UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 1999
Check here if Amendment: [ ]; Amendment Number:
This amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: The Baupost Group, L.L.C.
Address: 44 Brattle Street, 5th Floor
P.O. Box 389125
Cambridge, MA 02238-9125
13F File Number: 28-7120
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing this 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: Paul C. Gannon
Title: Chief Financial & Administrative Officer
Phone: 617-497-6680
Signature, Place and Date of Signing:
/s/ Paul C. Gannon
Paul C. Gannon, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 14, 1999
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 another 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
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 21
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $293,588
(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.
NONE
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Form 13F INFORMATION TABLE
TITLE VALUE SHRS OR SH/ PUT/ INVESTMENT OTHER VA
NAME OF ISSUER OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DISCRETION MANAGERS SOLE
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AZTEC TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS INC COM 05480L101 6,273 3,787,650 SH SOLE N/A 3,787,650
CHEMFIRST INC COM 16361A106 35,15 1,495,900 SH SOLE N/A 1,495,900
DELL COMPUTER CORP COM 247025109 8,584 210,000 PUT SOLE N/A 210,000
EL PASO ELEC CO COM NEW 283677854 2,686 352,300 SH SOLE N/A 352,300
GLOBAL-TECH APPLIANCES INC ORD G39320109 6,912 1,455,100 SH SOLE N/A 1,455,100
GTECH HLDGS CORP COM 400518106 36,799 1,509,700 SH SOLE N/A 1,509,700
HURRICANE HYDROCARBONS LTD CL A 44779E106 69 110,500 SH SOLE N/A 110,500
LNR PPTY CORP COM 501940100 30,502 1,544,400 SH SOLE N/A 1,544,400
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 549463107 16,200 300,000 PUT SOLE N/A 300,000
MFC BANCORP LTD COM 55271X103 5,237 775,850 SH SOLE N/A 775,850
NAVIGANT INTL INC COM 63935R108 12,453 2,316,841 SH SOLE N/A 2,316,841
NEUROGEN CORP COM 64124E106 1,443 135,000 SH SOLE N/A 135,000
OCTEL CORP COM 675727101 9,671 789,500 SH SOLE N/A 789,500
OMEGA WORLDWIDE INC COM 68210B108 1,985 529,200 SH SOLE N/A 529,200
SECURITY CAP GROUP INC CL A 81413P105 6,980 11,640 SH SOLE N/A 11,640
SECURITY CAP GROUP INC CL B 81413P204 221 16,500 SH SOLE N/A 16,500
SOLA INTL INC COM 834092108 20,884 1,731,300 SH SOLE N/A 1,731,300
STAGE STORES INC COM 85254C107 5,633 776,900 SH SOLE N/A 776,900
THERMO ELECTRON CORP COM 883556102 19,914 1,468,312 SH SOLE N/A 1,468,312
UCAR INTL INC COM 90262K109 41,350 2,927,400 SH SOLE N/A 2,927,400
VENTAS INC COM 92276F100 24,638 4,106,400 SH SOLE N/A 4,106,400
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