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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holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: MFP Investors LLC
Address: 51 JFK Parkway
2nd Floor
Short Hills, NJ 07078
13F File Number: 28-____
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: Ellen Lynch
Title: Financial Officer
Phone: (973) 921-2210
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Ellen Lynch Short Hills, NJ 2/08/00
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[Signature] [City, State] Date
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 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)).
FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
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Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 54
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 147,195
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(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers NONE
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VALUE SHRS OR INVESTMENT
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT DISCRETION NONE
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Applied Power Inc. Class A 038225108 1073 29200 SOLE
Ascent Entertainment Group Inc. Common Stock 043628106 1581 124600 SOLE
Atlantic Richfield Co. (Delaware) Common Stock 048825103 1298 15000 SOLE
Berkley WR Corp Common Stock 084423102 877 42000 SOLE
Castle & Cooke Inc. Common Stock 148433105 3032 239000 SOLE
Catellus Development Corp. Common Stock 149111106 705 55000 SOLE
City Investing Co. Liquidating Trust Common Stock 177900107 311 242600 SOLE
Cohoes Bancorp Common Stock 192513109 1238 123000 SOLE
Columbia Energy Group Common Stock 197648108 1898 30000 SOLE
Crane Company (Delaware) Common Stock 224399105 5963 300000 SOLE
Devon Energy Common Stock 25179M103 4931 150000 SOLE
Dun & Bradstreet Corp. Common Stock 26483B106 7375 250000 SOLE
Echelon International Grp Common Stock 278747100 2151 93500 SOLE
Enstar Group Inc. Common Stock 29358R107 1348 102715 SOLE
Fab Industries Common Stock 302747100 184 17000 SOLE
First Place Financial/Ohio Common Stock 33610T109 1593 149900 SOLE
General Motors Corp. Common Stock 370442105 4906 67500 SOLE
Harcourt Gen Inc. Common Stock 41163G101 11270 280000 SOLE
Hayes Lemmerz International Common Stock 420781106 1744 100000 SOLE
Helmerich & Payne Inc. Common Stock 423452101 6525 300000 SOLE
Hexcel Corporation Common Stock 428291108 602 108300 SOLE
Key Energy Services Inc. Common Stock 492914106 908 175000 SOLE
Knight Ridder Inc. Common Stock 499040103 3574 60000 SOLE
Koger Equity Inc. Common Stock 500228101 878 52000 SOLE
Kroll-O'Gara Company Common Stock 501050108 3630 220000 SOLE
Lanier World Wide Common Stock 51589L105 1356 350000 SOLE
Medallion Financial Corp. Common Stock 583928106 2063 115000 SOLE
MediaOne Group Inc. Common Stock 58440J104 1613 21000 SOLE
MGI Properties Common Stock 552885105 683 130000 SOLE
Montana Power Co. Common Stock 612085100 3606 100000 SOLE
Nashua Corporation Common Stock 631226107 836 111400 SOLE
Neiman Marcus Group Inc. Class B 640204301 1028 38144 SOLE
Newhall Land & Farming Dep Units Common Stock 651426108 2700 100000 SOLE
Pactiv Corp. (formerly Tenneco Packaging) Common Stock 695257105 181 17000 SOLE
Plains Resources Inc. Common Stock 726540503 2370 189600 SOLE
Pulitzer Inc. Common Stock 745769109 4031 100000 SOLE
R.J.Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Common Stock 76182K105 2115 120000 SOLE
Ralston-Purina Group Common Stock 751277302 4739 170000 SOLE
Reynolds Metals Co Common Stock 761763101 4789 62500 SOLE
Rhodia Ordinary 5474688 6180 272500 SOLE
Scripps Co. E.W Class A 811054204 14116 315000 SOLE
Southwest Gas Corp Common Stock 844895102 2300 100000 SOLE
St. Joe Company Common Stock 790148100 2067 85000 SOLE
Stewart & Stevenson Services Common Stock 860342104 1184 100000 SOLE
Suburban Lodges of America Inc. Common Stock 864444104 1681 324100 SOLE
Tenet Healthcare Corporation Common Stock 88033G100 1175 50000 SOLE
The MONY Group Inc. Common Stock 605337102 458 15700 SOLE
Total Fina SA Ordinary 4905413 1954 14592 SOLE
Triad Hospitals Inc. Common Stock 89579K109 3328 220000 SOLE
United Dominion Industries Ltd. Common Stock 909914103 4984 250000 SOLE
Vornado Operating Co. Common Stock 92904N103 426 71000 SOLE
Washington Post Company Common Stock 939640108 4090 7358 SOLE
Wellpoint Health Networks Inc. Common Stock 94973H108 659 10000 SOLE
Wesco International Inc. Common Stock 95082P105 888 100000 SOLE
147195
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OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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Applied Power Inc. 29200
Ascent Entertainment Group Inc. 124600
Atlantic Richfield Co. (Delaware) 15000
Berkley WR Corp 42000
Castle & Cooke Inc. 239000
Catellus Development Corp. 55000
City Investing Co. Liquidating Trust 242600
Cohoes Bancorp 123000
Columbia Energy Group 30000
Crane Company (Delaware) 300000
Devon Energy 150000
Dun & Bradstreet Corp. 250000
Echelon International Grp 93500
Enstar Group Inc. 102715
Fab Industries 17000
First Place Financial/Ohio 149900
General Motors Corp. 67500
Harcourt Gen Inc. 280000
Hayes Lemmerz International 100000
Helmerich & Payne Inc. 300000
Hexcel Corporation 108300
Key Energy Services Inc. 175000
Knight Ridder Inc. 60000
Koger Equity Inc. 52000
Kroll-O'Gara Company 220000
Lanier World Wide 350000
Medallion Financial Corp. 115000
MediaOne Group Inc. 21000
MGI Properties 130000
Montana Power Co. 100000
Nashua Corporation 111400
Neiman Marcus Group Inc. 38144
Newhall Land & Farming Dep Units 100000
Pactiv Corp. (formerly Tenneco Packaging) 17000
Plains Resources Inc. 189600
Pulitzer Inc. 100000
R.J.Reynolds Tobacco Holdings 120000
Ralston-Purina Group 170000
Reynolds Metals Co 62500
Rhodia 272500
Scripps Co. E.W 315000
Southwest Gas Corp 100000
St. Joe Company 85000
Stewart & Stevenson Services 100000
Suburban Lodges of America Inc. 324100
Tenet Healthcare Corporation 50000
The MONY Group Inc. 15700
Total Fina SA 14592
Triad Hospitals Inc. 220000
United Dominion Industries Ltd. 250000
Vornado Operating Co. 71000
Washington Post Company 7358
Wellpoint Health Networks Inc. 10000
Wesco International Inc. 100000
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