U.S. 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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Isham F. Lance
(Last) (First) (Middle)
650 Madison Avenue
(Street)
New York NY 10022
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement of Month/Year
4/3/99
5. If Amendment, Date or Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
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X Officer (give title Other
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below)
Corporate President
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7. Individual or Join/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I-- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
1. Title of Security 2. Transaction 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) Date action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
Day/ ------------- ------------------------- End of (D) ficial
Year) (A) Month Indirect Owner-
Code Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) ship
(D) and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Class A Common Stock 11/10/98 3(1) 3,500 D
Class A Common Stock 104,575 D
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(Over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, See Instruction 4(b)(v). SEC 2270 (3-99)
(1) The reporting person owned 3,500 shares of Class A Common Stock on November
10, 1998, the date on which the reporting person became an executive officer
of Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation.
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FORM 5 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exer-
Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities Ac- cisable and Ex-
Exercise Date (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Dis- piration Date
Price of posed of (D)
Deriv- (Month/ (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) (Month/Day/
ative Day/ Year)
Secur Year) ------------- ------------------------- ----------------------
Code (A) (D) Date Expira-
Exer- tion
cisable Date
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Option issued pursuant to
Issuer's 1997 Long-Term
Stock Incentive Plan $26.00 6/11/97 A(1) 100,000 (2) 6/11/2007
(Right to Buy)
Option issued pursuant to
Issuer's 1997 Long-Term
Stock Incentive Plan $28.21875 6/11/98 A 42,000 (3) 6/11/2008
(Right to Buy)
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7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na-
Underlying Securities Deriv of Deriv- ship ture
ative ative Form of In-
(Instr. 3 and 4) Secur- Secur- of De- direct
ity ities rivative Bene-
(Instr. Bene Secu- ficial
5) ficially rity: Own-
Owned Direct ership
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Amount or of Indi-
Title Number of Month rect (I)
Shares (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Class A Common Stock 100,000 100,000 D
Class A Common Stock 42,000 42,000 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) This option was previously reported by the reporting person on a Form 3
dated June 11, 1997.
(2) This option vests and becomes exercisable in three equal annual installments
beginning on June 11, 1998.
(3) This option vests and becomes exercisable in three equal annual installments
beginning on June 11, 1999.
**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/ F. Lance Isham May 5, 1999
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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