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, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Osprey Partners Investment Management LLC
Address: 1040 Broad Street
Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
13F File Number: 28-7808
The institutional investment manager filing this reoprt 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 Managers:
Name: Russell S. Tompkins
Title: Managing Partner
Phone: (732) 542-9191
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Russell S. Tompkins Shrewsbury, New Jersey November 10, 1999
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:
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 145
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $1,242,306
List of Other Included Managers:
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VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT -----VOTING AUTHORITY-----
NAME OF ISSUER -TITLE OF CLASS- --CUSIP-- (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN -MANAGERS- SOLE SHARED NONE
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D 3Com COM 885535104 43239 1503960 SH SOLE 815950 689810
883 30700 SH DEFINED 30700
32 1100 SH OTHER 1100
D ALCOA COM 013817101 32556 524574 SH SOLE 228438 296556
745 12000 SH DEFINED 12000
50 800 SH OTHER 800
D Air Prod & Chemical COM 009158106 21714 742360 SH SOLE 373750 369010
275 9400 SH DEFINED 9400
D Albertson's Inc. COM 013104104 22174 560477 SH SOLE 287940 273089
475 12000 SH DEFINED 12000
24 600 SH OTHER 600
D American General COM 026351106 1442 22800 SH SOLE 17700 5100
19 300 SH OTHER 300
D Amgen COM 031162100 815 10000 SH DEFINED 10000
D Applied Materials COM 038222105 443 5700 SH DEFINED 5700
D Arkansas Best Corp. COM 040790107 125 10100 SH SOLE 10100
D Arrow Electronics COM 042735100 26087 1480100 SH SOLE 810300 671600
582 33000 SH DEFINED 33000
D Baker Hughes Inc. COM 057224107 27414 945310 SH SOLE 523700 422610
232 8000 SH DEFINED 8000
41 1400 SH OTHER 1400
D Bank of New York COM 064057102 18765 561206 SH SOLE 299562 262444
53 1600 SH OTHER 1600
D Bel Fuse Inc. Cl A COM 077347201 217 6300 SH SOLE 5800 500
D Bell Atlantic Corp. COM 077853109 1885 28000 SH SOLE 23700 4300
875 13000 SH DEFINED 13000
D BellSouth Corp. COM 079860102 630 14000 SH SOLE 14000
D Berkshire Hathaway A COM 084670108 220 4 SH SOLE 4
D Bristol-Myers COM 110122108 486 7200 SH SOLE 2100 5300
27 400 SH OTHER 400
D Burlington Northern COM 12189T104 21397 778085 SH SOLE 446480 332255
462 16800 SH DEFINED 16800
D CNF Transportation COM 12612W104 21443 575640 SH SOLE 291950 284190
540 14500 SH DEFINED 14500
37 1000 SH OTHER 1000
D Cable & Wireless ADR COM 126830207 21173 639184 SH SOLE 371090 268994
447 13500 SH DEFINED 13500
26 800 SH OTHER 800
D Cambrex Corp. COM 132011107 227 8600 SH SOLE 7600 1000
D Chubb Corp. COM 171232101 19345 389815 SH SOLE 204645 185570
377 7600 SH DEFINED 7600
D Computer Associates COM 204912109 35735 584620 SH SOLE 312900 272395
935 15300 SH DEFINED 15300
D ConAgra Inc. COM 205887102 22579 1000720 SH SOLE 565600 436020
541 24000 SH DEFINED 24000
27 1200 SH OTHER 1200
D Conoco Inc. Cl B COM 208251405 27130 991048 SH SOLE 534512 457766
643 23490 SH DEFINED 23490
19 689 SH OTHER 689
D Cott Corp COM 22163n106 59 16300 SH SOLE 16300
D Dana Corp. COM 235811106 33876 912485 SH SOLE 483800 429435
613 16500 SH DEFINED 16500
33 900 SH OTHER 900
D Deere & Co. COM 244199105 27876 720533 SH SOLE 363845 357388
426 11000 SH DEFINED 11000
62 1600 SH OTHER 1600
D DuPont COM 263534109 18957 313342 SH SOLE 177166 136602
565 9338 SH DEFINED 9338
14 234 SH OTHER 234
D EMC Corp. COM 268648102 285 4000 SH SOLE 4000
D Eaton Corp. COM 278058102 647 7500 SH DEFINED 7500
D El Paso Energy COM 283905107 1181 29340 SH SOLE 11600 17740
D Electronic Data COM 285661104 715 13500 SH SOLE 13500
D Everest Reinsurance COM 299808105 35976 1510810 SH SOLE 773050 739710
526 22100 SH DEFINED 22100
50 2100 SH OTHER 2100
D Exxon Corp. COM 302290101 806 10600 SH SOLE 10000 600
D FPL Group Inc COM 302571104 22589 448420 SH SOLE 241450 207470
529 10500 SH DEFINED 10500
25 500 SH OTHER 500
D Fannie Mae COM 313586109 201 3200 SH SOLE 3200
D First Union Corp. COM 337358105 16091 451678 SH SOLE 245490 206588
D Genuine Parts Co. COM 372460105 19950 751050 SH SOLE 426475 325475
398 15000 SH DEFINED 15000
24 900 SH OTHER 900
D Global Crossing Ltd. COM G3921A100 20979 791643 SH SOLE 566516 226972
33 1230 SH OTHER 1230
D Goodyear Tire COM 382550101 23088 479755 SH SOLE 268200 212055
529 11000 SH DEFINED 11000
D Hartford Fin. Grp. COM 416515104 18598 455000 SH SOLE 246500 208950
470 11500 SH DEFINED 11500
D Hewlett Packard COM 428236103 37384 411945 SH SOLE 227750 184795
953 10500 SH DEFINED 10500
18 200 SH OTHER 200
D Int'l Bus Machines Corp COM 459200101 968 8000 SH SOLE 8000
D Intel Corp. COM 458140100 28695 386134 SH SOLE 170750 215984
1902 25600 SH DEFINED 25600
45 600 SH OTHER 600
D Interstate Bakeries COM 46072h108 24092 1047490 SH SOLE 637550 411140
621 27000 SH DEFINED 27000
9 400 SH OTHER 400
D KMART Corp COM 482584109 23987 2052400 SH SOLE 1125000 929700
222 19000 SH DEFINED 19000
20 1700 SH OTHER 1700
D Kennametal COM 489170100 376 14540 SH SOLE 5500 9040
D Kerr McGee Corp. COM 492386107 30055 545840 SH SOLE 271550 274640
496 9000 SH DEFINED 9000
D Kimberly-Clark COM 494368103 25423 481950 SH SOLE 265470 217080
37 700 SH OTHER 700
D Manor Care Inc. COM 564055101 20409 1187420 SH SOLE 686000 502720
27 1600 SH OTHER 1600
D Millennium Chemicals COM 599903101 32622 1596165 SH SOLE 962200 635765
266 13000 SH DEFINED 13000
31 1500 SH OTHER 1500
D National City Corp. COM 635405103 29154 1092410 SH SOLE 477000 616110
251 9400 SH DEFINED 9400
37 1400 SH OTHER 1400
D Parker-Hannifin COM 701094104 30779 686846 SH SOLE 341600 345946
583 13000 SH DEFINED 13000
58 1300 SH OTHER 1300
D Phillips Petroleum COM 718507106 28773 590222 SH SOLE 317000 273622
585 12000 SH DEFINED 12000
39 800 SH OTHER 800
D Raytheon Co. Cl. A COM 755111309 4837 99733 SH SOLE 37350 62383
509 10500 SH DEFINED 10500
D Raytheon Co. Cl. B COM 755111408 14872 299687 SH SOLE 198700 101487
40 800 SH OTHER 800
D Regions Financial Corp. COM 758940100 19510 650320 SH SOLE 386650 264370
D Rohm & Haas Co. COM 775371107 22152 613210 SH SOLE 350600 263360
578 16000 SH DEFINED 16000
D Royal Dutch COM 780257804 1358 23000 SH SOLE 18900 4100
47 800 SH OTHER 800
D SBC Communications COM 78387G103 37060 725783 SH SOLE 391150 335533
786 15400 SH DEFINED 15400
41 800 SH OTHER 800
D Sherwin-Williams Co COM 824348106 18881 901765 SH SOLE 470600 432065
25 1200 SH OTHER 1200
D Sonat Inc COM 835415100 992 25000 SH SOLE 25000
D TRW, Inc. COM 872649108 31557 634312 SH SOLE 375500 259612
846 17000 SH DEFINED 17000
60 1200 SH OTHER 1200
D TXU COM 882848104 25501 683438 SH SOLE 352600 331638
560 15000 SH DEFINED 15000
37 1000 SH OTHER 1000
D Tenet Healthcare COM 88033G100 32745 1864485 SH SOLE 1041100 825185
28 1600 SH OTHER 1600
D Tidewater Inc. COM 886423102 204 8000 SH DEFINED 8000
D US West Inc. COM 91273H101 38557 675703 SH SOLE 364930 311523
37 650 SH OTHER 650
D Union Planters Corp. COM 908068109 22928 562657 SH SOLE 321710 241447
407 10000 SH DEFINED 10000
24 600 SH OTHER 600
D Universal Foods COM 913538104 25827 1125965 SH SOLE 649300 477665
573 25000 SH DEFINED 25000
30 1300 SH OTHER 1300
S REPORT SUMMARY 145 DATA RECORDS 1242306 0 OTHER MANAGERS ON WHOSE BEHALF REPORT IS FILED
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