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Form 13F Cover Page
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: June 30, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Nvest Companies, L.P.
Address: 399 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
Form 13F File Number: 28-6808
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, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Beverly J. DeWitt
Title: Vice President and Counsel
Phone: 617-578-1309
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
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[Signature]
BOSTON, MA
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[City, State]
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[Date]
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Report Type (Check only one:):
\ \ 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager
are reported in this report.)
\X\ 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and
all holdings are reported by other reporting manger(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).)
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
NAME 13F FILE NUMBER
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AEW Capital Management, L.P. 28-6538
Back Bay Advisors, L.P. 28-2619
Founders Asset Management, Inc. 28-00620
Harris Associates L.P. 28-2013
Janus Capital Corporation 28-1343
Jurika & Voyles, L.P. 28-2899
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. 28-398
Montgomery Asset Management, L.P. 28-6764
Reich & Tang Asset Management L.P. 28-4818
Robertson Stephens & Company Investment Management, L.P. 28-5452
Snyder Capital Management, L.P. 28-6636
Vaughan, Nelson, Scarborough & McCullough L.P. 28-5840
Westpeak Investment Advisors, L.P. 28-4372
