SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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



FORM 11-K

[X]

Annual Report Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the plan year ended December 31, 2001
   
   

[   ]

Transition Report Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the transition period from ______ to _____



Commission file number 0-6645



A. Full title of the Plan and the address of the Plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:


THE MANITOWOC COMPANY, INC. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN



B. Name of the issuer of securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of it's principal executive office:

THE MANITOWOC COMPANY, INC.
500 So. 16th Street
Manitowoc, WI 54220




There are no exhibits to this document.

REQUIRED INFORMATION


The following financial statements and schedules of The Manitowoc Company, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, prepared in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Securities Act of 1974, as amended, are filed herewith.






THE MANTIOWOC COMPANY, INC.

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the period ending December 31,

 

                          2001

                      2000
     

Cash & Equivalents

$       276,147

$        195,487

Contributions Receivable

33,360

174,495

Investment in Fixed Income Mutual Funds

564,937

--

Investment in Company Stock

6,980,115

6,769,383

Investment in Mutual Funds

6,283,238

--

Investment in Small Cap Fund

--

363,978

Investment in S&P 500 Index

--

1,540,459

Investment in Equity Fund

--

501,545

Investment in Bond Fund

--

506,568

Investment in Balanced Fund

                   --

       3,591,410
     

     Assets Available for Plan Benefits

$  14,137,796

$   13,643,323


Change in Assets Available for Plan Benefits:

        

Opening Balance

$13,643,323

  

$14,308,926

  

Interest Income

6,329

  

5,657

  

Dividend Income

307,819

  

176,820

  

Employee Contributions

1,346,945

  

1,939,775

  

Employer Contributions

49,686

  

241,851

  

Benefit Payments

(1,109,567

)

(1,439,802

)

Fees

(8,859

)

(33,908

)

Realized Gain/(Loss)

35,720

  

101,450

  

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)

        (133,601

)

      (1,657,446

)
         

     Ending Balance of Assets Available
        for Plan Benefits


$  14,137,795

  


$  13,643,323

  

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Administrative Committee, which administers the Plan, has duly caused this Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Manitowoc, and State of Wisconsin, on the 27th day of June, 2002.

THE MANITOWOC COMPANY, INC.
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
 
 

/s/ Thomas Musial

Thomas Musial