UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 1999
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
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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 02/14/2000
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: 107
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $679,664
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 9421 185400 SH SOLE 185400 0 0
ABBOTT LABS COM 002824100 14325 394500 SH SOLE 394500 0 0
ACTRADE INTL COM 004931101 1382 92500 SH SOLE 92500 0 0
ALTERA CORP COM 021441100 3172 64000 SH SOLE 64000 0 0
APPLIED EXTRUSION TECHNOLOGIES COM 038196101 3483 568600 SH SOLE 568600 0 0
ARMSTRONG WORLD INDS INC COM 042476101 3277 98200 SH SOLE 98200 0 0
AUSPEX SYSTEMS INC COM 052116100 4744 462800 SH SOLE 462800 0 0
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC COM 053015103 186 3460 SH SOLE 3460 0 0
BP AMOCO P L C COM 055622104 678 11432 SH SOLE 11432 0 0
BAKER HUGHES INC COM 057224107 3696 175500 SH SOLE 175500 0 0
BANK NEW YORK INC COM 064057102 39604 990109 SH SOLE 990109 0 0
BECTON DICKINSON & CO COM 075887109 7138 265000 SH SOLE 265000 0 0
BLACK & DECKER CORP COM 091797100 20 376 SH SOLE 376 0 0
BOEING CO COM 097023105 6522 157400 SH SOLE 157400 0 0
BURLINGTON RES INC COM 122014103 4959 150000 SH SOLE 150000 0 0
CVS CORP COM 126650100 4 100 SH SOLE 100 0 0
CABOT CORP COM 127055101 6214 305000 SH SOLE 305000 0 0
CENDANT CORP COM 151313103 8234 310000 SH SOLE 310000 0 0
CHARTER ONE FINL INC COM 160903100 11 592 SH SOLE 592 0 0
CHECKFREE HLDGS CORP COM 162816102 6385 61100 SH SOLE 61100 0 0
CHEVRON CORPORATION COM 166751107 87 1000 SH SOLE 1000 0 0
CHUBB CORP COM 171232101 16443 292000 SH SOLE 292000 0 0
CITIGROUP INC COM 172967101 76102 1366586 SH SOLE 1366586 0 0
CONGOLEUM CORP NEW CL A 207195108 1555 388700 SH SOLE 388700 0 0
CONVERGYS CORP COM 212485106 13010 423100 SH SOLE 423100 0 0
CROWN CORK & SEAL INC COM 228255105 4 200 SH SOLE 200 0 0
CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM 229678107 539 28000 SH SOLE 28000 0 0
CYBERONICS INC COM 23251P102 24240 1520958 SH SOLE 1520958 0 0
DATATEC SYS INC COM 238128102 3000 533334 SH SOLE 533334 0 0
DATATEC SYS INC COM 238128102 4942 878500 SH SOLE 878500 0 0
DIEBOLD INC COM 253651103 9315 396400 SH SOLE 396400 0 0
DISNEY WALT CO COM 254687106 82 2800 SH SOLE 2800 0 0
DOLLAR GEN CORP COM 256669102 6627 291292 SH SOLE 291292 0 0
DUPONT E I DE NEMOURS & CO COM 263534109 14 215 SH SOLE 215 0 0
DUCOMMUN INC DEL COM 264147109 18267 1679714 SH SOLE 1679714 0 0
EL PASO ENERGY CORP DEL COM 283905107 12 322 SH SOLE 322 0 0
EXXON-MOBIL COM 30231G102 19019 236082 SH SOLE 236082 0 0
FEDERAL NATL MTG ASSN COM 313586109 62 1000 SH SOLE 1000 0 0
FIRST DATA CORP COM 319963104 26770 542858 SH SOLE 542858 0 0
FIRST UN REAL EST EQ&MTG INVTS SH BEN INT 337400105 319 67200 SH SOLE 67200 0 0
FLEETBOSTON FIN COM 339030108 15 430 SH SOLE 430 0 0
FRESENIUSMEDPFD SPN ADR PREF SH 358030203 1 122000 SH SOLE 122000 0 0
GTE CORP COM 362320103 14 200 SH SOLE 200 0 0
GARDNER DENVER INC COM 365558105 2430 145600 SH SOLE 145600 0 0
GATEWAY INC. COM 367626108 31 430 SH SOLE 430 0 0
GENERAL DATACOMM INDS INC COM 369487103 1676 253000 SH SOLE 253000 0 0
GENERAL ELEC CO COM 369604103 7625 49270 SH SOLE 49270 0 0
GENERAL MAGIC INC COM 370253106 0 100 SH SOLE 100 0 0
GENRAD INC COM 372447102 8691 539000 SH SOLE 539000 0 0
GLOBAL INDS LTD COM 379336100 2592 300500 SH SOLE 300500 0 0
HANOVER COMPRESSOR CO COM 410768105 7429 196800 SH SOLE 196800 0 0
HITOX CORP AMER COM 433658101 1854 1140780 SH SOLE 1140780 0 0
HOME DEPOT INC COM 437076102 309 4500 SH SOLE 4500 0 0
HONEYWELL INTL COM 438516106 9669 167613 SH SOLE 167613 0 0
INTEL CORP COM 458140100 40293 489509 SH SOLE 489509 0 0
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS COM 459200101 1028 9532 SH SOLE 9532 0 0
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORP COM 460254105 18996 730600 SH SOLE 730600 0 0
JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 233 2500 SH SOLE 2500 0 0
KROGER CO COM 501044101 16 860 SH SOLE 860 0 0
LILLY ELI & CO COM 532457108 1114 16745 SH SOLE 16745 0 0
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. COM 549463107 13010 173468 SH SOLE 173468 0 0
MATTEL INC COM 577081102 6 480 SH SOLE 480 0 0
MEDIA 100 INC COM 58440W105 6160 233000 SH SOLE 233000 0 0
MERCK & CO INC COM 589331107 148 2200 SH SOLE 2200 0 0
METACREATIONS CORP COM 591016100 5409 629400 SH SOLE 629400 0 0
MILLENIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM 599902103 8113 66499 SH SOLE 66499 0 0
MILLENIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM 599902103 671 21480 SH SOLE 21480 0 0
MILLENIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM 599902103 14447 118422 SH SOLE 118422 0 0
MIRAGE RESORTS INC COM 60462E104 5198 343700 SH SOLE 343700 0 0
OBJECT DESIGN INC COM 674416102 2785 192100 SH SOLE 192100 0 0
PHILIP MORRIS COS INC COM 718154107 4617 200749 SH SOLE 200749 0 0
PHILLIPS PETE CO COM 718507106 9 200 SH SOLE 200 0 0
PHOENIX TECHNOLOGY LTD COM 719153108 13458 851100 SH SOLE 851100 0 0
POLICY MGMT SYS CORP COM 731108106 5113 200000 SH SOLE 200000 0 0
PREMIUMWEAR INC COM 740909106 1080 196282 SH SOLE 196282 0 0
QUINTILES TRANSNATIONAL CORP COM 748767100 5640 301806 SH SOLE 301806 0 0
RAYTHEON CO CL B 755111408 5 200 SH SOLE 200 0 0
RENAL CARE GROUP INC COM 759930100 5166 221000 SH SOLE 221000 0 0
REYNOLDS & REYNOLDS CO CL A 761695105 8762 389400 SH SOLE 389400 0 0
RITE AID CORP COM 767754104 33 3000 SH SOLE 3000 0 0
SLM HLDG CORP COM 78442A109 5049 119500 SH SOLE 119500 0 0
SANTE FE SNYDER CORP COM 80218K105 1963 245400 SH SOLE 245400 0 0
SEA CONTAINERS LTD CL B 811371103 13 500 SH SOLE 500 0 0
SEA CONTAINERS LTD CL A 811371707 6393 240100 SH SOLE 240100 0 0
SERVICE CORP INTL COM 817565104 3051 439822 SH SOLE 439822 0 0
SIMON PPTY GROUP INC NEW COM 828806109 6 269 SH SOLE 269 0 0
SMITHFIELD FOODS INC COM 832248108 28351 1181277 SH SOLE 1181277 0 0
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC COM 866810104 46 600 SH SOLE 600 0 0
TEXAS INSTRS INC COM 882508104 23217 240276 SH SOLE 240276 0 0
THE STREET.COM COM 88368Q103 384 20000 SH SOLE 20000 0 0
3-D SYS CORP DEL COM NEW 88554D205 5872 690872 SH SOLE 690872 0 0
TOTAL RENAL CARE HLDGS INC COM 89151A107 4153 621000 SH SOLE 621000 0 0
TRANSMEDIA NETWORK INC COM NEW 893767301 1079 431600 SH SOLE 431600 0 0
TRANSMEDIA PFDA PRD A 893767400 335 134094 SH SOLE 134094 0 0
UFP TECH TECHNOLOGIES COM 902673102 267 97200 SH SOLE 97200 0 0
US BANCORP DEL COM 902973106 5096 214000 SH SOLE 214000 0 0
UNION PAC CORP COM 907818108 87 2000 SH SOLE 2000 0 0
VEECO INSTRS INC DEL COM 922417100 18856 402800 SH SOLE 402800 0 0
VENATOR GROUP INC COM 922944103 332 47400 SH SOLE 47400 0 0
VERITY INC COM 92343C106 7819 183700 SH SOLE 183700 0 0
WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 69 1004 SH SOLE 1004 0 0
WARNACO GROUP INC CL A 934390105 5 430 SH SOLE 430 0 0
WEBB DEL CORP COM 947423109 7405 297700 SH SOLE 297700 0 0
WILLIAMETTE INDS INC COM 969133107 14 300 SH SOLE 300 0 0
XEROX CORP COM 984121103 11605 511500 SH SOLE 511500 0 0
YAHOO INC COM 984332106 297 686 SH SOLE 686 0 0
ZIFF-DAVIS INC COM 989511100 190 12000 SH SOLE 12000 0 0
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