+--------+ | FORM 3 | U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION +--------+ WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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* Woodhill James R. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 11767 Katy Freeway, Suite 375 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Houston TX 77079 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12-21-2001 -------------- 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person if an Entity (Voluntary) -------------- 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NEON Systems, Inc. (NESY) ----------------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director ___ Officer ___ 10% Owner ___ Other (give title below) (specify below) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ---------------------------- 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 BENEFICIALLY OWNED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title 2. Amount of 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of of Securities Bene- Direct (D) or Indirect Bene- Security ficially Owned Indirect (I) ficial Ownership (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 21,400 D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 4,800 D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 11,685 I By self as Trustee for dependent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 15,000 I Director of Family Foundation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 40,000 D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of In- Security (Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security or Form of direct Bene- Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Derivative ficial Date Price Security: Ownership (Month/Day/ of Direct (D) (Instr. 5) Year) Derivative or In- ---------------------------------------------------- Security direct (I) Date Expira- Amount or (Instr. 5) Exer- tion Title Number of cisable Date Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. Explanation of Responses: /s/ James R. Woodhill 01/16/2002 ------------------------------- ----------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date * If the form is filed by more than one reported person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). ** 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 is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.