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) 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* McGonigle John W. (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 September, 2001 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) Secretary, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Limit) ___X___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _______ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned 1. Title of 2. 3. 4. Securities Acquired 5. Amount of 6. 7. Nature of Security Transaction Transaction (A) or Disposed of (D) Securities Ownership Indirect (Instr. 3) Date Code (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Beneficially Form: Beneficial (Mon/day/year)(Instr. 8) Owned at End of Direct (D) Ownership Month (Instr. 3 or (Instr. 4) and 4) Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or Price (D) Class B Common 9/21/2001 J (1) 598,040 D $25.50 5,478,784 I by Fairview Stock Partners, L.P. 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 (Instr. Derivative Exercisable and (Instr. 3) Price of Date 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 Exercisable Expiration Date 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price of 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of Underlying Securities Derivative derivative Securities Form of Indirect Beneficial (Instr. 3 and 4) Security Beneficially Owned at Derivative Ownership (Instr. 5) End of Month (Instr. 4) Security: Direct (Instr. 4) (D) or indirect (I) (Instr. 4) Title Amount or Number of Shares Explanation of Responses: (1) The reporting person contributed FII Class B Common Stock to an exchange fund in exchange for shares of the exchange fund. FII Class B Common Stock was valued at $25.50 per share for the purpose of determining the number of shares of the exchange fund issuable to the reporting person. ** 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/ John W. McGonigle October 10, 2001 -------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date