1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Alldredge, William T.
2853 Cotswold Circle
Rockford, IL 61114
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (NWL)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
396-40-9102
4. Statement for Month/Day/Year
12/16/2002
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)
President of Corporate Develop
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- |2A.Execu- |3. Trans-|4. Securities Acquired (A)|5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| | action | action | action| or Disposed of (D) |Securities | ship | of In- |
| | Date | Date | Code | |Beneficially | Form: | direct |
| | | | | |Owned | Direct | Bene- |
| | (Month/ | (Month/ | | |Following | (D) or | ficial |
| | Day/ | Day/ +-----+---+-----------+---+----------+Reported | Indirect| Owner- |
| | Year) | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D|Price |Transaction(s)| (I) | ship |
+------------------------------+----------+----------+-----+---+-----------+---+----------+--------------+-----------+------------+
Common Stock 12/16/2002 S -8000 D $31.7000 D
Common Stock 12/16/2002 G -2000 D $0.0000 157320 D
Common Stock 1589.8785 I 401 (k) Plan
Common Stock 50764 I Barbara
Alldredge
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+-------+-------+------+
|1. |2. |3. |3A. |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- |Trans- |Execu- | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of |
| |sion or |action |tion | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi-|ity: |In- |
| |Exercise|Date |Date | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct|
| |Price of| | |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- |
|Title of |Deriv- |(Month/|(Month/|tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of | |In- |ficial|
|Derivative|ative | Day/ | Day/ +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative| |direct |Owner-|
|Security |Security|Year) |Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security | |(I) |ship |
+----------+--------+-------+-------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+------+
Option $19.9375 05/11/2004 Common 1600 D
(Right to Stock
Buy)
Option $23.75 05/10/2005 Common 1000 D
(Right to Stock
Buy)
Option $24 05/09/2011 Common 28100 D
(Right to Stock
Buy)
Option $26.9375 05/10/2010 Common 35900 D
(Right to Stock
Buy)
Option $28.25 05/07/2006 Common 1000 D
(Right to Stock
Buy)
Option $34.625 10/29/2009 Common 11000 D
(Right to Stock
Buy)
Option $35.34 05/09/2012 Common 31800 D
(Right to Stock
Buy)
Option $35.5 05/07/2007 Common 1800 D
(Right to Stock
Buy)
Option $42.0625 05/26/2009 Common 2200 D
(Right to Stock
Buy)
Option $43.0625 02/07/2009 Common 10886 D
(Right to Stock
Buy)
Option $43.563 02/09/2008 Common 8195 D
(Right to Stock
Buy)
Option $49.125 08/06/2008 Common 9900 D
(Right to Stock
Buy)
Explanation of Responses:
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ William T. Alldredge
DATE
12/18/2002