UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 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 FORM 4 / / Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16, Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b) (Print or Type Responses) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Donahue Thomas R. (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o Federated Investors, Inc. Federated Investors Tower (Street) Pittsburgh PA 15222-3779 (City) (State) (Zip) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Federated Investors, Inc. FII -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Statement for Month/Year March 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ___X_____ Director ________ 10% Owner ___X_____ Officer (give title below) ________ Other (specify below) Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting (Check Applicable Limit) ___X____ Form filed by One Reporting Person _______ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of 2. 3. 4. Securities Acquired 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature Security Transaction Transaction (A) or Disposed of Securities Form: Direct of Indirect (Instr. 3) Date Code (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and Beneficially (D) or Beneficial (Mon/day/year)(Instr. 8) 5) Owned at End of Indirect (I) Ownership Month (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 3 and 4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Code V Amount (A) or Price (D) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class B Common 3/27/2002 G V 2,640 D 600,424 (1) D Stock (2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class B Common 644 I By Spouse Stock ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class B Common 3/27/2002 G V 2,640 A 272,120 I By J. Stock (2) Christopher Donahue as custodian for minor children ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class B Common 916,050 I By Maxfund Stock Partners, L.P. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class B Common 763,124 I By Daniel Stock McGrogan as custodian for minor children ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). FORM 4 (continued) Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of 2. Conversion 3. 4. Transaction 5. Number of 6. Date Derivative Security or Exercise Transaction Code Derivative Exercisable and (Instr. 3) Price of Date (Instr. 8) Securities Expiration Date Derivative (Month/Day/Year) Acquired (A) or (Month/Day/Year) Security Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Code V (A) (D) Date ExercisableExpiration Date -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price of 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of Underlying Securities Derivative derivative Form of Indirect Beneficial (Instr. 3 and 4) Security Securities Derivative Ownership (Instr. 5) Beneficially Owned Security: (Instr. 4) at End of Month Direct (D) or (Instr. 4) indirect (I) (Instr. 4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title Amount or Number of Shares -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: (1) Includes 72 shares of Federated Investor's Inc.'s Class B Common Stock held in Federated's Profit Sharing/401(k) Plan. (2) Represents the aggregate amount of several gifts to children sharing reporting person's household. **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/ Thomas R. Donahue April 10, 2002 -------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date