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FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION -------------------------
[ ] Check this box if no longer WASHINGTON D.C. 20549 OMB Number: 3235-0287
subject to Section 16. Form Expires: September 30, 1998
4 or Form 5 obligations may STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Estimated average burden
continue. See Instruction 1(b). hours per response....0.5
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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
(Print or Type Responses)
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1.Name and Address of Reporting Person*| 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol | 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
| | to Issuer
| | (Check all applicable)
Srednicki Richard J. | Sears, Roebuck and Co. [S] | _____ Director _____ 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle) | 3. IRS or Social | 4. Statement for | _____ Other (specify below)
| Security Number | Month/Year |
3333 Beverly Road | of Reporting | 10/98 | President, Sears Home Services
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(Street) | | |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
| | 5. If Amendment, | (Check Applicable Line)
| | Date of Original | _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
| | (Month/Year) | ___ Form filed by More than One
Hoffman Estates IL 60179 | | 11/3/98 | Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) | Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security | 2. Transaction| 3. Transaction| 4. Securities Acquired(A)| 5. Amount of|6. Owner |7. Nature
(Instr. 3) | Date | Code | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | -ship | of
| (Month/Day/ | (Instr. 8) | (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | Beneficially| Form: | Indirect
| Year) | | | Owned at End| Direct | Bene-
| | --------------|--------------------------| of Month | (D) or | ficial
| | | | Amount | (A) | Price | (Instr. 3 | Indirect| Owner-
| | Code | V | | or | | and 4) | (I) | ship
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Common Stock | 10/15/98 | P | | 550 | A | $39.73 | 550 | D |
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Common Stock | 8/12/98 | A | V | 1,666 | A | | 2,166 | D |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). SEC 1474 (7-96)
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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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1. Title of Derivative | 2. Conver- |3. Trans- |4. Trans- |5. Number of |6. Date Exer- |7. Title and Amount |8. Price
Security | sion or | action | action | Derivative | cisable and | of Underlying | of
(Instr. 3) | Exercise | Date | Code | Securities Ac- | Expiration | Securities | Deriv-
| Price of | (Month/| (Instr. 8)| quired (A) or | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) | ative
| Deriv- | Day/ | | Disposed of (D)| (Month/Day/ | | Secur-
| ative | Year) | | (Instr. 3, 4, | Year) | | ity
| Security | | | and 5) | | | (Instr. 5)
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| | | | |Date |Expira- | | Amount or |
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| | | Code | V | (A) |(D) |cisable|Date | | Shares |
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Employee Stock Option | | | | | | | | |Common | |
(right to buy) | $47.63 | 8/12/98 | A | V | 109,849| | (1) | 8/12/08| Stock | 109,849 |
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9. Number of | 10. Ownership | 11. Nature of
Derivative | Form of | Indirect
Securities | Derivative | Beneficial
Beneficially | Security: | Ownership
Owned at End | Direct (D) | (Instr. 4)
of Month | or Indirect (I) |
(Instr. 4) | (Instr. 4) |
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109,849 | D |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The option vests in three equal annual installments beginning on August 12, 1999.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. /s/ Brendan J. McKeough 11/10/98
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------ ------------
**Signature of Date
Reporting Person
By: Brendan J. McKeough as
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. Attorney-In-Fact for Richard
If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. J. Srednicki
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this Page 2
form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. SEC 1474 (7/96)
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