UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2000
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: The Clark Estates, Inc.
Address: One Rockefeller Plaza
31st Floor
New York, NY 10020
13F File Number:
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: Richard C. Vanison
Title: Treasurer
Phone: 212-977-6900
Signature, Place and date of Signing:
Richard C. Vanison New York, New York 11/14/2000
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE.
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
List of Other Managers reporting for this Manager:
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 120
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $733,083
List of Other Included Managers:
No. 13F File Number Name
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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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AT&T CORP COM 001957109 5446 185400 SH SOLE 185400 0 0
ABBOTT LABS COM 002824100 18716 393500 SH SOLE 393500 0 0
ACTRADE FINL TECHNOLOGIES LTD COM 00507P102 5622 187015 SH SOLE 187015 0 0
APPLIED EXTRUSION TECHNOLOGIES COM 038196101 1812 568600 SH SOLE 568600 0 0
ARMSTRONG HLDGS INC COM 042384107 1172 98200 SH SOLE 98200 0 0
AUSPEX SYS INC COM 052116100 3108 251179 SH SOLE 251179 0 0
AUSPEX SYS INC COM 052116100 5960 481600 SH SOLE 481600 0 0
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC COM 053015103 231 3460 SH SOLE 3460 0 0
AVIALL INC NEW COM 05366B102 2556 397100 SH SOLE 397100 0 0
BP AMOCO P L C COM 055622104 690 13020 SH SOLE 13020 0 0
BAKER HUGHES INC COM 057224107 6515 175500 SH SOLE 175500 0 0
BANK NEW YORK INC COM 064057102 55031 981609 SH SOLE 981609 0 0
BARNESANDNOBLE COM INC COM 067846105 413 84200 SH SOLE 84200 0 0
BIO RAD LABS INC COM 090572207 5195 230800 SH SOLE 230800 0 0
BLACK & DECKER CORP COM 091797100 13 376 SH SOLE 376 0 0
BOEING CO COM 097023105 16248 257900 SH SOLE 257900 0 0
BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO COM 110122108 181 3160 SH SOLE 3160 0 0
BURLINGTON RES INC COM 122014103 5522 150000 SH SOLE 150000 0 0
CABOT CORP COM 127055101 9665 305000 SH SOLE 305000 0 0
CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORP COM 12709P103 1440 30000 SH SOLE 30000 0 0
CENDANT CORP COM 151313103 5473 503300 SH SOLE 503300 0 0
CHARTER ONE FINL INC COM 160903100 15 622 SH SOLE 622 0 0
CHASE MANHATTAN CORP NEW COM 16161A108 7852 170000 SH SOLE 170000 0 0
CHEVRON CORPORATION COM 166751107 145 1700 SH SOLE 1700 0 0
CHUBB CORP COM 171232101 23228 293555 SH SOLE 293555 0 0
CITIGROUP INC COM 172967101 44395 821172 SH SOLE 821172 0 0
CONGOLEUM CORP NEW CL A 207195108 1728 378700 SH SOLE 378700 0 0
CONVERGYS CORP COM 212485106 16429 422600 SH SOLE 422600 0 0
CYBERONICS INC COM 23251P102 26050 1215183 SH SOLE 1215183 0 0
DATATEC SYS INC COM 238128102 2350 533334 SH SOLE 533334 0 0
DATATEC SYS INC COM 238128102 1943 440900 SH SOLE 440900 0 0
DEVON ENERGY CORP NEW COM 25179M103 3214 53438 SH SOLE 53438 0 0
DIEBOLD INC COM 253651103 10583 398400 SH SOLE 398400 0 0
DISNEY WALT CO COM 254687106 126 3290 SH SOLE 3290 0 0
DOLLAR GEN CORP COM 256669102 6050 361216 SH SOLE 361216 0 0
DUPONT E I DE NEMOURS & CO COM 263534109 9 215 SH SOLE 215 0 0
DUCOMMUN INC DEL COM 264147109 23621 1679714 SH SOLE 1679714 0 0
EL PASO ENERGY CORP DEL COM 283905107 20 322 SH SOLE 322 0 0
EMERSON ELEC CO COM 291011104 27 400 SH SOLE 400 0 0
ENHANCE FINL SVCS GROUP INC COM 293310108 6263 481800 SH SOLE 481800 0 0
EXCELON CORP COM 300691102 8672 700800 SH SOLE 700800 0 0
EXXON-MOBIL CORP COM 30231G102 20708 232352 SH SOLE 232352 0 0
FEDERAL NATL MTG ASSN COM 313586109 72 1000 SH SOLE 1000 0 0
FIRST DATA CORP COM 319963104 20956 536472 SH SOLE 536472 0 0
FIRST UN CORP COM 337358105 16 500 SH SOLE 500 0 0
FLEETBOSTON FINL CORP COM 339030108 17 430 SH SOLE 430 0 0
FOSTER L B CO COM 350060109 14 4000 SH SOLE 4000 0 0
GARTNER GROUP INC NEW COM 366651206 3 293 SH SOLE 293 0 0
GATEWAY INC. COM 367626108 20 430 SH SOLE 430 0 0
GENERAL DATACOMM INDS INC COM 369487103 1312 253000 SH SOLE 253000 0 0
GENERAL ELEC CO COM 369604103 8598 149050 SH SOLE 149050 0 0
GENERAL MAGIC INC COM 370253106 1 100 SH SOLE 100 0 0
GENRAD INC COM 372447102 11091 1008300 SH SOLE 1008300 0 0
HEALTH CARE PPTY INVS INC COM 421915109 21 700 SH SOLE 700 0 0
HOME DEPOT INC COM 437076102 239 4500 SH SOLE 4500 0 0
HONEYWELL INTL INC COM 438516106 8808 247239 SH SOLE 247239 0 0
IMS HEALTH INC COM 449934108 47 2254 SH SOLE 2254 0 0
INTEL CORP COM 458140100 30344 730083 SH SOLE 730083 0 0
INTERGRAPH CORP COM 458683109 7352 1022900 SH SOLE 1022900 0 0
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS COM 459200101 1027 9132 SH SOLE 9132 0 0
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORP COM 460254105 10080 199600 SH SOLE 199600 0 0
JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 235 2500 SH SOLE 2500 0 0
KEANE INC COM 486665102 2742 157600 SH SOLE 157600 0 0
KROGER CO COM 501044101 19 860 SH SOLE 860 0 0
LEXMARK INTL GROUP INC COM 529771107 46 1215 SH SOLE 1215 0 0
LILLY ELI & CO COM 532457108 1344 16565 SH SOLE 16565 0 0
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. COM 549463107 5843 191168 SH SOLE 191168 0 0
LUMINEX CORP DEL COM 55027E102 7600 200000 SH SOLE 200000 0 0
MAIL.COM COM 560311102 5199 996200 SH SOLE 996200 0 0
MCKESSON HBOC INC COM 58155Q103 7335 240000 SH SOLE 240000 0 0
MEDIA 100 INC COM 58440W105 4054 368500 SH SOLE 368500 0 0
MERCK & CO INC COM 589331107 164 2200 SH SOLE 2200 0 0
METACREATIONS CORP COM 591016100 8161 725400 SH SOLE 725400 0 0
MILLENIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM 599902103 7274 49798 SH SOLE 49798 0 0
MILLENIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM 599902103 6275 42960 SH SOLE 42960 0 0
MILLENIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM 599902103 6750 46214 SH SOLE 46214 0 0
MINNESOTA MNG & MFG CO COM 604059105 6834 75000 SH SOLE 75000 0 0
NETSOLVE INC COM 64115J106 40 5557 SH SOLE 5557 0 0
NOBLE DRILLING CORP COM 655042109 50 1000 SH SOLE 1000 0 0
PALL CORP COM 696429307 6978 350000 SH SOLE 350000 0 0
PHILIP MORRIS COS INC COM 718154107 5751 195349 SH SOLE 195349 0 0
PHILLIPS PETE CO COM 718507106 13 200 SH SOLE 200 0 0
PHOENIX TECHNOLOGY LTD COM 719153108 14375 901935 SH SOLE 901935 0 0
QUALCOMM INC COM 747525103 1 17 SH SOLE 17 0 0
QUINTILES TRANSNATIONAL CORP COM 748767100 4713 295698 SH SOLE 295698 0 0
RAYTHEON CO CL B 755111408 6 200 SH SOLE 200 0 0
RENAL CARE GROUP INC COM 759930100 5979 321000 SH SOLE 321000 0 0
REUTERS GROUP PLC COM 76132M102 39 346 SH SOLE 346 0 0
REYNOLDS & REYNOLDS CO CL A 761695105 7646 384700 SH SOLE 384700 0 0
RITE AID CORP COM 767754104 12 3000 SH SOLE 3000 0 0
SEA CONTAINERS LTD CL B 811371103 12 500 SH SOLE 500 0 0
SEA CONTAINERS LTD CL A 811371707 8831 378800 SH SOLE 378800 0 0
SENSAR CORP COM 817253107 96 5000 SH SOLE 5000 0 0
SERVICE CORP INTL COM 817565104 1070 438832 SH SOLE 438832 0 0
SIMON PPTY GROUP INC NEW COM 828806109 6 269 SH SOLE 269 0 0
SMITHFIELD FOODS INC COM 832248108 38754 1476327 SH SOLE 1476327 0 0
STERICYCLE INC COM 858912108 919 37500 SH SOLE 37500 0 0
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC COM 866810104 47 400 SH SOLE 400 0 0
SYNAVANT INC COM 87157A105 1 112 SH SOLE 112 0 0
TEXAS INSTRS INC COM 882508104 12347 261648 SH SOLE 261648 0 0
THE STREET.COM COM 88368Q103 315 70000 SH SOLE 70000 0 0
3-D SYS CORP DEL COM NEW 88554D205 14864 792772 SH SOLE 792772 0 0
TOR MINERALS INTL INC COM 890878101 2158 1131814 SH SOLE 1131814 0 0
TOTAL RENAL CARE HLDGS INC COM 89151A107 7491 998800 SH SOLE 998800 0 0
TRANSMEDIA NETWORK INC COM NEW 893767301 1619 431600 SH SOLE 431600 0 0
TRANSMEDIA NETWORK INC PRD A 893767400 478 134094 SH SOLE 134094 0 0
TRIUMPH GROUP INC NEW COM 896818101 933 26000 SH SOLE 26000 0 0
US BANCORP DEL COM 902973106 4715 207272 SH SOLE 207272 0 0
USA ED INC COM 90390U102 5710 118500 SH SOLE 118500 0 0
UNION PAC CORP COM 907818108 78 2000 SH SOLE 2000 0 0
VEECO INSTRS INC DEL COM 922417100 25525 240200 SH SOLE 240200 0 0
VERITY INC COM 92343C106 9129 255800 SH SOLE 255800 0 0
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS COM 92343V104 12 244 SH SOLE 244 0 0
WMS IND INC COM 929297109 12020 534200 SH SOLE 534200 0 0
WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 39 804 SH SOLE 804 0 0
WARNACO GROUP INC CL A 934390105 2 430 SH SOLE 430 0 0
WEBB DEL CORP COM 947423109 8256 297500 SH SOLE 297500 0 0
WESTERN PWR & EQUIP CORP COM 959221102 30 10000 SH SOLE 10000 0 0
WILLIAMETTE INDS INC COM 969133107 8 300 SH SOLE 300 0 0
XEROX CORP COM 984121103 7685 510200 SH SOLE 510200 0 0
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