FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Schwartz, Theodore G.

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
APAC Customer Services, Inc. (APAC)

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
to Issuer (Check all applicable)
X Director                                   X 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below)          Other (specify below)

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer              

(Last)      (First)     (Middle)

Six Parkway North
 

3. I.R.S. Identification Number
of Reporting Person,
if an entity (voluntary)

(Street)

Deerfield, IL 60015

(City)     (State)     (Zip)

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

1. Title of Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Trans-
action
Date
(Month/ Day/
Year)

2A. Deemed
Execution
Date,
if any
(Month/Day/
Year)

3. Trans-
action Code
(Instr. 8)

4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

5. Amount of
Securities
Beneficially
Owned Follow-
ing Reported Transactions(s)
(Instr. 3 & 4)

6. Owner-
ship Form:
Direct (D)
or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

7. Nature of Indirect
Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

V

Amount

(A)
or
(D)

Price

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)

2. Conver-
sion or
Exercise
Price of Derivative Security

3. Trans-
action Date

(Month/
Day/
Year)

4. Trans-
action
Code

(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)

(Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

6. Date Exercisable
and Expiration
Date
(Month/Day/
Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 & 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of
Derivative
Securities
Beneficially
Owned
Following
Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Owner-
ship Form
of Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct (D)
or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exer-cisable

Expira-
tion
Date

Title

Amount or Number of
Shares

Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)

$2.465

12/10/02

A

150,000

 ⁽¹⁾

12/09/12

Common Stock

150,000

150,000

D

Explanation of Responses:

(1) On the Transaction Date, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of APAC Customer Services, Inc. approved the options pursuant to the Company's Second Amended 1995 Incentive Stock Plan. Subject to acceleration in the event of termination of the Reporting Person's employment under specified circumstances or a change in control of the issuer, the options vest in four equal increments beginning on the first anniversary of the date of original grant as defined in the Plan ("Grant Date"), and thereafter on each subsequent anniversary date, and expire one day prior to the 10-year anniversary of the Grant Date unless earlier terminated pursuant to the terms of the Plan as a result of a termination of employment. The Reporting Person may surrender shares to the Issuer in order to pay the exercise price of an option or to satisfy the tax withholding consequences of an option exercise.

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