UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for Quarter Ended: March 31, 2000
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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 April 17, 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: 93
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: $216,771
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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 3677 81600 SH DEFINED 81600
CVS $4.23 Auto. Common Exch. T PFD CV 126645209 2071 30400 SH DEFINED 30400
Cox Communications, Inc. 7% FE PFD CV 224044305 2597 40000 SH DEFINED 40000
Dollar General STRYPES Trust 8 PFD CV 256678103 2437 65000 SH DEFINED 65000
Enron Corp. 7% 2002 exch. note PFD CV 293561882 2949 140000 SH DEFINED 140000
Estee Lauder 6.25% TRACES-2 PFD CV 518438205 2289 24600 SH DEFINED 24600
Georgia-Pacific Corp. 7.5% 200 PFD CV 373298801 2516 60000 SH DEFINED 60000
Kerr-McGee Corp. DECS 5.5% 200 PFD CV 492386305 4095 90000 SH DEFINED 90000
MediaOne, Inc. PIES-a 7% 2002 PFD CV 58440J500 2616 50000 SH DEFINED 50000
Southwest Securities Group, In PFD CV 845224203 1041 21460 SH DEFINED 21460
Texas Utilities Co. 9.25% FELI PFD CV 882848203 1490 40000 SH DEFINED 40000
The Coastal Corp. 6.625% FELIN PFD CV 190441865 3237 118500 SH DEFINED 118500
The Seagram Co. Ltd. 7.5% 2002 PFD CV 811850205 2200 40000 SH DEFINED 40000
WBK Trust 10% STRYPES PFD CV 929229102 1966 65000 SH DEFINED 65000
AES Trust III $3.375 trust cv. PFD CV 00808N202 3829 60000 SH DEFINED 60000
American General Delaware, LLC PFD CV 02637G200 1800 26000 SH DEFINED 26000
CNB Capital Trust 6% SPuRS PFD CV 12613G207 3250 100000 SH DEFINED 100000
Hanover Compressor Capital Tru PFD CV 41076M203 2610 30000 SH DEFINED 30000
National Australia Bank Ltd. 7 PFD CV 632525309 1895 80000 SH DEFINED 80000
RSL Communications 7.5% pfd. PFD CV 74972Q200 1830 30000 SH DEFINED 30000
SovereignCapitalTrustII unit:7 PFD CV 845905306 2437 50000 SH DEFINED 50000
UnitedGlobalCom dep shs rep 7% PFD CV 913247805 3864 58000 SH DEFINED 58000
Advanced Energy Industries, In CONV 007973AA8 2525 2100000 PRN DEFINED 2100000
Alkermes, Inc. cv. sub. notes CONV 01642TAA6 414 500000 PRN DEFINED 500000
America Online cv. sub. deb. 3 CONV 02364JAC8 3025 5500000 PRN DEFINED 5500000
American International Group c CONV 02687QAH1 3130 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
American Tower Corp. cv. sub. CONV 029912AE2 1680 1500000 PRN DEFINED 1500000
BankAtlantic Bancorp cv. sub. CONV 065908AC9 422 662000 PRN DEFINED 662000
Bear Stearns Cos., Inc. medium CONV 07383PCN4 3172 4000000 PRN DEFINED 4000000
Bell Atlantic Financial Servic CONV 07785GAC4 2847 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Bell Atlantic Financial Servic CONV 07785GAB6 4070 4000000 PRN DEFINED 4000000
Bell Atlantic Financial Servic CONV U0778KAB8 5695 4000000 PRN DEFINED 4000000
Burr-Brown Corp. cv. sub. note CONV 122574AD8 552 500000 PRN DEFINED 500000
CV Therapeutics cv. sub. notes CONV 126667AA2 446 500000 PRN DEFINED 500000
Citrix Systems, Inc. cv. sub. CONV 177376AA8 948 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
Clear Channel Communications, CONV 184502AE2 3750 4000000 PRN DEFINED 4000000
Cor Therapuetics cv. sub. note CONV 217753AC6 1106 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
Costco Companies, Inc. cv. sub CONV 22160QAA0 2436 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Costco Companies, Inc. cv. sub CONV 22160QAC6 2436 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Credit Suisse First Boston Cor CONV 2254C0AQ0 2650 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Credit Suisse First Boston Cor CONV 2254C0AR8 1584 1600000 PRN DEFINED 1600000
Credit Suisse First Boston Cor CONV 2254C0AM1 3165 3000000 PRN DEFINED 3000000
Credit Suisse First Boston Cor CONV 2254COAU1 1793 1700000 PRN DEFINED 1700000
Credit Suisse First Boston Cor CONV 2254C0AF4 2910 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Deutsche Bank Financial, Inc. CONV 25153EBG5 4285 4000000 PRN DEFINED 4000000
Devon Energy Corp. cv. sub. de CONV 25179MAB9 2005 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. CONV 25271CAA0 3299 2900000 PRN DEFINED 2900000
EToys, Inc. cv. sr. sub. deb. CONV 297862AA2 600 1500000 PRN DEFINED 1500000
EchoStar Communication Corp. c CONV 278762AB5 3667 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Elan Finance Corp. Ltd. liquid CONV 284129AA1 3251 4500000 PRN DEFINED 4500000
Exchangeable Cert. Corp. exch. CONV 30149TAB1 2482 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Exchangeable Certificates Corp CONV 30149TAD7 3994 4300000 PRN DEFINED 4300000
Exchangeable Certificates Corp CONV 30149TAA3 1077 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
Exchangeable Certificates Corp CONV 30149TAF2 1852 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Exodus Comunications, Inc. cv. CONV 302088AG4 3129 1500000 PRN DEFINED 1500000
Hewlett-Packard Co., Inc. liqu CONV 428236AA1 2267 3000000 PRN DEFINED 3000000
Human Genome Sciences, Inc. cv CONV 444903AE8 669 750000 PRN DEFINED 750000
Imax Corp. cv. sub. notes 144A CONV 45245EAC3 2244 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Interim Services Inc. cv. sub. CONV 45868PAA8 2407 3000000 PRN DEFINED 3000000
Internet Capital Group, Inc. c CONV 46059CAA4 895 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
Interpublic Group Cos., Inc. CONV 460690AG5 3019 3000000 PRN DEFINED 3000000
Juniper Networks, Inc. cv. sub CONV 48203RAA2 2001 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Kerr-McGee Corp. cv. sub. deb. CONV 492386AP2 1708 1500000 PRN DEFINED 1500000
Level 3 Communications, Inc. c CONV 52729NAS9 2002 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Liberty Media Group cv. sub. n CONV 530715AK7 3495 3000000 PRN DEFINED 3000000
Merrill Lynch (TWX) medium ter CONV 590188JV1 5235 4000000 PRN DEFINED 4000000
Merrill Lynch note linked to t CONV 590188A24 3371 3000000 PRN DEFINED 3000000
NTL, Inc. cv. sub. notes 144A CONV 629407AN7 2050 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
National Data Corp. cv. sub. n CONV 635621AA3 2949 3500000 PRN DEFINED 3500000
Nextel Communications, Inc. cv CONV 65332VAW3 4182 3500000 PRN DEFINED 3500000
Office Depot, Inc. liquid yiel CONV 676220AA4 1681 2500000 PRN DEFINED 2500000
Penn Treaty American Corp. cv. CONV 707874AA1 1310 1750000 PRN DEFINED 1750000
Penn Treaty American Corp. cv. CONV 707874AC7 936 1250000 PRN DEFINED 1250000
Pinnacle Holdings, inc. cv. su CONV 72346NAC5 1348 1500000 PRN DEFINED 1500000
Rational Software cv. sub. not CONV 75409PAA1 1237 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
Redback Networks, Inc. cv. sub CONV 757209AA9 1451 1500000 PRN DEFINED 1500000
Roche Holdings, Inc. liquid yi CONV 771196AC6 1423 2500000 PRN DEFINED 2500000
Roche Holdings, Inc. liquid yi CONV 771196AG7 1028 1250000 PRN DEFINED 1250000
STMicroelectronics, N.V. liqui CONV 861012AB8 4021 2400000 PRN DEFINED 2400000
Sanmina Corp. cv. sub. notes R CONV 800907AB3 3271 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Sci Systems, Inc. cv. sub. not CONV 783890AF3 1162 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
Sepracor, Inc. cv. notes 144A CONV 817315AF1 2620 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Sepracor, Inc. cv. notes Reg. CONV 817315AH7 655 500000 PRN DEFINED 500000
Siebel Systems, Inc. cv. sub. CONV 826170AA0 2645 1000000 PRN DEFINED 1000000
Simula, Inc. sr. cv. sub. note CONV 829206AB7 1015 1750000 PRN DEFINED 1750000
Spacehab, Inc. cv. sub. notes CONV 846243AA1 1040 1405000 PRN DEFINED 1405000
Swiss Life Financial Ltd. cv. CONV 870883AB1 1967 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
Tekelec cv. sub. discount note CONV 879101AA1 3001 1400000 PRN DEFINED 1400000
Telefonos De Mexico, S.A. cv. CONV 879403AD5 3045 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. CONV 38141GAM6 2060 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. CONV 38141GAF1 2007 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. c CONV 89674KAA1 375 500000 PRN DEFINED 500000
Young & Rubicam cv. sub. notes CONV 987425AA3 1875 2000000 PRN DEFINED 2000000
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