UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2000
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Institutional Investment manager Filing this Report:
Name: Gabriel Capital Corp.
Address: 450 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
13F File Number: 28-4341
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.
Person signing this report on behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: J. Ezra Merkin
Title: President
Phone: 212-838-7200
Signature, place and date of signing:
/s/ J. Ezra Merkin New York, New York November 14, 2000
Report Type (check only one):
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT
[ ] 13F NOTICE
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Gabriel Capital Corp.
28-4341
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included managers: 1
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 89
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $1,019,369 (thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
No. 13F File No. Name
01 28-6882 STEPHEN FEINBERG
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
Gabriel Capital Corp.
28-4341
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COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COL 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8
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VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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AT&T CORP COM 001957109 15261 526248 SH SOLE 526248
AXA FINL INC COM 002451102 2139 42000 SH SOLE 42000
AMERICA ONLINE INC DEL COM 02364J104 17065 316015 SH SOLE 316015
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COM 025816109 11184 184091 SH SOLE 184091
AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC COM 026874107 30102 314588 SH SOLE 314588
AMGEN INC COM 031162100 9921 142072 SH SOLE 142072
ASSOCIATES FIRST CAP CORP CL A 046008108 2660 70000 SH SOLE 70000
ATLANTIC FINL CORP COM 04853R100 55 2900 SH SOLE 2900
AVIS GROUP HLDGS INC CL A 053790101 7406 250000 SH SOLE 250000
AVIS GROUP HLDGS INC PUT 053790951 4750 190000 SH PUT SOLE
BSB BANCORP COM 055652101 1119 50000 SH SOLE 50000
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION COM 060505104 11996 229033 SH SOLE 229033
BANK UTD CORP CL A 065412108 5311 104775 SH SOLE 104775
BOEING CO COM 097023105 3367 52200 SH SOLE 52200
BRENTON BKS INC COM 107211104 1840 152500 SH SOLE 152500
BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO COM 110122108 15755 273996 SH SOLE 273996
CNBT BANKSHARES INC COM 125972109 1337 75300 SH SOLE 75300
CALIFORNIA COASTAL CMNTYS INC COM NEW 129915203 553 100571 SH DEFINED 01 100571
CALIFORNIA FED BK FSB LOS ANGL CONT LIT REC 130209604 4 2000 SH SOLE 2000
CATSKILL FINL CORP COM 149348104 4077 180200 SH SOLE 180200
CISCO SYS INC COM 17275R102 55190 998923 SH SOLE 998923
CITIGROUP INC COM 172967101 33703 623399 SH SOLE 623399
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS COM 184502102 305 5394 SH SOLE 5394
COAST FEDERAL LITIGATION TR RT 19034Q110 1503 1001800 SH SOLE
COCA COLA CO COM 191216100 18700 339234 SH SOLE 339234
COHOES BANCORP INC COM 192513109 1093 63800 SH SOLE 63800
COLUMBIA ENERGY GROUP COM 197648108 38691 544800 SH SOLE 544800
CRONOS GROUP N V ORD L20708100 505 80000 SH DEFINED 01 80000
DEXTER CORP COM 252165105 517 7300 SH SOLE 7300
DISNEY WALT CO COM DISNEY 254687106 11035 288494 SH SOLE 288494
DONALDSON LUFKIN & JENRETTE NW COM DLJ 257661108 2236 25000 SH SOLE 25000
E M C CORP MASS COM 268648102 30216 304440 SH SOLE 304440
EQUALITY BANCORP INC COM 294398102 33 3400 SH SOLE 3400
EXXON MOBIL CORP COM 30231G102 43014 482733 SH SOLE 482733
FCNB CORP COM 302920103 424 20000 SH SOLE 20000
FIRST SEC CORP DEL COM 336294103 14874 911800 SH SOLE 911800
FIRSTSPARTAN FINL CORP COM 337931109 449 15000 SH SOLE 15000
FLORIDA PROGRESS CORP COM 341109106 3972 75000 SH SOLE 75000
FRIENDLY ICE CREAM CORP NEW COM 358497105 79 21827 SH DEFINED 01 21827
GSB FINL CORP COM 362263105 1794 99000 SH SOLE 99000
GENERAL ELEC CO COM 369604103 79118 1368532 SH SOLE 1368532
GOLDEN ST BANCORP INC WT EXP 000000 381197136 5848 4798000 SH SOLE
HMT TECHNOLOGY CORP COM 403917107 1077 310500 SH SOLE 310500
HARCOURT GEN INC COM 41163G101 1180 20000 SH SOLE 20000
HEWLETT PACKARD CO COM 428236103 13428 137722 SH SOLE 137722
HIGHLAND BANCORP INC COM 429879109 6325 250500 SH SOLE 250500
HOME DEPOT INC COM 437076102 16960 320386 SH SOLE 320386
HOME PORT BANCORP INC COM 437304108 5437 151300 SH SOLE 151300
IMPERIAL PKG CORP COM 453077109 310 18485 SH DEFINED 01 18485
INTEL CORP COM 458140100 37960 913314 SH SOLE 913314
INTL BUSINESS MACHS COM 459200101 28412 252273 SH SOLE 252273
IROQUOIS BANCORP INC COM 463347104 4604 139500 SH SOLE 139500
JOHNS MANVILLE CORP NEW COM 478129109 1887 166800 SH SOLE 166800
JOHNS MANVILLE CORP NEW PUT 478129959 20 2000 SH PUT SOLE
JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 18112 192812 SH SOLE 192812
JWGENESIS FINL CORP COM 482227105 1223 120000 SH SOLE 120000
KEYSTONE FINANCIAL INC COM 493482103 2978 136900 SH SOLE 136900
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 549463107 13942 455233 SH SOLE 455233
MARION CAP HLDGS INC COM 568635106 660 27370 SH SOLE 27370
MARKEL CORP COM 570535104 788 5192 SH SOLE 5192
MASCOTECH INC COM 574670105 3720 224600 SH SOLE 224600
MERCK & CO INC COM 589331107 23741 318938 SH SOLE 318938
MERRILL LYNCH & CO INC COM 590188108 4209 63778 SH SOLE 63778
MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918104 43718 724858 SH SOLE 724858
MORGAN J P & CO INC COM 616880100 784 4800 SH SOLE 4800
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER&CO COM NEW 617446448 14449 158018 SH SOLE 158018
NABISCO GROUP HLDG CORP COM 62952P102 12671 444600 SH SOLE 444600
NABISCO HLDGS CORP CL A 629526104 34991 651000 SH SOLE 651000
NORTEL NETWORKS CORP NEW COM 656568102 25594 424789 SH SOLE 424789
ORACLE CORP COM 68389X105 32198 408864 SH SOLE 408864
PENN TRAFFIC CO COM 707832200 345 46000 SH DEFINED 01 46000
PEPSICO INC COM 713448108 9135 198589 SH SOLE 198589
PHARMACIA CORP COM 71713U102 10645 176866 SH SOLE 176866
PREMIER NATL BANCORP INC COM 74053F107 13163 650000 SH SOLE 650000
PROCTER & GAMBLE CO COM 742718109 11946 178293 SH SOLE 178293
PROFESSIONAL BANCORP COM 743112104 744 100000 SH SOLE 100000
PROFESSIONALS GROUP INC COM 742954100 977 43800 SH SOLE 43800
RIDGEWOOD FINANCIAL INC COM 76623N106 407 24290 SH SOLE 24290
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY COM 811804103 42566 616900 SH SOLE 616900
SEAGRAM LTD COM 811850106 2585 45000 SH SOLE 45000
SECURITY PA FINL CORP COM 814847109 1105 64500 SH SOLE 64500
SPEEDUS COM COM 847723103 0 236 SH DEFINED 01 236
TEXARKANA FIRST FINL CORP COM 881801104 2560 111900 SH SOLE 111900
TEXAS INSTRS INC COM 882508104 11422 239202 SH SOLE 239202
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS COM 92343V104 18256 376903 SH SOLE 376903
VIACOM INC CL B 925524308 12467 213108 SH SOLE 213108
WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 29649 616084 SH SOLE 616084
WELLS FARGO & CO NEW COM 949746101 10055 218885 SH SOLE 218885
WESTERFED FINL CORP COM 957550106 763 37900 SH SOLE 37900
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