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 (Print of Type Responses) ________________________________________________________________________________ 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 November 22, 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 ================================================================================ 5. Amount of 6. 4. Securities Owner- 2A. Securities Acquired (A) or Beneficially ship 2. Deemed 3. Disposed of (D) Owned Form: 7. Trans- Execution Transaction (Instr. 3 and 4) Following Direct Nature of action Date, if Code ------------------------------- Reported (D) or Indirect 1. Date any (Instr. 8) (A) Transactions Indirect Beneficial Title of Security (Month/ (Month/ ------------ or (Instr. 3 & (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) Day/Year) Day/Year) Code V Amount (D) Price Instr.4) (Instr.4) (Instr.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 11/22/02 G V 600 D 4,416 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== 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 3A. Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ficially Secur- of Exer- Deemed 4. Securities Date Securities Price Owned ity: In- cise 3. Execut- Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Follow- Direct direct Price Trans- ion action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- ing (D) or Bene- 1. of action Date if Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Reported In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date any (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Trans- direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity actions (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Options (Right to Common Buy)(1) $8.00 (2) 12/06 Stock 55,000 55,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Options (Right to Common Buy)(3) $9.6875 (2) 6/09 Stock 10,000 10,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Options (Right to Common Buy)(3) $13.19 (2) 6/15/10 Stock 10,000 10,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Options (Right to Common Buy)(3) $14.44 (2) 6/19/11 Stock 12,500 12,500 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== (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. /s/ Alair A. Townsend November 26, 2002 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date * 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).