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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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. See Instruction 1(b).
(Print of Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Anderson Reuben V.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
Phelps Dunbar
Suite 500, Security Centre North
200 South Lamar Street
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(Street)
Jackson MS 39201
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(City) (State) (Zip)
USA
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Burlington Resources Inc. - BR
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)
426-84-9385
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4. Statement for Month/Day/Year
12/31/2002
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
|X| Director |_| 10% Owner
|_| Officer (give title below) |_| Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable line)
|X| Form Filed by One Reporting Person
|_| Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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5.
Amount of 6.
4. Securities Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Beneficially ship
2A. 3. Disposed of (D) Owned Form: 7.
2. Deemed Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Following Direct Nature of
Trans- Execution Code ------------------------------- Reported (D) or Indirect
1. action Date, if (Instr. 8) (A) Transaction(s) Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date any ------------ or (Instr. 3 & (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy) Code V Amount (D) Price Instr.4) (Instr.4) (Instr.4)
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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9.
Number 10.
of Owner-
deriv- ship
ative Form
2. Secur- of
Conver- 5. 7. ities Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Bene- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ficially Secur- of
Exer- 3A. 4. Securities Date Securities Price Owned ity: In-
cise Deemed Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Follow- Direct direct
Price 3. Execut- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- ing (D) or Bene-
1. of Trans- ion Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Reported In- ficial
Title of Deriv- action Date if (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Trans- direct Owner-
Derivative ative Date any 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity action(s) (I) ship
Security Secur- (mm/dd/ (mm/dd/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity yy) yy) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Phantom 1 for 1 12/31/02 A 325 (1) (1) Common 325 $42.385 4,189 D
Stock Units Stock
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) These Phantom Stock Units were acquired under the company's deferred
compensation plans and are to be settled in cash upon retirement or other
termination from the company.
/s/ Jeffery P. Monte 1/2/2003
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Jeffery P. Monte, Attorney-in-fact Date
**Signature of Reporting Person
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* 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 is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Page 2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Jeffery P. Monte, L. David Hanower and Frederick J. Plaeger as
the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as a reporting person pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder of
Burlington Resources Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4
or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of any of such attorneys-in-fact, maybe of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood # that the documents executed by any of such attorneys-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as any of such
attorneys-in-fact may approve in the discretion of any of such
attorneys-in-fact.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that any of such attorneys-in-fact, or the
substitute or substitutes of any of such attorneys-in-fact, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 28th day of August, 2002.
Signature: /s/ Reuben V. Anderson
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Name: Reuben V. Anderson
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