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[ ] Check this box if                   ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP             |OMB Number       3235-0362|
    no longer subject                                                                                   |Expires: December 31, 2005|
    to Section 16. Form 4                                                                               |Estimated avg. burden     |
    or Form 5 obligations                                                                               |hours per response.....1.0|
    may continue.            Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,    ----------------------------
[ ] Form 3 Holdings Reported    Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
[ ] Form 4 Transactions                   Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940
    Reported
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol      |6.Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to|
|                                        |                                                |  Issuer (Check all Applicable)         |
| UGC Holdings, Inc.                     |  United Pan-Europe Communications NV           |                                        |
| (fka UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.)            |  (UPCOY)                                       |    Director           X 10% Owner      |
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|---                   ---               |
|      (Last)         (First)        (MI)|3.IRS Identification   |4.Statement for Month/  |    Officer               Other         |
|                                        |  Number of Reporting  |  Year                  |---(give title below) ---(Specify below)|
|                                        |  Person, if an entity |                        |                                        |
|                                        |  (Voluntary)          |                        |                                        |
| 4643 S. Ulster Street, Suite 1300      |                       |  December 31, 2001     |  -----------------------------------   |
|----------------------------------------|                       |------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|           (Street)                     |                       |5.If Amendment, Date of |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing     |
|                                        |                       |  Original (Month/Year) |   (Check Applicable Line)              |
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|                                        |                       |                        | X  Form filed by One Reporting Person  |
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|                                        |                       |                        |    Form filed by More than One         |
| Denver                CO         80237 |                       |                        |--- Reporting Person                    |
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|      (City)         (State)     (Zip)                                                                                            |
|                                              TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned     |
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|1.Title of Security            |2.Transac-  |3.Trans- |4.Securities Acquired (A) or   |5.Amount of      |6.  |7.Nature of Indirect|
|  (Instr. 3)                   |  tion Date |  action |  Disposed of (D)              |  Securities     |Own.|  Beneficial        |
|                               |  (Month/   |  Code   |  (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)            |  Beneficially   |Form|  Ownership         |
|                               |  Day/Year) |(Instr.8)|-------------------------------|  Owned at End of|(D) |  (Instr. 4)        |
|                               |            |         |                |(A) |         |  Issuer's       |or  |                    |
|                               |            |         |                |or  |         |  Fiscal Year    |(I) |                    |
|                               |            |         |     Amount     |(D) |  Price  |  (Instr. 3 & 4) |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|---------|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|                            |         |      |             | |      |              | |                 |
| Ordinary Shares               |            |         |                |    |         |  235,452,209(1) | D  |                    |
|                               |            |         |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|---------|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|                               |            |         |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |         |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|---------|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|                               |            |         |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |         |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|---------|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|                               |            |         |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |         |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|---------|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|                               |            |         |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |         |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|---------|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|                               |            |         |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |         |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|---------|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|

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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly.                         SEC 2270 (7-97)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).





FORM 5 (continued)          TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, Beneficially Owned
                                  (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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|1.Title of|2.Conver-|3.   |4.Tran-  |5.Number of          |6.Date     |7.Title and Amount   |8.Price of|9.Number  |10. |11.Nature |
|Derivative|sion or  |Trans|  saction|  Derivative         |Exercisable|  of Underlying      |Derivative|  of      |Own.|   of     |
|Security  |Exercise |Date |  Code   |  Securities         |and        |  Securities         |Security  |Derivative|Form|Indirect  |
|(Instr. 3)|Price of |(Mon/|(Instr.8)|  Acquired (A) or    |Expiration |  (Instr. 3 & 4)     |(Instr. 5)|Securities|of  |Beneficial|
|          |Deriva-  | Day/|         |  Disposed of (D)    |Date       |                     |          |Benefi-   |Deri|Ownership |
|          |tive     |Year)|         |  (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)  |(Month/Day/|                     |          |cially    |Sec.|(Instr. 4)|
|          |Security |     |         |                     |   Year)   |                     |          |Owned at  |Dir.|          |
|          |         |     |         |                     |-----------|---------------------|          |End of    |(D) |          |
|          |         |     |         |                     |     |     |          |Amount or |          |Year      |or  |          |
|          |         |     |         |---------------------|Date |Exp. |   Title  |Number of |          |(Instr. 4)|Ind.|          |
|          |         |     |         |    (A)   |    (D)   |Exbl.|Date |          |Shares    |          |          |(I) |          |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|       |      |  |      |       |       |  |  |       |       |       |       | |       |
|Series 1  |         |     |         |          |          |     |     | Ordinary |8,803,906 |          |   2,500  | D  |          |
|Convertible         |     |         |          |          |     |     | Shares A |   (2)    |          |          |    |          |
|Class A   |         |     |         |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|Preference|         |     |         |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|Shares    |         |     |         |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|          |         |     |         |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |         |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |         |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |         |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|          |         |     |         |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |         |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |         |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |         |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|          |         |     |         |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |         |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |         |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |         |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|          |         |     |         |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |         |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |         |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|          |         |     |         |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
Explanation of Responses:

(1) Since the Reporting Person's last Report, 3,138,289 shares previously held indirectly through a Foundation are now owned
    directly as a result of the Foundation being liquidated.  Prior to such liquidation, during 2001, the Foundation transferred
    1,758,681 Ordinary Shares A to persons who exercised stock options of the Issuer.
(2) Pusuant to the terms of the Preference Shares, the number of ordinary shares accretes at 8% per annum until converted.


                                                                          UGC Holdings, Inc.

**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal      By:   /s/ Ellen P. Spangler               March 7, 2002
  Criminal Violations.  See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).            -----------------------------------  -----------------
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