UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION Washington, D.C.
20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 3/31/2000
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: FORTIS BANK N.V.
Address: Montagne du Parc, 3 - Warandeberg 3
B- 1000 Brussels
Belgium
13F File Number: (to be assigned by SEC)
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: SCOTT R. PLUMMER
Title: VICE PRESIDENT, ASSOCIATE GENERAL
COUNSEL, & ASSISTANT SECRETARY, FORTIS
ADVISERS, INC.
Phone: (651) 738-5602
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/S/ SCOTT R. PLUMMER WOODBURY, MN MAY 1,2000
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ ] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all
holdings of this reporting manager are reported
in this report.)
[x] 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).)
Fortis Advisers, Inc. (13F File No. 28-1542)
is a whollyowned subsidiary of Fortis, Inc.
(13F File No. 28-5174).
Fortis Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Fortis Insurance N.V., Fortis Funding Company
B.V., Fortis (US) Funding Partners I LP, and
Fortis (US) Funding Partners II LP. Fortis
Insurance N.V. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Fortis Bank N.V. and Fortis N.V. (formerly known
as AMEV/VSB 1990
N.V. - 13F File No. 28-5190). Fortis Bank N.V.
is a whollyowned subsidiary of Fortis SA/NV.
Fortis SA/NV and Fortis N.V. are wholly-owned
subsidiaries of Fortis (B) (13F File No. 28-5182)
and Fortis (NL) (13F File No. 28-5184).
Due to changes in our organizational structure,
Fortis Advisers, Inc. is no longer an indirectly
owned subsidiary
of Fortis International, N.V. (13F File No. 28-
5186), Sycamore Insurance Holding, N.V. (13F
File No. 28-5188), and AG 1990 (Nederland) B.V.
(13F File No. 28-5192).
