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*
Trachsel, William H.     
(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)

                        Director                           10% Owner
           X          Officer                             Other

Officer/Other
Description           Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
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
12/31/2002
J
6.980(1)   |           A           |                    
 700.290
I
By Savings Plan Trustee
Common Stock


31,412.000
D








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Trachsel, William H. - 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)
ESOP Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
 $0.0000 12/31/2002
J
     (A) 49.500 (2)
Common Stock - 198.000
1,271.590
I
 By Savings Plan Trustee
Phantom Stock Unit
 $0.0000 12/31/2002
A
     (A) 138.508 (3)
Common Stock - 138.508
9,480.728
D











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Trachsel, William H. - December 2002
Form 5 (continued)
FOOTNOTE Descriptions for United Technologies Corporation UTX

Form 5 - December 2002

William H. Trachsel
United Technologies Corporation
One Financial Plaza
Hartford, CT 06101
Explanation of responses:

(1)   These shares were acquired during the year at a range of market prices. The shares are held by the Plan Trustee in the Common Stock Fund of the United Technologies Corporation Employee Savings Plan, a 401(k) plan. Shares held reflect information provided by the Plan Trustee as of 12/31/02.
(2)   The shares were acquired during the year pursuant to the United Technologies Corporation Savings Plan, a 401(k) plan. The acquisition of such shares is exempt and shares are convertible or redeemable at the option of the employee, at the termination of employment with the Corporation. A share of ESOP stock is convertible into four shares of common stock and is enttitled to 5.2 votes.
(3)   Deferred phantom stock units acquired at the election of the executive under the United Technoogies Corporation Deferred Compenstion Program, in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3.
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