Form 3

Form 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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

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1.  Name and Address of Reporting Person*



   Coombs,        Robert

          (Last)            (First)                 (Middle)



    2859 Paces Ferry Road, Suite #2000
                                 (Street)



       Atlanta           GA                 30339                        

          (City)            (State)                 (Zip)

2. Date of Event
Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)

02/27/01

4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol


Interface, Inc.  (IFSIA)

3. I.R.S. Identification
Number of Reporting
Person, if an entity
(voluntary)

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
___ Director          ___ 10% Owner
_X_ Officer (give   ___ Other (specify
          title below)                     below)

Vice President

6. If Amendment, Date of
Original (Month/Day/Year)

7. Individual or Joint/Group
Filing (Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security
     (Instr. 4)

2. Amount of Securities
    Beneficially Owned
    (Instr. 4)

3. Ownership
    Form: Direct
    (D) or Indirect
     (I) (Instr. 5)

4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

  Class B Common Stock

500

D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)

2. Date Exer-
cisable and
Expiration
Date
(Month/Day/Year)

3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying
Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)

4. Conver-
sion or
Exercise
Price of
Deri-
vative
Security

5. Owner-
ship
Form of
Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct
(D) or
Indirect
(I)
(Instr. 5)

6. Nature of Indirect
Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

Date
Exer-cisable
Expira-
tion
Date

Title

Amount
or
Number
of
Shares

Employee Stock Option
  (Right to Buy)

(1)

3/24/07

Class A or Class B
Common Stock

16,000 (2)

$11.5600

D

 

Employee Stock Option
  (Right to Buy)

(3)

3/2/09

Class A or Class B
Common Stock

15,000

$8.8750

D

 

Employee Stock Option
  (Right to Buy)

(4)

1/4/10

Class A or Class B
Common Stock

15,000

$4.8175

D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Explanation of Responses:
(1) The option vests and becomes exercisable at the rate of 20% per year; the first increment became exercisable on 3/24/98.
(2) The original grant was 20,000 shares. The reporting person exercised an option to purchase 4,000 shares.
(3) The option vests and becomes exercisable at a rate of 20% per year.   The first increment became exercisable on 3/2/00.
(4) The option vests and becomes exercisable at the rate of 20% per year.  The first increment became exercisable on 1/4/01.

**

Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

  /s/  Robert Coombs                                                    
Robert Coombs

   2/28/01      
   Date

Note:

File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient,
See Instruction 6 for procedure.

 

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