COVER PAGE
Period-End Date: 12/31/1999
Name and Address of Manager: Benson Associates, LLC
111 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 2130
Portland, Oregon 97204
Signature: Mark Cooper
Name: Mark Cooper
Title: President
Phone Number: 503-916-8727
13F File Number: 28-6610
SUMMARY PAGE
Other Included Managers: N/A
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Information Table Entry Total: 172
Information Table Value Total: 472470
INFORMATION TABLE
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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
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4Front Technologies Inc COM 351042106 2770 207100 SH SOLE 207100
ADAC Laboratories COM 005313200 4439 412900 SH SOLE 412900
Aames Financial Corp COM 00253A101 289 385448 SH SOLE 385448
Aaron Rents Inc COM 002535201 3710 209000 SH SOLE 209000
Actel Corp COM 004934105 6432 268000 SH SOLE 268000
Alpnet Inc COM 021089107 2864 603000 SH SOLE 603000
American Software, Inc COM 029683109 7187 701195 SH SOLE 701195
Amresco Capital Trust COM 031919103 1300 152900 SH SOLE 152900
Annaly Mtg Mgmt Inc COM 035710409 892 101900 SH SOLE 101900
Ansys Inc COM 03662Q105 2605 236800 SH SOLE 236800
Applied Films Corp COM 038197109 4605 313500 SH SOLE 313500
Applied Graphics Tech Inc COM 037937109 777 90100 SH SOLE 90100
Applied Magnetics Corp COM 038213104 312 831490 SH SOLE 831490
Astoria Financial Corp COM 046265104 377 12400 SH SOLE 12400
Atchison Casting Corp COM 046613105 3039 333000 SH SOLE 333000
Atkinson, Guy F. COM 047620109 0 41709 SH SOLE 41709
Avado Brands, Inc COM 05336P108 3739 886213 SH SOLE 886213
BWAY Corp COM 056039100 637 104004 SH SOLE 104004
Bacou USA, Inc COM 056439102 1744 115814 SH SOLE 115814
Balanced Care Corp COM 057630105 1081 823600 SH SOLE 823600
Barringer Tech Inc COM 068509603 3238 528600 SH SOLE 528600
Bell & Howell Co COM 077852101 1990 62562 SH SOLE 62562
Brauns Fashions Corp COM 105658108 12973 617750 SH SOLE 617750
Brown & Sharpe Mfg Co COM 115223109 1314 618244 SH SOLE 618244
Burns Intl Services Corp COM 122374101 6511 602139 SH SOLE 602139
CPAC Inc COM 126145101 2968 365345 SH SOLE 365345
California Micro Devices COM 130439102 2410 205119 SH SOLE 205119
Carreker-Antinori Inc COM 144433109 91 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Castle Dental Centers Inc COM 14844P105 1629 542900 SH SOLE 542900
Catherines Stores Corp COM 14916F100 1760 83800 SH SOLE 83800
Cavanaughs Hospitality Corp COM 149564106 2576 312300 SH SOLE 312300
Centigram Communications COM 152317103 4343 259300 SH SOLE 259300
Central Garden & Pet Co COM 153527106 3845 370600 SH SOLE 370600
Chelsea CGA Realty COM 163262108 3492 117384 SH SOLE 117384
Coinmach Laundry Corp COM 19259L101 2452 230760 SH SOLE 230760
Comdial Corp COM 200332302 7350 739642 SH SOLE 739642
Commercial Metals COM 201723103 2669 78636 SH SOLE 78636
Conseco COM 208464107 302 16953 SH SOLE 16953
Corel Corp COM 21868Q109 207 13700 SH SOLE 13700
Correctional Svcs Corp COM 219921103 1141 260900 SH SOLE 260900
DA Consulting Group Inc COM 233027101 595 167000 SH SOLE 167000
Dayton Superior Corp COM 240028100 3826 235466 SH SOLE 235466
Del Global Technologies Corp COM 245073101 781 100800 SH SOLE 100800
Delphi Finl Group Inc COM 247131105 7410 247013 SH SOLE 247013
Drew Inds Inc COM 26168L205 2368 263100 SH SOLE 263100
Drug Emporium Inc COM 262175102 4715 1062525 SH SOLE 1062525
Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co COM 26432F109 205 2300 SH SOLE 2300
Dura Automotive Systems Inc COM 265903104 398 22809 SH SOLE 22809
Edelbrock Corp COM 279434104 2874 239480 SH SOLE 239480
Engineered Support Sys Inc COM 292866100 2074 172800 SH SOLE 172800
FEI Co COM 30241L109 7460 481286 SH SOLE 481286
Fairchild Corp COM 303698104 2679 295600 SH SOLE 295600
Farm Family Hldgs Inc COM 307901108 4640 109827 SH SOLE 109827
Fibermark Inc COM 315646109 2230 189784 SH SOLE 189784
FileNET Corp COM 316869106 7673 300900 SH SOLE 300900
Finlay Enterprises COM 317884203 4746 327325 SH SOLE 327325
First Rep Bank San Francisco C COM 336158100 6886 293024 SH SOLE 293024
Flir Systems Inc COM 302445101 2111 129900 SH SOLE 129900
Forest Oil Corp COM 346091606 5341 405000 SH SOLE 405000
Foster L B Co COM 350060109 211 43260 SH SOLE 43260
Fourth Shift Corp COM 351128103 3793 546784 SH SOLE 546784
Friedmans Inc COM 358438109 1457 194299 SH SOLE 194299
GATX Corp COM 361448103 486 14400 SH SOLE 14400
GSE Sys Inc COM 36227K106 1449 463603 SH SOLE 463603
Gatefield Corp COM 367339207 424 109375 SH SOLE 109375
Gildan Activewear COM 375916103 4609 254300 SH SOLE 254300
Gleason Corp COM 377339106 6991 300700 SH SOLE 300700
Group Maintenance Amer Corp COM 39943e107 3143 294100 SH SOLE 294100
Gymboree Corp COM 403777105 135 24000 SH SOLE 24000
HMT Technology Services COM 403917107 1738 434500 SH SOLE 434500
Health Management Systems Inc COM 42219m100 2252 356700 SH SOLE 356700
Hypercom Corp COM 44913M105 2745 274500 SH SOLE 274500
IEC Electrs Corp COM 44949L105 43 18080 SH SOLE 18080
Infinium Software Inc COM 45662Y109 2205 323600 SH SOLE 323600
Information Resource Inc COM 456905108 4448 480915 SH SOLE 480915
Ingles Markets Inc COM 457030104 3195 287200 SH SOLE 287200
Inprise Corp COM 45766C102 5544 501143 SH SOLE 501143
International Bus Mach COM 459200101 216 2000 SH SOLE 2000
JDA Software Group COM 46612K108 4917 300300 SH SOLE 300300
Judge Group Inc COM 481271104 1154 802500 SH SOLE 802500
Keystone Automotive Inds Inc COM 49338n109 2567 437000 SH SOLE 437000
LMI Aerospace Inc COM 502079106 771 257100 SH SOLE 257100
Lexington Corp Ppty Trust COM 529043101 3707 403514 SH SOLE 403514
Lindberg Corp COM 535171102 792 102200 SH SOLE 102200
MSC Software Corp COM 553531104 5032 497015 SH SOLE 497015
Mac-Gray Corp COM 554153106 403 105800 SH SOLE 105800
Magnetek, Inc COM 559424106 4005 521004 SH SOLE 521004
Mail Well Inc COM 560321200 135 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Maxwell Shoe Co Inc COM 577766108 3344 418000 SH SOLE 418000
Meditrust Sh Ben Int COM 58501T306 183 33310 SH SOLE 33310
Mentor Graphics Corp COM 587200106 6589 499676 SH SOLE 499676
Merit Medical Systems Inc COM 589889104 1396 192600 SH SOLE 192600
Metro One Telecommunications I COM 59163F105 564 43400 SH SOLE 43400
Midcoast Energy COM 59563W104 4650 277639 SH SOLE 277639
Modis Professional Services In COM 607830106 219 15400 SH SOLE 15400
Moog Inc COM 615394202 9801 362985 SH SOLE 362985
NS Group Inc COM 628916108 1973 258800 SH SOLE 258800
Nash Finch Co COM 631158102 2626 411900 SH SOLE 411900
Newgen Results COM 651359101 2840 268900 SH SOLE 268900
Nortek Inc COM 656559101 2498 89200 SH SOLE 89200
Northwest Pipe Co COM 667746101 5416 386827 SH SOLE 386827
O'Charley's Inc COM 670823103 757 57650 SH SOLE 57650
OSI Systems Inc COM 671044105 2155 391800 SH SOLE 391800
Paracelsus Healthcare Corp COM 698891108 343 782900 SH SOLE 782900
Park Ohio Inds Inc COM 700666100 2140 216741 SH SOLE 216741
PerkinElmer, Inc COM 268457108 208 5000 SH SOLE 5000
Pier 1 Imports Inc COM 720279108 95 14900 SH SOLE 14900
Planar Sys Inc COM 726900103 3970 599301 SH SOLE 599301
Pomeroy Computer COM 731822102 4282 323173 SH SOLE 323173
Quaker Fabric Corp COM 747399103 2720 639991 SH SOLE 639991
Quicksilver Resources Inc COM 74837r104 770 175900 SH SOLE 175900
Quidel Corp COM 74838J101 4490 653100 SH SOLE 653100
R H Donnelley Corp COM 74955W307 3353 177640 SH SOLE 177640
RFS Hotel Invs Inc COM 74955J108 5071 485799 SH SOLE 485799
Respironics Inc COM 761230101 2053 257600 SH SOLE 257600
Rocky Shoes & Boots Inc COM 774830103 2944 386100 SH SOLE 386100
Roslyn Bancorp Inc COM 778162107 3343 180715 SH SOLE 180715
Ryan's Family Steak Houses COM 783519101 3059 359900 SH SOLE 359900
S3 Inc COM 784849101 2445 211500 SH SOLE 211500
Safety Kleen Corp COM 78648R203 130 11500 SH SOLE 11500
Shaw Group Inc COM 820280105 6637 262200 SH SOLE 262200
Shurgard Storage Ctrs COM 82567D104 4422 190714 SH SOLE 190714
Spacelabs Med Inc COM 846247104 8469 456261 SH SOLE 456261
Staff Leasing Inc COM 852381102 943 99300 SH SOLE 99300
Stanley Furniture COM 854305208 3287 178894 SH SOLE 178894
Starwood Lodging COM 85590A203 251 10699 SH SOLE 10699
Styling Technology Corp COM 863905105 38 12000 SH SOLE 12000
Sunsource Inc COM 867948101 1525 358800 SH SOLE 358800
Sybase Inc COM 871130100 306 18000 SH SOLE 18000
Systems Software Associates COM 871839205 346 172925 SH SOLE 172925
Thomas Inds Inc COM 884425109 4385 214544 SH SOLE 214544
Titan Exlp Inc COM 888289105 3223 592648 SH SOLE 592648
Today's Man Inc COM 888910205 740 1184400 SH SOLE 1184400
Track N' Trail COM 891924102 688 628600 SH SOLE 628600
Trigen Energy Corp COM 895930105 6275 361158 SH SOLE 361158
Tro Learning Inc COM 87263R109 1867 347349 SH SOLE 347349
US Concrete Inc COM 90333L102 1852 308600 SH SOLE 308600
US Liquids Inc COM 902974104 3355 400600 SH SOLE 400600
Unisource Energy Corp COM 909205106 9257 827400 SH SOLE 827400
United Stationers Inc COM 913004107 266 9300 SH SOLE 9300
Vans Inc COM 921930103 4279 349300 SH SOLE 349300
Video Update Inc COM 92657V104 155 594559 SH SOLE 594559
WFS Finl Inc COM 92923B106 9330 441673 SH SOLE 441673
Walden Resident Pptys COM 931210108 3813 176309 SH SOLE 176309
Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 206 5104 SH SOLE 5104
Whitehall Jewellers Inc COM 965063100 494 13400 SH SOLE 13400
Willis Lease Finance COM 970646105 4473 694759 SH SOLE 694759
Winston Hotels Inc COM 97563A102 1247 153502 SH SOLE 153502
Workflow Management Inc COM 98137N109 7875 275100 SH SOLE 275100
American Safety Insurance Grp COM g02995101 1786 274700 SH SOLE 274700
First Service Corp COM 33761n109 2772 202500 SH SOLE 202500
LaSalle Re Hldgs Ltd COM g5383q101 6244 378432 SH SOLE 378432
Mitel Corp COM 606711109 275 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Nordic American Tanker COM G65773106 1674 157521 SH SOLE 157521
Sapiens Intl Corp COM N7716A102 8261 502574 SH SOLE 502574
Smed International Inc COM 83169D104 5366 381600 SH SOLE 381600
Aegon NV ADR 007924103 227 2372 SH SOLE 2372
Arcadis N V ADR n0605m105 2735 397825 SH SOLE 397825
Edap TMS SA ADR 268311107 1361 990100 SH SOLE 990100
Medeva PLC ADR 58410h203 3717 345800 SH SOLE 345800
Aames Financial CONV 00253aae1 2048 4833700 PRN SOLE 4833700
Activision Inc CONV 004930ac7 349 350000 PRN SOLE 350000
Central Garden & Pet Co CONV 153527AC0 305 405000 PRN SOLE 405000
Complete Mgmt Inc CONV 20452caa2 3 325900 PRN SOLE 325900
Complete Mgmt Inc CONV 20452cab0 4 401800 PRN SOLE 401800
Drug Emporium Inc CONV 262175aa0 1947 3445200 PRN SOLE 3445200
HMT Technology Corp CONV 403917ad9 196 500000 PRN SOLE 500000
Leasing Solutions Inc CONV 522113aa7 210 6984500 PRN SOLE 6984500
MSC Software Corp CONV 553531aa2 3118 3498600 PRN SOLE 3498600
Penn Treaty Amern CONV 707874aa1 380 500000 PRN SOLE 500000
Sapiens Intl Corp CONV XS0046098 1402 1640000 PRN SOLE 1640000
System Software Assoc CONV 871839aa4 2021 6765000 PRN SOLE 6765000
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