UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 5
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
( ) Form 3 Holdings Reported
( ) Form 4 Transactions Reported
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Chapman, Laurence A.
c/o The B. F. Goodrich Company
Three Coliseum Centre
2550 West Tyvola Road
Charlotte, NC 28217
USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
The B. F. Goodrich Company
GR
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
12/99
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)
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting (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 |
|Date |Code| | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | |
| | | Amount | D | Price | End of Year |ect(I)| |
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Common Stock | | | | | |22,000 |(D) | |
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Common Stock | | | | | |22,700 |(I) |(1) |
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| | | | | |11,784 |(I) |(2) |
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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 |Date |Code| rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial |
|cise Pr | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership |
|ice 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 | | | Amount | |ble | | | |Year |(I)| |
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Phantom Shares | |4/9/9|(A) |1,196* |A | | |Common Stock|1,196 | |1,196 |(D)| |
| |9 | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Stock Option | |2/15/|(A) |75,000 |A |4/19/|2/14/|Common Stock|75,000 |$33.406|75,000 |(D)| |
| |99 | | | |99 |09 | | |3 | | | |
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Stock Option | | | | | |4/9/9|2/12/|Common Stock|7,500 |$44.531|7,500 |(D)| |
| | | | | |9 |08 | | |3 | | | |
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Stock Option | | | | | |4/9/9|7/25/|Common Stock|22,400 |$21.25 |22,400 |(D)| |
| | | | | |9 |05 | | | | | | |
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Stock Option | | | | | |4/9/9|4/27/|Common Stock|35,000 |$11.964|35,000 |(D)| |
| | | | | |9 |04 | | |3 | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) By custodian for Individual Retirement
account.
(2) By spouse as custodian for minor
children.
* Shares acquired in connection with the interim payout of the 1998-2000
Long-Term Incentive Plan. Registrant has currently deferred distribution of
these
shares.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Laurence A. Chapman
DATE
2/14/00
