FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
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TION 1(B).
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
(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker 5. If Amendment, Date of Original
or Trading Symbol (Month/Year)
WILSON DAVID R. Spartan Motors, Inc. (SPAR)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
3. IRS or Social Security (Check all applicable)
Number of Reporting X Director ____ 10% Owner
5511 WALLACE DRIVE Person (Voluntary) ____ Officer (give title ____ Other (specify
(Street) below below)
###-##-#### ______________________________
GREENSBORO NC 27407 4. Statement for Month/Year 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(City) (State) (Zip) (Check Applicable Line)
June 1997 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. Transaction Date 3. Transaction Code 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3) (Month/Day/Year) (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 06/16/1997 P 1000 A $7.7500
5. Amount of Securities 6. Ownership Form: 7. Nature of Indirect
Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Beneficial Ownership
at End of Month Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)
(Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr. 4)
1000 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 4 (CONTINUED)
TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Conversion or 3. Transaction 4. Transaction Code 5. Number of Derivative
(Instr. 3) Exercise Price Date (Month/ (Instr. 8) Securities Acquired (A)
of Derivative Day/Year) or Disposed of (D)
Security (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
Code V (A) (D)
6. Date Exercisable and 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price of 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of
Expiration Date Underlying Securities Derivative Derivative Form of Indirect
(Month/Day/Year) (Instr. 3 and 4) Security Securities Derivative Beneficial
Amount or (Instr. 5) Beneficially Security: Ownership
Date Expiration Number of Owned at End Direct (D) (Instr. 4)
Exercisable Date Title Shares of Month or Indirect
(Instr. 4) (I) (Instr. 4)
Explanation of Responses:
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /S/ RICHARD J. SCHALTER 7/2/97
Criminal Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space 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 currently valid OMB Number.
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