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, 2000
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Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement
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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 November 13, 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: 76
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 440,856
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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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COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE CUSIP VALUE SHRS OR SH/ PR/ INVESTMENT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
OF (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DISCRETION MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
CLASS
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AAR Corp. COM 000361105 3102 271250 SH Sole 271250
AT&T Corp. COM 001957109 256 8727 SH Sole 8727
Alpha Industries, Inc. COM 020753109 5707 167550 SH Sole 167550
American Management Systems, I COM 027352103 14238 828400 SH Sole 828400
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. COM 032511107 399 6000 SH Sole 6000
Anadigics, Inc. COM 032515108 2197 99300 SH Sole 99300
Applebees International Inc. COM 037899101 1380 60000 SH Sole 60000
Aspen Technology Inc. COM 045327103 10153 225000 SH Sole 225000
BankUnited Financial Corp. - C COM 06652B103 2264 307000 SH Sole 307000
Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. COM 074014101 3245 335000 SH Sole 335000
Bergen Brunswig COM 083739102 1734 148400 SH Sole 148400
Bindley Western Industries, In COM 090324104 3653 114144 SH Sole 114144
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company COM 110122108 343 6000 SH Sole 6000
C&D Technologies, Inc. COM 124661109 14857 261800 SH Sole 261800
CH Energy Group, Inc. COM 12541M102 14451 362400 SH Sole 362400
Checkpoint Systems, Inc. COM 162825103 876 115800 SH Sole 115800
Circle International Group, In COM 172574105 8940 295550 SH Sole 295550
Computer Associates Internatio COM 204912109 252 10000 SH Sole 10000
Conexant Systems, Inc. COM 207142100 10469 250000 SH Sole 250000
Consolidated Stores Corp. COM 210149100 6592 488306 SH Sole 488306
Cox Radio, Inc. - Class A COM 224051102 7467 428200 SH Sole 428200
Devon Energy Corp. COM 25179M103 13039 216780 SH Sole 216780
Downey Financial COM 281018105 3950 100000 SH Sole 100000
DuPont Photomasks, Inc. COM 26613X101 14705 250300 SH Sole 250300
Duane Reade, Inc. COM 263578106 6543 269800 SH Sole 269800
El Paso Electric Company COM 283677854 11813 857850 SH Sole 857850
Emmis Communications Corp. COM 291525103 8945 361400 SH Sole 361400
Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. COM 303726103 211 7500 SH Sole 7500
FedEx Corp. COM 31428X106 333 7500 SH Sole 7500
First Essex Bancorp, Inc. COM 320103104 8259 390950 SH Sole 390950
Fritz Companies, Inc. COM 358846103 2538 211500 SH Sole 211500
Gaylord Entertainment Company COM 367905106 1791 75000 SH Sole 75000
General Communications, Inc. COM 369385109 4916 687000 SH Sole 687000
Harbor Florida Bancshares COM 411901101 1942 161000 SH Sole 161000
Harcourt General, Inc. COM 41163G101 236 4000 SH Sole 4000
Houghton Mifflin Company COM 441560109 4396 112000 SH Sole 112000
Houston Exploration Company COM 442120101 7196 285000 SH Sole 285000
IMS Health Inc. COM 449934108 22306 1075000 SH Sole 1075000
ITT Educational Services, Inc. COM 45068B109 10134 373600 SH Sole 373600
Insight Communications Company COM 45768V108 8359 526575 SH Sole 526575
JLG Industries, Inc. COM 462210101 4624 379400 SH Sole 379400
JLK Direct Distribution-CL A COM 46621C105 1328 154000 SH Sole 154000
Lincare Holdings Inc. COM 532791100 344 12000 SH Sole 12000
Mynd Corporation COM 628551103 10689 791750 SH Sole 791750
Outback Steakhouse, Inc. COM 689899102 1899 70000 SH Sole 70000
Owens & Minor, Inc. COM 690732102 3311 210250 SH Sole 210250
PBOC Holdings, Inc. COM 69316G108 1381 162500 SH Sole 162500
Parametric Technology Corp. COM 699173100 219 20000 SH Sole 20000
People's Savings CT COM 710198102 3111 147700 SH Sole 147700
Perot Systems Corp. COM 714265105 6087 566200 SH Sole 566200
Pittston Brinks COM 725701106 2635 170007 SH Sole 170007
Pogo Producing Company COM 730448107 3705 146000 SH Sole 146000
Praxair, Inc. COM 74005P104 374 10000 SH Sole 10000
Precision Castparts Corp. COM 740189105 19801 516000 SH Sole 516000
Project Software & Development COM 74339P101 2683 172600 SH Sole 172600
Quorum Health Group, Inc. COM 749084109 8112 624000 SH Sole 624000
Rational Software Corp. COM 75409P202 14985 216000 SH Sole 216000
Reynolds & Reynolds, Inc. COM 761695105 6312 317600 SH Sole 317600
Rogers Corp. COM 775133101 3238 102400 SH Sole 102400
Ruby Tuesday, Inc. COM 781182100 10015 890200 SH Sole 890200
Saks Inc. COM 79377w108 2153 218000 SH Sole 218000
Seacoast Financial Services Co COM 81170Q106 2634 239425 SH Sole 239425
Sensormatic Electronics, Corp. COM 817265101 6252 416800 SH Sole 416800
Southwestern Energy Company COM 845467109 1463 167200 SH Sole 167200
St. Joe Company COM 790148100 7864 283400 SH Sole 283400
Staten Island Bancorp Inc. COM 857550107 1600 80000 SH Sole 80000
Sterling Financial COM 859319105 1274 112000 SH Sole 112000
Synavant COM 87157A105 7936 1186750 SH Sole 1186750
Synopsys, Inc. COM 871607107 12472 329300 SH Sole 329300
Texas Instruments, Inc. COM 882508104 10453 221512 SH Sole 221512
Unigraphics Solutions, Inc. COM 904928108 7938 404500 SH Sole 404500
Universal Health Services, Inc COM 913903100 23367 272900 SH Sole 272900
Volt Information Sciences, Inc COM 928703107 3449 160412 SH Sole 160412
Westvaco Corp. COM 961548104 213 8000 SH Sole 8000
Whitehall Jewellers, Inc. COM 965063100 831 104650 SH Sole 104650
Xtra Corp. COM 984138107 1915 43100 SH Sole 43100
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