FORM 5 _________________________________ | OMB APPROVAL | [ ] Check this box if no longer subject _________________________________ to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 | OMB Number: 3235-0287 | obligations may continue. See | Expires: December 31, 2001 | Instruction (b). | Estimated average burden | | hours per response....... 0.5 | _________________________________ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ANNUAL 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 (Print or Type Responses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Strauss Thomas W. ----------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o Ramius Capital Group 757 Third Avenue ----------------------------------------------------- (Street) New York NY 10017 ----------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Armor Holdings, Inc. (AH) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Statement for Month/Year December 31, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Law) [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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Amount of 6. Owner- Securities ship 2. Trans- 3. Trans- Beneficially Form: action action 4. Securities Acquired (A) Owned at Direct 7. Nature of Date Code or Disposed of (D) End of Issuer's (D) or Indirect 1. Title of Security (Month/ (Instr. 8) -------------------------- Fiscal Year (I) Beneficial (Instr. 3) Day/ ---------- Amount (A) or Price (Instr. Indirect Ownership Year) Code (D) 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, par value 12,500 D $0.01 per share --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORM 5 (continued) TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g. puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title and Ownership Number of Date Exer- Amount of Form of Derivative cisable and Underlying Number of Deriv- Securities Expiration Securities Price Derivative ative Conver- Trans- Acquired (A) Date (Month/ (Instr. 3 of Securities Security: sion or Trans- action or Disposed Day/Year) and 4) Deriv- Benefi- Direct Exercise action Code of (D) -------------- -------------- ative cially (D) or Nature of Title of Price of Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, Date Amount Secur- Owned at Indirect Indirect Derivative Deriv- (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Exer- Expir- or Num- ity End of (I) Beneficial Security ative Day/ -------- ---------- cis- ation ber of (Instr. Year (Instr. Ownership (Instr. 3) Security Year) Code (A) (D) able Date Title Shares 5) (Instr. 4) 4) (Instr. 4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Options $7.50 (2) 5/06 Common 75,000 75,000 D (Right to Stock Buy)(1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Options $9.6875 (2) 6/09 Common 10,000 10,000 D (Right to Stock Buy)(3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Options $13.19 (2) 6/15/10 Common 10,000 10,000 D (Right to Stock Buy)(3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Options $14.44 6/19/01 A 12,500 (2) 6/19/11 Common 12,500 12,500 D (Right to Stock Buy)(3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Granted pursuant to the Armor Holdings, Inc. 1996 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan. (2) Presently exercisable. (3) Granted pursuant to the Armor Holdings, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan. /s/ Thomas W. Strauss February 12, 2002 ---------------------------------------- -------------------- ** Signature of Reporting Person Date *If the Form is filed by more than one reporting person, See Instruction 4(b)(v). ** 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.