FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response....0.5 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 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Paulson Capital Corp. 811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 200 Portland, OR 97204 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Charles & Colvard Ltd. (CTHR) 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) N/A 4. Statement for Month/Year 12/02/02 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) N/A 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) /X/ *Director / / *Officer (give title below) --------------------------- /X/ 10% Owner / / Other (specify below) N/A --------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) / / Form filed by One Reporting Person /X/ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person 1 Table 1 -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) Common Stock 2. Transaction Date(s) (Month/Day/Year) 12/02/02 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) Code: S V: 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Date Amount(Shares) (A) or (D) Price per share --------- -------------- ---------- --------------- 12/02/02 2,000 (D) $6.30 12/02/02 2,000 (D) $6.20 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month (Instr. 3 and 4) 1,651,800 (3) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) I 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) (4) 2 Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) N/A 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security N/A 3. Transaction Date N/A 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) Code: V: 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) N/A 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) N/A 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) N/A 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) N/A 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month (Instr. 4) N/A 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) N/A 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) N/A 3 Explanation of Responses: (1) Chester L.F. Paulson, a member of the filing group described below, became a director on 5/14/01. (2) In addition to Paulson Capital Corp. ("PCC"), the following are reporting parties: Chester L.F. Paulson, Paulson Family LLC ("LLC") and Paulson Investment Company ("PIC"). The address for each of the reporting parties is the same as that provided for PCC. (3) Of the 1,651,800 shares of common stock owned by the reporting group, 1,467,400 is held in the name of PIC and 184,400 is held in the name of the LLC. (4) Chester Paulson is a controlling manager of the LLC, which is a controlling shareholder of PCC, which is the parent company of PIC. The securities are held in the name of PIC. Chester Paulson and the LLC expressly disclaim any beneficial ownership of securities in the name of PIC. By: /s/ CHESTER L.F. PAULSON 12/02/02 -------------------------------- ---------- Chester L.F. Paulson Date Individually Paulson Family LLC By: /s/ CHESTER L.F. PAULSON -------------------------------- Chester L.F. Paulson Manager Paulson Capital Corp. By: /s/ CHESTER L.F. PAULSON -------------------------------- Chester L.F. Paulson Chairman of the Board Paulson Investment Company By: /s/ CHESTER L.F. PAULSON -------------------------------- Chester L.F. Paulson Chairman of the Board ** 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). Potential person(s) 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. 4