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| FORM 3 | U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Lindenfeld Stan M
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Total Renal Care Holdings, Inc. 21250 Hawthorne Blvd.
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(Street)
Torrance CA 90503
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 3/99
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person if an Entity
(Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Total Renal Care Holdings, Inc.
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(TRL)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [x] Officer [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Other
(give title below) (specify below)
Senior Vice President, Quality Management and Chief Medical Officer
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
x Form Filed by One Reporting Person
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____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title 2. Amount of 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of
of Securities Bene- Direct (D) or Indirect Bene-
Security ficially Owned Indirect (I) ficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
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Common Stock 17,300 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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FORM 3 (continued)
TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of In-
Security (Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security or Form of direct Bene-
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Derivative ficial
Date Price Security: Ownership
(Month/Day/ of Direct (D) (Instr. 5)
Year) Derivative or In-
---------------------------------------------------- Security direct (I)
Date Expira- Amount or (Instr. 5)
Exer- tion Title Number of
cisable Date Shares
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Options (16b-3 Plan) (1) 12/13/04 Common Stock 20,833 $ 0.90 D
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Options (16b-3 Plan) (2) 4/24/07 Common Stock 53,583 $ 18.75 D
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Options (16b-3 Plan) (2) 4/24/07 Common Stock 83,333 $ 18.75 D
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Options (16b-3 Plan) (1) 4/24/07 Common Stock 58,333 $ 18.75 D
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Options (16b-3 Plan) (1) 2/27/08 Common Stock 150,000 $ 32.1875 D
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Options (16b-3 Plan) (1) 3/11/09 Common Stock 200,000 $ 9 1/16 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Twenty-five percent of the options vest each year on the anniversary of the date of the grant.
(2) Thirty-three and one third of the options vest each year on the anniversary of the date of grant.
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**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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 contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB Number.
/s/ Stan M. Lindenfeld March 23, 1999
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
