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FORM 4
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
[_] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
VORWERK & CO.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
MUEHLENWEG 17-37
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(Street)
WUPPERTAL 42275 GERMANY
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TUPPERWARE CORPORATION (TUP)
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
APRIL 2000
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[_] Director [X] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[_] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (Month/Day/Year) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 4/19/00 P 14,200 A $16.31 I note No. 1
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Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 4/19/00 P 15,600 A $16.38 I note No. 1
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Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 4/20/00 P 20,000 A $16.50 5,885,100(2) I note No. 1
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
of Form
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
1 Held through Vorwerk & Co. Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, a private
corporation limited by shares organized and existing under the laws of the
Federal Republic of Germany (with its address at Muehlenweg 17-37, Wuppertal
42275, Germany), all of the voting rights of which are held by Vorwerk & Co.
Interholding GmbH, a private corporation limited by shares organized and
existing under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (with its
address at Muehlenweg 17-37, Wuppertal 42275, Germany), all of the shares
of which are held by Vorwerk & Co.
2 Of the 5,885,100 shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person,
5,714,100 shares are held through Vorwerk International Niggemann & Co., a
limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of Switzerland
(with its address at Verenastrasse 39, CH-8832 Wollerau, Switzerland), all
of the voting rights of which are held by Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH.
/s/ Robin L. Spear May 8, 2000
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Robin L. Spear
Attorney-in-fact for Dr. Ulrich Mollmann,
Head of Legal Department, Vorwerk & Co.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a
currently valid OMB Number.
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