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| FORM 4 |                       U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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[_] Check this box if
    no longer subject         STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
    to Section 16.
    Form 4 or Form 5       Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
    obligations may           Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
    continue. See            Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
    Instruction 1(b).      Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

(Print or Type Responses)
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1.  Name and Address of Reporting Person*

     Stanford Venture Capital Holdings, Inc.
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        (Last)                      (First)                        (Middle)

     5050 Westheimer Road
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                                   (Street)

     Houston, Texas 77056
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        (City)                      (State)                           (Zip)

2.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol  Senesco Technologies, Inc. (SENO)
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3.  I.R.S. or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)

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4.  Statement for Month/Year  January 2002
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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)

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

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7.  Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
    [_]  Form filed by One Reporting Person
    [X]  Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I--Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In- Security Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct (Instr. 3) (Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene- Day/ ----------------------------------------------- End of (D) or ficial Year) Month Indirect Owner- Code V Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) ship (D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, $.01 par value per share 1/16/02 P 285,715 A (1) D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, $.01 par value per share 1/23/02 P 285,714 A (1) 1,714,287 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1,714,287(1) I By Stanford - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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). (Over) SEC 1474(7-96) 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 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv- Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or Price of (Month/ Disposed of (D) Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) ative Year) Security --------------------------------------------------- Code V (A) (D) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warrant $2.00 1/16/02 P A - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warrant $2.00 1/16/02 P A - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warrant $3.25 1/23/02 P A - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warrant $3.25 1/23/02 P A - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warrant $2.00 1/24/02 S D - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warrant $3.25 1/24/02 S D - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na- cisable and Underlying Securities of of Deriv- ship ture Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form of In- Date ative Secur- of De- direct (Month/Day/ Secur- ities rivative Bene- Year) ity Bene- Security ficial (Instr. ficially Direct Owner- -------------------------------------------- 5) Owned (D) or ship Date Expira- Amount or at End Indirect (Instr. Exer- tion Title Number of of (I) 4) cisable Date Shares Month (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Immed. 1/16/07 Common stock, 125,000 (1) D par value $.01 per share - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Immed. 1/16/07 Common stock, 125,000 (1) D par value $.01 per share - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Immed. 1/23/07 Common stock, 125,000 (1) D par value $.01 per share - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Immed. 1/23/07 Common stock, 125,000 (1) D par value $.01 per share - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Immed. 1/24/07 Common stock, 125,000 D par value $.01 per share - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Immed. 1/24/07 Common stock, 125,000 250,000(2) D par value $.01 per share - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 250,000(2) I By Stanford - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Explanation of Responses: (1) R. Allen Stanford controls Stanford Venture Capital Holdings, Inc. ("SVCH"). SVCH directly beneficially owns an aggregate of 1,714,287 shares, which shares may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned (as defined under Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) by Mr. Stanford. The securities identified herein were purchased at a price of $1.75 per unit, equal to one share of Common Stock and a warrant to purchase 0.875 shares of Common Stock. (2) As of the end of January 2002, SVCH directly beneficially owns warrants to purchase an aggregate of 250,000 shares of Common Stock, which shares may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned (as defined under Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) by Mr. Stanford. /s/ Yolanda M. Suarez Date: February 11, 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanford Venture Capital Holdings, Inc./Secretary ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person ** 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 currently valid OMB Number. Page 2 of 2 SEC 1474(7-96) - MI#76595 JOINT FILER INFORMATION Name: Stanford Venture Capital Holdings, Inc. Address: 5050 Westheimer Road Houston, Texas 77056 Designated Filer: Stanford Venture Capital Holdings, Inc. Issuer and Ticker Symbol: Senesco Technologies, Inc. ("SENO") Date of Event Requiring Statement: January 24, 2002 Signature: Stanford Venture Capital Holdings, Inc. By: /s/ Yolanda M. Suarez --------------------------------------- Yolanda M. Suarez Secretary JOINT FILER INFORMATION Name: R. Allen Stanford Address: c/o Stanford Venture Capital Holdings, Inc. 5050 Westheimer Road Houston, Texas 77056 Designated Filer: Stanford Venture Capital Holdings, Inc. Issuer and Ticker Symbol: Senesco Technologies, Inc. ("SENO") Date of Event Requiring Statement: January 24, 2002 Signature: /s/ R. Allen Stanford -------------------------------------- R. Allen Stanford