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FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL
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OMB Number: 3235-0287
Expires: January 31, 2005
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UNITED STATES 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(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 or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Watson Graham S.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
1370 Timberlake Manor Parkway
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(Street)
Chesterfield Missouri 63017
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. (RGA)
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Day/Year
01/29/2003
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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)
[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ X ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
EVP & Chief Marketing Officer
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7. Individual or Joint/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
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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
2A. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
2. Deemed Code ------------------------------- Owned Following (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction Execution (Instr. 8) (A) Reported Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date Date, if any ------------ Amount or Price Transaction(s) (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (Month/ (Month/ Code V (D) (Instr. 3 (Instr. 4)(Instr. 4)
Day/Year) Day/Year) and 4)
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TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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9.
Number of 10.
Deriv- Owner-
2. ative ship
Conver- 5. 7. Secu- Form of 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount rities Deriv- Nature
or 3A. Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. Bene- ative of
Exer- Deemed 4. Securities Date Securities Price ficially Secu- In-
cise 3. Execu- Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Owned rities: direct
Price Trans- tion action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Following Direct Bene-
1. of action Date, Code of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Reported (D) or ficial
Title of Deriv- Date if any (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secu- Trans- Indirect Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number rity action(s) (I) ship
Security Secu- Day/ Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) rity Year) Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Stock Options Common
(Right to buy) $27.29 01/29/03 A 45,495 (1) 01/29/13 Stock 45,495 45,495 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Vests in five (5) equal annual installments beginning on the first
anniversary of the date of grant specified in column 3.
/s/ William L. Hutton January 31, 2003
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
By: William L. Hutton, Attorney-in-fact
Watson, Graham S.
1370 Timberlake Manor Parkway
Chesterfield MO 63017
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. (RGA)
01/2003
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.
