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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL
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OMB NUMBER: 3235-0104
Expires: April 30, 1997
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section16(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
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Whitney Richard K.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
21250 Hawthorne Boulevard
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(Street)
Torrance CA 90503
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/01/2000
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Total Renal Care Holdings, Inc. (TRL)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer:
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
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X Officer (give Other (Specify
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Chief Financial Officer
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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Table 1 -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock 5,925 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
(Over)
SEC 1473 (8-92)
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FORM 3 (continued)
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of
cisable and Underlying Derivative Security or Exercise Form of Indirect
Expiration (Instr. 4) Price of Derivative Beneficial
Date Derivative Security: Ownership
(Month Day Security Direct (D) (Instr. 5)
Year) or
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Date Expira- Amount (Instr. 5)
Exer- tion or
cisable Date Title Number
of
Shares
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Options (16b-3 plan; right (1) 07/05/2005 Common Stock 4,167 $ 3.60/share D
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to buy)
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Options (16b-3 plan; right (2) 05/08/2006 Common Stock 21,417 $18.75/share D
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to buy)
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Options (16b-3 plan; right (3) 04/24/2007 Common Stock 25,000 $18.75/share D
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to buy)
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Options (16b-3 plan; right (4) 08/31/2008 Common Stock 20,000 $19.00/share D
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to buy)
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Options (16b-3 plan; right (5) 03/11/2009 Common Stock 100,000 $ 9.0625/share D
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to buy)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) All of these options are currently exercisable.
(2) 14,278 shares currently exercisable, remaining 7,131 shares vest on April
24, 2000.
(3) 12,500 shares currently exercisable, remaining shares vest 6,250 shares
each on April 24, 2000 and April 24, 2001.
(4) 5,000 shares currently exercisable, remaining shares vest 5,000 shares
each on August 31, 2000, August 31, 2001 and August 31, 2002.
(5) Vest 25,000 shares each on March 11, 2000, March 11, 2001, March 11, 2002
and March 11, 2003.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
/s/ Richard K. Whitney 3/16/2000
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
space provided is insufficient,
See Instruction 6 for procedure.