United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington DC 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F Cover Page
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 12/31/99
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 Hickory Group, Ltd.
Address: 1801 East 9th Street / Suite 1500
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-3198
Form 13F File Number: 28-3921
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: Paul R. Abbey
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Phone: 216.781.5600
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
___________________________ Cleveland, Ohio February 18, 2000
(Signature) (City, State) (Date)
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ ] 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: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 83
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $215,982
(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
Column1
Column2
Column3
Column4
Column5
Column6
Column7
Column8
Name of Issuer
Title of Class
Cusip
Value
(x$1000)
Shrs or
Prn Amt
Sh/
PRN
Put/
Call
Investment
Discretion
Other
Managers
Voting Authority
Sole
Shared
None
Abbott Laboratories Equities 002824100 4704 129542 Sh - sole none
Air Prods & Chem Equities 009158106 3012 89751 Sh - sole none
Albertson's Inc Equities 013104104 2757 85490 Sh - sole none
Allied Capital Equities 01903q108 293 16020 Sh - sole none
Altera Corp Equities 021441100 4739 95620 Sh - sole none
American Express Equities 025816109 3649 21950 Sh - sole none
American Home Prod Equities 026609107 444 11308 Sh - sole none
American Intl Group Equities 026874107 3491 32288 Sh - sole none
Atlantic Coast Arlnes Equities 048396105 469 19740 Sh - sole none
Automatic Data Proc Equities 053015103 2357 43747 Sh - sole none
BP Amoco PLC Equities 055622104 1249 21066 Sh - sole none
Bank One Equities 06423a103 1535 47960 Sh - sole none
BellSouth Corp. Equities 079860102 511 10922 Sh - sole none
Boeing Equities 097023105 2478 59805 Sh - sole none
Bristol-Myers Squibb Equities 110122108 1063 16554 Sh - sole none
Carnival Corp Equities 143658102 702 14680 Sh - sole none
Cedar Fair L.P. Equities 150185106 275 14200 Sh - sole none
Ciber Equities 17163B102 6634 241250 Sh - sole none
Cisco Systems Inc. Equities 17275r102 1960 18293 Sh - sole none
Compaq Computer Equities 204493100 3117 115175 Sh - sole none
Compuware Equities 205638109 2161 58000 Sh - sole none
Conseco Equities 208464107 1674 94000 Sh - sole none
DST Systems Inc. Equities 233326107 845 11070 Sh - sole none
Delhaize America 'A' Equities 246688105 216 10333 Sh - sole none
Disney Co, Walt Equities 254687106 1008 34463 Sh - sole none
Duke Energy Co Equities 264399106 518 10344 Sh - sole none
EMC Corp Mass Equities 268648102 1128 10325 Sh - sole none
Elan Corp PLC Equities 284131208 5710 193550 Sh - sole none
Endesa Equities 29258n107 2573 127450 Sh - sole none
Ericsson L.M. Tele Equities 294821400 10527 160265 Sh - sole none
Erie Indemnity CL A Equities 29530p102 3270 101000 Sh - sole none
ExxonMobil Equities 30231g102 2638 32741 Sh - sole none
FDX Corporation Equities 31304n107 5473 133686 Sh - sole none
Fedl Home Ln Mtg Equities 313400301 635 13500 Sh - sole none
Fedl Natl Mortgage Equities 313586109 6589 105527 Sh - sole none
Ferro Corp. Equities 315405100 251 11400 Sh - sole none
First Merit Equities 337915102 3687 160296 Sh - sole none
First Union Company Equities 337358105 1526 46325 Sh - sole none
Flow Intl Corp Equities 343468104 228 20000 Sh - sole none
GTE Corp. Equities 362320103 814 11535 Sh - sole none
General Electric Equities 369604103 13104 84681 Sh - sole none
Hershey Foods Equities 427866108 1736 36603 Sh - sole none
Hewlett-Packard Co Equities 428236103 7990 70241 Sh - sole none
Home Depot Equities 437076102 1025 14914 Sh - sole none
Illinois Tool Wks Inc Equities 452308109 2583 38225 Sh - sole none
Intel Corporation Equities 458140100 9887 120112 Sh - sole none
Interpublic Group Equities 460690100 3894 67500 Sh - sole none
Jefferson Pilot Equities 475070108 3911 57299 Sh - sole none
Johnson & Johnson Equities 478160104 4560 48897 Sh - sole none
KeyCorp Equities 493267108 2288 103410 Sh - sole none
Koninklijke Philips Equities 500472204 7968 59023 Sh - sole none
Lear Equities 521865105 1467 45833 Sh - sole none
Leggett & Platt Inc. Equities 524660107 4552 212350 Sh - sole none
Leucadia Natl Corp Equities 527288104 1630 70490 Sh - sole none
Loral Space & Comm Equities G56462107 246 10100 Sh - sole none
Lucent Technologies Equities 549463107 973 12970 Sh - sole none
MBNA Corp Equities 55262l100 295 10837 Sh - sole none
Medtronic Inc Equities 585055106 795 21825 Sh - sole none
Merck & Company Equities 589331107 2659 39578 Sh - sole none
National City Corp Equities 635405103 2367 99938 Sh - sole none
Norfolk Southern Equities 655844108 1764 86025 Sh - sole none
Northern Trust Corp Equities 665859104 986 18600 Sh - sole none
Nuveen NJ Invest Equities 670971100 244 19348 Sh - sole none
Object Design Inc. Equities 674416102 273 18800 Sh - sole none
PepsiCo Inc Equities 713448108 3180 90203 Sh - sole none
Pfizer Inc Equities 717081103 5523 170255 Sh - sole none
Phelps Dodge Corp Equities 717265102 1965 29171 Sh - sole none
Philip Morris Cos Equities 718154107 321 13935 Sh - sole none
Procter & Gamble Equities 742718109 3426 31270 Sh - sole none
Progressive Corp Equities 743315103 1168 15969 Sh - sole none
RPM Inc. Equities 749685103 258 25353 Sh - sole none
Royal Dutch Petro Equities 780257804 3728 61548 Sh - sole none
SBC Communication Equities 78387g103 734 15058 Sh - sole none
Schlumberger Ltd Equities 806857108 3435 61200 Sh - sole none
Sterling Comm Inc Equities 859205106 694 20415 Sh - sole none
Sungard Data Sys Equities 867363103 341 14355 Sh - sole none
Synovus Financial Equities 87161c105 574 28900 Sh - sole none
Texas Instruments Equities 882508104 1140 11800 Sh - sole none
Textron Inc Equities 883203101 4990 65075 Sh - sole none
Tokio Marine/Fire Ins Equities 889090403 1047 17700 Sh - sole none
Vodafone Airtouch Equities 92857t107 1180 23830 Sh - sole none
Wal-Mart Stores Inc Equities 931142103 1922 27810 Sh - sole none
Wells Fargo & Co Equities 949746101 6251 154590 Sh - sole none
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