4 1 0001.txt FORM 4 - FEBRUARY, 2001 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 Stafford, Thomas P. 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 February, 2001 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) 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)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 |9.940 (1|Note |A | |603.583 |A | | |Series B Com|603.583| |5,921.977 |D | | |) |(1) | | | | | | |mon | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Director Stock Option |13.100 | | | | | |4/30/|4/29/|Series B Com| | |2,500 |D | | (Right to Buy) | | | | | | |96 |06 |mon | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Director Stock Option |29.00 | | | | | |4/30/|4/29/|Series B Com| | |2,000 |D | | (Right to Buy) | | | | | | |96 |06 |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|5/4/1|Series B Com| | |10,000 |D | | (Right to Buy) | | | | | | |0 |0 |mon | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
Explanation of Responses: NOTES: (1) Represents weighted average price for2/8/01 of 204.082 units at $9.800, 2/9/01 grant of 151.976 units at $9.870 and 2/23/01 grant of 247.525 units at $10.100. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Thomas P. Stafford BY F. E. Finizia as Attorney-in-Fact DATE 3/6/01