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, 1999
Check here if Amendment ; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [_] is a restatement.
[_] adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Bessemer Securities LLC
Address: 630 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10111
Form 13F File Number: 28-7250
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: John G. MacDonald
Title: Senior Vice President
Phone: 212-708-9230
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/John G. MacDonald New York, NY 11th day of November, 1999
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager
are reported in this report.)
[_] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all
holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
[_] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this
reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are
reported by other reporting manager(s).)
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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 2
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 2
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $54,750
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(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all
institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed,
other than the manager filing this report.
No. Form 13F File Number Name
1 28-356 Bessemer Securities Corporation
2 28-7206 Bessemer Ventures, Inc.
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FORM 13F
BESSEMER SECURITIES LLC (28-7250)
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Item 8
Voting Authority (Shares)
Column 4: Column 5: Column 6: Column 7
Column 1: Column 2: Column 3: Fair Amount and Investment Other
Name of Issuer Title of CUSIP Number Market type of Discretion Managers
Class Value Security
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Sole Shared None
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CIENA Corporation COM 171779101 54,750 1,500,000 SH DEFINED 2 1,500,000
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Additional Securities over which Bessemer Securities Corporation (28-356)
exercises investment discretion are reported by Bessemer Trust Company, N.A.
(28-563).
