Sec Form 4 Filing - DAVIS PERRY E @ LEGGETT & PLATT INC - 2013-03-28

Insider filing report for Changes in Beneficial Ownership
"Insiders might sell their shares for any number of reasons, but they buy them for only one: they think the price will rise"
- Peter Lynch
What is insider trading>>
FORM 4
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
UNITED STATES 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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
OMB APPROVAL
OMB Number: 3235-0287
Expires: November 30, 2011
Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
DAVIS PERRY E
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LEGGETT & PLATT INC [ LEG]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
X __ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President
(Last) (First) (Middle)
NO. 1 LEGGETT ROAD
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY)
03/28/2013
(Street)
CARTHAGE, MO64836
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
__ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 03/28/2013 M 1,900 A $ 21.35 29,485.9202 D
Common Stock 03/28/2013 F 1,444 D $ 33.33 28,041.9202 D
Common Stock 03/28/2013 M 10,183 A $ 20.51 38,224.9202 D
Common Stock 03/28/2013 F 7,572 D $ 33.33 30,652.9202 D
Common Stock 03/28/2013 S 7,576 D $ 33.6841 ( 1 ) 7,183 I By Wife's Revocable Trust
Common Stock 480 I By Adult Son as Custodian for Minor Son
Common Stock 480 I By Daughter
Common Stock 16,376.065 I By Perry E. Davis Revocable Trust
Common Stock 480 I By Son
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YY)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy) $ 21.35 03/28/2013 M 1,900 07/13/2005( 2 ) 01/12/2014 Common Stock 1,900 $ 0 0 D
Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy) $ 20.51 03/28/2013 M 10,183 07/04/2011( 3 ) 01/03/2020 Common Stock 10,183 $ 0 5,092 D
Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
DAVIS PERRY E
NO. 1 LEGGETT ROAD
CARTHAGE, MO64836
Senior Vice President
Signatures
/s/ S. Scott Luton, by POA 04/01/2013
Signature of Reporting Person Date
Explanation of Responses:
( 1 )Weighted average from multiple transactions with prices ranging from $33.65 to $33.71. Upon request by the Commission staff, Leggett, or a Leggett security holder, the reporting person will undertake to provide full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
( 2 )The option became exercisable in three annual installments beginning July 13, 2005 (633 in 2005; 633 in 2006; 634 in 2007).
( 3 )The option became exercisable as to 5,091 on July 4, 2011, as to 5,092 on July 4, 2012 and will become exercisable as to 5,092 on July 4, 2013.

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* 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).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.