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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Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement
[ ] adds new holdings to entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing This Report:
Name: Westport Advisers LLC
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Address: 253 Riverside Avenue
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Westport, CT 06880
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13F File Number: 028- 04939
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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
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Title: Managing Member
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Phone: 203-227-3601
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Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Ronald H. Oliver Westport, Connecticut February 14, 2000
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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
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Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 67
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 260,551
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(x$1,000)
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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Form 13F INFORMATIONAL TABLE
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Voting Authority
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of Value Shares/ Sh/ Put/ Invstmt Other
Name of Issuer class CUSIP (x$1000) Prn Amt Prn Call Dscretn Managers Sole Shared None
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AAR Corporation COM 000361105 4866 271250 SH Defined 71250
Air Express Int'l COM 009104100 5432 168100 SH Defined 68100
Airborne Freight COM 009266107 640 29100 SH Defined 29100
Alpha Indus COM 020753109 4801 83775 SH Defined 83775
American Management Systems, I COM 027352103 367 11700 SH Defined 11700
Anadigics Inc COM 032515108 3124 66200 SH Defined 66200
Applebees International Inc. COM 037899101 1475 50000 SH Defined 50000
Aspen Technology Inc. COM 045327103 5948 225000 SH Defined 25000
Bergen Brunswig COM 083739102 1918 230700 SH Defined 30700
Bindley Western Industries COM 090324104 1621 107644 SH Defined 07644
C&D Technologies Inc. COM 124661109 6179 145400 SH Defined 45400
Checkpoint Sys COM 162825103 1180 115800 SH Defined 15800
Circle International Group COM 172574105 2386 107250 SH Defined 07250
Computer Assoc. COM 204912109 210 3000 SH Defined 3000
Conexant Systems, Inc. COM 207142100 17921 270000 SH Defined 70000
Consolidated Stores COM 210149100 4680 288006 SH Defined 88006
Cox Radio COM 224051102 2633 26400 SH Defined 26400
Devon Energy Corporation COM 25179M103 4864 147942 SH Defined 47942
Downey Financial COM 281018105 2019 100000 SH Defined 00000
DuPont Photomasks, Inc. COM 26613X101 8101 167900 SH Defined 67900
Duane Reade Inc. COM 263578106 6334 229800 SH Defined 29800
El Paso Electric Co. COM 283677854 2040 207850 SH Defined 07850
Emmis Communications Corp COM 291525103 18472 148200 SH Defined 48200
First Essex Bancorp. Inc. COM 320103104 2317 161200 SH Defined 61200
Fritz Cos COM 358846103 1724 164200 SH Defined 64200
Gaylord Entertainment A COM 367905106 2245 75000 SH Defined 75000
General Communications COM 369385109 2544 581500 SH Defined 81500
Harbor Florida Bancshares COM 411901101 2083 161000 SH Defined 61000
Houghton Mifflin COM 441560109 4219 100000 SH Defined 00000
ITT Education COM 45068B109 4716 305500 SH Defined 05500
Insight Communications Company COM 45768V108 11721 395650 SH Defined 95650
JLG Industries Inc. COM 462210101 2273 142600 SH Defined 42600
JLK Direct Distribution-CL A COM 46621C105 1588 154000 SH Defined 54000
Lincare Holdings Inc. COM 532791100 277 8000 SH Defined 8000
Mediaone Group Inc. COM 58440J104 384 5000 SH Defined 5000
Outback Steakhouse Inc COM 689899102 1816 70000 SH Defined 70000
Owens & Minor COM 690732102 1879 210250 SH Defined 10250
PBOC Holdings Inc. COM 69316G108 967 102500 SH Defined 02500
Parametric Technology Corp COM 699173100 406 15000 SH Defined 15000
People's Savings CT COM 710198102 2514 119000 SH Defined 19000
Pittston BAX Group COM 725701882 3726 350675 SH Defined 50675
Pogo Producing Co COM 730448107 2934 144000 SH Defined 44000
Policy Management Systems COM 731108106 9526 372650 SH Defined 72650
Project Software & Development COM 74339P101 6527 117600 SH Defined 17600
Quorum Health Group Inc. COM 749084109 2663 286000 SH Defined 86000
Rational Software Corp. COM 75409P202 5404 110000 SH Defined 10000
Reynolds & Reynolds, Inc. COM 761695105 7177 319000 SH Defined 19000
Rogers Corp COM 775133101 1855 48500 SH Defined 48500
Ruby Tuesday COM 781182100 3297 181300 SH Defined 81300
Saks Incorporated COM 79377w108 4213 270700 SH Defined 70700
Santa Fe Snyder Corp. COM 80218K105 2503 312900 SH Defined 12900
Seacoast Financial Services Co COM 81170Q106 2439 239425 SH Defined 39425
Sensormatic Elect. COM 817265101 4216 241800 SH Defined 41800
Shared Medical Systems Corp. COM 819486101 6871 134900 SH Defined 34900
Southwestern Energy Co. COM 845467109 72 11000 SH Defined 11000
Staten Island Bancorp Inc. COM 857550107 1440 80000 SH Defined 80000
Sterling Commerce, Inc. COM 859205106 10200 300000 SH Defined 00000
Sterling Financial COM 859319105 1288 112000 SH Defined 12000
Strattec Securities Corp COM 863111100 210 6500 SH Defined 6500
Synopsys, Inc. COM 871607107 501 7500 SH Defined 7500
Texas Instruments, Inc. COM 882508104 10702 110756 SH Defined 10756
Timberland Bancorp. COM 887098101 792 70400 SH Defined 70400
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. COM 904928108 9372 347100 SH Defined 47100
Universal Health ClB COM 913903100 5234 145400 SH Defined 45400
Volt Inf. Sci. COM 928703107 2715 113712 SH Defined 13712
Whitehall Jewellers, Inc. COM 965063100 1951 52900 SH Defined 52900
Xtra Corp. COM 984138107 1837 43100 SH Defined 43100
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