4 1 0001.txt FORM 4 - MAY, 2000 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Ruffle, John F. c/o The Wackenhut Corporation 4200 Wackenhut Drive #100 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 USA 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol The Wackenhut Corporation WAK and WAK B 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) ###-##-#### 4. Statement for Month/Year May, 2000 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Director 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (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 Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Series A Common Stock | | | | | | |500 |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Series B Common Stock | | | | | | |1,000 |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Phantom Stock (1) |10.0625 |4/1/0|A | |248.447 |A | | |Series B Com|248.447| |1,794.340 |D | | | |0 | | | | | | |mon | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Director Stock Option |22.625 | | | | | |4/24/|4/23/|Series B Com| | |2,000 |D | | (Right to Buy) | | | | | | |98 |08 |mon | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Director Stock Option |17.500 | | | | | |5/7/9|5/6/0|Series B Com| | |2,000 |D | | (Right to Buy) | | | | | | |9 |9 |mon | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Director Stock Option |9.3750 |5/5/0|A | |10,000 |A |5/5/0|5/4/1|Series B Com|10,000 | |10,000 |D | | (Right to Buy) | |0 | | | | |0 |0 |mon | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
Explanation of Responses: NOTES: (1) Adjustments for stock splits or dividends made at time of payment. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ John F. Ruffle BY F. E. Finizia as Attorney-in-Fact DATE 6/5/00