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*
TRENT TAMMY M

(Last) (First) (Middle)
NO. 1 LEGGETT ROAD

(Street)
CARTHAGE MO 64836

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/05/2015
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)
VP - Chief Accounting Officer
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 8,789.0134 D
Common Stock 3,947.8641 I Held in Trust Under Issuer's Retirement Plan
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
Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy) 07/02/2009(1) 01/02/2018 Common Stock 250 16.96 D
Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy) 03/15/2010 12/30/2018 Common Stock 329 15.19 D
Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy) 07/04/2011(2) 01/03/2020 Common Stock 542 20.51 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. The option became exercisable in three annual one-third installments beginning July 2, 2009, of which 1,400 option shares have previously been exercised.
2. The option became exercisable in three annual installments beginning on July 4, 2011 (541 in 2011; 542 in 2012; 542 in 2013). 1,083 option shares have previously been exercised.
Remarks:
EXHIBIT LIST - Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney is attached.
/s/ S. Scott Luton, by POA 05/13/2015
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                                                          Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of John G. Moore,
S. Scott Luton, Kimberly J. Hickey and Alisha J. Smith 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 SEC or reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2) execute on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, and 5, including
amendments thereto, 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, including
amendments thereto, or other form or report, and 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, including
amendments thereto, 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 5th day of May, 2015.

                                                /s/ Tammy M. Trent
                                                Tammy M. Trent