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
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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 February 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:
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 138
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $1,297,033
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 15915 338614 SH SOLE 153404 186310
1443 30700 SH DEFINED 30700
52 1100 SH OTHER 1100
D ALCOA COM 013817101 43021 518326 SH SOLE 215898 302848
996 12000 SH DEFINED 12000
66 800 SH OTHER 800
D Air Prod & Chemical COM 009158106 26989 804128 SH SOLE 429888 375040
315 9400 SH DEFINED 9400
D Albertson's Inc. COM 013104104 23907 741311 SH SOLE 401334 340229
387 12000 SH DEFINED 12000
19 600 SH OTHER 600
D American General COM 026351106 626 8250 SH SOLE 4150 4100
23 300 SH OTHER 300
D Amgen COM 031162100 901 15000 SH DEFINED 15000
D Applied Materials COM 038222105 507 4000 SH DEFINED 4000
D Arrow Electronics COM 042735100 36871 1453026 SH SOLE 769316 685510
837 33000 SH DEFINED 33000
41 1600 SH OTHER 1600
D Baker Hughes Inc. COM 057224107 37476 1779290 SH SOLE 984700 795090
168 8000 SH DEFINED 8000
29 1400 SH OTHER 1400
D Bank of New York COM 064057102 1340 33500 SH SOLE 7000 27100
8 200 SH OTHER 200
D Bell Atlantic Corp. COM 077853109 1702 27640 SH SOLE 23300 4340
800 13000 SH DEFINED 13000
D Berkshire Hathaway A COM 084670108 224 4 SH SOLE 4
D Bristol-Myers COM 110122108 443 6900 SH SOLE 2000 5100
26 400 SH OTHER 400
D Burlington Northern COM 12189T104 20692 853260 SH SOLE 465810 388100
407 16800 SH DEFINED 16800
D CNF Transportation COM 12612W104 25344 734614 SH SOLE 400664 334450
500 14500 SH DEFINED 14500
34 1000 SH OTHER 1000
D Cable & Wireless ADR COM 126830207 36993 698805 SH SOLE 356370 343335
715 13500 SH DEFINED 13500
42 800 SH OTHER 800
D Cardinal Health Inc. COM 14149y108 41273 862100 SH SOLE 465650 397250
967 20200 SH DEFINED 20200
38 800 SH OTHER 800
D Chubb Corp. COM 171232101 24979 443581 SH SOLE 217921 226060
428 7600 SH DEFINED 7600
D Computer Associates COM 204912109 46148 659853 SH SOLE 358714 301914
1070 15300 SH DEFINED 15300
21 300 SH OTHER 300
D ConAgra Inc. COM 205887102 23944 1055400 SH SOLE 582000 473800
544 24000 SH DEFINED 24000
27 1200 SH OTHER 1200
D Conoco Inc. Cl B COM 208251405 25844 1038956 SH SOLE 553683 486503
584 23490 SH DEFINED 23490
17 689 SH OTHER 689
D Cott Corp COM 22163n106 66 12600 SH SOLE 12600
D Dana Corp. COM 235811106 34134 1140163 SH SOLE 634868 506045
494 16500 SH DEFINED 16500
36 1200 SH OTHER 1200
D Deere & Co. COM 244199105 30870 711705 SH SOLE 355967 356438
477 11000 SH DEFINED 11000
69 1600 SH OTHER 1600
D DuPont COM 263534109 25632 389099 SH SOLE 206372 183153
615 9338 SH DEFINED 9338
35 534 SH OTHER 534
D EMC Corp. COM 268648102 389 3558 SH SOLE 3558
D Eaton Corp. COM 278058102 545 7500 SH DEFINED 7500
D El Paso Energy COM 283905107 1033 26610 SH SOLE 8900 17710
D Everest Reinsurance COM 299808105 35949 1611168 SH SOLE 878358 733910
493 22100 SH DEFINED 22100
47 2100 SH OTHER 2100
D Exxon Mobil Corporation COM 30231G102 226 2802 SH SOLE 2802
D FPL Group Inc COM 302571104 21889 511274 SH SOLE 293084 218690
450 10500 SH DEFINED 10500
43 1000 SH OTHER 1000
D Fannie Mae COM 313586109 231 3700 SH SOLE 500 3200
D First Union Corp. COM 337358105 16797 509972 SH SOLE 276264 234108
D GTE Corp. COM 362320103 60 847 SH SOLE 500 347
1235 17500 SH DEFINED 17500
D Genuine Parts Co. COM 372460105 23121 931820 SH SOLE 518075 414145
372 15000 SH DEFINED 15000
40 1600 SH OTHER 1600
D Goodyear Tire COM 382550101 16909 602546 SH SOLE 374176 228570
309 11000 SH DEFINED 11000
D Hartford Fin. Grp. COM 416515104 24680 520950 SH SOLE 289950 231450
545 11500 SH DEFINED 11500
D Hewlett Packard COM 428236103 29746 261507 SH SOLE 133206 128901
1194 10500 SH DEFINED 10500
45 400 SH OTHER 400
D Intel Corp. COM 458140100 34928 424336 SH SOLE 179312 245624
2107 25600 SH DEFINED 25600
49 600 SH OTHER 600
D Interstate Bakeries COM 46072h108 20652 1139416 SH SOLE 695786 444030
489 27000 SH DEFINED 27000
25 1400 SH OTHER 1400
D KMART Corp COM 482584109 21836 2170042 SH SOLE 1244852 926290
191 19000 SH DEFINED 19000
17 1700 SH OTHER 1700
D Kennametal COM 489170100 486 14440 SH SOLE 5400 9040
D Kerr McGee Corp. COM 492386107 33078 533510 SH SOLE 263064 270796
558 9000 SH DEFINED 9000
D Kimberly-Clark COM 494368103 31150 476022 SH SOLE 252162 224460
46 700 SH OTHER 700
D Manor Care Inc. COM 564055101 20506 1281598 SH SOLE 765958 516240
D Millennium Chemicals COM 599903101 37094 1878180 SH SOLE 1056890 823590
257 13000 SH DEFINED 13000
30 1500 SH OTHER 1500
D National City Corp. COM 635405103 28635 1208880 SH SOLE 551310 658270
223 9400 SH DEFINED 9400
33 1400 SH OTHER 1400
D Parker-Hannifin COM 701094104 34374 669901 SH SOLE 323738 346863
667 13000 SH DEFINED 13000
67 1300 SH OTHER 1300
D Phillips Petroleum COM 718507106 28648 609541 SH SOLE 316906 293035
564 12000 SH DEFINED 12000
38 800 SH OTHER 800
D Regions Financial Corp. COM 758940100 21716 864310 SH SOLE 491150 373460
D Rohm & Haas Co. COM 775371107 26204 644032 SH SOLE 368022 276760
651 16000 SH DEFINED 16000
D Royal Dutch COM 780257804 424 7000 SH SOLE 2900 4100
48 800 SH OTHER 800
D SBC Communications COM 78387G103 35974 737925 SH SOLE 391172 347653
751 15400 SH DEFINED 15400
39 800 SH OTHER 800
D Sherwin-Williams Co COM 824348106 32904 1566851 SH SOLE 850026 717625
25 1200 SH OTHER 1200
D TRW, Inc. COM 872649108 24446 470680 SH SOLE 253738 217742
883 17000 SH DEFINED 17000
62 1200 SH OTHER 1200
D TXU COM 882848104 25461 715938 SH SOLE 372080 344658
533 15000 SH DEFINED 15000
36 1000 SH OTHER 1000
D Tenet Healthcare COM 88033G100 38647 1644539 SH SOLE 924834 720605
38 1600 SH OTHER 1600
D US West Inc. COM 91273H101 26937 374125 SH SOLE 196452 178423
47 650 SH OTHER 650
D Union Planters Corp. COM 908068109 24545 622373 SH SOLE 334616 288257
394 10000 SH DEFINED 10000
24 600 SH OTHER 600
D Universal Foods COM 913538104 23743 1165277 SH SOLE 658962 507315
509 25000 SH DEFINED 25000
26 1300 SH OTHER 1300
D Williams Cos. Inc. COM 969457100 697 22800 SH SOLE 16000 6800
S REPORT SUMMARY 138 DATA RECORDS 1297033 0 OTHER MANAGERS ON WHOSE BEHALF REPORT IS FILED
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