UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Aetna Inc.
Address: 151 Farmington Avenue, RTAA
Hartford, CT 06156-9407
13F File Number: 28-388
This 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: Linda Liptrot
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Phone: 860-273-8396
Signature, Place and Date of Signing:
Linda Liptrot Hartford, Connecticut February 11, 2000
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE.
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 23
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $84,302
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ITEM 6
INVESTMENT
DISCRETION
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(A) (B) (C) ITEM7 ITEM 8
SOLE SHARED SHARED MAN- VOTING AUTHORITY
ITEM 2 ITEM 4 ITEM 5 AS OTHER AGERS (SHARES)
ITEM 3 DEFINED SEE ----------------
ITEM 1 TITLE FAIR SHARES OR IN INSTR INSTR (A) (B) (C)
OF CUSIP MARKET PRINCIPAL
NAME OF ISSUER CLASS NUMBER VALUE AMOUNT V V SOLE SHRD NONE
ACXIOM CORP
COM 005125109 $157 6,693 X 01 6,693
AVANT IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS INC
COM 053491106 $994 410,767 X 01 410,767
BAAN CO NV
COM N08044104 $23 1,656 X 01 1,656
BARCLAYS BK PLC
SPN ADR UNIT 06738C505 $9,996 400,000 X 01 400,000
BIOSITE DIAGNOSTICS INC
COM 090945106 $336 21,428 X 01 21,428
BIOTRANSPLANT INC
COM 09066Y107 $940 160,310 X 01 160,310
BURNS INTL SERVICE CORP
COM 122374101 $1,215 115,359 X 01 115,359
CABLETRON SYS INC
COM 126920107 $12 477 X 01 477
CYPRESS BIOSCIENCES INC
COM 232674101 $60 33,598 X 01 33,598
ESAT TELECOM GROUP PLC
SPONSORED 26883Y102 $575 6,413 X 01 6,413
GERON CORP
COM 374163103 $512 44,589 X 01 44,589
HARTFORD FINL SVCS GROUP INC
COM 416515104 $2,074 43,780 X 01 43,780
HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES INC
COM 444903108 $32,411 216,689 X 01 216,689
MBIA INC
COM 55262C100 $18,012 348,018 X 01 348,018
MILLENNIUM PHARMACUETICALS
COM 599902103 $1,900 15,897 X 01 15,897
NABI INC
COM 628716102 $72 15,798 X 01 15,798
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS INC
CL A 65332V103 $5,066 50,132 X 01 50,132
PEERLESS SYS CORP
COM 705536100 $160 21,123 X 01 21,123
PHARMACYCLICS INC
COM 716933106 $496 12,276 X 01 12,276
PSS WORLD MED INC
COM 69366A100 $21 2,260 X 01 2,260
RAMBUS INC DEL
COM 750917106 $1,071 16,198 X 01 16,198
ROWECOM INC
COM 77957X108 $4,184 102,450 X 01 102,450
SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS GROUP
COM 82481r106 $4,015 409,267 X 01 409,267
Report total for Market $84,302
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