1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Sharp, Michael J.
1100 N. Wood Dale Road
Wood Dale, IL 60191-
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AAR CORP. (AIR)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
8/2002
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)
VP/Chief Accounting Officer
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- |3. Trans- |4. Securities Acquired (A) |5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| | action | action | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of In- |
| | Date | Code | | Beneficially | Form: | direct |
| | | | | Owned at | Direct | Bene- |
| | (Month/ | | | End of | (D) or | ficial |
| | Day/ +-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+ Month | Indirect| Owner- |
| | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D |Price | | (I) | ship |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
Common Stock 3742 D
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
|1. |2. |3. |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- | | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of |
| |sion or | | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi- |ity: |In- |
| |Exercise| | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct |
| |Price of|Transac- |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- |
|Title of |Deriv- |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of |at End |In- |ficial |
|Derivative |ative |(Month/ +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative|of |direct |Owner- |
|Security |Security|Day/Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |Month |(I) |ship |
+-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
Stock Option $0 07/09/2002 A V 5000 07/09/2003 07/09/2012 Common 5000 $8.5900 D
Stock
Stock Option $0 07/09/2002 A V 1000 07/09/2009 07/09/2012 Common 1000 $8.5900 6000 D
Stock
Explanation of Responses:
Grantee may elect to pay the exercise price of the option or any tax withholding
obligation in connection therewith by directing the Company to withhold a
portion of the shares otherwise distributable to the grantee upon exercise or by
transferring to the Company previously acquired shares, valued at their fair
market value on such taxable date.
20% of grant shares exercisable upon the first to occur of (i) the date the
average share price equals or exceeds a 10% increase in share value (subject to
a minimum vesting waiting period of 6 months from date of grant), or (ii) next
grant anniversary date.
Shares become exercisable upon the first to occur of (i) the date the rolling
20-day average NYSE closing price equals or exceeds $10.74 (subject to a minimum
vesting waiting period of 6 months from date of grant), and (ii) July 9, 2009.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Michael J. Sharp
DATE
08/28/2002