UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for Quarter Ended: December 31, 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 February 10, 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.
FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 80
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: $198,995
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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. $2.015 dep. shs. PFD CV 037411600 2897 81600 SH DEFINED 81600
CVS $4.23 Auto. Common Exch. T PFD CV 126645209 1632 22900 SH DEFINED 22900
Cox Communications, Inc. 7% FE PFD CV 224044305 2720 40000 SH DEFINED 40000
Dollar General STRYPES Trust 8 PFD CV 256678103 2348 65000 SH DEFINED 65000
Enron Corp. 7% 2002 exch. note PFD CV 293561882 2625 140000 SH DEFINED 140000
Estee Lauder 6.25% TRACES-2 PFD CV 518438205 2331 24600 SH DEFINED 24600
Georgia-Pacific Corp. 7.5% 200 PFD CV 373298801 3060 60000 SH DEFINED 60000
Houston Industries, Inc. 7% 20 PFD CV 442161204 3374 28000 SH DEFINED 28000
Jefferson-Pilot Corp. 7.25% 2 PFD CV 475070207 3400 40600 SH DEFINED 40600
Kerr-McGee Corp. DECS 5.5% 200 PFD CV 492386305 2970 90000 SH DEFINED 90000
MediaOne, Inc. PIES-a 7% 2002 PFD CV 58440J500 2400 50000 SH DEFINED 50000
Southwest Securities Group, In PFD CV 845224203 950 21460 SH DEFINED 21460
Texas Utilities Co. 9.25% FELI PFD CV 882848203 1745 40000 SH DEFINED 40000
The Coastal Corp. 6.625% FELIN PFD CV 190441865 2763 118500 SH DEFINED 118500
The Seagram Co. Ltd. 7.5% 2002 PFD CV 811850205 1800 40000 SH DEFINED 40000
WBK Trust 10% STRYPES PFD CV 929229102 2244 70000 SH DEFINED 70000
AES Trust III $3.375 trust cv. PFD CV 00808N202 5176 84000 SH DEFINED 84000
American General Delaware, LLC PFD CV 02637G200 2447 26000 SH DEFINED 26000
CNB Capital Trust 6% SPuRS PFD CV 12613G207 3475 100000 SH DEFINED 100000
Globalstar Telecomm Ltd. 9% cv PFD CV 379364870 1837 20000 SH DEFINED 20000
Hanover Compressor Capital Tru PFD CV 41076M203 1777 30000 SH DEFINED 30000
National Australia Bank Ltd. 7 PFD CV 632525309 2210 80000 SH DEFINED 80000
SovereignCapitalTrustII unit:7 PFD CV 845905306 2453 50000 SH DEFINED 50000
UnitedGlobalCom dep shs rep 7% PFD CV 913247805 3690 58000 SH DEFINED 58000
Advanced Energy Industries, In CONV 007973AA8 2478 2100000 PRN DEFINED 2100000
America Online cv. sub. deb. 3 CONV 02364JAC8 3118 5500000 PRN DEFINED 5500000
American Express Credit Corp. CONV 025818CJ2 2137 1500000 PRN DEFINED 1500000
American International Group c CONV 02687QAH1 3130 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
At Home Corp. cv. sub. deb. 14 CONV 045919AD9 1912 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Athena Neurosciences, Inc. cv. CONV 046854AB1 770 756000 PRN DEFINED 756000
BankAtlantic Bancorp cv. sub. CONV 065908AC9 956 1580000 PRN DEFINED 1580000
Bea Systems, Inc. cv. sub. not CONV 073325AC6 1165 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
Bear Stearns Cos., Inc. medium CONV 07383PCN4 3152 4000000 PRN DEFINED 4000000
Bell Atlantic Financial Servic CONV 07785GAC4 2480 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Bell Atlantic Financial Servic CONV 07785GAB6 5075 5000000 PRN DEFINED 5000000
Bell Atlantic Financial Servic CONV U0778KAB8 4960 4000000 PRN DEFINED 4000000
Citrix Systems, Inc. cv. sub. CONV 177376AA8 885 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
Clear Channel Communications, CONV 184502AE2 4095 4000000 PRN DEFINED 4000000
CoreComm Ltd. cv. sub. notes 1 CONV 21869NAA3 1565 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
Costco Companies, Inc. cv. sub CONV 22160QAA0 2122 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Costco Companies, Inc. cv. sub CONV 22160QAC6 2122 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Credit Suisse First Boston Cor CONV 2254C0AM1 3371 3000000 PRN DEFINED 3000000
Credit Suisse First Boston Cor CONV 2254C0AF4 2910 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Devon Energy Corp. cv. sub. de CONV 25179MAB9 1950 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. CONV 25271CAA0 2940 2900000 PRN DEFINED 2900000
EToys, Inc. cv. sr. sub. deb. CONV 297862AA2 920 1500000 PRN DEFINED 1500000
EchoStar Communication Corp. c CONV 278762AB5 2460 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Elan Finance Corp. Ltd. liquid CONV 284129AA1 2329 4500000 PRN DEFINED 4500000
Exchangeable Cert. Corp. exch. CONV 30149TAB1 2242 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Exchangeable Certificates Corp CONV 30149TAA3 1078 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
Exodus Comunications, Inc. cv. CONV 302088AG4 2070 1500000 PRN DEFINED 1500000
Hewlett-Packard Co., Inc. liqu CONV 428236AA1 2700 4000000 PRN DEFINED 4000000
Human Genome Sciences, Inc. cv CONV 444903AC2 2410 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Imax Corp. cv. sub. notes 144A CONV 45245EAC3 2659 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Interim Services Inc. cv. sub. CONV 45868PAA8 2640 3000000 PRN DEFINED 3000000
Internet Capital Group, Inc. c CONV 46059CAA4 1472 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
Interpublic Group Cos., Inc. CONV 460690AG5 3442 3000000 PRN DEFINED 3000000
Level 3 Communications, Inc. c CONV 52729NAG5 2811 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Merrill Lynch (TWX) medium ter CONV 590188JV1 3860 4000000 PRN DEFINED 4000000
NTL, Inc. cv. sub. notes 144A CONV 629407AN7 2157 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
NatWest Markets exch. trust se CONV 639059AA2 5707 1500000 PRN DEFINED 1500000
National Data Corp. cv. sub. n CONV 635621AA3 3176 3500000 PRN DEFINED 3500000
Nextel Communications, Inc. cv CONV 65332VAR4 4537 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Office Depot, Inc. liquid yiel CONV 676220AA4 1631 2500000 PRN DEFINED 2500000
Penn Treaty American Corp. cv. CONV 707874AA1 1724 2280000 PRN DEFINED 2280000
Penn Treaty American Corp. cv. CONV 707874AC7 945 1250000 PRN DEFINED 1250000
Roche Holdings, Inc. liquid yi CONV 771196AC6 3022 5000000 PRN DEFINED 5000000
STMicroelectronics, N.V. liqui CONV 861012AB8 3300 2400000 PRN DEFINED 2400000
Sanmina Corp. cv. sub. notes R CONV 800907AB3 2610 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Sepracor, Inc. cv. notes 144A CONV 817315AF1 2135 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Sepracor, Inc. cv. notes Reg. CONV 817315AH7 534 500000 PRN DEFINED 500000
Siebel Systems, Inc. cv. sub. CONV 826170AA0 3880 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Simula, Inc. sr. cv. sub. note CONV 829206AB7 1120 1750000 PRN DEFINED 1750000
Spacehab, Inc. cv. sub. notes CONV 846243AA1 1040 1405000 PRN DEFINED 1405000
Swiss Life Financial Ltd. cv. CONV 870883AA3 982 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
Swiss Life Financial Ltd. cv. CONV 870883AB1 1990 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Tekelec cv. sub. discount note CONV 879101AA1 2730 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Telefonos De Mexico, S.A. cv. CONV 879403AD5 2607 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. CONV 38141GAF1 2089 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
UBS AG Stamford CT (T) CONV 90261AAA0 2362 2500000 PRN DEFINED 2500000
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