BESSEMER SECURITIES LLC
13F-HR, 2000-05-15
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    Form 13F

                               Form 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:                March 31, 2000

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             15th day of May, 2000
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[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:                $199,765
                                                       --------
                                                     (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               28-0356                         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
<S>                <C>         <C>             <C>         <C>            <C>           <C>           <C>
- ------------------ ----------- --------------- ----------- -------------- ------------- ------------- ------------------------------
                                                                                                        Sole     Shared     None
- ------------------ ----------- --------------- ----------- -------------- ------------- ------------- ------------------------------

CIENA Corporation     COM        171779101       189,188    1,500,000 SH      DEFINED         2                           1,500,000

Powertel Inc.         COM        45844L108        10,577      152,870 SH      DEFINED         2                             152,870

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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).


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