1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Hays, Thomas A.
No 1 Leggett Road
Carthage, MO 64836
USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Leggett & Platt, Incorporated (LEG)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
1/2002
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. Trans- |3. Trans- |4. Securities Acquired (A) |5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| | action | action | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of In- |
| | Date | Code | | Beneficially | Form: | direct |
| | | | | Owned at | Direct | Bene- |
| | (Month/ | | | End of | (D) or | ficial |
| | Day/ +-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+ Month | Indirect| Owner- |
| | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D |Price | | (I) | ship |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
Common Stock 01/07/2002 M 2856 A $8.4063 D
Common Stock 01/07/2002 M 2824 A $10.6250 D
Common Stock 01/07/2002 M 111 A $12.7500 D
Common Stock 01/07/2002 M 2966 A $11.1250 D
Common Stock 01/07/2002 J -8757 D $0.0000 0 D
Common Stock 01/07/2002 J 8757 A $0.0000 33757 I Held in
Limited
Partnership,
Hays is Gen.
Partner
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
|1. |2. |3. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. |
| | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | |
| | | | | | | | |of |ship | |
| | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| |
| | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | |
| | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature |
| |Conver- | | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of |
| |sion or | | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi- |ity: |In- |
| |Exercise| | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct |
| |Price of|Transac- |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- |
|Title of |Deriv- |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of |at End |In- |ficial |
|Derivative |ative |(Month/ +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative|of |direct |Owner- |
|Security |Security|Day/Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |Month |(I) |ship |
+-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
Stock Options $8.4063 01/07/2002 M 2856 01/02/1998 01/01/2012 Common 2856 $8.4063 0 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $10.625 01/07/2002 M 2824 01/02/1999 01/02/2013 Common 2824 $10.6250 0 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $11.125 01/07/2002 M 2966 01/04/2000 01/04/2014 Common 2966 $11.1250 0 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $12.75 01/07/2002 M 111 08/06/1999 08/06/2013 Common 111 $12.7500 0 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Explanation of Responses:
Not a transaction, merely a change in the nature of beneficial ownership because
shares acquired on exercise were directed into the Limited Partnership
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Thomas A. Hays
DATE
02/07/2002
