X0201 42003-10-22 0000003327 ALBERTO CULVER CO ACV ACVA 0001027733 BERNICK HOWARD B C/O ALBERTO-CULVER COMPANY 2525 ARMITAGE AVENUE MELROSE PARK IL 60160 1100Pres.and Chief Exec OfficerClass A Common Stock2003-10-224C0100200D0IFN6Class A Common Stock2003-10-224C018500D0IFN10Class A Common Stock2003-10-224C041040D0IFN11Class A Common Stock2003-10-224C039048D0IFN1Class A Common Stock2003-10-224C064D0IFN14Class A Common Stock2003-10-224C05704D0IFN7Class A Common Stock2003-10-224C0477291D0DClass A Common Stock2003-10-224C0314405D0IFN13Class A Common Stock2003-10-224C0361809D0IFN4Class A Common Stock2003-10-224C026536D0IFN12Class B Common Stock482562IFN5Class B Common Stock2003-10-224C0477291A565973DClass B Common Stock2003-10-224J02921076A3021076IFN4Class B Common Stock2003-10-224C0361809A3382885IFN4Class B Common Stock11699IFN8Class B Common Stock8455IFN9Class B Common Stock2003-10-224C0314405A418881IFN13Class B Common Stock1026982IFN3Class B Common Stock2003-10-224J01460538D1402687IFN14Class B Common Stock2003-10-224C064A1402751IFN14Class B Common Stock2003-10-224J01460538D1184566IFN7Class B Common Stock2003-10-224C05704A1190270IFN7Class B Common Stock1262331IFN2 Class B Common Stock2003-10-224C0100200A100200IFN6 Class B Common Stock2003-10-224C018500A18500IFN10 Class B Common Stock2003-10-224C041040A41040IFN11 Class B Common Stock2003-10-224C039048A39048IFN1 Class B Common Stock2003-10-224C026536A26536IFN12 Held by the undersigned's spouse as trustee of a trust dated 3/21/00 for the benefit of their son.***Held by the undersigned's spouse as co-trustee of a trust dated 9/18/01 for her benefit.***Held by the undersigned's spouse as trustee of a trust dated 10/31/98 for the benefit of her sister.***Held by the undersigned's spouse as trustee of a trust dated 4/17/02 for her benefit.***Held by the undersigned's spouse as co-trustee of a trust dated 9/15/93 for her benefit.***Held by the undersigned's spouse as co-trustee of a trust dated 10/20/72 for her benefit.***Held by the undersigned's spouse as co-trustee of a trust dated 12/18/87 for the benefit of her father.***Held by the undersigned as a participant in the Alberto-Culver Company Employees' Profit Sharing Plan.Held by the undersigned's spouse as a participant in the Alberto-Culver Company Employees' Profit Sharing Plan.***Held by the undersigned as one of three co-trustees of a trust dated 7/7/97 for the benefit of their children.***Held by the undersigned's spouse as trustee of a trust dated 3/7/99 for the benefit of their son.***Held by the undersigned's spouse as trustee of a trust dated 3/25/03 for the benefit of their daughter.***Held by the undersigned's spouse as trustee of a trust dated 4/23/93 for her benefit.***Held by the undersigned's spouse as co-trustee of a trust dated 12/18/87 for the benefit of her mother.***Transferred by the undersigned's spouse as co-trustee of a trust dated 12/18/87 for the benefit of her mother to a limited partnership to which the undersigned's spouse, in her capacity as trustee of a trust dated 4/17/02 for her benefit, is the general partner. This transfer occurred contemporaneous with the conversion described in Footnote 18 below and the transfers described in Footnotes 16 and 17 below.Transferred by the undersigned's spouse as co-trustee of a trust dated 12/18/87 for the benefit of her father to a limited partnership to which the undersigned's spouse, in her capacity as trustee of a trust dated 4/17/02 for her benefit, is the general partner. This transfer occurrred contemporaneous with the conversion described in Footnote 18 below and the transfers described in Footnotes 15 and 17.Transferred by the undersigned's spouse as co-trustee of trusts dated 12/18/87, one for the benefit of her mother and one for the benefit of her father, to a limited partnership to which the undersigned's spouse, in her capacity as trustee of a trust dated 4/17/02 for her benefit, is the general partner. This transfer occurred contemporaneous with the conversion described in Footnote 18 below and the transfers described in Footnotes 15 and 16 above.On October 22, 2003, the Board of Directors of Alberto-Culver Company (the "Company") approved the conversion of all of the issued shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-share-for-one-share basis into Class B Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation (the "Conversion"). The Conversion occurred contemporaneous with the transfers described in Footnotes 15, 16, and 17 above. ***The filing of this report shall not be deemed an admission by the undersigned that he is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. /Howard B. Bernick/2003-10-23