MSA Safety Inc — Director's Dealing 2003

Mar 14, 2003

4 1 rrd6261.htm FORM 4 SEC Form 4

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Ryan John T III (Last) (First) (Middle) 121 Gamma Drive (Street) Pittsburgh, PA 15238 (City) (State) (Zip) 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Mine Safety Appliances Company MSA 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) 4. Statement for (Month/Day/Year 03/12/2003 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Description Chairman and CEO 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 (Instr. 3)	2.Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction 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)
		Code	V	Amount	A/D	Price
Common Stock, no par value	01/02/2003	G	V	330	A
Common Stock, no par value	01/23/2003	G	V	930	D
Common Stock, no par value	03/12/2003	A		6,010	A	342,071	D
Common Stock, no par value	01/02/2003	G	V	330	A	142,938	I	By Wife (1)
Common Stock, no par value	01/02/2003	G	V	2,310	A	65,613	I	By Wife as Trustee (2)
Common Stock, no par value						158,052	I	As Co-Trustee (3)
Common Stock, no par value						792,963	I	As Co-Trustee (4)
Common Stock, no par value						149,945	I	By Partnership(5)

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 Deri- vative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/ Day/ Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr.8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable(DE) and Expiration Date(ED) (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 Transaction(s) (Instr.4)	10. Owner- ship Form of Deriv- ative Securities: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.4)
			Code	V	A	D DE ED Title Amount or Number of Shares	DE	ED	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (right to buy)	$37.895	03/12/2003	A		2,900		03/12/2004	03/12/2008	Common Stock	2,900	$	2,900	D
Stock Option (right to buy)	$34.45	03/12/2003	A		60,670		03/12/2004	03/12/2013	Common Stock	60,670	$	60,670	D

Explanation of Responses:

(1) I disclaim beneficial ownership of these shares. (2) Shares held in trusts of which I am not a trustee and in which members of my immediate family are beneficiaries. I disclaim beneficial ownership of these shares. (3) Shares held in trusts of which I am a trustee and in which I and members of my immediate family are among the beneficiaries. (4) Shares held in a trust of which I am a trustee and in which a member of my immediate family is the beneficiary. I disclaim beneficial ownership of these shares. (5) Shares held by a family limited partnership of which I am a general partner and the other partners include members of my immediate family. I disclaim beneficial ownership of these shares except to the extent of my pecuniary interest.

By:	Date:
/s/ John T. Ryan III	03/14/2003
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