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 holding entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Polen Capital Management, Inc.
Address: 14502 North Dale Mabry Hwy.
Suite 303
Tampa, FL 33618
Form 13F File Number: 28-6100
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: Stephen M. Miller
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Phone: (813) 265-3565
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Stephen M. Miller Tampa, FL 10/8/99
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report type (Check only one.):
* 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 is a portion of the
holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this
report and a portion are reported by other reporting
manager(s).)
Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $
(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 that the
Manager filing this report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE"
and omit the column headings and list entries.]
NONE
Form 13F INFORMATIONAL TABLE
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN6
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP VALUE SHRS OR SH/ PUT/ INVESTMENT
(x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DISCRETION
American Express Common 025816109 54704 405221 SH Sole
Amgen Inc. Common 031162100 63985 785089 SH Sole
Anheuser-Busch Common 035229103 27458 391908 SH Sole
BMC Software Common 055921100 39774 555800 SH Sole
Dell Computer Common 247025109 21814 521720 SH Sole
Equifax Inc. Common 294429105 10678 379669 SH Sole
Fannie Mae Common 313586109 25160 401365 SH Sole
Freddie Mac Common 313400301 35899 690368 SH Sole
Hearst-Argyle Common 422317107 15357 714297 SH Sole
Intel Corp. Common 458140100 51434 692125 SH Sole
Medtronic Inc. Common 585055106 33108 930980 SH Sole
Microsoft Corp. Common 594918104 46574 514275 SH Sole
McDonald's Corp. Common 580135101 30779 711661 SH Sole
Pulitzer Inc. Common 745769109 19134 421100 SH Sole
Reynolds & Reynolds Common 761695105 24851 1219670 SH Sole
Schering-Plough Common 806605101 34320 786695 SH Sole
Taro Pharmaceutical Common M8737E108 4203 275600 SH Sole
