| FORM 4 | UNITED STATES 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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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| 1. Name and Address of
Reporting Person* Lipke, Eric R. |
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Gibraltar Steel Corporation - Rock |
6. Relationship of
Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) x Director o 10% Owner x Officer o Other (specify below) (give title below) Vice President Transportation |
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(First) (Middle) 3556 Lake Shore Road |
3. I.R.S. Identification Number
of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Day/Year April 22, 2003 |
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(Street) Buffalo, New York 14219 |
5. If Amendment, Date of
Original (Month/Day/Year) |
7. Individual or
Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) x Form filed by One Reporting Person o Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| (City) (State) (Zip) | Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | |||||||||
| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) |
2. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/ Year) |
2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/ Day/Year) |
3. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8) |
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) |
6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) |
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
Ownership (Instr. 4) |
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| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common stock | 77,195 | D | ||||||||
| Common stock | 869,501 | I | (1) | |||||||
| Common stock | 892,002 | I | (2) | |||||||
| Common stock | 7,005 | I | (3) | |||||||
| Common stock | 6,700 | I | (4) | |||||||
| Common stock | 90,880 | I | (5) | |||||||
| Common stock | 5,800 | I | (6) | |||||||
| Common stock | 1,680 | I | (7) | |||||||
| Common stock | 1,680 | I | (8) | |||||||
| Common stock | 5,940 | I | (9) | |||||||
| Common stock | 129,821 | I | (10) | |||||||
| Common Stock | (11) | B | 2.36 | A | (11) | 1,081.39 | I | (12) | ||
FORM 4 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities
Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conver- sion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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3. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/Year) |
3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any, (Month/ Day/Year) |
4. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8) |
5. Number of Derivative Securites Acquired
(A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) |
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) |
8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of Derivative
Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Trans- action(s) (Instr. 4) |
10. Owner- ship Form of Derivative Securities: Direct(D) or Indirect(I) (Instr. 4) |
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Excer- cisable |
Expira- tion Date |
Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Option (right to buy)(13) | $10.00 | J | 11/01/95 | 10/31/04 | Common stock | 10,000 | D | ||||||||
| Option (right to buy)(13) | $21.75 | J | 07/08/98 | 07/08/07 | Common stock | 10,000 | D | ||||||||
| Option (right to buy)(14) | $22.50 | J | 03/27/99 | 03/27/08 | Common stock | 2,500 | D | ||||||||
| Option (right to buy)(14) | $15.625 | J | 10/08/99 | 10/08/08 | Common stock | 12,500 | D | ||||||||
| Option (right to buy)(14) | $14.07 | J | 07/18/01 | 07/18/10 | Common stock | 10,000 | D | ||||||||
Explanation of Responses:
(1)Represents shares held by a trust for the benefit of reporting person, of
which he serves as one of three trustees and shares voting and investment power.
(2)Represents shares held by a trust for the benefit of an insider of Gibraltar Steel Corporation, of which the reporting person serves as one of three trustees and shares voting and investment power and as to which shares he disclaims beneficial ownership.
(3)Represents shares held by trust for the benefit of a child (Katherine Victoria Lipke) of an insider of Gibraltar Steel Corporation, of which the reporting person serves as one of three trustees and shares voting and investment power and as to which shares he disclaims beneficial ownership.
(4)Represents shares held by a trust for the benefit of the reporting person's son.
(5)Represents shares held by trust for the benefit of insiders of Gibraltar Steel Corporation, of which the reporting person serves as one of five trustees and shares voting and investment power and as to which shares he disclaims beneficial ownership.
(6)Represents shares held by a trust for the benefit of the reporting person's daughter.
(7)Represents shares held by reporting person as custodian for son under UGMANY.
(8)Represents shares held by reporting person as custodian for daughter under UGMANY.
(9)Represents shares held by trust for the benefit of a child (Elissa Kristina Lipke) of an insider of Gibraltar Steel Corporation, which the reporting person serves as one of three trustees and shares voting and investment power and as to which shares he disclaims beneficial ownership.
(10)Represents the Reporting Person's pecuniary interest in the shares of Gibraltar Steel Corporation common stock held by Rush Creek Investment Co. L.P. The reporting person disclaims beneficial interest in such shares, except to the extent of his beneficial interest.
(11)Represents the net effect of shares purchased and sold from January 1, 2003 through March 31, 2003 pursuant to the Gibraltar Steel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan at an average price of $18.27 per share. The information reported herein is based on a Plan Statement dated April 10, 2003.
(12)Gibraltar Steel Corproation 401(k) Plan.
(13)Grant to reporting person of option to buy shares of common stock under the Gibraltar Steel Corporation Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan. The options are exercisable at the rate of 25% per year.
(14)Grant to reporting person of option to buy shares of
common stock under the Gibraltar Steel Corporation Incentive Stock Option Plan.
The options are exercisable at the rate of 25% per year.
| /s/Eric R. Lipke | Apr. 22, 2003 | |
** Signature of Reporting Person |
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