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Check this box if ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP |OMB Number 3235-0362|
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[ ] Form 3 Holdings Rep. 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
[ ] Form 4 Trans. Rep. Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6.Relationship of Reporting Person to |
| | | Issuer (Check all Applicable) |
|Matthews Norman S. |Toys "R" Us, Inc. | |
| | (TOY) | |
| | | X Director 10% Owner |
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| (Last) (First) (MI)|3.IRS or Soc. Sec. No. |4.Statement for Month/ | Officer Other |
| | of Reporting Person | Year |---(give title below) ---(Specify below)|
| Toys "R" Us, Inc. | (Voluntary) | | |
| 461 From Road | | 02/03/2001 | |
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| (Street) | |5.If Amendment, Date of |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing |
| | | Original (Month/Year) | (Check Applicable Line) |
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|Paramus NJ 07652-3526| | | X Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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| | | | Form filed by More than One |
| | | |--- Reporting Person |
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| TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned |
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|1.Title of Security |2.Transac- |3.Trans. |4.Security Acquired (A) or |5.Amount of |6. |7.Nature of Indirect|
| (Instr. 3) | tion Date | Code | Disposed of (D) | Securities |Own.| Beneficial |
| |(Mon/Day/Yr)|(Instr.8)| (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) | Beneficially |Form| Ownership |
| | | | | Owned at End of|(D) | (Instr. 4) |
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| | | | |(A) | | Fiscal Year |(I) | |
| | | | Amount |(D) | Price | (Instr. 3 & 4) | | |
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|Common Stock | 02/02/2001 | A | 6359 | A | $14.7654| 18542 | D | |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly. SEC 2270 (7-96)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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FORM 5 (continued) TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible security)
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|1.Title of|2.Conver-|3. |4.Tran- |5.Number of |6.Date |7.Title and Amount |8.Price of|9.Number |10. |11.Nature |
|Derivative|sion or |Trans| saction| Derivative |Exercisable| of Underlying |Derivative| of |Own.| of |
|Security |Exercise |Date | Code | Securities |and | Securities |Security |Derivative|Form|Indirect |
|(Instr. 3)|Price of |(Mon/|(Instr.8)| Acquired (A) or |Expiration | (Instr. 3 & 4) |(Instr. 5)|Securities|of |Beneficial|
| |Deriva- | Day/| | Disposed of (D) |Date | | |Benefi- |Deri|Ownership |
| |tive |Year)| | (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) |(Month/Day/| | |cially |Sec.|(Instr. 4)|
| |Security | | | | Year) | | |Owned at |Dir.| |
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| | | | | | | | |Amount or | |Year |or | |
| | | | |---------------------|Date |Exp. | Title |Number of | |(Instr. 4)|Ind.| |
| | | | | (A) | (D) |Exbl.|Date | |Shares | | |(I) | |
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|Stock Opti| $23.4400| | | | |12/06|12/06|Common Sto| 10000| | 10000| D | |
|on (Righ| | | | | | 1996| 2005|ck | | | | | |
|t to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $33.7500| | | | |11/01|11/01|Common Sto| 2500| | 2500| D | |
|on (Righ| | | | | | 1997| 2006|ck | | | | | |
|t to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | (02)| | | | | | | |
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|Stock Opti| $34.7200| | | | |11/03|11/03|Common Sto| 11000| | 11000| D | |
|on (Righ| | | | | | 1998| 2007|ck | | | | | |
|t to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | (02)| | | | | | | |
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|Stock Opti| $20.3400| | | | |11/02|11/02|Common Sto| 11000| | 11000| D | |
|on (Righ| | | | | | 1999| 2008|ck | | | | | |
|t to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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|Stock Opti| $21.4100| | | | |06/10|06/10|Common Sto| 30000| | 30000| D | |
|on (Righ| | | | | | 2002| 2009|ck | | | | | |
|t to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(01) As a Non-Employee Director, I have elected to defer the receipt of a portion of my director fees under the Toys "R" Us,
Inc. Stock Unit Plan for Non-Employee Directors. The Company has agreed to credit the value of such fees to a stock ac
count maintained by the Company in the form of Stock Units and use the funds to purchase shares of the Company's Common
Stock to be set aside for my eventual benefit. The Stock Units will generally be settled by delivery of the Common Stock
upon my retirement, resignation, or death. The shares of Common Stock underlying my Stock Units were acquired on a perio
dic basis at the average price noted.
(02) Grant of options to purchase shares of Common Stock under Toys "R" Us, Inc.'s Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan.
Subject to certain conditions, one-fifth of such options become exercisable on a cummulative basis on each anni
versary of the date of grant.
(03) Grant of opitons to purchase shares of Common Stock under Toys "R" Us, Inc.'s Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/Norman S. Matthews 02/21/2001
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------------------ ----------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 2270 (7-96)
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMD Number
Matthews, Norman S. Toys "R" Us, Inc. 02/03/2001 PAGE: 2 OF 2
E X P L A N A T I O N O F R E S P O N S E S (cont.) F O R M 5
cont. (03) Subject to certain conditions, one-third of such options become exercisable on a cummulative basis on each of t
he third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the date of grant.
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