COVER PAGE
Period-End Date: 03/31/2000
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: 177
Information Table Value Total: 468081
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 380 18300 SH SOLE 18300
ADAC Laboratories COM 005313200 6416 466600 SH SOLE 466600
Aames Financial Corp COM 00253A309 205 327848 SH SOLE 327848
Aaron Rents Inc COM 002535201 2966 196900 SH SOLE 196900
Actel Corp COM 004934105 6438 180400 SH SOLE 180400
Advanta Corp Cl B COM 007942204 2704 186700 SH SOLE 186700
American Software, Inc COM 029683109 5888 420595 SH SOLE 420595
Amresco Capital Trust COM 031919103 1429 140300 SH SOLE 140300
Annaly Mtg Mgmt Inc COM 035710409 912 101300 SH SOLE 101300
Ansys Inc COM 03662Q105 2316 215400 SH SOLE 215400
Applied Films Corp COM 038197109 3792 189600 SH SOLE 189600
Applied Graphics Tech Inc COM 037937109 475 79100 SH SOLE 79100
Applied Industrial Technologie COM 03820C105 5248 328000 SH SOLE 328000
Applied Magnetics Corp COM 038213104 15 245390 SH SOLE 245390
Ashworth Inc COM 04516H101 50 11500 SH SOLE 11500
Astoria Financial Corp COM 046265104 338 11900 SH SOLE 11900
Atchison Casting Corp COM 046613105 2257 325300 SH SOLE 325300
Atkinson, Guy F. COM 047620109 0 35709 SH SOLE 35709
Ault Inc COM 051503100 134 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Avado Brands, Inc COM 05336P108 2275 808713 SH SOLE 808713
BWAY Corp COM 056039100 325 42654 SH SOLE 42654
Bacou USA, Inc COM 056439102 1791 114614 SH SOLE 114614
Balanced Care Corp COM 057630105 1916 958000 SH SOLE 958000
Barringer Tech Inc COM 068509603 3183 506800 SH SOLE 506800
Bell & Howell Co COM 077852101 1718 54962 SH SOLE 54962
Bell Microproducts Inc COM 078137106 3764 218200 SH SOLE 218200
Brauns Fashions Corp COM 105658108 12269 485900 SH SOLE 485900
Brown & Sharpe Mfg Co COM 115223109 1143 589844 SH SOLE 589844
Burns Intl Services Corp COM 122374101 5926 564339 SH SOLE 564339
CPAC Inc COM 126145101 2924 391445 SH SOLE 391445
Carreker-Antinori Inc COM 144433109 126 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Castle Dental Centers Inc COM 14844P105 1335 534000 SH SOLE 534000
Cato Corp COM 149205106 2383 202800 SH SOLE 202800
Centigram Communications COM 152317103 4456 234500 SH SOLE 234500
Central Garden & Pet Co COM 153527106 3779 382700 SH SOLE 382700
Chelsea CGA Realty COM 163262108 4280 147584 SH SOLE 147584
Coinmach Laundry Corp COM 19259L101 3223 324360 SH SOLE 324360
Comdial Corp COM 200332302 8716 664042 SH SOLE 664042
Commercial Metals COM 201723103 2263 81936 SH SOLE 81936
Comshare Inc COM 205912108 1486 321200 SH SOLE 321200
Conseco COM 208464107 200 17453 SH SOLE 17453
Correctional Svcs Corp COM 219921103 1148 241600 SH SOLE 241600
Dayton Superior Corp COM 240028100 5062 200966 SH SOLE 200966
Del Global Technologies Corp COM 245073101 2730 321200 SH SOLE 321200
Delphi Finl Group Inc COM 247131105 8771 288754 SH SOLE 288754
Drew Inds Inc COM 26168L205 1787 255300 SH SOLE 255300
Drug Emporium Inc COM 262175102 4459 1114825 SH SOLE 1114825
Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co COM 26432F109 229 2300 SH SOLE 2300
Dura Automotive Systems Inc COM 265903104 358 20809 SH SOLE 20809
EEX Corp COM 26842V207 1531 453710 SH SOLE 453710
Edelbrock Corp COM 279434104 2555 237680 SH SOLE 237680
Encompass Services Corp COM 29255U104 1113 193500 SH SOLE 193500
Engineered Support Sys Inc COM 292866100 2339 171700 SH SOLE 171700
Exide Corp COM 302051107 3606 305300 SH SOLE 305300
FEI Co COM 30241L109 7163 240786 SH SOLE 240786
Fairchild Corp COM 303698104 1754 257400 SH SOLE 257400
Farm Family Hldgs Inc COM 307901108 3139 105527 SH SOLE 105527
Fibermark Inc COM 315646109 2715 209884 SH SOLE 209884
FileNET Corp COM 316869106 1755 59000 SH SOLE 59000
Finlay Enterprises COM 317884203 3747 304325 SH SOLE 304325
First Rep Bank San Francisco C COM 336158100 8229 415324 SH SOLE 415324
Flir Systems Inc COM 302445101 1076 117100 SH SOLE 117100
Forest Oil Corp COM 346091606 5727 539000 SH SOLE 539000
Foster L B Co COM 350060109 172 42260 SH SOLE 42260
Fourth Shift Corp COM 351128103 3289 496384 SH SOLE 496384
Friedmans Inc COM 358438109 1068 173499 SH SOLE 173499
GATX Corp COM 361448103 642 16900 SH SOLE 16900
GSE Sys Inc COM 36227K106 3034 457903 SH SOLE 457903
Gatefield Corp COM 367339207 569 108375 SH SOLE 108375
Gildan Activewear COM 375916103 5256 161100 SH SOLE 161100
Guest Supply Inc COM 401630108 178 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Gymboree Corp COM 403777105 49 11900 SH SOLE 11900
HMT Technology Services COM 403917107 1734 523500 SH SOLE 523500
Health Management Systems Inc COM 42219m100 2911 604800 SH SOLE 604800
Hypercom Corp COM 44913M105 2048 119600 SH SOLE 119600
IEC Electrs Corp COM 44949L105 74 24580 SH SOLE 24580
Infinium Software Inc COM 45662Y109 1927 373800 SH SOLE 373800
Information Resource Inc COM 456905108 3488 436000 SH SOLE 436000
Ingles Markets Inc COM 457030104 2715 260100 SH SOLE 260100
Inprise Corp COM 45766C102 2496 366443 SH SOLE 366443
JDA Software Group COM 46612K108 2967 202900 SH SOLE 202900
Judge.com Inc COM 481271104 2422 880900 SH SOLE 880900
Keystone Automotive Inds Inc COM 49338n109 2630 447600 SH SOLE 447600
LMI Aerospace Inc COM 502079106 579 208100 SH SOLE 208100
Lexington Corp Ppty Trust COM 529043101 4160 405814 SH SOLE 405814
Lindberg Corp COM 535171102 573 93500 SH SOLE 93500
MSC Software Corp COM 553531104 5274 446515 SH SOLE 446515
Mackie Designs Inc COM 554541102 96 15000 SH SOLE 15000
Magnetek, Inc COM 559424106 4299 477680 SH SOLE 477680
Mail Well Inc COM 560321200 108 12400 SH SOLE 12400
Material Sciences Corp COM 576674105 5817 430900 SH SOLE 430900
Maxwell Shoe Co Inc COM 577766108 3416 404900 SH SOLE 404900
Meditrust Sh Ben Int COM 58501T306 40 21810 SH SOLE 21810
Mentor Graphics Corp COM 587200106 5817 384576 SH SOLE 384576
Merit Medical Systems Inc COM 589889104 2639 267200 SH SOLE 267200
Midcoast Energy COM 59563W104 5037 297414 SH SOLE 297414
Modis Professional Services In COM 607830106 191 15400 SH SOLE 15400
Moog Inc COM 615394202 6775 368685 SH SOLE 368685
NS Group Inc COM 628916108 4088 250600 SH SOLE 250600
Nash Finch Co COM 631158102 3370 414800 SH SOLE 414800
Newgen Results COM 651359101 5362 351600 SH SOLE 351600
Nortek Inc COM 656559101 1805 81600 SH SOLE 81600
Northwest Pipe Co COM 667746101 5911 422227 SH SOLE 422227
O'Charley's Inc COM 670823103 2046 157350 SH SOLE 157350
OSI Systems Inc COM 671044105 571 38700 SH SOLE 38700
PTEK Holdings Inc COM 69366M104 2429 366600 SH SOLE 366600
Paracelsus Healthcare Corp COM 698891108 136 619500 SH SOLE 619500
Parexel International Corp COM 699462107 1341 142100 SH SOLE 142100
Park Ohio Inds Inc COM 700666100 2260 212741 SH SOLE 212741
Performance Food Group COM 713755106 3655 167100 SH SOLE 167100
PerkinElmer, Inc COM 714046109 233 3500 SH SOLE 3500
PictureTel Corp COM 720035302 4726 540100 SH SOLE 540100
Pier 1 Imports Inc COM 720279108 198 19300 SH SOLE 19300
Planar Sys Inc COM 726900103 6344 539901 SH SOLE 539901
Pomeroy Computer COM 731822102 5677 308973 SH SOLE 308973
Quaker Fabric Corp COM 747399103 3066 662941 SH SOLE 662941
Quicksilver Resources Inc COM 74837r104 1666 277700 SH SOLE 277700
Quidel Corp COM 74838J101 1110 158500 SH SOLE 158500
R H Donnelley Corp COM 74955W307 2950 173540 SH SOLE 173540
RFS Hotel Invs Inc COM 74955J108 5127 476899 SH SOLE 476899
RehabCare Group Inc COM 759148109 2089 84600 SH SOLE 84600
Respironics Inc COM 761230101 4406 306500 SH SOLE 306500
Rocky Shoes & Boots Inc COM 774830103 1764 361800 SH SOLE 361800
Roslyn Bancorp Inc COM 778162107 3107 174455 SH SOLE 174455
Ryan's Family Steak Houses COM 783519101 4071 425700 SH SOLE 425700
S3 Inc COM 784849101 3728 177500 SH SOLE 177500
Safety Kleen Corp COM 78648R203 14 10500 SH SOLE 10500
Shaw Group Inc COM 820280105 7914 224500 SH SOLE 224500
Shurgard Storage Ctrs COM 82567D104 4888 187114 SH SOLE 187114
Spacelabs Med Inc COM 846247104 6747 423361 SH SOLE 423361
Stanley Furniture COM 854305208 3125 161294 SH SOLE 161294
Starwood Lodging COM 85590A203 275 10699 SH SOLE 10699
Stride Rite Corp COM 863314100 1717 213000 SH SOLE 213000
Sunsource Inc COM 867948101 2045 442200 SH SOLE 442200
Sybase Inc COM 871130100 366 18000 SH SOLE 18000
Systems Software Associates COM 871839205 237 158050 SH SOLE 158050
Texas Utility Hldg Co COM 882848104 238 8000 SH SOLE 8000
Thomas Inds Inc COM 884425109 3980 212244 SH SOLE 212244
Titan Exlp Inc COM 888289105 2988 597648 SH SOLE 597648
Today's Man Inc COM 888910205 603 838400 SH SOLE 838400
Track N' Trail COM 891924102 558 558100 SH SOLE 558100
Tro Learning Inc COM 87263R109 4041 336749 SH SOLE 336749
US Concrete Inc COM 90333L102 1970 328300 SH SOLE 328300
US Liquids Inc COM 902974104 2445 376100 SH SOLE 376100
Unisource Energy Corp COM 909205106 11080 754400 SH SOLE 754400
United Stationers Inc COM 913004107 332 9300 SH SOLE 9300
Vans Inc COM 921930103 4796 297400 SH SOLE 297400
Vicorp Restaurants Inc COM 925817108 2342 112200 SH SOLE 112200
Video Update Inc COM 92657V104 98 339584 SH SOLE 339584
WFS Finl Inc COM 92923B106 10558 543173 SH SOLE 543173
Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 208 5104 SH SOLE 5104
Westcoast Hospitality Corp COM 95750P106 1855 282700 SH SOLE 282700
Westcorp Inc COM 957907108 196 14000 SH SOLE 14000
Willis Lease Finance COM 970646105 4569 745959 SH SOLE 745959
Winston Hotels Inc COM 97563A102 1085 140002 SH SOLE 140002
Workflow Management Inc COM 98137N109 2982 110700 SH SOLE 110700
American Safety Insurance Grp COM g02995101 1476 256700 SH SOLE 256700
First Service Corp COM 33761n109 2617 237200 SH SOLE 237200
LaSalle Re Hldgs Ltd COM g5383q101 5267 379632 SH SOLE 379632
Nordic American Tanker COM G65773106 1837 145521 SH SOLE 145521
Sapiens Intl Corp COM N7716A102 4952 404274 SH SOLE 404274
Arcadis N V ADR n0605m105 2815 409425 SH SOLE 409425
Celltech Group PLC ADR 151158102 579 16676 SH SOLE 16676
Edap TMS SA ADR 268311107 2315 841800 SH SOLE 841800
Aames Financial CONV 00253aae1 1762 6349700 PRN SOLE 6349700
Activision Inc CONV 004930ac7 301 350000 PRN SOLE 350000
Central Garden & Pet Co CONV 153527AC0 302 405000 PRN SOLE 405000
Complete Mgmt Inc CONV 20452caa2 3 325900 PRN SOLE 325900
Complete Mgmt Inc CONV 20452cab0 4 366800 PRN SOLE 366800
Drug Emporium Inc CONV 262175aa0 1743 3585200 PRN SOLE 3585200
HMT Technology Corp CONV 403917ad9 218 500000 PRN SOLE 500000
Leasing Solutions Inc CONV 522113aa7 195 6494500 PRN SOLE 6494500
MSC Software Corp CONV 553531aa2 3415 3436600 PRN SOLE 3436600
Penn Treaty Amern CONV 707874aa1 221 300000 PRN SOLE 300000
Personnel Group of America CONV 715338ae9 208 300000 PRN SOLE 300000
Sapiens Intl Corp CONV XS0046098 1231 1490000 PRN SOLE 1490000
System Software Assoc CONV 871839aa4 2212 6435000 PRN SOLE 6435000
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