U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 4 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 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Karp, Harvey L.* - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) P.O. Box 30 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) East Hampton NY 11937 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Mueller Industries, Inc. MLI ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Year May 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person 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 ================================================================================
6. 4. 5. Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 5/1/02 F 67,239 D $33.86 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 5/1/02 F 1,400 D $34.08 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 5/1/02 S 600 D $34.07 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 5/1/02 S 4,400 D $34.06 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 5/2/02 S 8,500 D $33.96 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 5/2/02 S 3,600 D $33.94 34,000 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See Schedule A attached hereto ==================================================================================================================================== * If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of Information contained in this form are not required (Over) to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB-control number. SEC 1474 (3-99)
FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================
10. 9. Owner- Number ship of Form 2. Deriv- of Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase $2.0625 5/1/02 M 200,000 10/1/91 * Common 200,000 $2.0625 2,885,700 D Common Stock Stock ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: *Exercisable until one year after termination of Mr. Karp's employment with the Issuer under Mr. Karp's employment agreement with the Issuer (the "Karp Employment Agreement"), unless Mr. Karp's employment is terminated for Cause (as defined in the Karp Employment Agreement), in which case the option shall only remain exercisable for a period of 30 days following Mr. Karp's receipt of written notice from the Issuer specifying the basis for Cause. **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 provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of Information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB-control number. /s/ Harvey L. Karp 6/4/02 - --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date SEC 1474 (3-99)
- ----------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ Karp Harvey L. Mueller Industries, Inc. MLI May 2002 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------------------------------------ 1. Title of 2. Transaction 3. Transaction 4. Securities Disposed of Securities Date Code ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- (A) or Code Amount (D) Price - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/2/02 S 1,500 D $33.99 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/3/02 S 5,000 D $34.07 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/3/02 S 5,000 D $34.06 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/3/02 S 5,000 D $34.16 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/3/02 S 761 D $34.08 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/7/02 S 7,300 D $33.58 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/8/02 S 5,000 D $33.46 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/8/02 S 4,100 D $33.41 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/8/02 S 900 D $33.55 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/9/02 S 100 D $33.72 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/9/02 S 4,900 D $33.70 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/9/02 S 5,000 D $33.57 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/9/02 S 5,000 D $33.48 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/13/02 S 5,000 D $32.76 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/13/02 S 5,000 D $32.90 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/13/02 S 5,000 D $33.10 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/14/02 S 500 D $33.91 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/14/02 S 5000 D $33.85 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/15/02 S 5,000 D $33.94 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/15/02 S 4,000 D $33.88 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/15/02 S 5,000 D $33.82 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/15/02 S 1,000 D $33.90 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/15/02 S 5,000 D $33.98 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/16/02 S 4,400 D $34.00 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/16/02 S 4,200 D $33.95 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/17/02 S 5,000 D $33.85 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/20/02 S 600 D $34.03 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/21/02 S 2,200 D $34.00 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/22/02 S 5,000 D $34.12 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Common Stock 5/22/02 S 2,800 D $34.00 - ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------------- -------------- -------------