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Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing This Report:
Name: Westport Advisers LLC
Address: 253 Riverside Avenue
Westport, CT 06880
13F File Number: 028-04939
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: Ronald H. Oliver
Title: Managing Member
Phone: 203-227-3601
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Ronald H. Oliver Westport, Connecticut November 12, 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: 63
Form 13F Information Table Value Total (x$1,000): $ 171,968
List of Included Managers:
Andrew J. Knuth Westport Advisers, LLC
Edmund H. Nicklin Westport Advisers LLC
List of Other Included Managers:
No. 13F File Number Name
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Westport Advisers LLC
FORM 13F
September 30, 1999
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Voting Authority
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Value Shares/ Sh/ Put/ Invstmt Other
Name of Issuer Title of class CUSIP (x$1000) Prn Amt Prn Call Dscretn Managers Sole Shared None
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
AAR Corporation COM COM 000361105 1462 81250 SH Defined 81250
Air Express Int'l COM 009104100 3814 168100 SH Defined 168100
Airborne Freight COM 009266107 925 43900 SH Defined 43900
Alpha Indus COM 020753109 4725 83775 SH Defined 83775
Anadigics Inc COM 032515108 2087 74200 SH Defined 74200
Applebees International Inc. COM 037899101 1684 50000 SH Defined 50000
Aspen Technology Inc. COM 045327103 2194 225000 SH Defined 225000
Barrett Business Services COM 068463108 613 79100 SH Defined 79100
Billing Concepts Corp. COM 090063108 1250 250000 SH Defined 250000
Bindley Western Industries COM 090324104 1541 107644 SH Defined 107644
C&D Technologies Inc. COM 124661109 5280 145400 SH Defined 145400
Checkpoint Sys COM 162825103 1078 115800 SH Defined 115800
Circle International Group COM 172574105 506 24750 SH Defined 24750
Conexant Systems, Inc. COM 207142100 9809 135000 SH Defined 135000
Consolidated Stores COM 210149100 3596 163006 SH Defined 163006
Cox Radio COM 224051102 1571 26400 SH Defined 26400
Devon Energy Corporation COM 25179M103 5945 143468 SH Defined 143468
Downey Financial COM 281018105 2012 100000 SH Defined 100000
Duane Reade Inc. COM 263578106 5206 172800 SH Defined 172800
El Paso Electric Co. COM 283677854 1871 207850 SH Defined 207850
Emmis Communications Corp COM 291525103 5331 80700 SH Defined 80700
First Essex Bancorp. Inc. COM 320103104 775 49000 SH Defined 49000
Fritz Cos COM 358846103 1704 164200 SH Defined 164200
Gaylord Entertainment A COM 367905106 2212 75000 SH Defined 75000
Harbor Florida Bancshares COM 411901101 1962 161000 SH Defined 161000
Houghton Mifflin COM 441560109 4062 100000 SH Defined 100000
ITT Education COM 45068B109 4982 255500 SH Defined 255500
Insight Communications Company COM 45768V108 7375 257650 SH Defined 257650
JLG Industries Inc. COM 462210101 2166 142600 SH Defined 142600
Lincare Holdings Inc. COM 532791100 213 8000 SH Defined 8000
Mediaone Group Inc. COM 58440J104 342 5000 SH Defined 5000
Outback Steakhouse Inc COM 689899102 1783 70000 SH Defined 70000
Owens & Minor COM 690732102 2024 210250 SH Defined 210250
PBOC Holdings Inc. COM 69316G108 833 102500 SH Defined 102500
Parametric Technology Corp COM 699173100 202 15000 SH Defined 15000
People's Savings CT COM 710198102 2811 119000 SH Defined 119000
Pittston BAX Group COM 725701882 1487 184475 SH Defined 184475
Pogo Producing Co COM 730448107 2376 114500 SH Defined 114500
Policy Management Systems COM 731108106 6285 198750 SH Defined 198750
Project Software & Development COM 74339P101 1498 28000 SH Defined 28000
Quorum Health Group Inc. COM 749084109 2011 286000 SH Defined 286000
Rational Software Corp. COM 75409P202 3221 110000 SH Defined 110000
Reynolds & Reynolds, Inc. COM 761695105 4413 216600 SH Defined 216600
Rogers Corp COM 775133101 1782 48500 SH Defined 48500
Ruby Tuesday COM 781182100 3535 181300 SH Defined 181300
Saks Incorporated COM 79377w108 4111 270700 SH Defined 270700
Santa Fe Snyder Corp. COM 80218K105 1016 112900 SH Defined 112900
Seacoast Financial Services Co COM 81170Q106 2394 239425 SH Defined 239425
Sensormatic Elect COM 817265101 3068 241800 SH Defined 241800
Shared Medical Systems Corp. COM 819486101 5535 118400 SH Defined 118400
Southwestern Energy Co. COM 845467109 100 11000 SH Defined 11000
Staten Island Bancorp Inc. COM 857550107 1505 80000 SH Defined 80000
Sterling Commerce, Inc. COM 859205106 3434 185000 SH Defined 185000
Sterling Financial COM 859319105 1498 112000 SH Defined 112000
Strattec Securities Corp COM 863111100 227 6500 SH Defined 6500
Synopsys, Inc. COM 871607107 365 6500 SH Defined 6500
Timberland Bancorp COM 887098101 805 70400 SH Defined 70400
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. COM 904928108 8091 298300 SH Defined 298300
Unitrode Corporation COM 913283107 9261 220500 SH Defined 220500
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Westport Advisers LLC
FORM 13F
September 30, 1999
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Voting Authority
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Value Shares/ Sh/ Put/ Invstmt Other
Name of Issuer Title of class CUSIP (x$1000) Prn Amt Prn Call Dscretn Managers Sole Shared None
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Universal Health ClB COM 913903100 2029 78400 SH Defined 78400
Volt Inf. Sci. COM 928703107 2738 112912 SH Defined 112912
Whitehall Jewellers, Inc. COM 965063100 1521 52900 SH Defined 52900
Xtra Corp. COM 984138107 1713 43100 SH Defined 43100
REPORT SUMMARY 63 DATA RECORDS 171968 0 OTHER MANAGERS ON WHOSE BEHALF REPORT IS FILED
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