1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Gum, Mary
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)
Executive V.P. - OSI
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 36914 A $5.7000 71254 D
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 21207 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 $8.343 11/19/2009 Common 164045 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 35955 D
Option Stock
(Right to
Buy)
Explanation of Responses:
14,248 shares represent the Retention Award shares earned from the 2001-2002
LTIP.
22,666 shares represent the third distribution of the Merger Synergy
Award.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Mary Gum
DATE
02/10/2003