United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington DC 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F Cover Page
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 3/31/00
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 April 26, 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: 82
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $232,876
(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.
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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 4437 126093 sh - sole none
Air Products & Chem Equities 009158106 2771 97452 sh - sole none
Albertson's Inc Equities 013104104 3890 125991 sh - sole none
Allied Capital Equities 01903q108 601 34440 sh - sole none
Altera Corp Equities 021441100 8076 90490 sh - sole none
American Express Equities 025816109 3046 20450 sh - sole none
American Home Prods Equities 026609107 576 10708 sh - sole none
American Intl Group Equities 026874107 3183 29071 sh - sole none
Atlantic Coast Airlines Equities 048396105 433 16740 sh - sole none
Automatic Data Proc Equities 053015103 2982 61797 sh - sole none
BP Amoco PLC Equities 055622104 1076 20199 sh - sole none
Bank One Equities 06423a103 2659 77362 sh - sole none
BellSouth Corp. Equities 079860102 510 10874 sh - sole none
Boeing Equities 097023105 2276 60204 sh - sole none
Bristol-Myers Squibb Equities 110122108 839 14474 sh - sole none
Carnival Corp Equities 143658102 380 15330 sh - sole none
Cedar Fair L.P. Equities 150185106 282 14200 sh - sole none
Ciber Equities 17163B102 5036 245650 sh - sole none
Cisco Systems Inc. Equities 17275r102 2612 33786 sh - sole none
Compaq Computer Equities 204493100 3334 124626 sh - sole none
Compuware Equities 205638109 3190 151450 sh - sole none
Conseco Equities 208464107 1048 91601 sh - sole none
Disney Company, Walt Equities 254687106 1374 33313 sh - sole none
El Paso Energy Equities 283905107 1851 45854 sh - sole none
Elan Corp PLC Equities 284131208 9033 190172 sh - sole none
Endesa Equities 29258n107 2870 122450 sh - sole none
Ericsson L.M. Tele Equities 294821400 11828 126085 sh - sole none
Excelon Equities 300691102 212 18800 sh - sole none
ExxonMobil Equities 30231g102 2330 29868 sh - sole none
Federal Home Ln Mtg Equities 313400301 597 13500 sh - sole none
Federal Natl Mtg Assoc Equities 313586109 7253 128233 sh - sole none
Fedex Corporation Equities 31428X106 5577 143686 sh - sole none
First Ind Realty Tr Equities 32054k103 305 11200 sh - sole none
First Merit Equities 337915102 2955 160296 sh - sole none
First Union Company Equities 337358105 2372 63685 sh - sole none
Flow International Corp Equities 343468104 235 20000 sh - sole none
GTE Corp. Equities 362320103 750 10566 sh - sole none
General Electric Equities 369604103 12259 78775 sh - sole none
General Motors Corp Equities 370442105 1209 14600 sh - sole none
Hershey Foods Equities 427866108 1693 34730 sh - sole none
Hewlett-Packard Co Equities 428236103 8516 64241 sh - sole none
Home Depot Equities 437076102 898 13916 sh - sole none
Illinois Tool Wks Inc Equities 452308109 2747 49726 sh - sole none
Integrated Device Tech Equities 458118106 1859 46925 sh - sole none
Intel Corporation Equities 458140100 13968 105867 sh - sole none
Interpublic Group Equities 460690100 2974 62950 sh - sole none
Jefferson Pilot Equities 475070108 3934 59100 sh - sole none
Johnson & Johnson Equities 478160104 4175 59425 sh - sole none
KeyCorp Equities 493267108 2878 151484 sh - sole none
Koninklijke Philips Elect Equities 500472204 9301 54295 sh - sole none
Lear Equities 521865105 2505 89058 sh - sole none
Leggett & Platt Inc. Equities 524660107 4488 208750 sh - sole none
Leucadia National Corp Equities 527288104 1535 64640 sh - sole none
Loral Space & Comm Equities G56462107 346 33950 sh - sole none
Lucent Technologies Equities 549463107 981 15819 sh - sole none
MCI / Worldcom Equities 55268b106 3970 87617 sh - sole none
Medtronic Inc Equities 585055106 909 17675 sh - sole none
Merck & Company Inc. Equities 589331107 2341 37678 sh - sole none
National City Corp Equities 635405103 3202 155243 sh - sole none
Norfolk Southern Equities 655844108 1528 107228 sh - sole none
Northern Trust Corp Equities 665859104 986 14600 sh - sole none
Nuveen NJ Investment Equities 670971100 268 19348 sh - sole none
PepsiCo Inc Equities 713448108 3221 92353 sh - sole none
Pfizer Inc Equities 717081103 6336 173306 sh - sole none
Phelps Dodge Corp Equities 717265102 1429 30172 sh - sole none
Philip Morris Co Equities 718154107 297 14250 sh - sole none
Procter & Gamble Equities 742718109 2526 44512 sh - sole none
Progressive Corp, Ohio Equities 743315103 1146 15069 sh - sole none
RPM Inc. Equities 749685103 279 25353 sh - sole none
Royal Dutch Petroleum Equities 780257804 3492 60398 sh - sole none
SBC Communication Equities 78387g103 1133 26887 sh - sole none
Schlumberger Ltd Equities 806857108 3745 48951 sh - sole none
Seitel Inc. Equities 816074306 333 41902 sh - sole none
Sungard Data Sys Inc Equities 867363103 421 11155 sh - sole none
Synovus Financial Equities 87161c105 567 30039 sh - sole none
Texas Instruments Equities 882508104 2068 12925 sh - sole none
Textron Inc Equities 883203101 4194 68900 sh - sole none
Tokio Marine & Fire Ins Equities 889090403 598 11400 sh - sole none
Vodafone Airtouch Pub Equities 92857t107 1230 22130 sh - sole none
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Equities 931142103 1413 25010 sh - sole none
Waste Management Inc Equities 94106l109 271 19800 sh - sole none
Wells Fargo & Co Equities 949746101 5926 145415 sh - sole none
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