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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*
DeSonier David M
(Last) (First) (Middle)
NO. 1 LEGGETT ROAD
(Street)
CARTHAGE MO 64836
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/06/2008 		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-Strategy&Investor Relations
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 34,519.66 D
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) 07/16/2003(1) 01/15/2012 Common Stock 10,000 22.3 D
Stock Options (Right to Buy) 07/13/2005(2) 01/12/2014 Common Stock 13,000 21.35 D
Stock Options (Right to Buy) 08/09/2006(3) 02/08/2015 Common Stock 10,400 28.02 D
Stock Options (Right to Buy) 10/24/2006 10/23/2015 Common Stock 49,662 19.02 D
Stock Options (Right to Buy) 07/03/2007(4) 01/04/2016 Common Stock 13,350 22.96 D
Stock Options (Right to Buy) 07/03/2008(5) 01/04/2017 Common Stock 13,675 23.61 D
Stock Options (Right to Buy) 07/02/2009(6) 01/02/2018 Common Stock 20,000 16.96 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. The option became exercisable in three annual installments beginning July 16, 2003.
2. The option became exercisable in three annual installments beginning July 13, 2005.
3. The option became exercisable in three annual installments beginning August 9, 2006.
4. The option becomes exercisable in three annual installments beginning July 3, 2007.
5. The option becomes exercisable in three annual installments beginning July 3, 2008.
6. The option becomes exercisable in three annual installments beginning July 2, 2009.
/s/ Aileen Gronewold 11/06/2008
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

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 undersigneds true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	prepare, execute, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the SEC) on the undersigneds 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 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 undersigneds 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-facts 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-facts 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
undersigneds 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 6th day of November, 2008.



					/s/ David M. DeSonier
					David M. DeSonier