------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------ OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response.........0.5 ------------------------------ UNITED STATES 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(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 of Type Responses) ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Carmean C. William -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) Millennium Chemicals Inc., 230 Half Mile Road -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Red Bank, New Jersey 07701 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Millennium Chemicals Inc. (MCH) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year March 7, 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 Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary ________________________________________________________________________________ 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. Amount of 6. 4. Securities Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Beneficially ship 2A. 3. Disposed of (D) Owned Form: 7. 2. Deemed Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Following Direct Nature of Trans- Execution Code ------------------------------- Reported (D) or Indirect 1. action Date, if (Instr. 8) (A) Transaction(s) Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date any ------------ or (Instr. 3 & (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy) Code V Amount (D) Price Instr.4) (Instr.4) (Instr.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock $0.01 par value/share V 6,150 I 401(k)(1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock $0.01 par value/share 705 D (2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock $0.01 par value/share 3/07/03 A 2,331 A 10,580 D (2A) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock $0.01 par value/share 1,675 I (3)SSIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock $0.01 par value/share 4,022 I (4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 9. Number 10. of Owner- deriv- ship ative Form 2. Secur- of Conver- 5. 7. ities Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Bene- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ficially Secur- of Exer- 3A. 4. Securities Date Securities Price Owned ity: In- cise Deemed Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Follow- Direct direct Price 3. Execut- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- ing (D) or Bene- 1. of Trans- ion Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Reported In- ficial Title of Deriv- action Date if (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Trans- direct Owner- Derivative ative Date any 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity action(s) (I) ship Security Secur- (mm/dd/ (mm/dd/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity yy) yy) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Option $19.00 12/6/96 A 5,000 A 12/6/99 12/5/06 Stock 5,000 - 5,000 D (5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option $16.87 5/18/01 A 11,000 A 5/18/02 5/17/11 Stock 11,000 - 11,000 D (6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option $12.24 1/24/02 A 36,000 A 1/24/03 1/23/12 Stock 36,000 - 36,000 D (7) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: 1. Represents the value of the Reporting Person's Company Stock Fund Account in the Company's 401(k) plan as of March 3, 2003, expressed as share equivalents. As of such date, approximately 98% of the Company Stock Fund was invested in Company Common Stock, and the remainder was invested in cash. 2. Represents shares of restricted stock granted to the Reporting Person on December 12, 1997 under the Issuer's Long Term Stock Incentive Plan that may vest over the next three years. 2A.On March 7, 2003, the Reporting Person vested in 2,331 shares under the Issuer's Executive Long Term Incentive Plan and were distributed to the Reporting Person. 3. Represents the value of the Reporting Person's Company Stock Fund Account in the Company's Supplemental Savings and Investment Plan as of March 3, 2003, expressed as share equivalents. As of such date, approximately 97.8% of such fund was invested in Company Common Stock, and the remainder was invested in cash. Please note that share equivalent accounting affects the total in column 5. No shares were actually bought or sold during this period. 4. Reflects shares allocated to the Reporting Person's account under the Company's Salary and Bonus Deferral Plan. 5. Represents an option granted to the Reporting Person on December 6, 1996 under the Issuer's Long Term Stock Incentive Plan to purchase 5,000 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock at $19.00 per share. 6. Represents an option granted to the Reporting Person on May 18, 2001 under the Issuer's Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan to purchase 11,000 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock at $16.87 per share. 7. Represents an option granted to the Reporting Person on January 24, 2002 under the Issuer's Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan to purchase 36,000 shares of the Issuer's common Stock at $12.24 per share. --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date 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. Page 2