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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
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: Ruane, Cunniff & Co., Inc.
Address: 767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
Form 13F File Number: 28-154
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: Mr. Joseph Quinones, Jr.
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Phone: (212) 832-5280
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Joseph Quinones, Jr. New York, NY 11/03/1999
_______________________ _____________________ _________
[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 her if no holdings reported are in
this report, and all holdings are reported by other
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reporting manger(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).)
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager: NONE
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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: None
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 204
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $7,038,790
[thousands]
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED: the information for which
Ruane, Cunniff & Co., Inc. is requesting confidential treatment
has been omitted and filed separately with the Commission.
List of Other Included Managers: NONE
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Ruane, Cunniff & Co., Inc.
September 30, 1999
FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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21st Century Technologies Inc COM 90130c107 1 10000 SH SOLE 10000
A.G. Edwards Inc. COM 281760108 6800 257811 SH SOLE 257811
AMS Realstar COM 001785104 0 10000 SH SOLE 10000
AT&T COM 001957109 735 16897 SH SOLE 190 16707
AT&T Corp Liberty Media Grp Se COM 001957208 772 13502 SH SOLE 13502
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 214 5820 SH SOLE 5820
Albertsons COM 013104104 371 9384 SH SOLE 9384
Allstate COM 020002101 750 30068 SH SOLE 1112 28956
Allstate Financial VA COM 020011102 9 17400 SH SOLE 17400
American Express COM 025816109 44538 329912 SH SOLE 111779 218133
American Home Prods COM 026609107 729 17556 SH SOLE 17556
American Internat'l Group COM 026874107 37135 427148 SH SOLE 146526 280622
Ameritech - New COM 030954101 214 3208 SH SOLE 152 3056
Aon Corp. COM 037389103 5305 179461 SH SOLE 47887 131574
Aptargroup COM 038336103 247 9218 SH SOLE 600 8618
Arctic Cat Inc COM 039670104 742 77600 SH SOLE 4000 73600
Arnold Industries COM 042595108 508 40248 SH SOLE 40248
Arrow Electronics COM 042735100 176 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Associates First Capital Corp COM 046008108 3029 84134 SH SOLE 17374 66760
Automatic Data Processing COM 053015103 399 8944 SH SOLE 8944
BB & T Corp COM 054937107 12953 400102 SH SOLE 36818 363284
Bank One COM 059438101 494 14180 SH SOLE 11000 3180
Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 5007 89904 SH SOLE 18132 71772
Bank of New York COM 064057102 201 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Bear Stearns Companies COM 073902108 1857 48317 SH SOLE 17866 30451
Bell Atlantic COM 077853109 268 3978 SH SOLE 258 3720
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl A COM 084670108 1447740 26323 SH SOLE 9746 16577
1109625 20175 SH DEFINED 20175
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl B COM 084670207 100122 53945 SH SOLE 15705 38240
Bestfoods COM 08658u101 612 12600 SH SOLE 12600
Bowater COM 102183100 3219 61318 SH SOLE 3753 57565
Bowl America - Class A COM 102565108 104 15200 SH SOLE 15200
Briggs & Stratton COM 109043109 327 5600 SH SOLE 2400 3200
Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 800 11850 SH SOLE 400 11450
Brown & Brown Inc. COM 115236101 18541 557637 SH SOLE 149200 408437
CDI COM 125071100 881 32260 SH SOLE 32260
CFS Bancorp Inc COM 12525d102 473 45300 SH SOLE 45300
CNA Financial Corp. COM 126117100 308 8800 SH SOLE 900 7900
CVS Corp. COM 585745102 278 6800 SH SOLE 6800
California Center Bank Los Ang COM 13007A103 192 10216 SH SOLE 10216
Capital Federal Financial COM 14057c106 2363 237000 SH SOLE 237000
Carlisle Companies COM 142339100 332 8400 SH SOLE 8400
Central European Media Enterpr COM g20045103 24 15625 SH SOLE 15625
Chase Manhattan - New COM 16161A108 1106 14676 SH SOLE 3744 10932
Chicago Title Corp COM 168228104 5008 125400 SH SOLE 125400
Choice Hotels Int'l Inc- New COM 169905106 16486 962700 SH SOLE 22200 940500
Cisco Systems Inc COM 17275R102 759 11074 SH SOLE 500 10574
Citigroup Inc COM 172967101 18132 412095 SH SOLE 20993 391102
Clorox COM 189054109 211 5514 SH SOLE 418 5096
Coca Cola COM 191216100 13940 288921 SH SOLE 103957 184964
Comcast Corp. Special Cl A COM 200300201 1388 34810 SH SOLE 4794 30016
Comerica COM 200340107 2727 53872 SH SOLE 15000 38872
Commerce Bancorp Inc/NJ COM 200519106 1207 29085 SH SOLE 29085
Community Federal Bancorp COM 20364Q100 336 20201 SH SOLE 20201
Consolidated Papers COM 209759109 339 12600 SH SOLE 12600
Corus Bankshares Inc. COM 220873103 2244 87580 SH SOLE 10447 77133
Crane Co. COM 224399105 323 14415 SH SOLE 690 13725
Daimler-Chrysler AG COM d1668r123 9791 141000 SH SOLE 20883 120117
Danielson Hldg COM 236274106 434 72364 SH SOLE 33864 38500
Delphi Automotive Systems Corp COM 247126105 1260 78461 SH SOLE 16457 62004
Delphi Financial Group COM 247131105 1280 42412 SH SOLE 42412
Disney Walt COM 254687106 8896 342162 SH SOLE 342162
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co. COM 263534109 715 11811 SH SOLE 177 11634
Duff & Phelps Credit Rating COM 26432F109 1127 14100 SH SOLE 14100
Dynatech Corp COM 268140100 125 25000 SH SOLE 25000
EPL Technologies Inc COM 268920204 17 16667 SH SOLE 16667
Eagle USA Airfreight Inc. COM 270018104 1931 64500 SH SOLE 64500
Equifax COM 294429105 554 19700 SH SOLE 19700
Exxon COM 302290101 878 11556 SH SOLE 11556
Fair Isaac & Company Inc. COM 303250104 3676 131000 SH SOLE 131000
Fannie Mae COM 313586109 18906 301589 SH SOLE 57648 243941
Federated Investors Inc PA Cl COM 314211103 1734 100500 SH SOLE 100500
Fidelity Nat'l Financial COM 316326107 1745 114900 SH SOLE 114900
Fifth Third Bancorp COM 316773100 552704 9083997 SH SOLE 3852764 5231232
362547 5958662 SH DEFINED 5958662
First American Fin Corp Calif COM 318522307 8367 625600 SH SOLE 625600
First Bancorp of Ind Inc. COM m97592766 144 15000 SH SOLE 15000
First Nat'l Bank Anchorage Ala COM 322387101 1597 1564 SH SOLE 1564
First Security Corp COM 336294103 3053 128366 SH SOLE 128366
First Union Corp. COM 337358105 309 8670 SH SOLE 8670
Firstar Corp. - New COM 33763v109 1527 59580 SH SOLE 59580
Firstfed Bancorp COM 33761Q102 322 40200 SH SOLE 40200
Ford Motor COM 345370100 9138 181855 SH SOLE 33155 148700
Franklin Electric COM 353514102 19503 295504 SH SOLE 67832 227672
Freddie Mac COM 313400301 584529 11240943 SH SOLE 4696475 6544468
656911 12632900 SH DEFINED 12632900
G & K Services Inc. Cl A COM 361268105 4906 121125 SH SOLE 54100 67025
GTE Corp. COM 362320103 342 4453 SH SOLE 4453
Gannett Co. COM 364730101 596 8620 SH SOLE 8620
General Electric COM 369604103 5545 46772 SH SOLE 540 46232
General Motors COM 370442105 7249 115171 SH SOLE 23552 91619
Gillette COM 375766102 21978 647599 SH SOLE 181628 465971
Golden West Financial COM 381317106 6862 69800 SH SOLE 69800
Grey Advertising - Class B COM 397838103 637 1732 SH SOLE 1732
Gulf West Banks Inc COM 402582100 123 12300 SH SOLE 12300
Harley Davidson COM 412822108 177641 3548381 SH SOLE 1734889 1813492
239174 4777500 SH DEFINED 4777500
Hasbro Inc. COM 418056107 772 35915 SH SOLE 35915
Heartland Express COM 422347104 2705 191509 SH SOLE 2955 188554
Herman Miller Inc. COM 600544100 7803 326409 SH SOLE 52250 274159
Hershey Foods COM 427866108 565 11600 SH SOLE 11600
Hollinger Internat'l Inc. COM 435569108 881 74200 SH SOLE 500 73700
Home Depot COM 437076102 14597 212700 SH SOLE 118000 94700
Home Port Bancorp COM 437304108 2732 110950 SH SOLE 110950
Household International COM 441815107 73779 1838732 SH SOLE 799141 1039591
70821 1765000 SH DEFINED 1765000
Hub Group Inc. Cl A COM 443320106 6800 332727 SH SOLE 332727
Hudson City Bancorp Inc COM 443683107 1375 100000 SH SOLE 100000
IBM COM 459200101 9489 78418 SH SOLE 7808 70610
Intel Corp COM 458140100 3002 40402 SH SOLE 400 40002
International Speedway Corp Cl COM 460335201 6808 129520 SH SOLE 129520
International Speedway Corp Cl COM 460335300 2523 48180 SH SOLE 48180
Interpublic Group COM 460690100 5011 121838 SH SOLE 121838
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 1071 11658 SH SOLE 200 11458
Kimball Internat'l COM 494274103 408 21200 SH SOLE 21200
Knight Transportation COM 499064103 2653 183000 SH SOLE 9300 173700
Leucadia Nat'l COM 527288104 227 10800 SH SOLE 10800
Lilly Eli & Co. COM 532457108 882 13740 SH SOLE 8660 5080
Liz Claiborne COM 539320101 226 7300 SH SOLE 1000 6300
Loews COM 540424108 493 7018 SH SOLE 7018
Lucent Technologies Inc. COM 549463107 208 3208 SH SOLE 164 3044
Lynch Interactive Corp COM 551146103 322 4300 SH SOLE 4300
M & F Worldwide Corp COM 552541104 5040 630025 SH SOLE 630025
MBNA Corp. COM 55262L100 593 26000 SH SOLE 26000
MFS Intermediate COM 55273C107 99 15500 SH SOLE 15500
Management Assistance - Liquid COM 561671504 2 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Manpower COM 56418H100 3620 124275 SH SOLE 25500 98775
Markel Corp COM 570535104 847 4650 SH SOLE 200 4450
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. COM 573284106 221 5546 SH SOLE 5546
McDonalds COM 580135101 3462 80044 SH SOLE 200 79844
Mellon Financial Corp COM 58551a108 2756 81948 SH SOLE 81948
Mercantile Bankshares COM 587405101 1962 63427 SH SOLE 23175 40252
10014 323700 SH DEFINED 323700
Merck & Co. COM 589331107 1116 17214 SH SOLE 700 16514
Merrill Lynch & Co COM 590188108 2277 33800 SH SOLE 18000 15800
Microsoft COM 594918104 2684 29636 SH SOLE 1700 27936
Millicom - Escrow COM 600813794 0 55250 SH SOLE 55250
Mocon Inc COM 607494101 96 21000 SH SOLE 21000
Morgan J P & Co. COM 616880100 849 7435 SH SOLE 203 7232
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Dis COM 617446448 13547 151898 SH SOLE 10700 141198
Nabisco Group Holdings COM 62952p102 181 12080 SH SOLE 12000 80
Nacco Industries - Class A COM 629579103 2536 36296 SH SOLE 36296
Nat'l Commerce Bancorp COM 635449101 78742 3584283 SH SOLE 1231670 2352613
25174 1145900 SH DEFINED 1145900
Nat'l Presto Industries COM 637215104 362 9378 SH SOLE 327 9051
New Horizons Worldwide Inc. COM 645526104 218 13750 SH SOLE 13750
Niagara Bancorp COM 652914102 104 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Northeast Bancorp - ESCROW COM 664058989 0 27896 SH SOLE 10031 17865
Northern Trust Corp COM 665859104 835 10000 SH SOLE 10000
OPT Sciences COM 671003101 81 16300 SH SOLE 16300
PNC Bank - Formerly PNC Financ COM 693475105 549 10416 SH SOLE 10416
Penton Media Inc COM 709668107 166 10215 SH SOLE 450 9765
PepsiCo COM 713448108 589 19322 SH SOLE 355 18967
Perini Corp COM 713839108 1025 292800 SH SOLE 292800
Pfizer COM 717081103 924 25752 SH SOLE 25752
Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc. COM 716941109 258 5200 SH SOLE 5200
Philip Morris COM 718154107 37188 1087752 SH SOLE 373408 714344
Pico Holdings Inc COM 693366205 6991 326111 SH SOLE 326111
Pittway - Class A COM 725790208 699 22190 SH SOLE 900 21290
Polaris Industries Inc COM 731068102 5391 155696 SH SOLE 36100 119596
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 2735 29170 SH SOLE 29170
Progressive Corp. Ohio COM 743315103 363934 4455197 SH SOLE 1691781 2763416
310486 3800900 SH DEFINED 3800900
Ralston-Ralston Purina Group COM 751277302 339 12150 SH SOLE 12150
Reinsurance Group of America COM 759351109 7706 300000 SH SOLE 300000
Renaissance Holdings LTD COM G7496G103 1774 51150 SH SOLE 400 50750
Robert Half Internat'l COM 770323103 724 30500 SH SOLE 30500
Royal Palm Beach Col COM 780908208 11 14000 SH SOLE 14000
Sara Lee COM 803111103 1618 69200 SH SOLE 69200
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 243 3900 SH SOLE 3900
Schwab Charles CP - New COM 808513105 1137 34000 SH SOLE 34000
Sears Roebuck & Co. COM 812387108 202 6450 SH SOLE 600 5850
Servicemaster Co. COM 81760n109 20870 1299316 SH SOLE 417051 882265
Southwest Gas Corp COM 844895102 269 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Stanley Works COM 854616109 290 11500 SH SOLE 11500
State Street Corp COM 857477103 862 13340 SH SOLE 13340
Stewart Enterprises Inc Cl A COM 860370105 1970 325000 SH SOLE 325000
Sturm Ruger & Co. COM 864159108 2677 297403 SH SOLE 24700 272703
2227 247500 SH DEFINED 247500
Sunburst Hospitality COM 866948102 163 26401 SH SOLE 1299 25102
Suntrust Banks COM 867914103 1132 17214 SH SOLE 400 16814
Tokheim Corp. COM 889073102 215 24057 SH SOLE 1456 22601
Tyco Intl Ltd COM 902124106 361 3500 SH SOLE 300 3200
U.S. Bancorp New - Del. COM 902973106 130374 4318803 SH SOLE 1743800 2575003
125046 4142300 SH DEFINED 4142300
US Trust Corp. - New COM 91288L105 1021 11150 SH SOLE 4200 6950
Unumprovident Corp. COM 91529y106 386 13108 SH SOLE 13108
Valspar Corp. COM 920355104 4182 127945 SH SOLE 34450 93495
Ventas Inc COM 92276f100 95 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Virginia Capital Bancshares In COM 927758102 446 30000 SH SOLE 30000
Vodafone Airtouch Public Ltd COM 92857t107 441 1853 SH SOLE 1853
Vornado Realty Trust COM 929042109 555 17068 SH SOLE 17068
Vulcan Materials COM 929160109 792 21624 SH SOLE 10800 10824
Wachovia Corp. - New COM 929771103 220 2793 SH SOLE 2793
Waddell & Reed Financial Inc c COM 930059209 2803 131127 SH SOLE 131127
Wal-Mart Stores COM 931142103 739 15534 SH SOLE 15534
Walgreen COM 931422109 721 28400 SH SOLE 28400
Wallace Computer Services COM 932270101 3989 196975 SH SOLE 31500 165475
Washington Post - Class B COM 939640108 14134 27713 SH SOLE 27713
Wells Fargo & Co. New COM 949746101 361 9110 SH SOLE 9110
Wesco Financial COM 950817106 8092 29860 SH SOLE 29860
World Acceptance Corp. COM 981419104 1370 254800 SH SOLE 254800
Worldcom Inc - GA COM 55268b106 218 3033 SH SOLE 3033
Wrigley (Wm), Jr. COM 982526105 1134 16475 SH SOLE 16475
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