SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 13F-HR
NAME OF REPORTING MANAGER:
SENECA CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 6/30/99
Institutional Investment Manager: SENECA CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC
I REPRESENT THAT I AM AUTHORIZED TO SUBMIT THIS FORM AND THAT ALL INFORMATION IN
THIS FORM AND THE ATTACHMENTS TO IT ARE TRUE, CORRECT AND COMPLETE, AND I
UNDERSTAND THAT ALL REQUIRED ITEMS, STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES ARE INTEGRAL PARTS
OF THIS FORM AND THAT THE SUBMISSION OF ANY AMENDMENT REPRESENTS THAT ALL
UNAMENDED ITEMS, STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES REMAIN TRUE, CORRECT AND COMPLETE AS
PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED.
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Name, Title and Telephone Number of Person Submitting Report:
Greg Grimmelbein
(212) 371-1300
Signature, Place and Date of Signing:
/s/Greg Grimmelbein
830 Third Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, New York 10022
8/16/99
REPORT SUMMARY:
Number of Other Included Managers: One (1)
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List of Other Included Managers:
Seneca Capital Investments, LLC
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Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 162
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $665,343,000
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F-E
NAME OF REPORTING MANAGER: SENECA CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC
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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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AFC Cable Systems Inc. COM 000950105 1132 32100 SH 32100 32100
AFC Cable Systems Inc. COM 000950105 1918 54400 SH 54400 1 54400
Anchor Glass COM 033038308 228 2680 SH 2680 2680
Anchor Glass COM 033038308 4762 56020 SH 56020 1 56020
Airtouch Communications, Inc. CALL 00949T900 30089 279900 SH 279900 1 279900
Airtouch Communications, Inc. CALL 00949T900 17781 165400 SH 165400 165400
AT&T Canada Inc. COM 00207Q202 16543 259500 SH 259500 1 259500
AT&T Canada Inc. COM 00207Q202 9856 154600 SH 154600 154600
AT&T Corp. COM 001957109 4738 84900 SH 84900 84900
At Home Corp. COM 045919907 8576 159000 SH 159000 1 159000
At Home Corp. COM 045919907 5146 95400 SH 95400 95400
Atlantic Richfield Co. COM 048825103 4504 53900 SH 53900 53900
Atlantic Richfield Co. CALL 048825903 10061 120400 SH 120400 1 120400
Atlantic Richfield CALL 048826903 5950 71200 SH 71200 71200
Big Flower Holdings CALL 089159907 1919 60200 SH 60200 1 60200
Big Flower Holdings CALL 089159907 1132 35500 SH 35500 35500
BP Amoco PLC COM 110889409 1611 97793 SH 97793 97793
Brooktrout Inc. COM 114580103 990 61900 SH 61900 1 61900
Brooktrout Inc. COM 114580103 587 36700 SH 36700 36700
Cadence Design Sys. Inc. COM 127387108 961 75382 SH 75382 75382
Case Corporation COM 14743R103 4341 90200 SH 90200 1 90200
Case Corporation COM 14743R103 2575 53500 SH 53500 53500
Chuck Full O Nuts Corp. COM 170268106 662 63400 SH 63400 1 63400
Chock Full O Nuts Corp. COM 170268106 382 36600 SH 36600 36600
Citizens Utilities Co. COM 177342901 1589 142800 SH 142800 1 142800
Citizens Utilities Co. COM 177342901 938 84300 SH 84300 84300
Clorox Company COM 189054109 3034 28408 SH 28408 28408
Coach USA Inc. COM 18975L106 12753 304100 SH 304100 1 304100
Coach USA Inc. COM 18975L106 7507 179000 SH 179000 179000
Collagen Aesthetics Inc. COM 194194106 1822 132500 SH 132500 1 132500
Collagen Aesthetics Inc. COM 194194106 1089 79200 SH 79200 79200
Coltec Industries COM 196879100 4040 186300 SH 186300 1 186300
Coltec Industries COM 196879100 2399 110600 SH 110600 110600
Columbus McKinnon COM 199333105 6030 256600 SH 256600 1 256600
Columbus McKinnon COM 199333105 3579 152300 SH 152300 152300
Comdisco Inc. COM 200336105 3862 150700 SH 150700 1 150700
Comdisco Inc. COM 200336105 2273 88700 SH 88700 88700
Comdisco, Inc. CALL 200336905 1930 75300 SH 75300 1 75300
Comdisco, Inc. CALL 200336905 1138 44400 SH 44400 44400
Delta & Pine Land Co. COM 247357106 3024 96000 SH 96000 1 96000
Delta & Pine Land Co. COM 247357106 1780 56500 SH 56500 56500
Du Pont (El) De Nemours COM 263534109 8225 120400 SH 120400 1 120400
DuPont (El) De Nemours COM 263534109 4850 71000 SH 71000 71000
Frontier Corp. COM 35906P105 8891 150700 SH 150700 1 150700
Frontier Corp. COM 35906P105 5239 88800 SH 88800 88800
Frontier Corp. CALL 35906P905 34491 584600 SH 584600 1 584600
Frontier Corp. CALL 35906P905 20307 344200 SH 344200 344200
Global Industrial Tech Inc. COM 379335102 8205 680200 SH 680200 1 680200
Global Industrial Tech Inc. COM 379335102 4864 403200 SH 403200 403200
Global Light Telecom Inc. COM 37934X100 5190 576700 SH 576700 1 576700
Global Light Telecom Inc. COM 37934X100 3096 344000 SH 344000 344000
Grand Union Co. COM 386532402 2090 193300 SH 193300 1 193300
Grand Union Co. COM 386532402 1253 115900 SH 115900 115900
Highpoint Telecommunications COM 430904102 183 24000 SH 24000 1 24000
Highpoint Telecommunications COM 430904102 108 14100 SH 14100 14100
Home Holding EONS COM 436934AE3 1202 11444 SH 11444 1 11444
Home Holding EONS COM 436934AE3 629 5986 SH 5986 5986
Igen International Inc. COM 449536101 874 30000 SH 30000 1 30000
Igen International Inc. COM 449536101 521 17900 SH 17900 17900
Imasco Ltd. COM 452451701 2530 93500 SH 93500 1 93500
Imasco Ltd. COM 452451701 1486 54900 SH 54900 54900
Infoseek Corp COM 45678M107 599 12500 SH 12500 1 12500
Infoseek Corp. COM 45678M107 350 7300 SH 7300 7300
Infoseek Corp. CALL 45678M907 5350 111600 SH 111600 1 111600
Infoseek Corp. CALL 45678M907 3145 65600 SH 65600 65600
International Paper COM 460146103 15781 312500 SH 312500 312500
Juno Lighting Inc. COM 482047107 11803 518200 SH 518200 1 518200
Juno Lighting Inc. COM 482047107 6954 305300 SH 305300 305300
Kenetech Corp. COM 488878109 63 205000 SH 205000 1 205000
Kenetech Corp. COM 488878109 38 122900 SH 122900 122900
Level 8 Systems Inc. PFD 52729M102 2774 20550 SH 20550 1 20550
Level 8 Systems Inc. COM 52729M102 323 27500 SH 27500 27500
Level 8 Systems Inc. COM 52729M102 190 16200 SH 16200 1 16200
Level 8 Systems Inc. PFD 52729M102 1569 11620 SH 11620 11620
Limited Inc. COM 532716107 2513 55380 SH 55380 55380
Lucent Technologies Inc. COM 549463107 12974 192390 SH 192390 192390
Marvel Enterprises Inc. COM 57383M108 2359 319900 SH 319900 1 319900
Marvel Enterprises Inc. COM 57383M108 1399 189700 SH 189700 189700
Medpartners Inc. COM 58503X107 2359 311900 SH 311900 1 311900
Medpartners Inc. COM 58503X107 1400 185100 SH 185100 185100
Medtronic Inc. COM 585055106 7865 101000 SH 101000 101000
Meristar Hotels and Resorts COM 589988104 1617 470400 SH 470400 1 470400
Meristar Hotels and Resorts COM 589988104 969 282000 SH 282000 282000
Nabisco Group Holdings Corp COM 629526104 160 8200 SH 8200 1 8200
Nabisco Group Holdings Corp COM 629526104 297 15200 SH 15200 15200
National Processing Inc. COM 637229105 1804 178200 SH 178200 1 178200
National Processing Inc. COM 637229105 1067 105400 SH 105400 105400
Navigant International COM 63935R108 3614 462600 SH 462600 1 462600
Navigant International COM 63935R108 2145 274600 SH 274600 274600
PEC Israel Economic Corp. COM 705098101 7006 222400 SH 222400 1 222400
PEC Israel Economic Corp. COM 705098101 4171 132400 SH 132400 132400
PH Glatfelter Co. COM 377316104 1861 127280 SH 127280 1 127280
PH Glatfelter Co. COM 377316104 1104 75500 SH 75500 75500
Park Place Entertainment COM 700690100 275 28400 SH 28400 1 28400
Park Place Entertainment COM 700690100 188 19400 SH 19400 19400
Powerhouse Technology COM 739323103 3925 201300 SH 201300 1 201300
Powerhouse Technology COM 739323103 2348 120400 SH 120400 120400
Quantum Corp. COM 747906105 18610 775400 SH 775400 1 775400
Quantum Corp. COM 747906105 10968 457000 SH 457000 457000
Quantum Corp. CALL 747906905 19519 813300 SH 813300 1 813300
Quantum Corp. CALL 747906906 11501 479200 SH 479200 479200
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc. COM 76182K105 1252 39756 SH 39756 1 39756
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc. COM 76182K105 849 26962 SH 26962 26962
Raychem Corp. COM 754603108 1114 30100 SH 30100 1 30100
Raychem Corp. COM 754603108 659 17800 SH 17800 17800
Raychem Corp. CALL 754603908 529 14300 SH 14300 14300
Raychem Corp. CALL 754603908 888 24000 SH 24000 1 24000
Rigel Energy Corp. COM 76655L101 462 60300 SH 60300 1 60300
Rigel Energy Corp. COM 76655L101 272 35500 SH 35500 35500
RN CALL 629526904 5181 120500 SH 120500 1 120500
RN CALL 729526904 3053 71000 SH 71000 71000
Sbarro, Inc. COM 805844107 2062 76200 SH 76200 1 76200
Sbarro Inc. COM 805844107 1237 45700 SH 45700 45700
Sequent Computer Systems COM 817338106 1599 90400 SH 90400 1 90400
Sequent Computer Systems COM 817338106 940 53200 SH 53200 53200
Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. CALL 817338906 1065 60200 SH 60200 1 60200
Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. CALL 817338906 628 35500 SH 35500 35500
Snyder Communication COM 832914105 4497 137300 SH 137300 1 137300
Snyder Communication COM 832914105 2649 80900 SH 80900 80900
Snyder Communication CALL 8329149H0 1480 45200 SH 45200 1 45200
Snyder Communications CALL 8329149H0 871 26600 SH 26600 26600
Spanish Broadcasting Systems COM 846425809 981 903 SH 903 1 903
Spanish Broadcasting Systems COM 846425809 580 534 SH 534 534
St. John Knits Inc. COM 790289102 3051 104300 SH 104300 1 104300
St. John Knits Inc. COM 790289102 1805 61700 SH 61700 61700
Stanford Telecommunications Inc. COM 854402104 4531 153600 SH 153600 1 153600
Stanford Telecommunications Inc. COM 854402104 2670 90500 SH 90500 90500
Sterigenics Intl Inc. COM 85915R105 6354 240900 SH 240900 1 240900
Sterigenics Intl Inc. COM 85915R105 3745 142000 SH 142000 142000
Thomas & Betts Corp. PUT 884315952 2136 45200 SH 45200 1 45200
Thomas & Betts Corp. PUT 884315952 1257 26600 SH 26600 26600
TRM Copy Centers COM 872636105 257 42800 SH 42800 1 42800
TRM Copy Centers COM 872636105 154 25700 SH 25700 25700
TYCO International LTD. COM 902224106 28055 296092 SH 296092 296092
Total Renal Care Holdings COM 89151A107 1382 88800 SH 88800 1 88800
Total Renal Care Holdings COM 89151A107 815 52400 SH 52400 52400
Transworld Entertainment COM 89336Q100 738 66380 SH 66380 66380
Triad Hospitals Inc. COM 89579K109 4167 310100 SH 310100 1 310100
Triad Hospitals Inc. COM 89579K109 2463 183300 SH 183300 183300
Unique Casual Restaurants COM 90915K100 1588 498100 SH 498100 1 498100
Unique Casual Restaurants COM 90915K100 633 198700 SH 198700 198700
USWest CALL 91273H901 2479 42200 SH 42200 1 42200
USWest CALL 91273H901 1457 24800 SH 24800 24800
Varlen Corp. COM 922248109 10822 269700 SH 269700 1 269700
Varlen Corp. COM 922248109 6416 159900 SH 159900 159900
Ventas Inc. COM 92276F100 370 68900 SH 68900 1 68900
Ventas Inc. COM 92276F100 218 40600 SH 40600 40600
Vodafone Group Plc-ADR COM 92857T107 9131 46350 SH 46350 1 46350
Vodafone Group Plc - ADR COM 92857T107 14125 71700 SH 71700 71700
Walter Industries Inc. COM 93317Q105 709 54800 SH 54800 1 54800
Walter Industries Inc. COM 93317Q105 420 32500 SH 32500 32500
Wang Lab COM 93369N109 2027 69600 SH 69600 69600
Watkins-Johnson Company COM 942486101 1204 40800 SH 40800 1 40800
Watkins-Johnson Company COM 942486101 720 24400 SH 24400 24400
Wherehouse COM 963281100 7090 393904 SH 393904 1 393904
Wherehouse COM 963281100 4250 236125 SH 236125 236125
Williams Cos Inc. COM 969457900 2818 66200 SH 66200 1 66200
Williams Cos. Inc. COM 969457900 1668 39200 SH 39200 39200
Wiztec Solutions Ltd. COM M98105105 5596 235600 SH 235600 1 235600
Wiztec Solutions Ltd. COM M98105105 3335 140400 SH 140400 140400
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. PUT 942683953 263 7500 SH 7500 1 7500
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. PUT 942683953 154 4400 SH 4400 4400
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