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, 1997
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Alan B. Slifka & Co. Ltd.
Address: 477 Madison Avenue
8th Floor
New York, NY 10022
13F File No: 28-6074
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
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: James R. Pasquarelli
Title: Cheif Financial Officer
Phone: 212-303-9414
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
James R. Pasquarelli New York, NY May 6, 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: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 6,555,884
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $130,176
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HALCYON OFFSHORE MGT CO.
13 F REPORT
"March 31, 1999"
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ITEM 1 ITEM 2 ITEM 3 ITEM 4 ITEM 5 ITEM 6 ITEM 7 ITEM 8
TITLE OF CUSIP VALUE SHARES OR INVESTMENT DISCRETION MANAGERS VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER CLASS NUMBER (X$1000) PRIN. AMT (A) (B) (C) (A) (B) (C)
SOLE SHARED NONE SOLE SHARED NONE
Astra/Cl.A ADRs STOCK 046298105 1,817 79,196 X X 79,196
Astra/Cl.A ORDs STOCK 000101008 8,208 357,852 X X 357,852
AMP Inc. STOCK 031897101 14,716 275,058 X X 275,058
Anacomp Inc - New STOCK 032371106 882 54,728 X X 54,728
Aeroquip Vickers Inc. STOCK 007869100 8,600 150,057 X X 150,057
American Stores Co. STOCK 030096101 955 28,943 X X 28,943
Ascend Communications Inc. STOCK 043491109 1,973 23,579 X X 23,579
Airtouch Comm. STOCK 00949T100 2,603 26,944 X X 26,944
Boole & Babbage Inc STOCK 098586100 1,367 54,652 X X 54,652
Bonneville Pacific STOCK 098904105 92 19,109 X X 19,109
Bankers Trust Corp. STOCK 066365107 7,476 84,717 X X 84,717
Calif Coastal STOCK 500434303 19 2,982 X X 2,982
Camelot Music Hldngs Cl. A STOCK 13322Q106 562 25,526 X X 25,526
Capstar Broadcst STOCK 14067G105 1,622 70,722 X X 70,722
New Dimension Software STOCK M74295102 2,740 52,816 X X 52,816
Delta & Pine Land Co. STOCK 247357106 581 18,884 X X 18,884
Friendly Ice Cream Corp. STOCK 358497105 27 4,363 X X 4,363
Getchell Gold Corporation STOCK 374265106 4,385 167,446 X X 167,446
Irvine Apartment Communs. STOCK 463606103 4,475 136,126 X X 136,126
Jennifer Convertibles STOCK 476153101 15 6,116 X X 6,116
Lucasvarity, PLC ADS STOCK 549395101 2,951 63,607 X X 63,607
Lucasvarity ORDs STOCK 549395102 13,081 2,819,080 X X 2,819,080
Mirror Group, PLC STOCK 005962757 730 214,793 X X 214,793
Morton Int'l Ind. STOCK 619335102 8,513 231,641 X X 231,641
Noma Inds Ltd.-Cl. A STOCK 655316305 525 85,626 X X 85,626
Norrell Corp. STOCK 656301108 36 2,780 X X 2,780
Pioneer Hi-Bred STOCK 723686101 367 9,759 X X 9,759
Platinum Technology Int'l STOCK 72764T101 1,145 44,921 X X 44,921
Quickturn Design Systems STOCK 74838E102 2,519 178,347 X X 178,347
Reltec Corp. STOCK 759527104 1,040 35,315 X X 35,315
Sunstrand Corp. STOCK 867323107 368 5,290 X X 5,290
Snyder Oil Corp. STOCK 833482102 1,461 98,637 X X 98,637
TIG Holdings Inc STOCK 872469101 6,573 402,912 X X 402,912
US Filter Corp. STOCK 911843209 5,233 170,863 X X 170,863
VLSI Tech., Inc. STOCK 918270109 5,023 259,265 X X 259,265
Whittaker Corp. STOCK 966680407 439 20,033 X X 20,033
Excite Inc. STOCK 300904109 3,573 25,518 X X 25,518
Xylan Corporation STOCK 984151100 8,768 238,177 X X 238,177
Astra ADRs-CALL APR 22 1/2 OPTION 0462989DX 29 228 X X 228
At Home - PUT MAY 160 OPTION 0459199QL 51 21 X X 21
AMP Inc. - CALL APR 55 OPTION 0318979DK 2 14 X X 14
Airtouch Comm.- CALL APR 85 OPTION 00949T9DQ 1,599 1,390 X X 1,390
Bankers Trust-CALL APR 80 OPTION 0663659DP 195 211 X X 211
Bankers Trust-CALL JUL 80 OPTION 0663659GP 420 361 X X 361
Bankers Trust-CALL JUL 90 OPTION 0663659GR 159 636 X X 636
Bankers Trust-PUT JUL 60 OPTION 0663659SL 81 809 X X 809
Capstar Broadcst-CALL APR 20 OPTION 14067G9DD 41 144 X X 144
Platinum - CALL MAY 25 OPTION 72764T9EE 109 581 X X 581
Excite - CALL APR 110 OPTION 3009049DB 508 160 X X 160
King World Prod.-CALL APR 30 OPTION 4956679DF 27 127 X X 127
Pioneer Hi-Bred-CALL APR 40 OPTION 7236869DH 2 65 X X 65
Pioneer Hi-Bred-CALL JUN 40 OPTION 7236869FH 2 68 X X 68
Ascend Comm. - CALL APR 75 OPTION 0434919DO 1,268 1,335 X X 1,335
Sunstrand Corp.-CALL APR 70 OPTION 8673239DN 46 811 X X 811
US Filter Corp.-CALL APR 30 OPTION 9118439DF 179 2,043 X X 2,043
Golden Ocean Group Warrants WARRANT 381138R16 - 500 X X 500
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