------------ FORM 4 ------------ [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP 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 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Townsend Alair A. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o Crain's N.Y. Business 711 Third Avenue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) New York NY 10017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Armor Holdings, Inc. (AH) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year December 5, 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) December 9, 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________ 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 Law) |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 ================================================================================ 5. Amount of 2A. Securities 6. 2. Deemed Beneficially Owner- Trans- Execution 3. 4. Owned ship 7. action Date, if Transaction Securities Acquired (A) or Following Form: Nature of Date any Code Disposed of (D) Reported (D) Direct Indirect 1. --------- --------- (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3 and 4) Transactions or (I) Beneficial Title of Security (Month/ (Month/ ------------ -------------------------- (Instr. 3 Indirect Ownership (Instr. 3) Day/Year) Day/Year) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr.4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, par value 4,416 D $0.01 per share ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =================================================================================================================================== FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ================================================================================ 9. Number 10. of Owner- deriv- ship ative Form 2. Secur- of Conver- 5. 7. ities Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Bene- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ficially Secur- of Exer- 3A. 4. Securities Date Securities Price Owned ity: In- cise Deemed Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Follow- Direct direct Price 3. Execut- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- ing (D) or Bene- 1. of Trans- ion Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Reported In- ficial Title of Deriv- action Date if (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Trans- direct Owner- Derivative ative Date Any, 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity actions (I) ship Security Secur- (Month/ (Month/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Day/Year)Day/Year)Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock $8.00 (2) 12/06 Common 55,000 55,000 D Options Stock (Right to Buy) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock $9.6875 (2) 6/09 Common 10,000 10,000 D Options Stock (Right to Buy) (3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock $13.19 (2) 6/15/10 Common 10,000 10,000 D Options Stock (Right to Buy) (3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock $14.44 (2) 6/19/11 Common 12,500 12,500 D Options Stock (Right to Buy) (3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock $24.07 12/5/02 A 12,500 6/18/03 12/5/12 Common 12,500 12,500 D Options Stock (Right to Buy) (4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== (1) Granted pursuant to the Armor Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 1996 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan. (2) Presently exercisable. (3) Granted pursuant to the Armor Holdings, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan. (4) Granted pursuant to the Armor Holdings, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan. *If the Form is filed by more than one reporting person, See Instruction 4(b)(v). **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). /s/ Alair A. Townsend February 6, 2003 --------------------------------------- ---------------- **Signature of the Reporting Person Date