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FORM 4
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|_| Check this box if no longer subject to
Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Bell, Jr. Thomas D.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Young & Rubicam Inc., 285 Madison Avenue
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(Street)
New York NY 10017
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Young & Rubicam Inc. (YNR)
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of
Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
12/98
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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)
X Director X 10% Owner
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x Officer (give Other (specify
----- title below) ----- below)
Executive Vice President and Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of
Young & Rubicam Advertising
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
x Form filed by One Reporting Person
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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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1. Title of 2. Transaction 3. Transaction 4. Securities Acquired 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of
Security Date Code (A) or Disposed of (D) Securities Form: Direct Indirect
(Instr. 3) (Month/Day/Year) (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially (D) or Beneficial
Owned at End of Indirect (I) Ownership
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(A) or (Instr. 3 and 4)
Code V Amount (D) Price
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Common Stock, 12/30/98
par value $0.01
per share G V 175 D 143,518 D
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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)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriva- 6. Date Exercis-
Derivative sion or action tion tive Securities Ac- able and Expi-
Security Exer- Date Code quired (A) or Dis- ration Date
(Instr. 3) cise (Month/ (Instr. 8) posed of (D) (Month/Day/
Price of Day/ (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Year)
Deriva- Year) ------------------
tive Se- Date Expira-
curity ------------------- Exer- tion
Code V (A) (D) cisable Date
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7. Title and Amount of 8. Price of 9. Number of 10. Ownership Form 11. Nature of
Underlying Securities Derivative derivative of Derivative Indirect
(Instr. 3 and 4) Security Securities Security: Direct Beneficial
(Instr. 5) Beneficially (D) or Indirect Ownership
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Amount or of Month (Instr. 4)
Number of (Instr. 4)
Title Shares
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The above Additional Options will become exercisable on
9/17/07, unless Burson-Marsteller, Landor Associates, Sudler
& Hennessey and Cohn & Wolfe achieve a targeted operating
profit budget commitment for the year ending December 31,
1998, in which case such options will become exercisable with
respect to 33 1/3% of the shares subject to such options
on December 1, 2000, with respect to an additional 33 1/3%
of such shares on December 31, 2001 and with respect to the
remaining 33 1/3% of such shares on December 31, 2002.
/s/ Renee E. Becnel
attorney-in-fact,
on behalf of
Thomas D. Bell, Jr. 1/11/99
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** Signature of Date
Reporting Person
** 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 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
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