U.S. 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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [_] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Greene Joe C. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 233 S. Patterson Ave. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Springfield MO 65802 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) _______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (ORLY) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Year November 15, 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [_] 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 ================================================================================ 6. 4. 5. Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/29/02 P 4,000 A $25.70 Common Stock 12,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 400 I By Spouse ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== * If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Responses) (Over) FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 10. 9. Owner- Number ship of Form 2. Deriv- of Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Directo stock options with tandem withholding right Common (right to buy)(1) $29.02 10/23/02 4/22/09 Stock 10,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Director stock options with tandem withholding right Common (right to buy)(1) $20.65 10/23/01 4/22/08 Stock 10,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Director stock options with tandem withholding right Common (right to buy)(1) $12.44 10/24/00 4/23/07 Stock 10,000 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Director stock options with tandem withholding right Common (right to buy)(1) $23.91 10/22/99 4/22/06 Stock 0 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Director stock options with tandem withholding right Common (right to buy)(1) $13.50 10/22/98 4/22/05 Stock 0 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Director stock options with tandem withholding right Common (right to buy)(1) $ 9.27 11/07/97 5/07/04 Stock 0 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 9.10 5/31/01 M 10,000 Common 10,000 $24.3241 $ 9.10 5/31/01 S 10,000 Stock 10,000 $24.3241 Director stock options with tandem withholding right Common (right to buy)(1) $ 9.10 10/22/96 4/22/03 Stock 0 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Granted under O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. Director Stock Option Plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3. ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: All share ending balances have been adjusted to reflect 100% stock dividends in the form of two stock splits: July 31, 1997 and November 15, 1999. Payment dates on the dividends were August 31, 1997 and November 30, 1999, respectively. /s/Joe C. Greene 11/15/02 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Joe C. Greene Date ** 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. Page 2