3/A 1 NYSE0001201493 Officer Beverly Enterprises, Inc. 000104044162-1691861 10/07/02 3/A UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person KOURI, DWIGHT C One Thousand Beverly Way Fort Smith Arkansas 72919 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 10/7/2002 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Beverly Enterprises, Inc. (BEV) 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner [X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) VICE PRESIDENT - CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 10/09/02 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) [X] Form filed by One Reporting Person [ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1)Title of Security 2)Amount of 3) 4)Nature of Securities D Indirect Beneficially or Beneficial Owned I Ownership ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $.10 Par Value Common Stock 16,904.0000 D Direct Table II Derivative Securitites Beneficially Owned ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Derivative Security 2)Date Exercisable 3)Title and Amount of 4)Conver- 5)Ownership 6)Nature of and Expiration Date Securities Underlying sion or Form of Indirect (Month/Day/Year) Derivative Security exercise Derivative Beneficial price of Security Ownership Date Expira- Amount or Deri- Direct(D) Exer- tion Number of vative or cisable Date Title Shares Security Indirect(I) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Incentive Stock Option (right to 02/13/12 $.10 Par Value Common Stock 30,000.0000$5.9500 D Direct buy) Incentive Stock Option (right to 02/20/11 $.10 Par Value Common Stock 20,200.0000$7.3500 D Direct buy) Incentive Stock Option (right to 02/16/10 $.10 Par Value Common Stock 10,100.0000$3.2500 D Direct buy) Explanation of Responses: SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /S/ KOURI, DWIGHT C DATE 04/03/03