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, 1999
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This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holding entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Firsthand Capital Management, Inc.
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Address: 101 Park Center Plaza, Suite 1300
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San Jose, California 95113
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Form 13F File Number: 28-6436
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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: Yakoub Bellawalla
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Title: Treasurer
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Phone: (408) 294-2200
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Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Yakoub Bellawalla San Jose, California 11/15/99
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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 is a portion of the holdings for this
reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by
other reporting manager(s).)
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]
Form 13F File Number Name
28-
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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: 92
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 427,358
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(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all
institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed,
other than the manager filing this report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings
and list entries.]
No. Form 13F File Number Name
28- NONE
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Form 13F INFORMATIONAL TABLE
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ITEM 1 ITEM 2 ITEM 3 ITEM 4 ITEM 5 ITEM 6 ITEM 7 ITEM 8
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CUSIP FAIR SHARES OR INVESTMENT DISCRETION MANAGERS VOTING AUTHORITY
CLASS NUMBER MARKET PRINCIPAL ------------------------- See Instr. (SHARES)
VALUE AMOUNT (b) V.
(000's) (a) Shared- (c)
Sole As Defined Shared- (a) (b) (c)
in Instr. V Other Sole Shared None
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STELLAR SEMICONDUCTOR INC "B" COM N/A 2,570 2,040,000 X 2,040,000
STELLAR SEMICONDUCTOR INC "C" COM N/A 1,500 1,200,000 X 1,200,000
CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECH LTD ORD M22465 10 4 697 13,000 X 13,000
GALILEO TECHNOLOGY -ISRAEL ORD M47298 10 0 15,692 346,300 X 346,300
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COM 000886 10 1 5,468 120,000 X 120,000
AT&T CORP COM 001957 10 9 20,930 375,000 X 375,000
ADAPTEC INC COM 00651F 10 8 5,473 155,000 X 155,000
ADVANCE FIBRE COMMS COM 00754A 10 5 1,250 80,000 X 80,000
ALTERA CORP COM 021441 10 0 2,945 80,000 X 80,000
AMERICA ONLINE INC DEL COM 02364J 10 4 4,420 40,000 X 40,000
AMGEN INC COM 031162 10 0 2,118 34,800 X 34,800
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORP COM 03822W 10 9 28,088 341,500 X 341,500
APPLIED MATERIALS INC COM 038222 10 5 4,617 62,500 X 62,500
APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COM 038236 10 5 2,194 97,500 X 97,500
ASPEC TECHNOLOGY INC COM 045233 10 3 4,871 356,000 X 356,000
AT HOME CORP COM 045919 10 7 324 6,000 X 6,000
AVANTI CORP COM 053487 10 4 5,422 429,462 X 429,462
AWARE INC COM 05453N 10 0 461 10,000 X 10,000
BIOGEN INC COM 090597 10 5 257 4,000 X 4,000
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP COM 101137 10 7 6,832 155,500 X 155,500
CABLETON SYSTEMS INC COM 126920 10 7 14,430 1,110,000 X 1,110,000
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEM INC COM 127387 10 8 2,040 160,000 X 16,000
CARDIMA INC COM 14147M 10 6 1,219 600,000 X 600,000
CARDIOTHORACIC SYS INC COM 141907 10 5 8,442 603,000 X 603,000
CELERITEK INC COM 150926 10 3 3,264 522,200 X 522,200
CENTOCOR INC COM 152342 10 1 8,439 181,000 X 181,000
CIENA CORP COM 171779 10 1 14,067 466,000 X 466,000
CISCO SYS INC COM 17275R 10 2 5,160 80,000 X 80,000
CONCORD COMMUNICATIONS COM 206186 10 8 2,430 54,000 X 54,000
CONCUR TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 206708 10 9 278 9,900 X 9,900
CONEXANT SYSTEMS INC COM 207142 10 0 12,858 221,450 X 221,450
CREE RESEARCH COM 225447 10 1 731 9,500 X 9,500
CRITICAL PATH INC COM 22674V 10 0 277 5,000 X 5,000
CYMER INC COM 232572 10 7 3,850 154,000 X 154,000
ENDOSONICS CORP COM 29264K 10 5 4,600 657,200 X 657,200
ENDOCARDIAL SOLUTIONS INC COM 292962 10 7 2,634 279,100 X 279,100
EXODUS COMMUNICATIONS INC COM 302088 10 9 672 5,600 X 5,600
EXTREME NETWORKS COM 30226D 10 6 58 1,000 X 1,000
FVC.COM INC COM 30266P 10 0 1,550 238,500 X 238,500
GENESIS MICROCHIP COM 371933 10 2 591 25,000 X 25,000
GLOBIX CORP COM 37957F 10 1 7,556 171,000 X 171,000
GLOBESPAN INC COM 379571 10 2 9,182 231,000 X 231,000
GUIDANT CORP COM 401698 10 5 5,545 107,800 X 107,800
HEWLETT PACKARD CO COM 428236 10 3 1,306 13,000 X 13,000
IGEN INC COM 449536 10 1 246 8,460 X 8,460
IMMUNEX CORP NEW COM 452528 10 2 23,448 184,000 X 184,000
INFOSPACE.COM INC COM 45678T 10 2 94 2,000 X 2,000
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS COM 459200 10 1 2,844 22,000 X 22,000
INTRAWARE INC COM 46118M 10 3 720 30,000 X 30,000
I2 TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 465754 10 9 1,591 37,000 X 37,000
JUNIPER NETWORKS INC COM 48203R 10 4 74 500 X 500
KLA-TENCOR CORP COM 482480 10 0 4,801 74,000 X 74,000
LEGATO SYSTEMS INC COM 524651 10 6 578 10,000 X 10,000
LEVEL ONE COMMUNICATIONS INC COM 527295 10 9 4,490 91,750 X 91,750
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 549463 10 7 4,181 62,000 X 62,000
MMC NETWORKS INC COM 55308N 10 2 1,007 22,500 X 22,500
MEDCO RESEARCH INC COM 584059 10 9 139 5,300 X 5,300
MEDIMUNNE INC COM 584699 10 2 440 6,500 X 6,500
MEDTRONIC INC COM 585055 10 6 2,940 37,753 X 37,753
MERCK & CO, INC COM 589331 10 7 888 12,000 X 12,000
MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918 10 4 3,472 38,500 X 38,500
MOTOROLA INC COM 620076 10 9 7,533 79,500 X 79,500
NEWBRIDGE NETWORKS CORP COM 650901 10 1 15,726 547,000 X 547,000
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS COM 670008 10 1 751 11,000 X 11,000
NOVOSTE CORP COM 67010C 10 0 1,537 73,200 X 73,200
OAK INDUSTRIES, INC COM 671400 50 5 11,577 265,000 X 265,000
ORACLE CORP COM 68389X 10 5 4,733 127,500 X 127,500
P-COM INC COM 693262 10 7 1,036 198,000 X 198,000
PMC -SIERRA INC COM 69344F 10 6 31,555 535,400 X 535,400
PATHOGENESIS CORP COM 70321E 10 4 35 2,500 X 2,500
PERVASIVE SOFTWARE INC. COM 715710 10 9 8,520 342,500 X 342,500
QUADRAMED CORP COM 74730W 10 1 2,953 363,500 X 363,500
QUALCOMM INC COM 747525 10 3 4,305 30,000 X 30,000
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTL INC COM 749121 10 9 152 4,600 X 4,600
RADIENCE MED SYSTEMS COM 750241 10 1 1,424 484,900 X 484,900
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT SPONSORED ADR 803054 20 4 277 8,000 X 8,000
SEPRACOR INC. COM 817315 10 4 366 4,500 X 4,500
SPEED FAM-IPEC, INC COM 847705 10 0 4,248 264,475 X 264,475
STERLING COMMERCE INC COM 859205 10 6 730 20,000 X 20,000
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC COM 866810 10 4 2,755 40,000 X 40,000
TELLABS INC COM 879664 10 0 2,027 30,000 X 30,000
TERADYNE INC COM 880770 10 2 2,683 37,400 X 37,400
TEXAS INSTRS INC COM 882508 10 4 1,812 12,500 X 12,500
TRANSWITCH CORP COM 894065 10 1 1,713 36,150 X 36,150
TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR INC COM 89674K 10 3 20,845 366,900 X 366,900
UNIPHASE CORP COM 909149 10 6 581 3,500 X 3,500
V3 SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. COM 918392 10 1 330 47,200 X 47,200
VERSIGN INC COM 92343E 10 2 949 11,000 X 11,000
VIGNETTE CORPORATION COM 926734 10 4 375 5,000 X 5,000
VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORP COM 928497 10 6 5,125 76,000 X 76,000
XILINX INC COM 983919 10 1 2,290 40,000 X 40,000
ZORAN CORP COM 98975F 10 1 9,154 546,500 X 546,500
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