UNITED STATES SEC USE ONLY
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 144
NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print) (b) IRS IDENT. NO. (c) SEC FILE NO.
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. 133937434 001-14141
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1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE (e) TELEPHONE NO.
600 Third Avenue, 34th Floor New York, New York 10016 (212) 697-1111
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2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE (b) SOCIAL SECURITY (c) RELATIONSHIP
ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES NO. OR IRS IDENT. NO. TO ISSUER
ARE TO BE SOLD
LaPenta, Robert V. 066-36-9175 President & CFO
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(d) ADDRESS STREET CITY ZIP CODE
c/o L-3 Communications Corporation
600 Third Avenue
New York, NY, 10016
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INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain
the I.R.S. Identification Number and the SEC File Number.
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3(a) (b) SEC USE ONLY (c) (d) (e)
Name and Address of Each ------------ Number of Shares Aggregate Number of Shares
Title of the Broker Through Whom the or Other Units Market or Other Units
Class of Securities are to be Offered Broker-Dealer To Be Sold Value Outstanding
Securities or Each Market Maker who is File Number
To Be Sold Acquiring the Securities (See instr. 3(c)) (See instr. 3(d)) (See instr. 3(e))
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Common Stock Morgan Stanley 300,000 $17,742,000 106,920,648
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
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(f) (g)
Approximate Name of Each
Date of Sale Securities
Exchange
(See instr. 3(f))
(MO. DAY YR.) (See instr. 3(g))
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08/13/04 NYSE
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TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the
purchase price or other consideration therefor:
Name of Person
from Whom Acquired
Title of Date You Nature of (If gift, also give date Amount of Date of
the Class Acquired Acquisition Transaction donor acquired) Securities Acquired Payment Nature of Payment
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Common 4/1/96 Private Transaction L-3 Communications 2,944,000(1) 4/1/96 Check
Stock Holdings, Inc.
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INSTRUCTIONS: If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not
made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a
note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the
consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if
payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and
state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or
the last installment paid.
TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during
the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
Amount of Gross
Name and Address of Seller Title of Securities Sold Date of Sale Securities Proceeds
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REMARKS:
In accordance with the procedures described in the Commission's interpretive
letter to Goldman, Sachs & Co. dated December 20, 1999, this Form 144 is being
filed in connection with the sale of 300,000 shares of the Common Stock of L-3
Communications Holdings, Inc. to Morgan Stanley pursuant to a Variable Prepaid
Forward Contract. The final pricing terms of the Variable Prepaid Forward
Contract will be determined by the average sales price that Morgan Stanley will
be able to obtain for an equivalent number of shares of L-3 Communications
Holdings, Inc. Common Stock.
(1) As adjusted for two-for-one stock split announced on April 23, 2002.
INSTRUCTIONS:
See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be
sold but also as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph
(e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing
this notice.
ATTENTION:
The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to
sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material
adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the
Issuer of the securities to be sold which have not been publicly disclosed.
Date: 08/13/2004 /s/ Robert V. LaPenta
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The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to
be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies
not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
ATTENTION: INTENTIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSION OF FACTS CONSTITUTE FEDERAL
CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001).