UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Roob, Richard
51 Chestnut Ridge Road
Montvale, NJ 07645
U.S.A.
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Benjamin Moore & Co.
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
10/14/98
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
06/30/98
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director (X) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
Chairman of the Board
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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1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect |
| Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership |
| | | | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | |
| Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| |
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<S> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock/$10. Par Value| | | | | | |100,290 |D | |
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Common Stock/$10. Par Value| | | | | | |20,000 |D |By Spouse* |
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Common Stock/$10. Par Value| | | | | | |1,000 |I |By Daughters* |
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Common Stock/$10. Par Value| | | | | | |274,423 |I |As Co-Trustee UW H Moore* |
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Common Stock/$10. Par Value| | | | | | |19,200 |I |As Co-Trustee UW BM Belcher|
| | | | | | | | |* |
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Common Stock/$10. Par Value| | | | | | |9,559 |I |As Co-Trustee UA Marie Hall|
| | | | | | | | |er* |
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Common Stock/$10. Par Value| | | | | | |9,526 |I |As Co-Trustee UW E Eisenste|
| | | | | | | | |in* |
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Common Stock/$10. Par Value|06/15/|S | |13,200 |D |$84.17 |398,760 |I |As Co-Trustee of Benjamin M|
|98 | | | | | | | |oore Co. |
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| | | | | | | |I |Employees' Stock Ownership |
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| | | | | | | | |Plan Trust** |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of|
Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect |
|or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial |
|cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership |
|Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | |
|Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| |
|tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| |
|Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | |
|rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| |
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Employee Stock Option |$73.26 |8/10/|J3 | |10,000 |A |*** |8/10/|Common Stock|10,000 | |10,000 |D | |
(Right to Buy) | |93 | | | | | |03 |/$10. Par Va| | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |lue | | | | | |
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Employee Stock Option |$83.14 |3/26/|J4 |V|20,000 |A |**** |3/26/|Common Stock|20,000 | |20,000 |D | |
(Right to Buy) | |98 | | | | | |08 | $1| | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |0. Par Value| | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
*Disclaims beneficial ownership with respect to such
shares.
**Disclaims beneficial ownership with respect to such shares in tax qualified
trust, except as to shares allocated
as an employee participant in accordance with the Plan's
terms.
***J3=Grant to reporting person of option to buy shares of common stock ($10
par value) under the Benjamin
Moore & Co. Stock Option Plan, which is an old Rule 16b-3 Plan. One-third of
the option became exercisable on
each of the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the grant
date.
****J4=Exempt Option Grant to reporting person under Rule 16b-3(d). One-fourth
of the option becomes
exercisable on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the
grant date.
FOOTNOTE: TABLE I - The information reflected herein does not include
3,096.184 shares which have accrued
to this reporting person's account as a participant in the tax qualified trust
under the Company's Employees'
Stock Ownership Plan as of the week ending May 15, 1998; nor any intra-plan
transactions in the Company's
stock which may have occurred
since.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/Richard Roob
DATE
July 9, 1998.
