1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Thompson, John S. Two Pitcairn Place, Suite 200 165 Township Line Road Jenkintown, PA 19046- 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (ST) 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 02/12/2003 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) CEO and President 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 20000 D 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 | +----------+--------+-------+-------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+------+ Non $19.675 02/12/2 A V 44918 02/12/2004 02/12/2013 Common 44918 $0.0000 44918 D Qualified 003Stock Stock Options Non $30.9688 04/26/2010 Common 12000 D Qualified Stock Stock Options Non $34.435 02/12/2012 Common 26269 D Qualified Stock Stock Options Non $37.1875 09/30/2009 Common 61555 D Qualified Stock Stock Options Non $51.1 02/14/2011 Common 18462 D Qualified Stock Stock Options Incentive $19.675 02/12/2 A V 5082 02/12/2004 02/12/2013 Common 5082 $0.0000 5082 D Stock 003 Stock Options Incentive $30.9688 04/26/2010 Common 3000 D Stock Stock Options Incentive $34.435 02/12/2012 Common 3731 D Stock Stock Options Incentive $37.1875 09/30/2009 Common 13445 D Stock Stock Options Incentive $51.1 02/14/2011 Common 1538 D Stock Stock Options Explanation of Responses: SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ John S. Thompson DATE 04/23/2003 These options were granted as an incentive to the recipient and the number granted was calculated using the fair market value of the Company's common stock on the grant date. 20% of the options granted become exercisable one year after the grant date,and the remainder become exercisable in annual 20% increments thereafter.