SEC Form 4

FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longersubject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form5 obligations may continue.See Instruction 1(b). (Print or Type Responses) 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(fh) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005Estimated average burdenhours per response. . . . . 0.5

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Petersen, John M. (Last) (First) (Middle) 124 Voyageur Drive (Street) Erie, PA 16505 (City) (State) (Zip) 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Erie Indemnity Company ERIE 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) 4. Statement for (Month/Year) November 1, 2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer Other Officer/Other Description 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Individual Filing Joint/Group Filing

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^* Petersen, John M. (Last) (First) (Middle) 124 Voyageur Drive (Street) Erie, PA 16505 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Erie Indemnity Company ERIE		6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer Other 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)	4. Statement for Month/Day/Year January 22, 2003 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	32A. ~~Transaction~~Deemed ~~Code~~Execution ~~and~~Date, ~~Voluntary~~if ~~Code~~any (~~Instr. 8~~Month/Day/Year) ~~Code \| V~~	43. ~~Securities~~Transaction ~~Acquired~~Code ~~(A)~~and orVoluntary ~~Disposed~~Code (~~D) Of (~~Instr. ~~3, 4, and 5~~8) ~~Amount~~Code \| ~~A/D \| Price~~V	54. ~~Amount of~~ Securities ~~Beneficially~~Acquired ~~Owned~~(A) ator ~~End~~Disposed ~~ofMonth~~(D) Of (Instr. 3, 4, and 45) Amount \| A/D \| Price	65. ~~Owner-~~Amount ~~ship~~of ~~Form:~~Securities ~~Direct(D)~~Beneficially orOwned ~~Indirect~~Following ReportedTransaction(Is) (Instr. 3 and 4)	76. ~~Nature~~Owner- ofship ~~Indirect~~Form: ~~Beneficial~~Direct(D) ~~Ownership~~or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class A Common Stock				~~1,940,037.0000~~	D1,940,037.0000	D
Class A Common Stock				~~120,000.0000~~	I120,000.0000	~~By Spouse~~I	By Spouse
Class A Common Stock				~~200,000.0000~~	I200,000.0000	~~Petersen Family Limited Partnership~~I	Petersen Family Limited Partnership

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). Persons who 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 (39-9902)

Petersen, John M. - ~~November~~January ~~2002~~22, 2003

Form 4 (continued)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conver- sion or Exercise Price of Deri- vative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/ Day/ Year)	43A. ~~Transaction~~Deemed ~~Code~~Execution ~~and~~Date, ~~Voluntary~~if ~~(V)~~any ~~Code~~ (~~Instr.8)~~Month/ ~~Code~~Day/ ~~\| V~~Year)	54. ~~Number~~Transaction ofCode ~~Derivative~~and ~~Securities~~Voluntary ~~Acquired~~ (AV) orCode ~~Disposed~~ (~~D) Of (~~Instr.8) ~~3,4~~Code ~~and~~\| 5)V	65. ~~Date~~Number ~~Exercisable(DE)~~of ~~and~~Derivative ~~Expiration~~Securities ~~Date(ED)~~Acquired (~~Month/Day/Year~~A) or Disposed (DED) \|Of (EDInstr. 3,4 and 5)	76. ~~Title~~Date Exercisable(DE) and ~~Amount~~Expiration ofDate(ED) ~~Underlying~~(Month/Day/Year) ~~Securities~~ (~~Instr.~~DE) 3\| ~~and 4~~(ED)	87. ~~Price~~Title and Amount of ~~Derivative~~Underlying ~~Security~~Securities (Instr.5 3 and 4)	98. ~~Number~~Price of Derivative ~~Securities~~Security ~~Beneficially Owned at End of Month~~ (Instr.45)	109.~~Owner-shipForm~~ ~~ofDeriv-ativeSecurity:Direct~~Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transactions (DInstr.4)~~orIndirect(I)~~	1110.Owner-shipForm ~~Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership~~ ofDeriv-ativeSecurity:Direct(D)orIndirect(I)(Instr.4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.4)
Directors' Deferred Compensation Phantom Units	$0.0000	~~11/~~01/~~2002~~22/2003	~~J (1) \|~~	J (A1) ~~140.7657~~\|	(A) 3.0000	~~Class A Common Stock - 140.7657~~	Class A Common Stock - 3.0000	~~286.2995~~	D289.2995	D
Class B Common Stock	Current market					~~Class A Common Stock - 2,400.0000~~	Class A Common Stock - 2,400.0000	~~1.0000~~	D1.0000	D

Explanation of Responses :

** 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~~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 number. /s/ John M. ~~Petersen________________________________~~Petersen ~~11-~~01-~~2002~~23-2003 ** Signature of Reporting Person Date Page ~~2SEC 1474 (3-99)~~2

Petersen, John M. - ~~November~~January ~~2002~~22, 2003

Form 4 (continued)

FOOTNOTE Descriptions for Erie Indemnity Company ERIE Form 4 - ~~November~~January ~~2002~~2003 John M. Petersen124 Voyageur DriveErie, PA 16505 Explanation of responses: (1) Acquired under dividend reinvestment for Directors' ~~Deferred~~ Compensation Plan

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