INFORMATION TABLE FOR FORM 4. Modify information here; it will be
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Last Name of Reporting Person Semel
First Name of Reporting Person Terry
Middle Name of Reporting Person
Street Address of Reporting Person c/o Warner Brothers, 4000
Warner Boulevard,
Executive Suite
City of Reporting Person Burbank
State of Reporting Person California
Zip Code of Reporting Person 91522
Statement for Month/Year 4/98
IRS or SS # of Reporting Person
Issuer Name Ticker/Trading Symbol Polo Ralph Lauren
Corporation (RL)
If Amendment, date of Original (otherwise blank)
Information for Signed Pursuant
Filed by One Reporting Person (X or blank)
Filed by More than One Reporting Person (X or blank)
Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer: (Place an X where appropriate:
leave others blank.)
Director [X]
10% Owner
Officer (* indicate below)
Other (* indicate below)
* Specify:
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 *
Semel Terry
(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Warner Brothers, 4000 Warner Boulevard, Executive Suite
(Street)
Burbank California 91522
(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
4/98
5. If Amendment, Date or Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
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Officer (give title Other
----- below) ----- (specify
below)
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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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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction 4(b)(v). SEC 1474 9-96)
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 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)
Security Year) ------------- ------------------------- ----------------------
Date Expira-
Code V (A) (D) Exer- tion
cisable Date
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Option issued pursuant to Issuer's
1997 Stock Option Plan for Non-
Employee Directors (Right to Buy) 4/1/98 A V 3,000 (1) 4/1/08
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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 3,000 $29.90625 10,500 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The option was granted on April 1, 1998. The option vests and becomes
exercisable with respect to 50% of the shares of Class A Common Stock
subject to the option on each of the first and second anniversaries of the
date of the grant.
** 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/ Terry Semel April 16, 1998
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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