UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Paul M. Albert, Jr. 135 Main Street NY, South Salem 10590-1209 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SpectraSite, Inc. (SPCS.OB) 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 3/12/2003 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security|2. |2A. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | |Trans-|Exec- |Trans | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | |action|ution |action| | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | | A/| | Owned Following |Indir | | |Date | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | Reported Trans(s)|ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of |2.Con- |3. |3A. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Derivative |version |Trans- |Deemed|Trans-| rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | Security |or Exer |action | |action| rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | |Execu-| | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| |ution | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned Follow|ire| | |Secu- |(Month/|(Month| | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |ing Reported|ct | | |rity |Day/ |/Day/ |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Trans- |(I)| | | |Year) |Year) | | | | | | | | |action(s) | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Employee Stoc|$26.15 |3/12/ 2| |A | |5000 |A |1 |3/12/|Common Stock|5000 | |5000 |D | | k Option (Rig| |003 | | | | | | |2013 | | | | | | | ht to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: 1. The options shall vest and become exercisable in the following manner: (i) 20% of the aggregate option shares as of the Grant Date; and (ii) 1/36 of 80% of the aggregate option shares on each of the first thirty-six monthly anniversaries of the Grant D ate, subject to the optionee's continued service as a member of the Company's Board of Directors. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON Paul M. Albert, Jr. John H. Lynch, attorney-in-fact