Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
BAIN CAPITAL INVESTORS LLC
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AMERITRADE HOLDING CORP [AMTD]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below)
Member of 13(d) group over 10%
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O BAIN CAPITAL, LLC, 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/27/2004
(Street)

BOSTON, MA 02199
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, par value $0.01 10/27/2004   S   10,896,797 D $ 12.9 0 I See Footnotes (1) (2) (3) (4)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
BAIN CAPITAL INVESTORS LLC
C/O BAIN CAPITAL, LLC
111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE
BOSTON, MA 02199
      Member of 13(d) group over 10%
BAIN CAPITAL VII COINVESTMENT FUND LP
C/O BAIN CAPITAL INVESTORS, LLC
111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE
BOSTON, MA 02199
      Member of 13(d) group over 10%
BAIN CAPITAL FUND VII LP
C/O BAIN CAPITAL INVESTORS, LLC
111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE
BOSTON, MA 02199
      Member of 13(d) group over 10%
BAIN CAPITAL PARTNERS VII LP
C/O BAIN CAPITAL INVESTORS, LLC
111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE
BOSTON, MA 02199
      Member of 13(d) group over 10%

Signatures

 BAIN CAPITAL INVESTORS, LLC   10/29/2004
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

 By Paul B. Edgerley, Managing Director   10/29/2004
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Bain Capital Investors, LLC ("BCI"), is the sole general partner of Bain Capital Partners VII, L.P. ("BCP"), which is the sole general partner of Bain Capital Fund VII, L.P. ("Fund VII, L.P."), which is the managing and sole member of Bain Capital Fund VII, LLC ("Fund VII, LLC"). As a result, each of BCI, BCP and Fund VII, L.P. may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to the 0 shares of Common Stock held by Fund VII, LLC. Each of BCI, BCP and Fund VII, L.P. disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.
(2) BCP is also the sole general partner of Bain Capital VII Coinvestment Fund, L.P. ("Coinvestment Fund VII, L.P."), which is the managing and sole member of Bain Capital VII Coinvestment Fund, LLC ("Coinvestment Fund VII, LLC"). As a result, each of BCI, BCP and Coinvestment Fund VII, L.P. may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to the 0 shares of Common Stock held by Coinvestment Fund VII, LLC. Each of BCI, BCP and Coinvestment Fund VII, L.P. disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.
(3) BCP is also the administrative member of BCI Datek Investors, LLC ("BCI Datek"). As a result, each of BCI and BCP may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to the 0 shares of Common Stock held by BCI Datek. Each of BCI and BCP disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.
(4) BCI is the managing general partner of each of BCIP Associates II ("BCIP II"), BCIP Associates II-B ("BCIP II-B"), BCIP Trust Associates II, ("BCIPT II") and BCIP Trust Associates II-B ("BCIPT II-B" and, together with BCIP II, BCIP II-B, BCIPT II and BCIPT II-B, the "BCIP Funds") and thus may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to the 0 shares of Common Stock held by the BCIP Funds. BCI disclaims beneficial ownership of all such shares except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.

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