1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Matschullat, Dale L.
1410 Geneva Club
Lake Geneva, WI 53147
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (NWL)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
561-68-6439
4. Statement for Month/Year
10/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner
(X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
Vice President - General Couns
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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------------+----------------+-----------+------------+
|1. Title of Security |2. Trans- |3. Trans- |4. Securities Acquired (A) |5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| | action | action | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of In- |
| | Date | Code | | Beneficially | Form: | direct |
| | | | | Owned at | Direct | Bene- |
| | (Month/ | | | End of | (D) or | ficial |
| | Day/ +-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+ Month | Indirect| Owner- |
| | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D |Price | | (I) | ship |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
Common Stock 10/30/2002 G -50 D $0.0000 0 D
Common Stock 0 I 401 k Plan
Common Stock 0 I Street Name
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
|1. |2. |3. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. |
| | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | |
| | | | | | | | |of |ship | |
| | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| |
| | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | |
| | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature |
| |Conver- | | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of |
| |sion or | | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi- |ity: |In- |
| |Exercise| | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct |
| |Price of|Transac- |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- |
|Title of |Deriv- |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of |at End |In- |ficial |
|Derivative |ative |(Month/ +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative|of |direct |Owner- |
|Security |Security|Day/Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |Month |(I) |ship |
+-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
Option (Right $19.9375 05/11/2004 Common 7000 D
to Buy) Stock
Option (Right $23.75 05/10/2005 Common 1000 D
to Buy) Stock
Option (Right $24 05/09/2011 Common 21600 D
to Buy) Stock
Option (Right $26.9375 05/10/2010 Common 28900 D
to Buy) Stock
Option (Right $28.25 05/17/2006 Common 2000 D
to Buy) Stock
Option (Right $29.9375 01/31/2010 Common 15800 D
to Buy) Stock
Option (Right $34.625 10/29/2009 Common 5500 D
to Buy) Stock
Option (Right $35.34 05/09/2012 Common 14600 D
to Buy) Stock
Option (Right $43.0625 02/07/2009 Common 10508 D
to Buy) Stock
Option (Right $43.563 02/09/2008 Common 4490 D
to Buy) Stock
Explanation of Responses:
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Dale L. Matschullat
DATE
10/30/2002