UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person O'Kelley, Ronald L. State Street Corporation 225 Franklin Street Boston, MA 02110 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol State Street Corporation STT 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 11/01/01 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Executive Vice President, CFO and Treasurer 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. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock |11/01/|G |V|1,000 |D | |35,176(1) |D | | |01 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |200(1)(2) |I |By Spouse | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |400(1)(2) |I |By Daughter | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |1,600(1)(2) |I |UGMA | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |2,293(1)(3) |I |401(k) Plan | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Employee Stock Option |11.00 | | | | | |12/31|12/20|Common Stock|132,000| | | | | (right to buy) | | | | | | |/96- |/05 | |(1) | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |12/31| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |/00 | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Employee Stock Option |15.875 | | | | | |12/19|12/18|Common Stock|138,000| | | | | (right to buy) | | | | | | |/97- |/06 | |(1) | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |12/19| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |/99 | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Employee Stock Option |33.7188 | | | | | |12/17|12/16|Common Stock|53,132(| | | | | (right to buy) | | | | | | |/99- |/08 | |1) | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |12/17| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |/01 | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Employee Stock Option |34.64065| | | | | |12/16|12/15|Common Stock|90,640(| | | | | (right to buy) | | | | | | |/00- |/09 | |1) | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |12/16| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |/02 | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Employee Stock Option |60.7375 | | | | | |12/21|12/20|Common Stock|62,200(| | | | | (right to buy) | | | | | | |/01- |/10 | |1) | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |12/21| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |/03 | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: (1) Reflects two-for-one stock split distributed on May 30, 2001. (2) The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for the purpose of Section 16 or any other purpose. (3) As of last plan statement. The plan accounts for interest in units of shares and a small amount of cash. As a result the number of underlying shares may fluctuate from time to time. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/Ronald L. O'Kelley DATE 11/09/01