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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 		 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Hauser Paul R
(Last) (First) (Middle)
NO. 1 LEGGETT ROAD
(Street)
CARTHAGE MO 64836
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/10/2006 		3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LEGGETT & PLATT INC [ LEG ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. 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 (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 42,824.26 D
Common Stock 2,008 I Custodian for Minor Children
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Options (Right to buy) 12/15/2001 12/14/2015 Common Stock 3,341 3.09 D
Stock Options (Right to buy) 12/13/2000 12/12/2014 Common Stock 2,326 4 D
Stock Options (Right to buy) 12/02/2004 12/01/2018 Common Stock 2,901 4.07 D
Stock Options (Right to buy) 12/03/2002 12/02/2016 Common Stock 1,695 4.32 D
Stock Options (Right to buy) 12/27/2003 12/26/2017 Common Stock 2,491 4.46 D
Stock Options (Right to buy) 09/11/2004(1) 03/10/2013 Common Stock 11,334 17.61 D
Stock Options (Right to buy) 07/13/2005(2) 01/12/2014 Common Stock 18,000 21.35 D
Stock Options (Right to buy) 07/16/2003(3) 01/15/2012 Common Stock 5,000 22.3 D
Stock Options (Right to buy) 07/03/2007(4) 01/04/2016 Common Stock 25,575 22.96 D
Stock Options (Right to buy) 12/31/2005 12/20/2014 Common Stock 5,539 27.09 D
Stock Options (Right to buy) 08/09/2006(5) 02/08/2015 Common Stock 20,000 28.02 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. The option became exercisable as to 5,667 shares on September 11, 2005, and will become exercisable as to the remaining 5,667 shares on September 11, 2006
2. The option became exercisable as to 6,000 shares on July 13, 2005, and will become exercisable as to 6,000 shares on July 13, 2006 and the remaining 6,000 shares on July 13, 2007.
3. The option became exercisable on July 16, 2005.
4. The option will become exercisable in three annual installments beginning on July 3, 2007.
5. The option will become exercisable in three annual installments beginning August 9, 2006.
Aileen A. Gronewold 05/10/2006
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Ernest C. Jett, John G.
Moore, Aileen A. Gronewold and S. Scott Luton or the designee of any one of
them, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	prepare, execute, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") on the undersigned's behalf a Form ID, including
amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain
codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with
the or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)	execute on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to
file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or
disposition of securities of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated ("the Company");

(3)	perform any act on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary
or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form
or report, and timely file such form or report with the SEC and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

(4)	take any other action in connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be in the best interest of or legally
required by the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by
such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as
such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to perform any act necessary or proper in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 3rd day of May, 2006.

/s/PAUL R. HAUSER
Paul R. Hauser