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
Mitsch, Ronald A.
3050 Minnesota World Trade Center
30 Seventh Street East
St. Paul, MN 55101-4001
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
The Lubrizol Corporation
LZ
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)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
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 Shares |(1) |A |679.6435 |A | |5,606.0457 (2) |D | |
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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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Director Stock Options (|$25.7188|5/1/2|A |2,500 |A |5/1/2|5/1/2|Common Share|1,250 | | | | |
Right to Buy) | |000 | | | |001 |010 |s | | | | | |
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| | | | | |5/1/2|5/1/2|Common Share|625 | | | | |
| | | | | |002 |010 |s | | | | | |
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| | | | | |5/1/2|5/1/2|Common Share|625 | |2,500 |D | |
| | | | | |003 |010 |s | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Granted on various dates between January 1 and December 31, 2000 pursuant
to Lubrizol's deferred stock
compensation
plan.
(2) Includes Common Shares that previously were reported on Table I as Phantom
Stock Units, which are payable
in Common Shares on a 1-for-1
basis.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Ronald A. Mitsch by Leslie M. Reynolds
DATE
February 8, 2001