SEC Form 5
FORM 5

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Popoff, Frank P.     

(Last)                      (First)                      (Middle)
United Technologies Corporation
One Financial Plaza

(Street)
Hartford, CT     06101

(City)                      (State)                      (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker
    or Trading Symbol

United Technologies Corporation   UTX

3. I.R.S. Identification
    Number of Reporting
    Person, if an entity
    (voluntary)
4. Statement for
    (Month/Year)

    December 2002


5. If Amendment,
    Date of Original
    (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

           X          Director                           10% Owner
                        Officer                             Other

Officer/Other
Description                              

7. Individual or Joint/Group
    Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X   Individual Filing
      Joint/Group Filing
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security
    (Instr. 3)

2. Transaction Date
    (Month/Day/Year)
3. Transaction
    Code
    (Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed (D) Of
    (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)





        Amount      |         A/D         |         Price          
5. Amount of
    Securities
    Beneficially
    Owned at
    End of
    Issuer's Fiscal
    Year

    (Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Owner-
    ship
    Form:
    Direct(D)
    or
    Indirect (I)

    (Instr. 4)
7. Nature of
     Indirect
     Beneficial
     Ownership

    (Instr. 4)
Common Stock (Restricted)
12/10/2002
G
4,000.000   |           D           |                      
0.000
D

Common Stock (Restricted)
12/10/2002
G
4,000.000   |           A           |                      
4,000.000
I
By Trust (1)







If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction 4(b)(v).
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SEC 2270 (3-99)

Popoff, Frank P. - December 2002
Form 5 (continued)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
    (Instr. 3)
2. Conver-
    sion or
    Exercise
    Price of
    Deri-
    vative
    Security
3. Transaction
    Date

    (Month/
    Day/
    Year)
4. Transaction
    Code
5. Number of Derivative
    Securities Acquired (A)
    or Disposed (D) Of

    (Instr. 3,4 and 5)
6. Date Exercisable(DE) and
    Expiration Date(ED)
    (Month/Day/Year)






  (DE)     |     (ED)  
7. Title and Amount of
    Underlying Securities
    (Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price
    of
    Derivative
    Security
    (Instr.5)
9. Number of
    Derivative
    Securities
    Beneficially
    Owned
    at End of
    Year
    (Instr.4)
10.
Owner-
ship
Form of
Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct
(D)
or
Indirect
(I)
11. Nature of
      Indirect
      Beneficial
      Ownership
      (Instr.4)
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)
$75.0000 04/10/2002
A
    (A) 2,500.000
04/10/2005 | 04/09/2012
Common Stock - 2,500.000
2,500.000
D

Phantom Stock Unit
$0.0000 01/02/2002
A
    (A) 1,165.680 (2)
Common Stock - 1,165.680

D

Phantom Stock Unit
$0.0000 08/14/2002
A
    (A) 371.640 (2)
Common Stock - 371.640

D

Phantom Stock Unit
$0.0000 12/31/2002
A
    (A) 146.895 (3)
Common Stock - 146.895
10,183.235
D












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SEC 2270 (3-99)

Popoff, Frank P. - December 2002
Form 5 (continued)
FOOTNOTE Descriptions for United Technologies Corporation UTX

Form 5 - December 2002

Frank P. Popoff
United Technologies Corporation
One Financial Plaza
Hartford, CT 06101

Explanation of responses:

(1)   Includes shares held indirectly in a revocable trust.
(2)   Consists of Phantom Stock Units acquired at the election of the reporting person in lieu of his/her annual retainer for services as a non-employee director under a company program that permits him/her to defer receipt of the retainer. Upon termination of services on the Board of Directors, all such Phantom Stock Units are payable in cash or in stock.
(3)   Consists of Phantom Stock Units acquired during 2002 as dividend equivalents related to Phantom Stock Units acquired at the election of the reporting person in lieu of his/her annual retainer for service as a non-employee director. Upon termination of services on the Board of Directors, all such Phantom Stock Units are payable in cash or in stock.
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