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FORM 13F
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 1999
Check here if Amendment [ ]: Amendment Number:
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This Amendment (Check only one.):
[ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: The Benchmark Company, Inc.
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Address: 750 Lexington Avenue
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New York, NY 10022
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Form 13F File Number: 28-6598
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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
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:
Reporting Manager:
Name: Lorraine DiPaolo
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Title: President
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Phone: (212) 421-4080
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Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Lorraine DiPaolo
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[Signature]
New York, NY
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[City, State]
February 4, 2000
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[Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager
are reported in this report.)
[ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all
holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this
reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by
other reporting manager(s).)
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Form 13F Summary Page
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers:
0
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Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:
108
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total:
$111,902 (thousands)
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List of Other Included Managers: None
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THE BENCHMARK COMPANY, INC.
FORM 13F
December 31, 1999
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Voting
Authority
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Title
of Value Shares/ Sh/ Put/ Invstmt
Name of Issuer Class CUSIP (x$1000) Prn Amt Prn Call Dscretn Sole Shared None
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
***ARCHITEL SYSTEMS CORP COM 039917109 272 20000 SH Sole 20000
***AURA SYSTEMS INC COM 051526101 18 50117 SH Sole 50117
***GLOBALSTAR COM g393h1044 660 15000 SH Sole 15000
***JARDINE LLOYD THOMPSON GROU COM g55440104 63 16000 SH Sole 16000
ACM GOVT INCOME FUND INC COM 000912105 155 23850 SH Sole 23850
AMERICA ONLINE INC-DEL COM 02364J104 1954 25900 SH Sole 25900
AMERICAN TEL & TEL CO COM 001957109 3048 60050 SH Sole 7500 52550
AMERICREDIT CORP COM 03060R101 12187 658775 SH Sole 106600 552175
AMR CORP-DEL- W/RTS TO PUR COM 001765106 938 14000 SH Sole 14000
ARMOR HOLDINGS INC COM 042260109 610 46500 SH Sole 46500
AZTEC TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS INC COM 05480L101 776 170000 SH Sole 165000 5000
BANK OF NEW YORK CO INC-W/RTS COM 064057102 974 24350 SH Sole 24350
BANK UNITED OF TEXAS FSB COM 065414203 439 17100 SH Sole 17100
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC COM 084670108 1515 27 SH Sole 27
BLACKROCK NORTH AMERICAN COM 092475102 139 15200 SH Sole 15200
BLAIR CORP COM 092828102 280 20000 SH Sole 20000
BOEING CO-W/RTS TO PUR P/STK COM 097023105 416 10000 SH Sole 10000
BRADLEY REAL ESTATE INC COM 104580105 190 10900 SH Sole 10900
C NET INC-DEL COM 125945105 426 7500 SH Sole 7500
CDNOW / N2K INC COM COM 125086108 4948 501100 SH Sole 501100
CENDANT CORP COM 151313103 1063 40000 SH Sole 40000
CENTER TR INC COM 40443E100 118 12150 SH Sole 12150
CERBCO INC COM 156713109 93 17500 SH Sole 17500
CERPLEX GROUP INC COM 051629103 13 11252 SH Sole 11252
CHATTEM INC COM 162456107 570 30000 SH Sole 30000
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CHEMDEX CORP COM 163595101 222 2000 SH Sole 2000
CISCO SYSTEMS INC COM 17275R102 1311 12240 SH Sole 12240
CITIGROUP CAPITAL V COM 17306k209 1030 50100 SH Sole 50100
CITIGROUP INC COM 894190107 688 12375 SH Sole 10000 2375
CITIZENS UTILITIES CO SER B COM 177342201 284 20000 SH Sole 20000
CITY AUTO RESOURCES SERVICES COM 177566106 1 30900 SH Sole 30900
CNY FINANCIAL CORP COM 12613U107 1188 66000 SH Sole 65000 1000
COLUMBIA/HCA HEALTHCARE CORP COM 197677107 2196 74900 SH Sole 30000 44900
COMDISCO INC COM 200336105 1117 30000 SH Sole 30000
COMMUNITY STATE BANK COM 204136105 184 15000 SH Sole 15000
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP COM 204493100 1221 45100 SH Sole 45100
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP-NEW COM 22160Q102 456 5000 SH Sole 5000
DELL COMPUTER CORP COM 247025109 311 6100 SH Sole 6100
DOLLAR TREE STORES INC COM 256747106 218 4500 SH Sole 4500
EASTERN ENTERPRISES COM 27637F100 862 15000 SH Sole 15000
ELI LILLY & CO COM 532457108 1064 16000 SH Sole 15000 1000
FEDEX CORP COM 31428X106 852 20800 SH Sole 20800
G-III APPAREL GROUP LTD COM 36237H101 36 10000 SH Sole 10000
GLOBAL CROSSING LTD COM G3921A100 6110 122200 SH Sole 43500 78700
GLOBAL TECHNOVATIONS INC COM 890530108 12 13500 SH Sole 13500
HANDLEMAN CO COM 410252100 1739 130000 SH Sole 130000
HANOVER DIRECT INC COM 410783104 43 12000 SH Sole 12000
HARCOURT GENERAL INC COM 41163G101 604 15000 SH Sole 15000
HARRAHS ENTERTAINMAENT INC COM 413619107 793 30000 SH Sole 30000
HIGH INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND I COM 42967Q105 233 27362 SH Sole 27362
HRPT PROPERTIES TR-SBI COM 422169102 140 15600 SH Sole 15600
INTERNET COMMERCE CORP-CL A COM 46059F109 311 10000 SH Sole 10000
INTL FAST FOOD CORP COM 45950q107 219 313300 SH Sole 313300
KERAVISION INC COM 492061106 122 20000 SH Sole 20000
KIRBY EXPLORATION CO INC COM 497266106 642 31300 SH Sole 31300
KROLL O GARA CO (THE) COM 501050108 495 30000 SH Sole 30000
LANIER WORLDWIDE INC COM 51589L105 97 25000 SH Sole 25000
LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST COM 531172104 1465 60400 SH Sole 60400
LSI LOGIC CORP-W/RTS TO PUR COM 502161102 2774 41100 SH Sole 41100
LTC PROPERTIES INC COM 502175102 311 36800 SH Sole 36800
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
LTC PROPERTIES INC-9% CUM PFD COM 531172104 215 16700 SH Sole 16700
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 549463107 349 4663 SH Sole 4663
MACK-CALI REALTY CORP COM 129909107 1194 45800 SH Sole 45800
MATRIX PHARMACEUTICAL INC COM 576844104 233 49000 SH Sole 49000
MCI WORLDCOM INC COM 55268b106 2968 55935 SH Sole 55935
MEDIAONE GROUP INC COM 912889201 1705 22200 SH Sole 22200
MICROSOFT CORP. COM 594918104 1880 16100 SH Sole 16100
MONSANTO CO - 6.50% PFD ADJ COM 611662305 1166 35200 SH Sole 15000 20200
MONTANA POWER CO W/RTS TO PUR COM 612085100 3300 91500 SH Sole 91500
NATIONWIDE HEALTH PROPERTIES COM 638620104 197 14352 SH Sole 14352
NATURAL MICROSYSTEMS CORP COM 638882100 468 10000 SH Sole 10000
NETWORK PERIPHERALS INC COM 64121R100 912 19300 SH Sole 19300
NEWSEDGE CORP COM 65249q106 4980 426100 SH Sole 57500 368600
NOVA CORP-GA COM 669784100 1420 45000 SH Sole 45000
OFFICE DEPOT INC COM 676220106 273 25000 SH Sole 25000
OPTI INC COM 683960108 638 120000 SH Sole 120000
ORACLE SYSTEMS CORP COM 68389X105 359 3200 SH Sole 3200
PACIFIC AMER INCOME SHARES INC COM 693796104 141 11900 SH Sole 11900
PANAMSAT CORP NEW COM 697933109 695 11700 SH Sole 11700
PER-SE TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 713569309 336 40000 SH Sole 40000
PIMCO COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE COM 693388100 500 41700 SH Sole 41700
PLANET POLYMER TECHNOLOGIES COM 727044109 2222 789900 SH Sole 789900
POLAROID CORP-W/RTS TO PUR COM 731095105 753 40000 SH Sole 40000
POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER CO COM 737679100 450 19600 SH Sole 19600
QUALCOMM INC COM 747525103 1990 11300 SH Sole 11300
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY COM 811804103 698 15000 SH Sole 15000
SOUTH JERSEY FINL CORP COM 838493104 352 22500 SH Sole 22500
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP NEW COM 862111200 479 26000 SH Sole 25000 1000
SUMMIT BANCORP COM 866005101 484 15800 SH Sole 15800
SUNGARD DATA SYSTEMS INC COM 867363103 427 17962 SH Sole 17962
TANDY CORP COM 875382103 2646 53800 SH Sole 53800
TCW DW TERM TRUST 2002-SBI COM 87234t101 507 55900 SH Sole 55900
THERMO CARDIOSYSTEMS INC COM 88355K200 597 91000 SH Sole 91000
TIME WARNER INC. COM 887315109 2528 34900 SH Sole 34900
TITAN CORP COM 888266103 3299 70000 SH Sole 70000
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
TRACKPOWER INC. COM 89235C103 194 223500 SH Sole 223500
TRITON ENERGY CORP LTD-ORD CL COM G90751101 206 10000 SH Sole 10000
TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD NEW COM 902124106 1256 32300 SH Sole 32300
UNITED RETAIL GROUP INC COM 911380103 82 10000 SH Sole 10000
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP COM 919794107 448 15991 SH Sole 7726 8265
VICORP RESTAURANTS INC COM 925817108 469 29100 SH Sole 29100
VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES INC COM 928703107 597 25000 SH Sole 25000
WALT DISNEY CO W/RTS TO PUR COM 254687106 605 20690 SH Sole 20690
WARNER-LAMBERT CO COM 934488107 1712 20893 SH Sole 20893
WASHINGTON MUTUAL INC COM 939322103 398 15290 SH Sole 10000 5290
XTRA CORP-W/RTS TO PUR P/STK COM 984138107 639 15000 SH Sole 15000
YAHOO INC COM 984332106 2163 5000 SH Sole 5000
CAMDEN PROPERTIES TRUST 2.25 C PRD 133131201 563 25100 SH Sole 25100
111907 6003724 1638688 4365036
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