4 1 form4rlhgroup-dec01.txt STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------ OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: December 31, 2001 Estimated average burden hours per response . . . 0.5 ------------------------------ U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 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 of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). (Print or Type responses) ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RL Holding Group, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 650 Madison Avenue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) New York NY 10022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Year December 2001 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [X] 10% Owner [_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) ________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ================================================================================

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). POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER. (Over) SEC 1474 (3/99) FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================

Explanation of Responses: (1) Distribution of shares of Class B Common Stock from RL Holding, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership of which the Reporting Person is sole general partner. (2) Shares of Class B Common Stock are immediately convertible into an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock. (3) These securities are held by RL Holding, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership of which the Reporting Person is sole general partner. RL HOLDING GROUP, INC. /s/ Kenneth Nolan January 9, 2002 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Kenneth Nolan Attorney-in-Fact for Ralph Lauren, Chairman ** 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. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number. Page 2

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