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
Devine II, Donald E
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)
4. Statement for Month/Year
12/31/00
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
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/$3.33 1/3 Par |12/15/|U | |7,500 |D |$37.82 |-0- |D | |
Value |00 | | | | | | | | |
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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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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Employee Stock Option |$27.86 |* | | | | |12/15|01/25|Common Stock| | |15,000 |D | |
(Right to Buy) | | | | | | |/00 |/09 |/ $| | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |3.33 1/3 Par| | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Value | | | | | |
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Employee Stock Option |$28.00 |* | | | | |12/15|03/05|Common Stock| | |27,000 |D | |
(Right to Buy) | | | | | | |/00 |/09 |/ $| | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |3.33 1/3 Par| | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Value | | | | | |
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Employee Stock Option |$29.45 |* | | | | |12/15|04/26|Common Stock| | |12,000 |D | |
(Right to Buy) | | | | | | |/00 |/10 |/ $| | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |3.33 1/3 Par| | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Value | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
*Previously reported exempt option grant to reporting person under Rule 16b-3
under the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan.
FOOTNOTE: TABLE I - The information reflected herein does not include 171
shares which have accrued to this reporting person's account under the
Company's Employees' Stock Ownership Plan as of October 31, 2000; nor any
intra-plan transactions in the Company's stock which may have
occurred since. Said shares were disposed of pursuant to the tender of shares
in a change of control transaction.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/Donald E. Devine II
DATE
January 9, 2001
