UNITED STATES OMB APPROVAL
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
F O R M 4 OMB Number: 3235-0287
Washington, D.C. 20549 Expires:September 30, 2002
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subject to Section 16. Form 4 or
Form 5 obligation may continue.
See Instruction 1(b).
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
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person |2.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol|6.Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer|
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| BARON RONALD | OM Group Inc. | _____ Director ____ 10% Owner |
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| (Last) (First) (MI)|3.IRS or Social Security|4. Statement for | _____ Officer(give __X_ Other(specify|
| | Number of Reporting | Month/Year | title below) below) |
| | Person (Voluntary) | | ________Exit Filing__________ |
| 767 Fifth Avenue | | October 2002 | |
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| (Street) | |5. If Amendment, |7.Individual or Joint/Group Filing |
| | | Date of Orignl| |
| | | (Month/Year) | _X Form filed by One Reporting Person |
| New York New York 10153 | | | __ Form filed by > than One Reporting Person |
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| (City) (State) (Zip) | |
| | TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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|1. Title of Security |2.Trans- |3.Trans- |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Owner- |7.Nature of|
| | action | action | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | Indirect |
| | Date | Code | | Beneficially| Form: | Beneficial
| | | | | Owned at | Direct | Owners- |
| | (Month/ |------------------------------------------| End of Month| (D) or | ship |
| | Day/ | | | |(A) or | | | Indirect| |
| | Year) | Code| V | Amount |(D) | Price | | (I) | |
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| Common Stock |10-29-02 | S | | 1,453 | D | 9.8000 | | | |
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| Common Stock |10-29-02 | S | | 23,444 | D | 10.3112 | | | |
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| Common Stock |10-30-02 | S/J*| | -10,118 | D | 7.4563 | -10,118 | D | |
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Reminder: Report of 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).
FORM 4 (continued) TABLE II - Derivatives Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned (e.g. puts, calls,
warrants, options, convertible securities)
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|1.Title of |2.Conver-|3.Trans |4.Trans-|5.Number of Deriv- |6.Date Exer- |7.Title & Amt of|8.Price|9.Number|10.Owner-|11.Nature|
| Derivative| sion or| Date | action| ative Securities | cisable and | Underlying | of | of | ship | of |
| Security | Excer- | | Code | Acquired (A) or | Expiration | Securities | Deriv| deriv | Form | Indir |
| | cise | (Month/| | Disposed(D) | Date | | ative| ative | of Der| Bene- |
| | Price | Day/ | | | (Month/Day/ | | Secur| Secur | vative| ficial|
| | of Deri| Year) | | | | | ity | ities | Secur | Owner-|
| | vative | | | |---------------|----------------| | Bene | ity: | ship |
| | Secur | | | |Date |Expira | |Amount or| | ficial| Direct| |
| | ity | |--------|-------------------|Exer |tion | Title|Number of| | ly | (D) or| |
| | | | | | | |cis |Date | |Shares | | Owned | Indir | |
| | | | | | | |able | | | | | at End| ect | |
| | | |Code| V | (A) | (D) | | | | | | of Mo.| (I) | |
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Explanation of Responses: * Short Sale
/s/ Ronald Baron October 31, 2002
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.