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
Seneca Capital Advisors LLC
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Name of Institutional Investment Manager
527 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor New York New York 10022
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Business Address (Street) (City) (State) (Zip)
13F File Number: 28-_____________
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, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.
Name, Title and Telephone Number of Person Submitting Report:
Doug Hirsch Manager (212) 371-1300
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Name (Title) (Phone)
Signature, Place and Date of Signing:
/s/ Doug Hirsch
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527 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10022
02/14/00
Report Type:
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE.
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
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: 137
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $435,193,000
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
INFORMATION TABLE
SENECA CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC
FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
AS OF DATE: 12/31/99
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ITEM 1 ITEM 2 ITEM 3 ITEM 4 ITEM 5 ITEM 6 ITEM 7 ITEM 8
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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Aegon N.V.American ORD 007924103 912 12,495 SH 12,495 12,495
Allstate Corp. COM 020002101 3877 161,562 SH 161,562 161,562
Allstate Corp. COM 020002101 466 19,436 SH 19,436 1 19,436
Applied Power Inc. COM 038225108 1632 44,400 SH CLA 44,400 44,400
Applied Power Inc. COM 038225108 3098 84,300 SH CLA 84,300 1 84,300
At Home Corp. COM 045919107 4096 95,400 SH SERA 95,400 95,400
At Home Corp. COM 045919107 481 11,200 SH SERA 11,200 1 11,200
AT&T Canada Inc. COM 00207Q202 12214 304,400 SH CLB 304,400 304,400
AT&T Canada Inc. COM 00207Q202 5096 127,000 SH CLB 127,000 1 127,000
AT&T Canada Inc. COM 00207Q202 7044 175,000 SH CALL 175,000 1 175,000
AT&T Corp. COM 001957109 4309 84,900 SH 84,900 84,900
AT&T Corp. COM 001957109 502 9,900 SH 9,900 1 9,900
Baker Hughes, Inc. COM 057224107 276 13,100 SH 13,100 1 13,100
Bard (C.R.) Inc. COM 067383109 1935 36,500 SH 36,500 36,500
Bard (C.R.) Inc. COM 067383109 3705 69,900 SH 69,000 1 69,900
Bard (C.R.) Inc. COM 067383109 912 17,200 SH CALL 17,200 17,200
Bard (C.R.) Inc. COM 067383109 1738 32,800 SH CALL 32,800 1 32,800
BCE Inc. COM 005534109 13699 151,900 SH 151,900 151,900
BCE Inc. COM 005534109 1641 18,200 SH 18,200 1 18,200
Bethlehem Steel COM 087509105 749 89,400 SH 89,400 89,400
Bethlehem Steel COM 087509105 1429 170,600 SH 170,600 1 170,600
Boise Cascade Office Products Corp. COM 097403109 1293 86,200 SH 86,200 86,200
Boise Cascade Office Products Corp. COM 097403109 2457 163,800 SH 163,800 1 163,800
BP Amoco PLC ADR 055622104 11601 195,586 SH 195,586 195,586
BP Amoco PLC ADR 055622104 1742 29,376 SH 29,376 1 29,376
Cadence Design Sys. Inc. COM 127387108 1809 75,382 SH 75,382 75,382
Cadence Design Sys. Inc. COM 127387108 226 9,406 SH 9,406 1 9,406
Capital Re Corp. COM 140432105 490 34,300 SH 34,300 34,300
Capital Re Corp. COM 140432105 956 66,900 SH 66,900 1 66,900
C-Cube Microsystems Inc. COM 125015107 4675 74,800 SH 74,800 74,800
C-Cube Microsystems Inc. COM 125015107 8888 142,200 SH 142,200 1 142,200
C-Cube Microsystems Inc. COM 125015907 3175 50,800 SH CALL 50,800 50,800
C-Cube Microsystems Inc. COM 125015907 6044 96,700 SH CALL 96,700 1 96,700
Champps Entertainment Inc. COM 158787101 651 189,500 SH 189,500 189,500
Champps Entertainment Inc. COM 158787101 1866 542,700 SH 542,700 1 542,700
Clorox Company COM 189054109 2627 52,140 SH 52,140 52,140
Clorox Company COM 189054109 322 6,400 SH 6,400 1 6,400
Columbus McKinnon COM 199333105 1279 127,900 SH 127,900 127,900
Columbus McKinnon COM 199333105 1251 125,100 SH 125,100 1 125,100
Comdisco Inc. COM 0200336105 4474 120,100 SH 120,100 120,100
Comdisco Inc. COM 0200336105 536 14,400 SH 14,400 1 14,400
Comdisco Inc. COM 0200336905 5439 146,000 SH CALL 146,000 146,000
Comdisco Inc. COM 0200336905 10538 282,900 SH CALL 282,900 1 282,900
Corecomm Limited ORD G2422109 3689 94,900 SH WNTS 94,900 94,900
Corecomm Limited ORD G2422R109 7001 180,100 SH WNTS 180,100 1 180,100
Creative Computers Inc. COM 22527E109 113 15,500 SH 15,500 15,500
Creative Computers Inc. COM 22527E109 216 29,600 SH 29,600 1 29,600
Esat Telecom Group ADR 26883Y102 6057 66,200 SH 66,200 66,200
Esat Telecom Group ADR 26883Y102 11529 126,000 SH 126,000 1 126,000
Global Crossing Ltd. COM G3921A100 1126 22,550 SH 22,550 1 22,550
Global Crossing Ltd. COM G3921A100 9510 190,445 SH 190,445 190,445
Global Light Telecom Inc. COM 379345100 4647 375,500 SH 375,500 375,500
Global Light Telecom Inc. COM 379345100 8812 712,100 SH 712,100 1 712,100
Goodrich (B.F.) Co. COM 382388106 2384 86,700 SH CALL 86,700 86,700
Goodrich (B.F.) Co. COM 382388106 283 10,300 SH CALL 10,300 1 10,300
Grand Union Co. COM 386532402 638 63,000 SH 63,000 63,000
Grand Union Co. COM 386532402 1089 107,600 SH 107,600 1 107,600
Hilton Hotel Corp. COM 432848109 460 47,802 SH 47,802 47,802
Howmet International Inc. COM 443208103 1245 68,900 SH 68,900 68,900
Howmet International Inc. COM 443208103 2368 131,000 SH 131,000 1 131,000
International Paper COM 460146103 17637 312,500 SH 312,500 312,500
International Paper COM 460146103 2116 37,500 SH 37,500 1 37,500
Jones Intercable Inc. COM 480206101 6536 95,500 SH 95,500 95,500
Jones Intercable Inc. COM 480206101 780 11,400 SH 11,400 1 11,400
Juno Lighting Inc. COM 482047107 890 84,756 SH 84,756 84,756
Juno Lighting Inc. COM 482047107 1617 154,004 SH 154,004 1 154,004
Level 8 Systems Inc. COM 52729M102 560 16,200 SH 16,200 16,200
Level 8 Systems, Inc. PFD 52729M102 4016 11,620 SH 11,620 11,620
Level 8 Systems, Inc. PFD 52729M102 897 2,596 SH 2,596 1 2,596
Level 8 Systems, Inc. COM 52729M102 2853 116,150 SH WNTS 116,150 116,150
Level 8 Systems, Inc. COM 52729M102 341 13,890 SH WNTS 13,890 1 13,890
Lucent Technologies Inc. COM 549463107 14393 192,390 SH 192,390 192,390
Lucent Technologies Inc. COM 549463107 1703 22,770 SH 22,770 1 22,770
Marvel Enterprises Inc. COM 57383M108 1019 185,200 SH 185,200 185,200
Marvel Enterprises Inc. COM 57383M108 1723 313,300 SH 313,300 1 313,300
Mediware Information Systems COM 584946107 503 64,900 SH 64,900 64,900
Mediware Information Systems COM 584946107 970 125,100 SH 125,100 1 125,100
Medtronic Inc. COM 585055106 7360 202,000 SH 202,000 202,000
Medtronic Inc. COM 585055106 853 23,400 SH 23,400 1 23,400
Meristar Hotels and Resorts COM 589988104 863 242,200 SH 242,200 242,200
Meristar Hotels and Resorts COM 589988104 1615 453,400 SH 453,400 1 453,400
Methode Electronics COM 591520200 970 30,300 SH 30,300 30,300
Methode Electronics COM 591520200 1830 57,200 SH 57,200 1 57,200
MRV Communications COM 553477100 326 5,200 SH 5,200 5,200
MRV Communications COM 553477100 621 9,900 SH 9,900 1 9,900
MRV Communications Inc. COM 553477100 326 5,200 SH CALL 5,200 5,200
MRV Communications Inc. COM 553477100 615 9,800 SH CALL 9,800 1 9,800
Navigant International COM 63935P202 5097 436,100 SH 436,100 436,100
Navigant International COM 63935P202 9629 823,900 SH 823,900 1 823,900
Newbridge Networks Corp. COM 650901101 2491 110,400 SH CALL 110,400 110,400
Newbridge Networks Corp. COM 650901101 4729 209,600 SH CALL 209,600 1 209,600
Nortel Networks Corp. COM 656569100 8223 81,416 SH 81,416 1 81,416
Nortel Networks Corp. COM 656569100 4808 47,600 SH PUT 47,600 47,600
Nortel Networks Corp. COM 656569100 9110 90,200 SH PUT 90,200 1 90,200
Olsten Corp. COM 681385105 6740 595,800 SH 595,800 595,800
Olsten Corp. COM 681385105 12774 1,129,200 SH 1,129,200 1 1,129,200
Olsten Corp. COM 681385105 594 52,500 SH CALL 52,500 52,500
Olsten Corp. COM 681385105 1137 100,500 SH CALL 100,500 1 100,500
Optical Coating Laboratories COM 683829105 2025 6,900 SH 6,900 6,900
Optical Coating Laboratories COM 683829105 3845 13,100 SH 13,100 1 13,100
Rambus Inc. COM 750917106 510 6,000 SH 6,000 6,000
Rambus Inc. COM 750917106 978 11,500 SH 11,500 1 11,500
Saga Systems Inc. COM 786610105 508 25,500 SH 25,500 25,500
Saga Systems Inc. COM 786610105 987 49,500 SH 49,500 1 49,500
Shorewood Packaging Corp. COM 825229107 752 39,700 SH 39,700 39,700
Shorewood Packaging Corp. COM 825229107 1424 75,200 SH 75,200 1 75,200
Silicorp LTD COM M84116108 32 25,778 SH WNTS 25,778 25,778
Silicorp LTD COM M84116108 62 49,222 SH WNTS 49,222 1 49,222
Smed International Inc. COM 83169D0104 215 15,200 SH 15,200 15,200
Smed International Inc. COM 83169D0104 412 29,100 SH 29,100 1 29,100
Starwood Hotels & Resots COM 85590A203 1196 50,900 SH CALL 50,900 50,900
Starwood Hotels & Resots COM 85590A203 2296 97,700 SH CALL 97,700 1 97,700
Styling Technology Corp COM 863905105 58 28,800 SH 28,800 28,800
Styling Technology Corp COM 863905105 111 55,600 SH 55,600 1 55,600
Teledyne Technologies Inc. COM 879360105 976 103,400 SH 103,400 103,400
Teledyne Technologies Inc. COM 879360105 1855 196,600 SH 196,600 1 196,600
Telxon Corp. COM 879700102 912 57,000 SH 57,000 57,000
Telxon Corp. COM 879700102 1731 108,200 SH 108,200 1 108,200
Template Software Inc. COM 879788107 472 34,200 SH 34,200 34,200
Template Software Inc. COM 879788107 909 65,800 SH 65,800 1 65,800
Transworld Entertainment COM 89336Q100 1993 192,070 SH 192,070 192,070
Transworld Entertainment COM 89336Q100 2628 253,290 SH 253,290 1 253,290
Trigen Energy Corp. COM 895930105 1086 62,500 SH 62,500 62,500
Trigen Energy Corp. COM 895930105 2090 120,300 SH 120,300 1 120,300
TSI Inc/Minnesota COM 872885108 334 29,000 SH 29,000 2,900
TSI Inc/Minnesota COM 872885108 633 55,000 SH 55,000 1 55,000
TYCO International LTD. COM 902124106 23095 592,184 SH 592,184 592,184
TYCO International LTD. COM 902124106 2242 57,486 SH 57,486 1 57,486
UICI COM 902737105 1034 97,900 SH 97,900 97,900
UICI COM 902737105 1964 185,900 SH 185,900 1 185,900
Vodafone Group PlC ADR 92857F107 17746 358,500 SH 358,500 358,500
Vodafone Group PlC ADR 92857F107 2116 42,750 SH 42,750 1 42,750
WHX Corp. COM 929248102 327 36,300 SH 36,300 36,300
WHX Corp. COM 929248102 619 68,800 SH 68,800 1 68,800
Workflow Management Inc. COM 98137N109 4797 169,800 SH 169,800 169,800
Workflow Management Inc. COM 98137N109 6760 239,300 SH 239,300 1 239,300
Wyndham International COM 983101106 303 103,300 SH 103,300 103,300
Wyndham International COM 983101106 578 196,700 SH 196,700 1 196,700
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