4 1 robertmplante012903.txt FORM 4 - ROBERT M. PLANTE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 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(h) 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. 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(s) ROBERT M. PLANTE C/O SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS, L.P. 240 ROUTE 10 WEST P.O. BOX 206 WHIPPANY, N.J. 07981-0206 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS, L.P. (SPH) 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 01/29/03 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner [X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) VICE PRESIDENT - FINANCE 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)Trans- 3)Trans- 4)Securities Acquired(A) 5)Amount of 6)Ownership 7)Nature of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Form: Indirect Date Code Beneficially Direct(D) Beneficial (A) Owned Following or Ownership (Month/ or Reported Trans- Indirect Day/Year) Code V Amount (D) Price action(s) (I) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMON UNITS (REPRESENTING LIMITED 01/29/03 S 7,500 D $ 29.35 12,262 D PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS) Table II (PART 1) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1 through 6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Derivative 2)Conversion 3)Trans- 4)Trans- 5)Number of Derivative 6)Date Exercisable and Security or Exercise action action Securities Acquired (A) Expiration Date Price of Date Code or Disposed of (D) Derivative (Month/ Date Date Security Day/Year) Code V A D Exercisable Expiration ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table II (PART 2) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1,3 and 7 through 11) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Derivative 3)Trans- 7)Title and Amount 8)Price 9)Number of Deriv- 10)Ownership 11)Nature of Security action of Underlying of Deri- ative Securities Form of Indirect Date Securities vative Beneficially Derivative Beneficial Amount or Security Owned Following Security: Ownership (Month/ Number of Reported Direct(D) or Day/Year) Title Shares Transaction(s) Indirect(I) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Explanation of Responses: **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. /S/ ROBERT M. PLANTE JANUARY 29, 2003 ----------------------------- ---------------- SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON DATE