1/00 3/15/03 Stock 1,440 1,440 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5% Convertible Senior Secured Common Debentures $1.404 3/10/98 A (6) 3/10/98 3/15/03 Stock (106,837) (106,837) D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Warrants $1.404 3/10/98 A (6) 3/10/98 3/15/05 Stock (16,187) (16,187) D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Warrants $2.279 3/10/98 A (6) 3/10/98 3/15/05 Stock (15,789) (15,789) D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5% Convertible Senior Secured Common Debentures $1.404 6/12/98 A (6) 6/12/98 3/15/03 Stock (25,681) (25,681) D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Warrants $1.404 6/12/98 A (6) 6/12/98 3/15/05 Stock (3,891) (3,891) D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Warrants $2.279 6/12/98 A (6) 6/12/98 3/15/05 Stock (3,795) (3,795) D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Non-qualified Common Stock Options $1.1125 6/29/00 A (5) 6/29/01 6/29/10 Stock 200,000 200,000 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5% Convertible Senior Secured Common Debentures $1.1125 7/1/00 A (4) 7/01/00 3/15/03 Stock 2,087 2,087 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5% Convertible Senior Secured Common Debentures $1.404 6/12/98 A (7) 6/12/98 3/15/03 Stock (3,561) (3,561) D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5% Convertible Senior Secured Common Debentures $1.404 6/12/98 A (7) 6/12/98 3/15/03 Stock (3,561) (3,561) D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5% Convertible Senior Secured Common Debentures $1.404 6/12/98 A (6) 6/12/98 3/15/03 Stock (3,561) (3,561) D ====================================================================================================================================
EXPLANATION OF RESPONSES: (1) Purchased in connection with a private offering on March 10, 1998 consisting of a Convertible Debenture convertible at any time and Stock Purchase Warrants (32,375 shares of which are presently exercisable at $1.404 per share and 31,579 shares of which are presently exercisable at $2.279 per share). (2) Acquired pursuant to an option exercise in June 1998, consisting of: (i) a Convertible Debenture, convertible at any time, (ii) Warrants to purchase share of common stock (7,782 shares of which are presently exercisable at $1.404 per share and 7,590 shares of which are presently exercisable at $2.279 per share). (3) Options vest quarterly, with 62,500 options vesting every quarter effective May 1, 1998. (4) Certain quarterly interest payments are paid in the form of convertible debentures. (5) Options vest 25% annually. (6) Transferred without consideration of as a part of a settlement agreement contained within a QDRO. (7) Transferred as gift without consideration. /s/ Michael K. Reicher August 1, 2000 - --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Michael K. Reicher 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.