1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Ferguson II, John T.
199 Benson Road
Middlebury, CT 06749
USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Crompton Corporation
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Day/Year
02/07/2003
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner
(X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
Senior V.P. & General Counsel
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- |2A.Execu- |3. Trans-|4. Securities Acquired (A)|5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| | action | action | action| or Disposed of (D) |Securities | ship | of In- |
| | Date | Date | Code | |Beneficially | Form: | direct |
| | | | | |Owned | Direct | Bene- |
| | (Month/ | (Month/ | | |Following | (D) or | ficial |
| | Day/ | Day/ +-----+---+-----------+---+----------+Reported | Indirect| Owner- |
| | Year) | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D|Price |Transaction(s)| (I) | ship |
+------------------------------+----------+----------+-----+---+-----------+---+----------+--------------+-----------+------------+
Common Stock 02/07/2003 A 42750 A $5.7000 90591 D
Common Stock 0 I ESOP TRUST
Common Stock 24149 I BEP TRUST
Common Stock 8532.54 I LTIP TRUST
(1988)
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+-------+-------+------+
|1. |2. |3. |3A. |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- |Trans- |Execu- | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of |
| |sion or |action |tion | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi-|ity: |In- |
| |Exercise|Date |Date | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct|
| |Price of| | |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- |
|Title of |Deriv- |(Month/|(Month/|tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of | |In- |ficial|
|Derivative|ative | Day/ | Day/ +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative| |direct |Owner-|
|Security |Security|Year) |Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security | |(I) |ship |
+----------+--------+-------+-------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+------+
NQ Stock $6.38 02/20/2013 Common 43654 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
NQ Stock $7.25 11/21/2012 Common 36207 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
NQ Stock $7.92 11/22/2011 Common 47374 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
NQ Stock $8.1562 11/30/2010 Common 75000 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
NQ Stock $8.3437 11/19/2009 Common 188015 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
NQ Stock $13 11/18/2005 Common 4589 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
NQ Stock $14.3438 11/14/2008 Common 40000 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
NQ Stock $14.5 09/21/2006 Common 70227 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
NQ Stock $14.625 11/19/2004 Common 5685 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
NQ Stock $16.875 11/16/2006 Common 20000 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
NQ Stock $19.3125 11/20/2003 Common 3795 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
NQ Stock $26.4063 11/07/2007 Common 20000 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
ISO Stock $6.38 01/21/2013 Common 31346 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
ISO Stock $7.25 10/22/2012 Common 13793 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
ISO Stock $7.92 10/23/2011 Common 12626 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
ISO Stock $8.3437 10/19/2009 Common 11985 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
ISO Stock $13 10/18/2005 Common 5911 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
ISO Stock $14.5 08/21/2006 Common 29773 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
ISO Stock $14.625 10/19/2004 Common 6815 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
ISO Stock $19.3125 10/20/2003 Common 5705 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
Explanation of Responses:
14,248 shares represent the Retention Award shares earned from the 2001-2002
LTIP.
28,502 shares represent the third distribution of the Merger Synergy
Award.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ John T. Ferguson II
DATE
02/10/2003