1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Mello, Joseph C.
21250 Hawthorne Boulevard, Suite 800
Torrance, CA 90503
USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
DaVita Inc. (DVA)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
1/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner
(X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
Chief Operating Officer
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. Trans- |3. Trans- |4. Securities Acquired (A) |5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| | action | action | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of In- |
| | Date | Code | | Beneficially | Form: | direct |
| | | | | Owned at | Direct | Bene- |
| | (Month/ | | | End of | (D) or | ficial |
| | Day/ +-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+ Month | Indirect| Owner- |
| | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D |Price | | (I) | ship |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
Common Stock 01/02/2002 M 12500 A $5.4375 D
Common Stock 01/02/2002 M 12500 A $5.3125 D
Common Stock 01/02/2002 S -25000 D $24.0500 D
Common Stock 01/07/2002 M 7500 A $5.4375 D
Common Stock 01/07/2002 S -7500 D $22.4200 D
Common Stock 01/07/2002 M 7500 A $5.3125 D
Common Stock 01/07/2002 S -7500 D $22.4000 25974 D
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
|1. |2. |3. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. |
| | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | |
| | | | | | | | |of |ship | |
| | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| |
| | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | |
| | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature |
| |Conver- | | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of |
| |sion or | | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi- |ity: |In- |
| |Exercise| | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct |
| |Price of|Transac- |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- |
|Title of |Deriv- |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of |at End |In- |ficial |
|Derivative |ative |(Month/ +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative|of |direct |Owner- |
|Security |Security|Day/Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |Month |(I) |ship |
+-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
Stock Options $5.3125 01/02/2002 M 12500 06/16/2001 06/16/2005 Common 12500 $0.0000 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $5.3125 01/07/2002 M 7500 06/16/2001 06/16/2005 Common 7500 $0.0000 145000 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $5.4375 01/02/2002 M 12500 06/15/2001 06/15/2005 Common 12500 $0.0000 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $5.4375 01/07/2002 M 7500 06/15/2001 06/15/2005 Common 7500 $0.0000 145000 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Explanation of Responses:
The acquisition of these shares occurred in accordance with a Rule 10b5-1 Sales
Plan.
The sale of these shares was completed in accordance with a Rule 10b5-1 Sales
Plan.
The exercise of these options was completed in accordance with a Rule 10b5-1
Sales Plan.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Joseph C. Mello
DATE
02/11/2002