1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Bentele, Raymond F.
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
12/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/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- |2A.Execu- |3. Trans-|4. Securities Acquired (A)|5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| | action | action | action| or Disposed of (D) |Securities | ship | of In- |
| | Date | Date | Code | |Beneficially | Form: | direct |
| | | | | |Owned | Direct | Bene- |
| | (Month/ | (Month/ | | |Following | (D) or | ficial |
| | Day/ | Day/ | +-----------+---+----------+ Year | Indirect| Owner- |
| | Year) | Year) | |Amount |A/D|Price | | (I) | ship |
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---+----------+--------------+-----------+------------+
Common Stock 4000 I Living Trust
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+-------+-------+------+
|1. |2. |3. |3A. |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- |Trans- |Execu- | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of |
| |sion or |action |tion | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi-|ity: |In- |
| |Exercise|Date |Date | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct|
| |Price of| | |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- |
|Title of |Deriv- |(Month/|(Month/|tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of | |In- |ficial|
|Derivative|ative |Day/ |Day/ | +-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative|at End |direct |Owner-|
|Security |Security|Year) |Year) | |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |of Year|(I) |ship |
+----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+------+
Stock $8.4063 01/01/2012 Common 2142 I Living
Options Stock Trust
(Right to
buy)
Stock $8.844 01/02/2016 Common 2375 I Living
Options Stock Trust
(Right to
buy)
Stock $8.9375 08/01/2015 Common 93 I Living
Options Stock Trust
(Right to
buy)
Stock $10.2813 01/03/2015 Common 1848 I Living
Options Stock Trust
(Right to
buy)
Stock $10.625 01/02/2013 Common 1694 I Living
Options Stock Trust
(Right to
buy)
Stock $11.125 01/04/2014 Common 1708 I Living
Options Stock Trust
(Right to
buy)
Stock $11.165 01/02/2 A 1881 01/02/2003 01/02/2017 Common 1881 $0.0000 1881 I Living
Options 002 Stock Trust
(Right to
buy)
Stock $11.39 08/14/2 A 88 08/14/2002 08/14/2017 Common 88 $0.0000 88 I Living
Options 002 Stock Trust
(Right to
buy)
Stock $12.75 08/06/2013 Common 33 I Living
Options Stock Trust
(Right to
buy)
Stock $19.9 05/08/2011 Common 1256 I Living
Options Stock Trust
(Right to
buy)
Stock $20.8125 05/02/2010 Common 1201 I Living
Options Stock Trust
(Right to
buy)
Stock $22.78 08/14/2 A 1097 05/13/2003 08/13/2012 Common 1097 $0.0000 1097 I Living
Options 002 Stock Trust
(Right to
buy)
Stock $27.15 05/08/2 A 921 11/08/2003 05/07/2012 Common 921 $0.0000 921 I Living
Options 002 Stock Trust
(Right to
buy)
Explanation of Responses:
The option vests in three equal annual installments beginning November 8, 2003.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ John A. Lyckman
DATE
01/13/2003
