<PAGE>
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2000
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment No. ____
This Amendment (check one only): [ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Waddell & Reed, Inc.
Address: 6300 Lamar Avenue
Overland Park, KS 66202
Form 13F File Number: 28-375
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.
Persons Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Daniel C. Schulte
Title: Secretary
Phone: (913) 236-2012
Signature, Place and Date of Signing:
/s/ Daniel C. Schulte Overland Park, Kansas November 13, 2000
Report Type (check only one):
[ ] 13F HOLDINGS. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are
reported in this report.)
[X] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all
holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this
reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by
other reporting manager(s).)
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
Form 13F File Number Name
-------------------- ----
28-7592 Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc.
