FALCON PRODUCTS INC.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Franklin A. Jacobs

Chairman and chief executive

Falcon makes commercial furniture for the hospitality, office, fast-food restaurant and food-service markets. The company reported a profit of $9.2 million or $1.05 a share, on sales of $315.7 million for the year ended Oct. 28, 2000. The company's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol FCP. The following information is taken from the company's 2001 and 2000 proxies, which list Jan. 18, 2001, and Jan. 18, 2000, as dates of record.

 
                          EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 
Name and position            Year  Salary  Bonus   LTIP [1]  Total 
Franklin A. Jacobs           2000 $718,908       0    0     $718,908 
Chairman and chief executive 1999 $653,846 $60,000    0     $713,846 
Darryl Rosser [2]            2000 $359,454       0    0     $359,454 
Former president             1999 $326,923 $66,472    0     $393,395 
and chief operating officer 
Stephen E. Cohen             2000 $184,808       0    0     $184,808 
Vice president-sales         1999 $159,154 $32,035    0     $191,189 
and marketing 
Michael J. Dreller           2000 $184,808       0    0     $184,808 
Vice president-finance and   1999 $157,462 $32,035    0     $189,497 
chief financial officer 
Michael J. Kula              2000 $178,269       0    0     $178,269 
Vice president-corporate     1999 $169,154 $34,037    0     $203,191 
technology and development 
(1.)Long-term incentive pay 
(2.)Rosser resigned as a director and 
the president and chief operating 
officer of the company Dec. 6, 2000. 
David L. Morley succeeded him Dec. 13. 
                     SIGNIFICANT STOCK OWNERSHIPS [3] 
                                        Total                 Percent of 
Name of                                common       Previous    common 
beneficial owner                       shares     year (1999)   shares 
Franklin A. Jacobs                    2,110,726    2,047,220    23.5% 
Royce Funds Inc.                        966,600      982,900    11.0% 
Dimensional Fund Advisors Inc.          588,356      556,256     6.7% 
Putnam Investment Management            578,050 Not ...