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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 1999
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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: Brookside Capital Investors, Inc. *
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Address: Two Copley Place
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Boston, MA 02116
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Form 13F File Number: 28-
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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 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: Michele May
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Title: Vice President
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Phone: (617) 572-3000
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Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Michele May Boston, MA 11/15/99
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*Brookside Capital Investors, Inc. is the general partner of Brookside Capital
Investors, L.P., the general partner of Brookside Capital Partners Fund, L.P.
Brookside Capital Investors, Inc. is wholly owned by W. Mitt Romney.
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: 2
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Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 76
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 952,531
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(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all
institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed,
other than the manager filing this report.
No. Form 13F File Number Name
1 28- Brookside Capital Partners Fund, L.P.
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2 28- Brookside Capital Investors, L.P.
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Brookside Capital Partners Fund, L.P.
Form 13F Information Table as of 9/30/1999
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8
Shares or Value Investment Other Voting Authority
Name of Issuer Title of Class Cusip Prn Amount (x$1000) Discretion Managers Sole Shared None
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24/7 Media Inc COM 901314104 11,000 SH $ 413 SOLE X
Advanced Neuromodulation System COM 00757T101 681,100 SH $ 5,619 SOLE X
Alkermes Inc COM 01642T108 25,000 SH $ 717 SOLE X
Altera Corp. COM 021441100 37,000 SH $ 1,605 SOLE X
Amerco Inc. COM 023586100 786,600 SH $ 22,467 SOLE X
Antec Corp. COM 03664P105 278,600 SH $ 14,801 SOLE X
Applied Power Inc. CL A 038225108 1,323,200 SH $ 40,192 SOLE X
Art Technology Group Inc COM 04289L107 50,500 SH $ 1,922 SOLE X
Aspect Development Inc. COM 045234101 383,800 SH $ 9,715 SOLE X
Baan Co NV COM N08044104 561,200 SH $ 8,137 SOLE X
Bally Total Fitness Holding COM 05873K108 1,182,900 SH $ 36,152 SOLE X
BEA Systems Inc. COM 073325102 1,401,800 SH $ 49,501 SOLE X
Bj's Wholesale Club Inc. COM 05548J106 415,100 SH $ 12,271 SOLE X
Blockbuster Inc CL A 93679108 200,000 SH $ 2,550 SOLE X
Bluestone Software Inc COM 09623P102 75,000 SH $ 1,734 SOLE X
Broadbase Software Inc COM 11130R100 100,500 SH $ 1,602 SOLE X
Cheap Tickets Inc COM 162672109 185,100 SH $ 5,993 SOLE X
CheckFree Holdings Corp COM 162816102 99,700 SH $ 4,100 SOLE X
Chemdex Corp COM 163595101 25,000 SH $ 770 SOLE X
Clarify Inc. COM 180492100 859,500 SH $ 43,244 SOLE X
Com21 Inc. COM 205937105 399,800 SH $ 5,197 SOLE X
CompuCredit COM 20478N100 216,500 SH $ 4,019 SOLE X
Cyberonics COM 23251P102 100,000 SH $ 1,788 SOLE X
Dataware Technologies Inc. COM 237920103 540,000 SH $ 1,316 SOLE X
Dollar Tree Stores Inc. COM 256747106 192,500 SH $ 7,688 SOLE X
Doncasters Plc SPONSORED ADR 257692103 523,600 SH $ 6,283 SOLE X
Doubleclick Inc. COM 258609304 375,000 SH $ 44,672 SOLE X
Elan Corp. Plc COM 284131208 825,000 SH $ 27,689 SOLE X
Encore Wire Corp. COM 292562105 1,000,000 SH $ 9,063 SOLE X
Epix Medical Inc. COM 26881Q101 369,600 SH $ 2,633 SOLE X
ESPS Inc COM 269129102 202,500 SH $ 1,734 SOLE X
eToys Inc COM 297862104 129,900 SH $ 8,647 SOLE X
Flextronics International ORD Y2573F102 399,800 SH $ 23,263 SOLE X
Geltex Pharmaceuticals Inc. COM 368538104 11,000 SH $ 122 SOLE X
Global-Tech Appliances Inc. COM G39320109 1,053,000 SH $ 5,462 SOLE X
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. COM 38141G104 5,000 SH $ 305 SOLE X
Gtech Holdings Corp. COM 400518106 165,000 SH $ 3,537 SOLE X
Hewlett Packard Co COM 428236103 35,000 SH $ 3,185 SOLE X
Hollywood Entertainment Corp. COM 436141105 1,899,300 SH $ 28,490 SOLE X
Interactive Intelligence Inc COM 45839M103 62,000 SH $ 1,426 SOLE X
Ispat International NV NY REG SH CL A 464899103 2,000,000 SH $ 20,875 SOLE X
King Pharmaceuticals Inc COM 495582108 25,000 SH $ 875 SOLE X
Micro Therapeutics Inc. COM 59500W100 240,000 SH $ 2,760 SOLE X
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co COM 617446448 195,000 SH $ 17,392 SOLE X
Omnicare Inc. COM 681904108 841,500 SH $ 8,099 SOLE X
Open Market Inc COM 68370M100 1,184,700 SH $ 15,549 SOLE X
Parexel International Corp. COM 699462107 368,900 SH $ 3,366 SOLE X
Pentair Inc COM 709631105 77,800 SH $ 3,122 SOLE X
Pericom Semiconductor Corp COM 713831105 697,500 SH $ 10,375 SOLE X
Providian Financial Corp COM 74406A102 225,500 SH $ 17,857 SOLE X
PSS World Medical Inc. COM 69366A100 3,211,900 SH $ 28,706 SOLE X
Rambus Inc COM 750917106 85,000 SH $ 5,631 SOLE X
Red Hat Inc COM 756577102 25,000 SH $ 2,400 SOLE X
Reinsurance Group of America COM 759351109 168,414 SH $ 4,326 SOLE X
Ryerson Tull Inc. COM 78375P107 391,958 SH $ 9,064 SOLE X
SCM Microsystems Inc. COM 784018103 238,400 SH $ 10,832 SOLE X
Scotts Company (The) CL A 810186106 588,600 SH $ 20,380 SOLE X
Silgan Holdings Inc. COM 827048109 1,135,150 SH $ 22,703 SOLE X
SilverStream Software Inc COM 827907106 57,300 SH $ 1,783 SOLE X
Sipex Corp. COM 829909100 251,300 SH $ 3,597 SOLE X
Smith-Gardner Associates Inc COM 832059109 458,000 SH $ 3,578 SOLE X
Snyder Communications Inc COM 832914105 1,881,300 SH $ 28,572 SOLE X
SportsLine USA Inc COM 849934105 97,300 SH $ 2,876 SOLE X
Stage Stores Inc. COM 85254C107 2,259,800 SH $ 13,983 SOLE X
Steel Dynamics Inc. COM 858119100 1,845,000 SH $ 28,943 SOLE X
Tech Data Corp. COM 878237106 796,600 SH $ 18,546 SOLE X
Technology Solutions Co. COM 87872T108 3,655,000 SH $ 51,627 SOLE X
Tekelec COM 879101103 1,740,000 SH $ 24,034 SOLE X
Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch COM 88633P203 760,000 SH $ 18,383 SOLE X
TJX Companies Inc. COM 872540109 1,113,500 SH $ 31,248 SOLE X
Trans World Entertainment COM 89336Q100 463,900 SH $ 5,886 SOLE X
True North Communications COM 897844106 899,800 SH $ 32,730 SOLE X
TSI International Software Ltd. COM 872879101 351,900 SH $ 9,545 SOLE X
UnumProvident Corp COM 91529Y106 260,000 SH $ 7,654 SOLE X
Vestcom International Inc. COM 924904105 1,150,700 SH $ 3,021 SOLE X
Wells Fargo Company COM 949746101 307,600 SH $ 12,189 SOLE X
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