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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL
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[_] Check this box if OMB Number: 3235-0287
no longer subject Expires: April 30, 1997
to Section 16. Estimated average burden
Form 4 or Form 5 hours per response...... 0.5
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continue. See
Instruction 1(b).
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Thiry Kent J.
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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. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Total Renal Care Holdings, Inc. (TRL)
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
May 2000
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
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X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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Table I--Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
D. Title 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Security Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Instr. 3) (Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
Day/ ----------------------------------------------- End of (D) or ficial
Year) Month Indirect Owner-
Code V Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) ship
(D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, 5/16/00 P 25,000 A $4.3525/SH
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$.001 Par value 5/17/00 P 25,000 A $4.3642/SH
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5/19/00 P 25,000 A 4.29 87,500 I By Trust
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
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FORM 4 (continued)
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Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exer-
Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities cisable and
Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or Expiration
Price of (Month/ Disposed of (D) Date
Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) (Month/Day/
ative Year) Year)
Security
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Code V (A) (D) Date Expira-
Exer- tion
cisable Date
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7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na-
Underlying Securities of of Deriv- ship ture
(Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form of In-
ative Secur- of De- direct
Secur- ities rivative Bene-
ity Bene- Secu- ficial
(Instr. ficially rity: Owner-
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Amount or at End (D) or (Instr.
Title Number of of Indi- 4)
Shares Month rect (1)
(Instr. 4) (Instr.4)
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Explanation of Responses:
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
/s/ Kent Thiry 6/9/2000
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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.
