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FORM 4
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
[ ] Check box if no
longer subject to Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
Section 16. Form 4 Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
or Form 5 obligations Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
may continue. See or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company
Instruction 1(b). Act of 1940
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| 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(1) | 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6. Relationship of Reporting Person to|
|Rauner Bruce V. | Province Healthcare Company (PRHC) | Issuer (Check all applicable) |
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| (Last) (First) (Middle) | 3. IRS Identification | 4. Statement For | [X] Director [ ] 10% Owner |
| | Number of Reporting | Month/Year | [ ] Officer (give [ ] Other (Specify|
| | Person, if an Entity | | title below) |
| | (Voluntary) | | below) |
| 6100 Sears Tower | | 8/99 | |
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| (Street) | | 5. If Amendment, |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing |
| | | Date of Original| (Check applicable line) |
| | | (Month/Year) | [X] Form Filed by One |
| Chicago IL 60606 | | | Reporting Person |
|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| [ ] Form Filed by More Than |
| (City) (State) (Zip) | | One Reporting Person |
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| TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED |
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|1. Title of Security |2. Transaction |3. Transac- |4. Securities Acquired (A) | 5. Amount of Se- |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| (Instr. 3) | Date | tion Code | or Disposed of (D) | curities Benefi-| ship | of In- |
| | (Month/Day/ | (Instr. 8) | | cially Owned at | Form: | direct |
| | Year) | | | End of Month | Direct | Benefi-|
| | | | (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | (Instr. 3 and 4)| (D) or | cial |
| | |--------------|---------------------------| | Indirect | Owner- |
| | | Code | V | Amount | (A) or| Price| | (I) | ship |
| | | | | | (D) | | | (Instr. 4)| (Instr.|
| | | | | | | | | | 4) |
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| Common Stock | 8/31/99 | J | | 600,000 | | | 1,141,153 | Both | See Note |
| | |(See | | shares | D | | shares | | 2 |
| | |Note 1)| | | | | |
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| Common Stock | 8/31/99 | J | | 9,361 | A | | 1,141,153 | Both | See Note |
| | |(See | | shares | | | shares | | 2 |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of (Over)
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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|1. Title of Derivative | 2. Conver- |3. Trans- |4. Trans- | 5. Number of | 6. Date Exer- | 7. Title and Amount |8. Price |
| Security | sion or | action | action | Derivative | cisable and | of Underlying | of |
| (Instr. 3) | Exercise | Date | Code | Securities | Expiration | Securities | Deriv- |
| | Price of | (Month/| (Instr.| Acquired (A)| Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) | ative |
| | Deriv- | Day/ | 8) | or Disposed | (Month/Day/ | | Secur- |
| | ative | Year) | | or (D) | Year) | | ity |
| | Security | | | (Instr. 3, | | | (Instr. 5)|
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| | | | | | Date |Expira-| | Amount or| |
| | | |----------|----------------| Exer- |tion | Title | Number of| |
| | | | Code| V | (A) | (D) | cisable|Date | | Shares | |
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| 9. Number of | 10. Ownership | 11. Nature of |
| Derivative | Form of | Indirect |
| Securities | Derivative | Beneficial |
| Beneficially | Security: | Ownership |
| Owned at End | Direct (D) | (Instr. 4) |
| of Month | or Indirect (I) | |
| (Instr. 4) | (Instr. 4) | |
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Explanation of Responses:
Note 1: Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner Fund IV, L.P. Distributed 600,000 shares on 8/31/99. The reporting person received a
total of 9,361 shares in the distribution.
Note 2: Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner Fund IV, L.P. ("GTCR Fund IV") is the direct beneficial owner of 1,101,258 shares of the
issuer's common stock. Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner, Inc. ("GTCR") is the general partner of GTCR IV, L.P., which is the general
partner of GTCR Fund IV. The reporting person is a principal of GTCR and may be deemed to have an indirect pecuniary interest in
the issuer's common stock directly or indirectly owned by GTCR Fund IV to the extent of the reporting person's indirect
proportionate general partnership interest in GTCR Fund IV through GTCR. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of
the shares held by GTCR Fund IV. The reporting person is the direct beneficial owner of 39,895 shares of the issuer's common
stock.
/s/ Bruce V. Rauner 9/10/99
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** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal **Signature of Reporting Person Date
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a) BRUCE V. RAUNER
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information
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