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     <TD WIDTH=75%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 11, 2002</FONT></TD>
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<b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b><BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549<BR><BR>
<b>FORM S-8</b><BR><BR>
Registration Statement<BR>
Under the Securities Act of 1933<BR><BR>
<b>LEGGETT &amp; PLATT, INCORPORATED</b></font><BR>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=1>(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)</FONT></p>

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     <TD WIDTH=33% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><b><u>Missouri</u></b></font><BR>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=1>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=34% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=33% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><b><u>44-0324630</u></b></font><BR>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=1>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><b>No. 1 Leggett Road<BR>
Carthage, Missouri 64836<BR>
(417) 358-8131<BR></b></font>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=1>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>including area code of,
registrant&#146;s principal executive office)</font></P>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=3><b>LEGGETT
&amp; PLATT, INCORPORATED DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN</b></FONT><BR>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>(Full Title of the Plan)<BR><BR>
<b>ERNEST C. JETT<BR>
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Leggett &amp; Platt, Incorporated<BR>
No. 1 Leggett Road, Carthage, Missouri 64836<BR>
(417) 358-8131</b><BR>
(Name, Address, including Zip Code and Telephone Number,<BR>
including Area Code, of Agent For Service)<BR><BR>
Please Send Copies of  Communications  to:<BR>
R. Randall  Wang, Esq.<BR>
Bryan Cave LLP<BR>
One Metropolitan Square, Suite 3600<BR>
St. Louis,  Missouri 63102-2750<BR>
(314) 259-2000</FONT></p>

<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></P>

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     <TD WIDTH=30% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Title of Securities<BR>to be Registered</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=15% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Amount to be<BR>Registered</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Proposed Maximum<BR>Offering Price<BR>Per Interest (3)</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Proposed Maximum<BR>Aggregate Offering<BR>Price (3)</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=15% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Amount of Registration Fee</FONT></TD>
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     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share and attached Preferred Stock Purchase Rights (1)(2)</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=15% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>800,000</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>$21.859</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>$17,487,006</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=15% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>$1608.80</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT SIZE=2>This Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional
shares of Common Stock as may be issuable pursuant to the antidilution
provisions of the Director Stock Option Plan.<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT SIZE=2>Each share of Common Stock issued also represents one Preferred Stock Purchase
Right. Such Rights cannot currently trade separately from the underlying Common
Stock and therefore do not carry a separate price or necessitate an additional
registration fee.<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(3)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT SIZE=2> Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to
Rule 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based upon
the exercise price of all issued but unexercised Options currently outstanding
under the plan, and the average of the high and low prices of Registrant&#146;s
Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on February 8,
2002.</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>II-2</font></P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><b>PART I</b><BR><BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></P>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As
permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, this
Registration Statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8.
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this
Registration Statement will be sent or given to eligible directors as specified
by Rule 428(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;). Such documents are not being filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission either as part of this Registration Statement
or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated
under the Securities Act. </FONT></P>

<p ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>PART II</b><BR><BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></p>

<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</FONT></H2>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The following documents listed in (a) through (e) below, which are on file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, are incorporated herein by reference: </FONT></P>

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     <TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;Leggett &amp; Platt,  Incorporated's  ("Leggett &amp; Platt" or the "Company")  Annual Report on Form
         10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 (File No. 1-7845);<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;The  Company's  Quarterly  Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters  ended March 31, 2001,  June
         30, 2001 and September 30, 2001 (File No. 1-7845);<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 1, 2001 (File No. 1-7845);<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;The  description of the Company's  common stock  contained in Form 8-A dated June 5, 1979, as
         amended  on Form 8 dated May 10,  1984,  including  any  amendments  or reports  filed for the  purpose of
         updating such description; and<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;The  description  of  the  Company's  preferred  stock  purchase  rights  contained  in  the
         Company's  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A filed January 25, 1999, including any amendments or reports
         filed for the purpose of updating such description.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
All documents subsequently filed by Leggett &amp; Platt, Incorporated and the Plan
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;) (other than pursuant to Item 9 of Form 8-K),
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained
herein or in a document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference
herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part hereof. </FONT></P>

<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Description of Securities.</FONT></H2>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.</font></P>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</b></font></P>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Ernest C. Jett, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, has
rendered an opinion as to the legality of the<B> </B>Common Stock being
registered hereby. Mr. Jett is paid a salary and bonus by the Company,
participates in certain of the Company&#146;s employee benefit plans, and owns
shares of Common Stock and options to acquire shares of Common Stock. </FONT></P>


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<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</FONT></H2>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Company is a Missouri corporation. Section 351.355 of the Revised Statutes of
Missouri provides that a corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation in any action, suit or proceeding other than an
action by or in the right of the corporation, against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if
he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that he may not be
indemnified in respect of any claim, issue or matter in which he has been
adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to
the corporation, unless authorized by the court. This section also provides that
a corporation shall have the power to give any further indemnity to any such
person, in addition to the indemnity otherwise authorized under Section 351.355,
provided that no such indemnity shall indemnify any person from or on account of
such person&#146;s conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly
fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Under the Company&#146;s Restated Articles of Incorporation and Missouri corporation
laws, each of the present and former directors and officers of the Company may
be entitled to indemnification under certain circumstances from certain
liabilities, claims and expenses arising from any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding (including any such action, suit or
proceeding arising under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended), to which they
are made a party by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer
of the Company. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Company insures its directors and officers against certain liabilities and has
insurance against certain payments which it may be obliged to make to such
persons under the indemnification provisions of its Restated Articles of
Incorporation. </FONT></P>

<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exemption from Registration Claimed.</FONT></H2>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Not Applicable.</font></P>

<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits.</FONT></H2>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Reference is made to the Exhibit Index filed herewith.</font></P>

<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings.</FONT></H2>

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     <TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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     <TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any  prospectus  required by Section  10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;
table in the effective registration statement;<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;</FONT></TD>
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     <TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8, or Form F-3, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That,  for the purpose of  determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933,
         each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed to be a new  registration  statement  relating to the
         securities  offered  therein,  and the offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
         initial bona fide offering thereof.<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
         securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>SIGNATURES</FONT></H1>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of
Carthage, State of Missouri on the 11th day of February, 2002. </FONT></P>

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     <TD WIDTH=4% colspan=2><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>LEGGETT &amp; PLATT, INCORPORATED<BR><BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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     <TD WIDTH=50%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=4%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>By:</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=46%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>/s/ Michael A. Glauber</FONT><HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE></TD>
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     <TD WIDTH=4%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=46%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Michael A. Glauber<BR>Senior Vice President -<BR>Finance and Administration</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></P>


<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Felix E. Wright, Michael A. Glauber and Ernest C. Jett,
and each of them (with full power of each to act alone), severally, as his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and to execute in his or her
name, place and stead (individually and in any capacity stated below) the
original registration statement with respect to securities (including the
Corporation&#146;s common stock, $.01 par value, and the Preferred Stock
Purchase Rights attached to and trading with such Common Stock) to be sold
pursuant to the Leggett &amp; Platt, Incorporated Director Stock Option Plan and
any and all amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all
documents and instruments necessary or advisable in connection therewith, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental regulatory authority), granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and/or any
of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated. </FONT></P>


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<TD width=40% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>/s/ Felix E. Wright</FONT><hr noshade size=1>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Felix E. Wright</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=36%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Vice Chairman of the Board, President<BR>and Chief Executive Officer; and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=24% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>February 11, 2002</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
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<TD width=40% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>/s/ Michael A. Glauber</FONT><hr noshade size=1>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Michael A. Glauber</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=36%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Senior Vice President - Finance <BR>and Administration<BR>(Principal Financial Officer)</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=24% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>February 11, 2002</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign=top>
<TD width=40% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>/s/ Allan J. Ross</FONT><hr noshade size=1>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Allan J. Ross</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=36%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Vice President - Accounting <BR>(Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=24% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>February 11, 2002</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign=top>
<TD width=40% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>/s/ Harry M. Cornell, Jr.</FONT><hr noshade size=1>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Harry M. Cornell, Jr.</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=36%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Chairman of the Board</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=24% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>February 11, 2002</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>4</font></P>
<PAGE>

<TABLE width=100% CELLPADDING=5 CELLSPACING=5 BORDER=0>
<TR valign=top>
<TD width=40% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>/s/ Raymond F. Bentele</FONT><hr noshade size=1>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Raymond F. Bentele</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=36%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=24% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>February 11, 2002</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign=top>
<TD width=40% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>/s/ Ralph W. Clark</FONT><hr noshade size=1>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Ralph W. Clark</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=36%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=24% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>February 11, 2002</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign=top>
<TD width=40% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>/s/ Robert Ted Enloe, III</FONT><hr noshade size=1>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Robert Ted Enloe, III</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=36%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=24% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>February 11, 2002</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign=top>
<TD width=40% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>/s/ Richard T. Fisher</FONT><hr noshade size=1>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Richard T. Fisher</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=36%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=24% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>February 11, 2002</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign=top>
<TD width=40% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>/s/ Bob L. Gaddy</FONT><hr noshade size=1>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Bob L. Gaddy</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=36%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Senior Vice President;<BR>Chairman and Chief Executive<BR>
 Officer - Aluminum Products Segment;<BR>Director</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=24% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>February 11, 2002</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign=top>
<TD width=40% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>/s/ David S. Haffner</FONT><hr noshade size=1>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>David S. Haffner</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=36%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Executive Vice President and Chief<BR>Operating Officer; Director</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=24% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>February 11, 2002</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign=top>
<TD width=40% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>/s/ Thomas A. Hays</FONT><hr noshade size=1>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Thomas A. Hays</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=36%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=24% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>February 11, 2002</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign=top>
<TD width=40% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>/s/ Robert A. Jefferies, Jr.</FONT><hr noshade size=1>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Robert A. Jefferies, Jr.</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=36%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Senior Vice President -<BR>Strategic Planning; Director</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=24% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>February 11, 2002</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign=top>
<TD width=40% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>/s/ Alexander M. Levine</FONT><hr noshade size=1>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Alexander M. Levine</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=36%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=24% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>February 11, 2002</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign=top>
<TD width=40% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>/s/ Duane W. Potter</FONT><hr noshade size=1>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Duane W. Potter</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=36%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Senior Vice President; Director</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=24% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>February 11, 2002</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign=top>
<TD width=40% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>/s/ Maurice E. Purnell, Jr.</FONT><hr noshade size=1>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Maurice E. Purnell, Jr.</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=36%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=24% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>February 11, 2002</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign=top>
<TD width=40% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>/s/ Alice L. Walton</FONT><hr noshade size=1>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Alice L. Walton</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=36%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
<TD width=24% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>February 11, 2002</FONT><BR><BR></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>EXHIBIT INDEX</FONT></H2>

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     <TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=15% align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><u>Exhibit Number</u></FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=75%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2><u>Description</u><BR><BR></FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign=top>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>3.1</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Restated  Articles of  Incorporation  as of May 13,  1987,
incorporated   by   reference   to  Exhibit   3.1  to  the
Registrant's  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K  for the  year
ended December 31, 1998 (File No. 1-7845).<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign=top>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>3.2</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Amendment  to  Restated  Articles of  Incorporation  dated
May 12, 1993,  incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
Registrant's  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K  for the  year
ended December 31, 1998 (File No. 1-7845).<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
</TR>

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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>3.3</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation  dated May
16, 1999,  incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the
Registrant's  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K  for the  year
ended December 31, 1999 (File No. 1-7845).<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
</TR>


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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>3.4</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>By-Laws  of the  Registrant  with all  amendments  through
March 15, 1999,  incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 3.3
to  Registrant's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1998 (File No. 1-7845).<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
</TR>


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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>3.5</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Rights Agreement  effective  February 15, 1999
pertaining to preferred stock purchase rights  distributed
by the Registrant,  incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4
to the  Registrant's  Current  Report  on Form  8-K  filed
December 1, 1998 (File No. 1-7845).<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
</TR>


<TR valign=top>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>4.1</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Leggett &amp; Platt, Incorporated Director Stock Option Plan<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Opinion of Ernest C. Jett, Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary of Leggett &amp; Platt, Incorporated.<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Consent of Ernest C. Jett, Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary (included in Exhibit 5.1).<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>24.1</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE=2>Power of Attorney  (included on the signature page of this
registration statement).</FONT></TD>
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Leggett & Platt, Incorporated - Form S-8 - February 11, 2002
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 11, 2002
Registration No. 333-_____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
Registration Statement
Under the Securities Act of 1933
LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED
(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)
Missouri
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
44-0324630
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
No. 1 Leggett Road
Carthage, Missouri 64836
(417) 358-8131
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code of,
registrant's principal executive office)
LEGGETT
& PLATT, INCORPORATED DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
ERNEST C. JETT
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Leggett & Platt, Incorporated
No. 1 Leggett Road, Carthage, Missouri 64836
(417) 358-8131
(Name, Address, including Zip Code and Telephone Number,
including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Please Send Copies of  Communications  to:
R. Randall  Wang, Esq.
Bryan Cave LLP
One Metropolitan Square, Suite 3600
St. Louis,  Missouri 63102-2750
(314) 259-2000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Interest (3)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price (3)
Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share and attached Preferred Stock Purchase Rights (1)(2)
800,000
$21.859
$17,487,006
$1608.80
(1)
This Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional
shares of Common Stock as may be issuable pursuant to the antidilution
provisions of the Director Stock Option Plan.
(2)
Each share of Common Stock issued also represents one Preferred Stock Purchase
Right. Such Rights cannot currently trade separately from the underlying Common
Stock and therefore do not carry a separate price or necessitate an additional
registration fee.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to
Rule 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based upon
the exercise price of all issued but unexercised Options currently outstanding
under the plan, and the average of the high and low prices of Registrant's
Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on February 8,
2002.
II-2
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
As
permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, this
Registration Statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8.
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this
Registration Statement will be sent or given to eligible directors as specified
by Rule 428(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). Such documents are not being filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission either as part of this Registration Statement
or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated
under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents listed in (a) through (e) below, which are on file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)  Leggett & Platt,  Incorporated's  ("Leggett & Platt" or the "Company")  Annual Report on Form
         10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 (File No. 1-7845);
(b)  The  Company's  Quarterly  Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters  ended March 31, 2001,  June
         30, 2001 and September 30, 2001 (File No. 1-7845);
(c)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 1, 2001 (File No. 1-7845);
(d)  The  description of the Company's  common stock  contained in Form 8-A dated June 5, 1979, as
         amended  on Form 8 dated May 10,  1984,  including  any  amendments  or reports  filed for the  purpose of
         updating such description; and
(e)  The  description  of  the  Company's  preferred  stock  purchase  rights  contained  in  the
         Company's  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A filed January 25, 1999, including any amendments or reports
         filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by Leggett & Platt, Incorporated and the Plan
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (the "1934 Act") (other than pursuant to Item 9 of Form 8-K),
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained
herein or in a document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference
herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part hereof.
Item 4.   Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Ernest C. Jett, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, has
rendered an opinion as to the legality of the
Common Stock being
registered hereby. Mr. Jett is paid a salary and bonus by the Company,
participates in certain of the Company's employee benefit plans, and owns
shares of Common Stock and options to acquire shares of Common Stock.
Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company is a Missouri corporation. Section 351.355 of the Revised Statutes of
Missouri provides that a corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation in any action, suit or proceeding other than an
action by or in the right of the corporation, against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if
he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that he may not be
indemnified in respect of any claim, issue or matter in which he has been
adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to
the corporation, unless authorized by the court. This section also provides that
a corporation shall have the power to give any further indemnity to any such
person, in addition to the indemnity otherwise authorized under Section 351.355,
provided that no such indemnity shall indemnify any person from or on account of
such person's conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly
fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.
Under the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation and Missouri corporation
laws, each of the present and former directors and officers of the Company may
be entitled to indemnification under certain circumstances from certain
liabilities, claims and expenses arising from any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding (including any such action, suit or
proceeding arising under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended), to which they
are made a party by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer
of the Company.
The Company insures its directors and officers against certain liabilities and has
insurance against certain payments which it may be obliged to make to such
persons under the indemnification provisions of its Restated Articles of
Incorporation.
Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.   Exhibits.
Reference is made to the Exhibit Index filed herewith.
Item 9.   Undertakings.
(a)     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)     To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)     To include any  prospectus  required by Section  10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)     To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;
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provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8, or Form F-3, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
(2)     That,  for the purpose of  determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933,
         each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed to be a new  registration  statement  relating to the
         securities  offered  therein,  and the offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
         initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)     To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
         securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)     
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of
Carthage, State of Missouri on the 11th day of February, 2002.
LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED
By:
/s/ Michael A. Glauber
Michael A. Glauber
Senior Vice President -
Finance and Administration
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Felix E. Wright, Michael A. Glauber and Ernest C. Jett,
and each of them (with full power of each to act alone), severally, as his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and to execute in his or her
name, place and stead (individually and in any capacity stated below) the
original registration statement with respect to securities (including the
Corporation's common stock, $.01 par value, and the Preferred Stock
Purchase Rights attached to and trading with such Common Stock) to be sold
pursuant to the Leggett & Platt, Incorporated Director Stock Option Plan and
any and all amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all
documents and instruments necessary or advisable in connection therewith, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental regulatory authority), granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and/or any
of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Felix E. Wright
Felix E. Wright
Vice Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer; and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
February 11, 2002
/s/ Michael A. Glauber
Michael A. Glauber
Senior Vice President - Finance
and Administration
(Principal Financial Officer)
February 11, 2002
/s/ Allan J. Ross
Allan J. Ross
Vice President - Accounting
(Principal Accounting Officer)
February 11, 2002
/s/ Harry M. Cornell, Jr.
Harry M. Cornell, Jr.
Chairman of the Board
February 11, 2002
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/s/ Raymond F. Bentele
Raymond F. Bentele
Director
February 11, 2002
/s/ Ralph W. Clark
Ralph W. Clark
Director
February 11, 2002
/s/ Robert Ted Enloe, III
Robert Ted Enloe, III
Director
February 11, 2002
/s/ Richard T. Fisher
Richard T. Fisher
Director
February 11, 2002
/s/ Bob L. Gaddy
Bob L. Gaddy
Senior Vice President;
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer - Aluminum Products Segment;
Director
February 11, 2002
/s/ David S. Haffner
David S. Haffner
Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer; Director
February 11, 2002
/s/ Thomas A. Hays
Thomas A. Hays
Director
February 11, 2002
/s/ Robert A. Jefferies, Jr.
Robert A. Jefferies, Jr.
Senior Vice President -
Strategic Planning; Director
February 11, 2002
/s/ Alexander M. Levine
Alexander M. Levine
Director
February 11, 2002
/s/ Duane W. Potter
Duane W. Potter
Senior Vice President; Director
February 11, 2002
/s/ Maurice E. Purnell, Jr.
Maurice E. Purnell, Jr.
Director
February 11, 2002
/s/ Alice L. Walton
Alice L. Walton
Director
February 11, 2002
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
3.1
Restated  Articles of  Incorporation  as of May 13,  1987,
incorporated   by   reference   to  Exhibit   3.1  to  the
Registrant's  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K  for the  year
ended December 31, 1998 (File No. 1-7845).
3.2
Amendment  to  Restated  Articles of  Incorporation  dated
May 12, 1993,  incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
Registrant's  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K  for the  year
ended December 31, 1998 (File No. 1-7845).
3.3
Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation  dated May
16, 1999,  incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the
Registrant's  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K  for the  year
ended December 31, 1999 (File No. 1-7845).
3.4
By-Laws  of the  Registrant  with all  amendments  through
March 15, 1999,  incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 3.3
to  Registrant's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1998 (File No. 1-7845).
3.5
Rights Agreement  effective  February 15, 1999
pertaining to preferred stock purchase rights  distributed
by the Registrant,  incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4
to the  Registrant's  Current  Report  on Form  8-K  filed
December 1, 1998 (File No. 1-7845).
4.1
Leggett & Platt, Incorporated Director Stock Option Plan
5.1
Opinion of Ernest C. Jett, Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Ernest C. Jett, Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney  (included on the signature page of this
registration statement).
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