UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for Quarter Ended: September 30, 1999
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Institutuional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Davis-Dinsmore Management Company
Address: 65 Madison Avenue
Suite 550
Morristown, NJ 07960
13F File Number: 28-5466
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 sumit 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: Gary Levine
Title: Treasurer
Phone: 973-631-1177
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Gary Levine Morristown, New Jersey October 14, 1999
Report Type: (Check only one.):
[ X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT
[ ] 13F NOTICE
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT
List of Other Managers Reorting for this Manager:
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934.
FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 81
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: $179,898
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
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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Apache Corp. 6.50% 2002 ACES PFD CV 037411600 1800 45000 SH DEFINED 45000
CMS Energy Corp. 8.75% adj. cv PFD CV 125896308 1828 50000 SH DEFINED 50000
Cox Communications, Inc. 7% FE PFD CV 224044305 2310 40000 SH DEFINED 40000
Dollar General STRYPES Trust 8 PFD CV 256678103 2811 65000 SH DEFINED 65000
Enron Corp. 7% 2002 exch. note PFD CV 293561882 2008 90000 SH DEFINED 90000
Estee Lauder 6.25% TRACES-2 PFD CV 518438205 1357 17400 SH DEFINED 17400
Georgia-Pacific Corp. 7.5% 200 PFD CV 373298801 1770 40000 SH DEFINED 40000
Houston Industries, Inc. 7% 20 PFD CV 442161204 2856 28000 SH DEFINED 28000
Jefferson-Pilot Corp. 7.25% 2 PFD CV 475070207 3715 40600 SH DEFINED 40600
Kerr-McGee Corp. DECS 5.5% 200 PFD CV 492386305 3510 90000 SH DEFINED 90000
MediaOne, Inc. PIES-a 6.25% 20 PFD CV 58440J401 3148 30000 SH DEFINED 30000
NISOURCE, Inc. PIES-b 7.75% 20 PFD CV 65473P303 1715 40000 SH DEFINED 40000
Ralston Purina Co. 7% 2000 SAI PFD CV 751277401 1880 40000 SH DEFINED 40000
Southwest Securities Group, In PFD CV 845224203 762 21460 SH DEFINED 21460
TARGETS Trust IV 5% (AMGN) PFD CV 87612X104 4052 392938 SH DEFINED 392938
Texas Utilities Co. 9.25% FELI PFD CV 882848203 1479 30000 SH DEFINED 30000
The Coastal Corp. 6.625% FELIN PFD CV 190441865 2085 80000 SH DEFINED 80000
The Seagram Co. Ltd. 7.5% 2002 PFD CV 811850205 1857 40000 SH DEFINED 40000
Times Mirror Co. 4.25% 2001 PE PFD CV 887364503 1823 22000 SH DEFINED 22000
WBK Trust 10% STRYPES 144A PFD CV 929229102 2360 80000 SH DEFINED 80000
American General Delaware, LLC PFD CV 02637G200 2080 26000 SH DEFINED 26000
CNB Capital Trust 6% SPuRS PFD CV 12613G207 2925 100000 SH DEFINED 100000
Caremark Rx Capital Trust I 7% PFD CV 14170K209 1817 40000 SH DEFINED 40000
Frontier Financing Trust cv. p PFD CV 35907U103 1380 40000 SH DEFINED 40000
Globalstar Telecomm Ltd. 8% cv PFD CV 379364508 2270 40000 SH DEFINED 40000
National Australia Bank Ltd. 7 PFD CV 632525309 2190 80000 SH DEFINED 80000
Newell Financial Trust I 5 1/4 PFD CV 651195208 1417 35000 SH DEFINED 35000
PSINet, Inc. 6.75% cv. pfd. C PFD CV 74437C309 604 15000 SH DEFINED 15000
UnitedGlobalCom dep shs rep 7% PFD CV 913247102 2060 40000 SH DEFINED 40000
AES Corp. cv. jr. sub. deb. CONV 00130HAN5 4497 3500000 PRN DEFINED 3500000
Amazon.com, Inc. cv. sub. note CONV 023135AD8 1172 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
American Express Credit Corp. CONV 025818CJ2 2665 2200000 PRN DEFINED 2200000
American International Group c CONV 02687QAH1 1307 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
At Home Corp. cv. sub. deb. 14 CONV 045919AA5 636 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
BankAtlantic Bancorp cv. sub. CONV 065908AC9 2614 3330000 PRN DEFINED 3330000
Bear Stearns Cos., Inc. medium CONV 07383PCN4 3260 4000000 PRN DEFINED 4000000
Bell Atlantic Financial Servic CONV 07785GAC4 2102 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Bell Atlantic Financial Servic CONV 07785GAB6 6071 6000000 PRN DEFINED 6000000
Bell Atlantic Financial Servic CONV U0778KAB8 4205 4000000 PRN DEFINED 4000000
Citrix Systems, Inc. cv. sub. CONV 177376AA8 965 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Clear Channel Communications, CONV 184502AB8 4196 3000000 PRN DEFINED 3000000
Costco Companies, Inc. cv. sub CONV 22160QAA0 1732 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Costco Companies, Inc. cv. sub CONV 22160QAC6 1732 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Credit Suisse First Boston Cor CONV 2254C0AM1 2910 3000000 PRN DEFINED 3000000
Credit Suisse First Boston Cor CONV 2254C0AF4 3918 3400000 PRN DEFINED 3400000
Devon Energy Corp. cv. sub. de CONV 25179MAB9 997 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. CONV 25271CAA0 2208 2100000 PRN DEFINED 2100000
Elan Finance Corp. Ltd. liquid CONV 284129AA1 3424 6000000 PRN DEFINED 6000000
Exchangeable Cert. Corp. exch. CONV 30149TAB1 1972 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Exchangeable Certificates Corp CONV 30149TAA3 937 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
Hewlett-Packard Co., Inc. liqu CONV 428236AA1 3056 5000000 PRN DEFINED 5000000
Home Depot, Inc. cv. sub. note CONV 437076AE2 2976 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
Imax Corp. cv. sub. notes 144A CONV 45245EAC3 2165 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Interim Services Inc. cv. sub. CONV 45868PAA8 2383 3000000 PRN DEFINED 3000000
Interpublic Group Cos., Inc. c CONV 460690AG5 2782 3000000 PRN DEFINED 3000000
Level 3 Communications, Inc. c CONV 52729NAG5 2991 3000000 PRN DEFINED 3000000
Loews Corp. cv. sub. notes CONV 540424AL2 847 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
Merrill Lynch (NOVN) euro. med CONV VV3086202 1579 1800000 PRN DEFINED 1800000
Merrill Lynch (TWX) medium ter CONV 590188JV1 3600 4000000 PRN DEFINED 4000000
MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. c CONV 602683AA2 466 500000 PRN DEFINED 500000
NatWest Markets exch. trust se CONV 639059AA2 6570 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
National Data Corp. cv. sub. n CONV 635621AA3 2966 3500000 PRN DEFINED 3500000
Nextel Communications, Inc. cv CONV 65332VAR4 3135 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Office Depot, Inc. liquid yiel CONV 676220AA4 1277 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Orbital Sciences Corp. cv. sub CONV 685564AB2 619 700000 PRN DEFINED 700000
Orbital Sciences Corp. cv. sub CONV 685564AC0 221 250000 PRN DEFINED 250000
Penn Treaty American Corp. cv. CONV 707874AA1 2554 2750000 PRN DEFINED 2750000
Penn Treaty American Corp. cv. CONV 707874AC7 1161 1250000 PRN DEFINED 1250000
Roche Holdings, Inc. liquid yi CONV 771196AC6 3006 5000000 PRN DEFINED 5000000
STMicroelectronics, N.V. liqui CONV 861012AB8 1200 1500000 PRN DEFINED 1500000
Sanmina Corp. cv. sub. notes 1 CONV 800907AA5 1116 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
Sepracor, Inc. cv. notes 144A CONV 817315AF1 1862 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Siebel Systems, Inc. cv. sub. CONV 826170AA0 1960 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Simula, Inc. sr. cv. sub. note CONV 829206AB7 1269 1750000 PRN DEFINED 1750000
Spacehab, Inc. cv. sub. notes CONV 846243AA1 1089 1405000 PRN DEFINED 1405000
Standard Motor Products, Inc. CONV 853666AB1 1321 1500000 PRN DEFINED 1500000
Swiss Life Financial Ltd. cv. CONV 870883AA3 1915 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Swiss Life Financial Ltd. cv. CONV 870883AB1 1995 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Telefonos De Mexico, S.A. cv. CONV 879403AD5 1890 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
UBS AG Stamford CT (T) CONV 90261AAA0 2219 2500000 PRN DEFINED 2500000
VLSI Technology, Inc. cv. sub. CONV 918270AB5 2309 2250000 PRN DEFINED 2250000
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