U.S. 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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [_] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Henslee Gregory L. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 233 S. Patterson Ave. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Springfield MO 65802 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (ORLY) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) 492-74-0095 ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Year January 31, 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [_] 10% Owner [X] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) Co-President ________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ================================================================================ 5. 6. 4. Amount of Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship 3. Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at End Direct Nature of 2. Code ----------------------------- of Issuer's (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) Fiscal Year Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date ----------- Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 01/18/02 J 401 A Various 9,651(1) D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 4,486 I 401(k)Plan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 01/18/02 J 142 D $22.95 0(2) I Held in escrow under Per- formance Incentive Plan-1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 01/18/02 J 259 D $12.84 259(3) I Held in escrow under Per- formance Incentive Plan-1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 2,466 I By employee stock purchase plan trustee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------(1) Direct ownership increased by 401 shares that were released in January 2002 from the 1998 and 1999 Performance Incentive Plans Escrow. (2) Final release of shares held in escrow for 1998 Performance Incentive Plan took place in January 2002. These shares are now reflected in direct ownership (see footnote 1). (3) The 1999 Performance Incentive Plan award relates to fiscal year 1999, but shares are held in escrow and will not be released until 2003. Shares released in January 2002 that pertained to the 1999 Performance Incentive Plan are now reflected in direct ownership (see footnote 1). ==================================================================================================================================== * If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Responses) (Over) (Form 4-07/99) FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 9. 10. Number Owner- of ship 2. Deriv- of Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of Exer- Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- 4. or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Trans- of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date action (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ Code 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Year (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ (Instr. ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) 8) (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee stock options with tandem withholding right Common (right to buy) $21.3125 8/5/00(1) 8/4/09 Stock 37,500 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee stock options with tandem withholding right Common (right to buy) $18.75 8/10/99(1) 8/9/08 Stock 7,500 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee stock options with tandem withholding right Common (right to buy) $12.25 12/1/98(1) 12/1/07 Stock 7,500 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------(1) The derivative securities disclosed in Table II above are 25% exercisable 1 year after grant; 50% exercisable 2 years after grant; 75% exercisable 3 years after grant; and 100% exercisable 4 years after grant. ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: All share ending balances have been adjusted to reflect 100% stock dividends in the form of two stock splits: July 31, 1997 and November 15, 1999. Payment dates on the dividends were August 31, 1997 and November 30, 1999, respectively. /s/Gregory L. Henslee 02/08/02 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Gregorly L. Henlsee Date ** 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. Page 2 EDGARLink 7.0 (8/00) Ver. 4.1