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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 5
ANNUAL 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
[_] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
[_] Form 3 Holdings Reported
[_] Form 4 Transactions Reported
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Solomon Michael B.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
600 The Times Building
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(Street)
Ardmore PA 19003
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. ("WWF")
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
8/01
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[X] Director [_] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[_] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[_] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF,
OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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5. 6.
4. Amount of Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship
2. 3. Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7.
Transaction Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at End Direct Nature of
Date Code ------------------------------- of Issuer's (D) or Indirect
1. (Month/ (Instr. 8) (A) Fiscal Year Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Day/ ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) Year) Code (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Class A Common Stock,
$.01 per share 32,500 (D)
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Class A. Common Stock,
$.01 per share 695,980 (I) (1)
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Class A Common Stock,
$.01 per share 8/30/01 P 1,886,793 (A) 13.25 per 1,886,793 (I) (1)
share
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* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see
Instruction 4(b)(v).
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 CONTROL NUMBER.
(Over)
SEC 2270 (3/99)
FORM 5 (continued)
TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
of Form
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- 4. or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Trans- of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date action (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ Code 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Year (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ (Instr. ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) 8) (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The Reporting Person is the managing member of Gladwyne Catalyst GenPar,
LLC, one of the managing members of Invemed Catalyst GenPar, LLC, a general
partner of Invemed Catalyst Fund, L.P., the direct holder of the shares of Class
A Common Stock reported on this row. As such, Mr. Solomon may be deemed to own
the securities held by Invemed Catalyst Fund, L.P. The Reporting Person
disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities in excess of his pecuniary
interest therein and this report shall not be an admission that the Reporting
Person is the beneficial owner of these securities in excess of such amount.
The Reporting Person may be deemed to be a member of a Section 13(d) group that
owns more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding Class A Common Stock. However,
the Reporting Person disclaims such group membership, and this report shall not
be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is a member of a Section 13(d)
group that own more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding Class A Common Stock
for Section 16 or for any other purpose.
/s/ Michael B. Solomon June 3, 2002
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Michael B. Solomon
** 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 provided 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 control number.
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