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FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Morrison Alastair
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
21 Embankment Gardens, Flat 6
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(Street)
London SW3 4LW United Kingdom
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Armor Holdings, Inc. (ABE)
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
December 1997
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below) [X] Other (specify below)
See Explanation of Responses*
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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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5. Amount of 6. Owner-
Securities ship
2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) Beneficially Form:
action action or Disposed of (D) Owned at Direct 7. Nature of
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) End of (D) or Indirect
1. Title of Security (Month/ (Instr. 8) -------------------------- Month Indirect Beneficial
(Instr. 3) Day/ ---------- Amount (A) or Price (Instr. (I) Ownership
Year) Code V (D) 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Common Stock 12/3/97 S 87,613 D (pound)56,001** 140,159 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 person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). SEC 1474 (7-96)
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FORM 4 (continued)
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TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g. puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
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Title and Ownership
Number of Date Exer- Amount of Form of
Derivative cisable and Underlying Number of Deriv-
Securities Expiration Securities Price Derivative ative
Conver- Trans- Acquired (A) Date (Month/ (Instr. 3 of Securities Security:
sion or Trans- action or Disposed Day/Year) and 4) Deriv- Benefi- Direct
Exercise action Code of (D) -------------- -------------- ative cially (D) or Nature of
Title of Price of Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, Date Amount Secur- Owned at Indirect Indirect
Derivative Deriv- (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Exer- Expir- or Num- ity End of (I) Beneficial
Security ative Day/ -------- ---------- cis- ation ber of (Instr. Month (Instr. Ownership
(Instr. 3) Security Year) Code V (A) (D) able Date Title Shares 5) (Instr. 4) 4) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses: See Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof.
/s/ Alastair Morrison January 8, 1998
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** Signature of Reporting Person Date
ALASTAIR MORRISON
** 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 provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Pontential persons who are to respond to the collection of information
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a
currently valid OMB Number.
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SCHEDULE A
EXPLANATION OF RESPONSES
FOR
ALASTAIR MORRISON
* Mr. Morrison is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of DSL Holdings
Limited ("Holdings") and a member of the Board of Directors of DSL Group
Limited ("Group"). Holdings and Group are indirect wholly owned
subsidiaries of Armor Holdings, Inc.
** Mr. Morrison granted a beneficial ownership interest in the 87,613 shares
of Common Stock listed to Martin Brayshaw, a former employee of Group,
pursuant to that certain Option Deed dated April 14, 1997, between
Messrs. Morrison and Brayshaw. The aggregate purchase price of the
option was (pound)56,000, which was paid at the time of the option grant.
The exercise price of the option was (pound)1, which was paid on
December 3, 1997, the date of the exercise of the option.
