UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 1999
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Armstrong Shaw Associates Inc.
Address: 32 Threadneedle Lane
Stamford, CT 06902
13F File Number: 28-6126
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: Monica C. Grady
Title: Secretary/Treasurer
Phone: 203-356-0284
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Monica C. Grady Stamford, Connecticut February 10, 2000
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 13F HOLDING 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: 106
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $1,441,327
List of Other Included Managers:
No. 13F File Number Name
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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
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Abbott Labs
Common
002824100
15244
419791
SH
SOLE
419791
0
0
AK Steel Holding Corp.
Common
001547908
24428
1294217
SH
SOLE
1294217
0
0
Alleghany Corp. Del
Common
017175100
14302
77103
SH
SOLE
77103
0
0
American Express Company
Common
025816109
1259
7575
SH
SOLE
7575
0
0
American Home Products Corp.
Common
026609107
16915
430944
SH
SOLE
430944
0
0
American Intl. Group Inc.
Common
026874107
4430
40968
SH
SOLE
40968
0
0
Anheuser Busch Companies Inc.
Common
035229103
510
7200
SH
SOLE
7200
0
0
Associates First CAP
Class A
046008108
751
27360
SH
SOLE
27360
0
0
AT&T Corp.
Common
001957109
17324
340958
SH
SOLE
340958
0
0
AT&T Corp. - Liberty Media Group
Common Series A
001957208
24286
427477
SH
SOLE
427477
0
0
Automatic Data Process
Common
053015103
1512
28062
SH
SOLE
28062
0
0
BP Amoco PLC
Sponsored ADR
055622104
328
5532
SH
SOLE
5532
0
0
Bank of New York
Common
064057102
1976
49400
SH
SOLE
49400
0
0
BankAmerica Corp.
Common
066050105
666
13276
SH
SOLE
13276
0
0
Bell Atlantic Corporation
Common
077853109
789
12812
SH
SOLE
12812
0
0
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Del
Class A
084670108
729
13
SH
SOLE
13
0
0
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Del
Class B
084670207
14700
8033
SH
SOLE
8033
0
0
Braun Consulting
Common
105651103
207
2900
SH
SOLE
2900
0
0
Bristol Myers Squibb Co.
Common
110122108
2670
41600
SH
SOLE
41600
0
0
CBS Inc.
Common
12490K107
22547
352649
SH
SOLE
352649
0
0
Cadence Design System
Common
127387108
960
40000
SH
SOLE
40000
0
0
Cendant Corp.
Common
151313103
936
35250
SH
SOLE
35250
0
0
Chase Manhattan Bank
Common
16161A108
25920
333656
SH
SOLE
333656
0
0
Chevron Corp.
Common
166751107
485
5600
SH
SOLE
5600
0
0
Cigna Corp.
Common
125509109
630
7815
SH
SOLE
7815
0
0
Citigroup, Inc.
Common
172967101
22507
404175
SH
SOLE
404175
0
0
Colgate Palmolive Co.
Common
194162103
4525
69620
SH
SOLE
69620
0
0
Comcast Corp.
Class A Spl.
200300200
24956
493582
SH
SOLE
493582
0
0
Compaq Computers
Common
204493100
2399
88653
SH
SOLE
88653
0
0
Conoco Inc.
Class B
208251405
389
15660
SH
SOLE
15660
0
0
Cordant Technologies Inc.
Common
218412104
13005
394100
SH
SOLE
394100
0
0
Dana Corp.
Common
235811106
371
12400
SH
SOLE
12400
0
0
Walt Disney Productions
Common
254687106
441
15109
SH
SOLE
15109
0
0
Dupont De Nemours & Co.
Common
263534109
808
12272
SH
SOLE
12272
0
0
EMC Corporation Mass.
Common
268648102
394
3608
SH
SOLE
3608
0
0
Eastman Kodak Co.
Common
277461109
13729
207239
SH
SOLE
207239
0
0
Electronic Data Systems New
Common
285661104
874
13065
SH
SOLE
13065
0
0
Emerson Electric Co.
Common
291011104
7665
133601
SH
SOLE
133601
0
0
Exxon Corporation
Common
302290101
1214
15078
SH
SOLE
15078
0
0
Federal Home Loan Mtg. Corp.
Common
313400301
15564
330711
SH
SOLE
330711
0
0
Federal National Ntg. Assn.
Common
313586109
8501
136155
SH
SOLE
136155
0
0
First Data Corp.
Common
319963104
20871
423245
SH
SOLE
423245
0
0
Fleet Boston Financial
Common
339030108
369
10600
SH
SOLE
10600
0
0
Ford Motor Co.
Common
345370100
675
12669
SH
SOLE
12669
0
0
GTE Corp.
Common
326320103
1684
23507
SH
SOLE
23507
0
0
Gannett Inc.
Common
364730101
21389
262245
SH
SOLE
262245
0
0
General Electric
Common
369604103
16442
106253
SH
SOLE
106253
0
0
General Motors Corp.
Common
370442105
14852
204333
SH
SOLE
204333
0
0
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Common
38141G104
612
6500
SH
SOLE
6500
0
0
Halliburton Co.
Common
406216101
2515
62500
SH
SOLE
62500
0
0
Harman International Industries Inc.
Common
413086109
14540
259070
SH
SOLE
259070
0
0
Hercules Inc.
Common
427056106
836250
30000
SH
SOLE
30000
0
0
Hewlett Packard Inc.
Common
428236103
1458
12820
SH
SOLE
12820
0
0
Home Depot Inc.
Common
437076102
1007
14649
SH
SOLE
14649
0
0
Honeywell International
Common
438516106
16845
292015
SH
SOLE
292015
0
0
INSO Corp.
Common
457674109
322
10000
SH
SOLE
10000
0
0
Intel Corp.
Common
458140100
334
4068
SH
SOLE
4068
0
0
International Business Machines
Common
459200101
17949
166388
SH
SOLE
166388
0
0
Johnson & Johnson
Common
478160104
2203
23629
SH
SOLE
23629
0
0
Jones Apparel Group Inc.
Common
480074103
14714
542480
SH
SOLE
542480
0
0
Knight Ridder Inc.
Common
499040103
1355
22760
SH
SOLE
22760
0
0
Lilly Eli & Co.
Common
532457108
532
8000
SH
SOLE
8000
0
0
Lucent Technologies Inc.
Common
549463107
661
8826
SH
SOLE
8826
0
0
MGIC Investment Corp. Wisconsin
Common
552848103
3544
58890
SH
SOLE
58890
0
0
Marriot International Inc.
Class A
571900109
5004
158560
SH
SOLE
158560
0
0
MediaOne Group, Inc.
Common
58440J104
5404
70358
SH
SOLE
70358
0
0
Merck & Co., Inc.
Common
589331107
1261
18770
SH
SOLE
18770
0
0
Microsoft Corp.
Common
594918104
539
4620
SH
SOLE
4620
0
0
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.
Common
604059105
274
2800
SH
SOLE
2800
0
0
National Techteam Inc.
Common
638108100
288
60000
SH
SOLE
60000
0
0
News Corp. Ltd.
ADR New
652487703
229
6000
SH
SOLE
6000
0
0
PMI Group Inc.
Common
69344M101
1677
34365
SH
SOLE
34365
0
0
Payless ShoeSource Inc.
Common
704379106
13003
276665
SH
SOLE
276665
0
0
Pepsico Inc.
Common
713448108
13818
392011
SH
SOLE
392011
0
0
Pfizer Inc.
Common
717081103
1761
54310
SH
SOLE
54310
0
0
PrimeEnergy Corp.
Common
74158E108
118
25000
SH
SOLE
25000
0
0
Proctor & Gamble Co.
Common
742718109
7107
64868
SH
SOLE
64868
0
0
Quadrex Corp.
Common
747309102
0
10000
SH
SOLE
10000
0
0
Quaker Oats Co.
Common
747402105
472
7200
SH
SOLE
7200
0
0
Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
NY Reg Gldr 5
780257705
628
10380
SH
SOLE
10380
0
0
SBC Communications
Common
78387G103
620
12719
SH
SOLE
12719
0
0
SLM Holding Corp.
Common
78442A109
12157
287763
SH
SOLE
287763
0
0
Santa Fe Snyder Corp.
Common
80218K105
12123
1515390
SH
SOLE
1515390
0
0
Schering Plough Corp.
Common
806605101
3608
85148
SH
SOLE
85148
0
0
Schlumberger Ltd.
Common
806857108
925
16485
SH
SOLE
16485
0
0
Sherwin Williams Co.
Common
824348106
15505
738345
SH
SOLE
738345
0
0
Smithkline Beecham PLC
ADR Rep Ord
832378301
1542
24050
SH
SOLE
24050
0
0
Sunguard Data Systems Inc.
Common
867363103
1990
83810
SH
SOLE
83810
0
0
Sun Microsystems
Common
866810104
433
5600
SH
SOLE
5600
0
0
Texaco Inc.
Common
881694103
14460
266245
SH
SOLE
266245
0
0
Time Warner Inc.
Common
887315109
5416
74899
SH
SOLE
74899
0
0
Ucar International Inc.
Common
90262K109
2516
141300
SH
SOLE
141300
0
0
United Technologies
Common
913017109
1362
20960
SH
SOLE
20960
0
0
Waste Management, Inc. New
Common
94106K101
2384
138732
SH
SOLE
138732
0
0
Water Pik Technologies
Common
94113U100
191
20000
SH
SOLE
20000
0
0
G Wesco International
Common
95082P105
110
12500
SH
SOLE
12500
0
0
XL Capital Ltd.
Class A
982551056
1214
15078
SH
SOLE
15078
0
0
Xerox Corp.
Common
984121103
7246
172780
SH
SOLE
172780
0
0
Blackrock Investment Quality
Common
09247D105
470
38000
SH
SOLE
38000
0
0
Dreyfus Strategic Government Income
Common
261938104
433
52200
SH
SOLE
52200
0
0
Muniyield Insured Fund Inc.
Common
62630E107
699
57000
SH
SOLE
57000
0
0
Nuveen Insured Municipal Opportunity Fund
Common
670984103
468
36000
SH
SOLE
36000
0
0
Nuveen Premium Income Municipal 4
Common
6706K4105
181
15000
SH
SOLE
15000
0
0
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio
Sh Ben Int
67062F100
421
30000
SH
SOLE
30000
0
0
Van Kampen Am Cap Advantage
Sh Ben Int
92112K107
164
14100
SH
SOLE
14100
0
0
Van Kampen Am Cap Municipal Opportunity
Common
920935103
137
10000
SH
SOLE
10000
0
0
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