1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Thompson, John S.
385 Dreshertown Road
Ft. Washington, PA 19034
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (ST)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
2/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner
(X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
President and COO
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 |2. Trans- |3. Trans- |4. Securities Acquired (A) |5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| | action | action | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of In- |
| | Date | Code | | Beneficially | Form: | direct |
| | | | | Owned at | Direct | Bene- |
| | (Month/ | | | End of | (D) or | ficial |
| | Day/ +-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+ Month | Indirect| Owner- |
| | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D |Price | | (I) | ship |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
Common Stock 20000 D
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
|1. |2. |3. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. |
| | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | |
| | | | | | | | |of |ship | |
| | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| |
| | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | |
| | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature |
| |Conver- | | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of |
| |sion or | | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi- |ity: |In- |
| |Exercise| | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct |
| |Price of|Transac- |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- |
|Title of |Deriv- |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of |at End |In- |ficial |
|Derivative |ative |(Month/ +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative|of |direct |Owner- |
|Security |Security|Day/Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |Month |(I) |ship |
+-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
Non Qualified $30.9688 04/26/2010 Common 12000 D
Stock Options Stock
Non Qualified $34.435 02/13/2002 A V 26269 02/13/2003 02/12/2012 Common 26269 $0.0000 26269 D
Stock Options Stock
Non Qualified $37.1875 09/30/2009 Common 61555 D
Stock Options Stock
Non Qualified $51.1 02/14/2011 Common 18462 D
Stock Options Stock
Incentive $30.9688 04/26/2010 Common 3000 D
Stock Options Stock
Incentive $34.435 02/13/2002 A V 3731 02/13/2005 02/12/2012 Common 3731 $0.0000 3731 D
Stock Options Stock
Incentive $37.1875 09/30/2009 Common 13445 D
Stock Options Stock
Incentive $51.1 02/14/2011 Common 1538 D
Stock Options Stock
Explanation of Responses:
These options were granted as an incentive to the recipient and the number
granted was calculated using the fair market value of the Company's common stock
on the grant date. 20% of the options granted become exercisable one year
after the grant date,and the remainder become exercisable in annual 20%
increments thereafter.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ John S. Thompson
DATE
03/12/2002