U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
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
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Hermelin Marc S.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
2503 South Hanley Road
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(Street)
St. Louis, MO 63144
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
K-V Pharmaceutical Company KVA, KVB
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
November, 2000
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ X ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ X ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting
[ 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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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Class A Common Stock 86,509(a) D
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1,393,077(a) I(b)
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264,375(a) I(c)
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SEC.CHA
(a) Reflects three-for-two stock split, in form of stock dividend to Share-
holders of record August 28, 2000.
(b) Shares held in two trusts in which the reporting person is one of three
trustees of each trust; including Trust Agreement dated 12/22/73 FBO Marc
S. Hermelin, in which the reporting person is the primary beneficiary, and
one trust including Trust Agreement dated 12/12/73 FBO Minnette Hermelin.
(c) Shares held in an Irrevocable trust for the benefit of the reporting
person. The reporting person does not hold or share voting or dispositive
power regarding the shares.
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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)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially
Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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9. 10.
Number Owner-
of ship
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
of Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Code of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Option to Class A
Purchase 13.887 6/1/00 A 75,000 6/1/03 Common 75,000 75,000 D
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Marc S. Hermelin 11/08/00
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Marc S. Hermelin
** 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 unless the form displays a current
valid OMB Number.
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