1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Sovey, William P.
97 Hird Lane
Cottage 493
Sea Island, GA 31561
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (NWL)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
6/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/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 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 06/21/2002 M 25078 A $19.9375 D
Common Stock 06/21/2002 M 4922 A $19.9375 D
Common Stock 06/21/2002 M -25078 D $33.9501 D
Common Stock 06/21/2002 J 2036 A $34.0100 336712 D
Common Stock 7508.7214 I 401 (k) Plan
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 $19.8125 11/08/2010 Common 50000 D
to Buy) Stock
Option (Right $19.9375 06/21/2002 M 25078 07/31/2002 Common 25078 $34.0100 D
to Buy) Stock
Option (Right $19.9375 06/21/2002 M 4922 07/31/2002 Common 4922 $34.0100 0 D
to Buy) Stock
Option (Right $26 02/04/2006 Common 35000 D
to Buy) Stock
Option (Right $35.34 05/09/2012 Common 2000 D
to Buy) Stock
Option (Right $35.5 05/07/2007 Common 23600 D
to Buy) Stock
Option (Right $42.5 01/01/2008 Common 10000 D
to Buy) Stock
Explanation of Responses:
Stock Swap, Cert #CN65743 for 36384 shares. Shares required = 2886
Shares
gained= 2036
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ William P. Sovey
DATE
06/25/2002
