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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: December 31, 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 02/10/2000
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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 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: 201
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $7,342,614
[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.
December 31, 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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A.G. Edwards Inc. COM 281760108 8941 278873 SH SOLE 278873
AMS Realstar COM 001785104 0 10000 SH SOLE 10000
AT&T COM 001957109 859 16897 SH SOLE 190 16707
AT&T Corp Liberty Media Grp Se COM 001957208 772 13502 SH SOLE 13502
Allstate COM 020002101 724 30068 SH SOLE 1112 28956
American Express COM 025816109 51532 309966 SH SOLE 110279 199687
American Home Prods COM 026609107 516 13156 SH SOLE 13156
American Internat'l Group COM 026874107 45799 423575 SH SOLE 146026 277549
Aon Corp. COM 037389103 7178 179461 SH SOLE 47887 131574
Aptargroup COM 038336103 232 9218 SH SOLE 600 8618
Arctic Cat Inc COM 039670104 773 77300 SH SOLE 4000 73300
Arnold Industries COM 042595108 566 40248 SH SOLE 40248
Arrow Electronics COM 042735100 254 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Associates First Capital Corp COM 046008108 2304 83978 SH SOLE 17374 66604
Automatic Data Processing COM 053015103 482 8944 SH SOLE 8944
BB & T Corp COM 054937107 10953 400102 SH SOLE 36818 363284
Bank One COM 059438101 438 13680 SH SOLE 11000 2680
Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 4487 89409 SH SOLE 18132 71277
Bank of New York COM 064057102 240 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Bear Stearns Companies COM 073902108 2168 50725 SH SOLE 18759 31966
Bell Atlantic COM 077853109 245 3978 SH SOLE 258 3720
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl A COM 084670108 1469820 26200 SH SOLE 9747 16453
1131817 20175 SH DEFINED 20175
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl B COM 084670207 103536 56577 SH SOLE 15711 40866
Bestfoods COM 08658u101 452 8600 SH SOLE 8600
Bowater COM 102183100 3330 61318 SH SOLE 3753 57565
Bowl America - Class A COM 102565108 106 15200 SH SOLE 15200
Briggs & Stratton COM 109043109 300 5600 SH SOLE 2400 3200
Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 761 11850 SH SOLE 400 11450
Brown & Brown Inc. COM 115236101 21179 552787 SH SOLE 148200 404587
CDI COM 125071100 778 32260 SH SOLE 32260
CFS Bancorp Inc COM 12525d102 422 45300 SH SOLE 45300
CNA Financial Corp. COM 126117100 343 8800 SH SOLE 900 7900
CVS Corp. COM 585745102 271 6800 SH SOLE 6800
California Center Bank Los Ang COM 13007A103 181 10216 SH SOLE 10216
Capital Federal Financial COM 14057c106 2369 243000 SH SOLE 243000
Carlisle Companies COM 142339100 302 8400 SH SOLE 8400
Cedar Fair LP-Dep Rcpts Repstg COM 150185106 4400 227122 SH SOLE 227122
Chase Manhattan - New COM 16161A108 1140 14676 SH SOLE 3744 10932
Chicago Title Corp COM 168228104 8633 186650 SH SOLE 186650
Choice Hotels Int'l Inc- New COM 169905106 15555 908300 SH SOLE 22200 886100
Cisco Systems Inc COM 17275R102 1186 11074 SH SOLE 500 10574
Citigroup Inc COM 172967101 22842 410187 SH SOLE 20993 389194
Clorox COM 189054109 278 5514 SH SOLE 418 5096
Coca Cola COM 191216100 16725 287121 SH SOLE 103957 183164
Comcast Corp. Special Cl A COM 200300201 1492 29510 SH SOLE 4794 24716
Comerica COM 200340107 2515 53872 SH SOLE 15000 38872
Consolidated Papers COM 209759109 401 12600 SH SOLE 12600
Corus Bankshares Inc. COM 220873103 2092 87180 SH SOLE 10447 76733
Crane Co. COM 224399105 2742 137946 SH SOLE 6190 131756
Daimler-Chrysler AG COM d1668r123 10994 140951 SH SOLE 20883 120068
Danielson Hldg COM 236274106 376 65364 SH SOLE 33864 31500
Delphi Automotive Systems Corp COM 247126105 1221 77521 SH SOLE 16457 61064
Delphi Financial Group COM 247131105 4297 143246 SH SOLE 143246
Disney Walt COM 254687106 9946 340047 SH SOLE 340047
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co. COM 263534109 778 11811 SH SOLE 177 11634
Duff & Phelps Credit Rating COM 26432F109 1254 14100 SH SOLE 14100
Dynatech Corp COM 268140100 173 25700 SH SOLE 25700
EPL Technologies Inc COM 268920204 16 16667 SH SOLE 16667
Eagle USA Airfreight Inc. COM 270018104 1781 41300 SH SOLE 41300
East/West Communications Inc. COM 275799104 294 7630 SH SOLE 7630
Everest Reinsurance Holdings I COM 299808105 14099 631889 SH SOLE 631889
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30131g103 979 12152 SH SOLE 12152
Fair Isaac & Company Inc. COM 303250104 8019 151300 SH SOLE 151300
Fannie Mae COM 313586109 17831 285589 SH SOLE 52448 233141
Federated Investors Inc PA Cl COM 314211103 2082 103800 SH SOLE 103800
Fidelity Nat'l Financial COM 316326107 1652 114900 SH SOLE 114900
Fifth Third Bancorp COM 316773100 677896 9238780 SH SOLE 3842647 5396133
437217 5958662 SH DEFINED 5958662
First American Fin Corp Calif COM 318522307 8157 655800 SH SOLE 655800
First Bancorp of Ind Inc. COM m97592766 144 15000 SH SOLE 15000
First Nat'l Bank Anchorage Ala COM 322387101 1486 1564 SH SOLE 1564
First Security Corp COM 336294103 3372 132082 SH SOLE 132082
First Tennessee National Corp COM 337162101 227 7982 SH SOLE 7982
First Union Corp. COM 337358105 286 8670 SH SOLE 8670
Firstar Corp. - New COM 33763v109 1214 57472 SH SOLE 57472
Firstfed Bancorp COM 33761Q102 369 39860 SH SOLE 39860
Ford Motor COM 345370100 9695 181855 SH SOLE 33155 148700
Franklin Electric COM 353514102 20077 286044 SH SOLE 67832 218212
Freddie Mac COM 313400301 514377 10929666 SH SOLE 4692025 6237641
594536 12632900 SH DEFINED 12632900
G & K Services Inc. Cl A COM 361268105 3651 112775 SH SOLE 54100 58675
GTE Corp. COM 362320103 320 4531 SH SOLE 4531
Gannett Co. COM 364730101 703 8620 SH SOLE 8620
General Electric COM 369604103 6724 43452 SH SOLE 470 42982
General Motors COM 370442105 8371 115171 SH SOLE 23552 91619
Gillette COM 375766102 27576 669521 SH SOLE 181778 487743
Golden West Financial COM 381317106 7015 209400 SH SOLE 209400
Grey Advertising - Class B COM 397838103 573 1432 SH SOLE 1432
Gulf West Banks Inc COM 402582100 137 15615 SH SOLE 15615
Harley Davidson COM 412822108 222956 3480296 SH SOLE 1715989 1764307
306059 4777500 SH DEFINED 4777500
Heartland Express COM 422347104 3002 190587 SH SOLE 2955 187632
Herman Miller Inc. COM 600544100 7693 334461 SH SOLE 52250 282211
Hershey Foods COM 427866108 550 11600 SH SOLE 11600
Hollinger Internat'l Inc. COM 435569108 551 42600 SH SOLE 500 42100
Home Depot COM 437076102 21935 319050 SH SOLE 177000 142050
Home Port Bancorp COM 437304108 2865 111250 SH SOLE 111250
Household International COM 441815107 68859 1848557 SH SOLE 799916 1048641
65746 1765000 SH DEFINED 1765000
Hub Group Inc. Cl A COM 443320106 6924 346191 SH SOLE 346191
Hudson City Bancorp Inc COM 443683107 1164 86600 SH SOLE 86600
Huttig Building Products Inc COM 448451104 679 137553 SH SOLE 153 137400
IBM COM 459200101 8400 77868 SH SOLE 7808 70060
Ihop Corp COM 449623107 2625 157300 SH SOLE 157300
Intel Corp COM 458140100 3326 40402 SH SOLE 400 40002
Interim Services COM 45868P100 161921 6542259 SH SOLE 185250 6357009
International Speedway Corp Cl COM 460335300 2409 48180 SH SOLE 48180
Interpublic Group COM 460690100 7022 121724 SH SOLE 121724
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 1087 11658 SH SOLE 200 11458
Jostens COM 481088102 226 9300 SH SOLE 9300
Kimball Internat'l COM 494274103 343 20800 SH SOLE 20800
Kimberly Clark COM 494368103 222 3400 SH SOLE 3400
Knight Transportation COM 499064103 3660 213700 SH SOLE 9300 204400
Leeds Federal Bankshares Inc COM 524226107 156 16000 SH SOLE 16000
Leucadia Nat'l COM 527288104 250 10800 SH SOLE 10800
Lexington Corporate Properties COM 529043101 99 10800 SH SOLE 10800
Lilly Eli & Co. COM 532457108 914 13740 SH SOLE 8660 5080
Liz Claiborne COM 539320101 275 7300 SH SOLE 1000 6300
Loews COM 540424108 442 7289 SH SOLE 7289
Lucent Technologies Inc. COM 549463107 241 3208 SH SOLE 164 3044
Lynch Interactive Corp COM 551146103 429 4300 SH SOLE 4300
M & F Worldwide Corp COM 552541104 4200 829725 SH SOLE 829725
MBNA Corp. COM 55262L100 708 26000 SH SOLE 26000
MFS Intermediate COM 55273C107 94 15500 SH SOLE 15500
Management Assistance - Liquid COM 561671504 2 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Manpower COM 56418H100 4055 107775 SH SOLE 17400 90375
Markel Corp COM 570535104 741 4780 SH SOLE 200 4580
McDonalds COM 580135101 3227 80044 SH SOLE 200 79844
Mellon Financial Corp COM 58551a108 2791 81948 SH SOLE 81948
Mercantile Bankshares COM 587405101 1983 62077 SH SOLE 23175 38902
10338 323700 SH DEFINED 323700
Merck & Co. COM 589331107 1027 15288 SH SOLE 700 14588
Merrill Lynch & Co COM 590188108 2816 33800 SH SOLE 18000 15800
Microsoft COM 594918104 2421 20736 SH SOLE 1700 19036
Millicom - Escrow COM 600813794 0 55250 SH SOLE 55250
Mocon Inc COM 607494101 126 21000 SH SOLE 21000
Morgan J P & Co. COM 616880100 941 7435 SH SOLE 203 7232
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Dis COM 617446448 21051 147466 SH SOLE 10700 136766
Nabisco Group Holdings COM 62952p102 128 12080 SH SOLE 12000 80
Nacco Industries - Class A COM 629579103 6063 109122 SH SOLE 109122
Nat'l Commerce Bancorp COM 635449101 64884 2859883 SH SOLE 984870 1875013
25998 1145900 SH DEFINED 1145900
Nat'l Presto Industries COM 637215104 333 9378 SH SOLE 327 9051
New Horizons Worldwide Inc. COM 645526104 163 13750 SH SOLE 13750
Northeast Bancorp - ESCROW COM 664058989 0 27896 SH SOLE 10031 17865
Northern Trust Corp COM 665859104 970 18300 SH SOLE 18300
OPT Sciences COM 671003101 67 16300 SH SOLE 16300
PNC Bank - Formerly PNC Financ COM 693475105 450 10116 SH SOLE 10116
Penton Media Inc COM 709668107 245 10215 SH SOLE 450 9765
PepsiCo COM 713448108 681 19322 SH SOLE 355 18967
Perini Corp COM 713839108 1135 292800 SH SOLE 292800
Pfizer COM 717081103 777 23952 SH SOLE 23952
Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc. COM 716941109 234 5200 SH SOLE 5200
Philip Morris COM 718154107 25182 1094882 SH SOLE 373408 721474
Pico Holdings Inc COM 693366205 3973 322682 SH SOLE 322682
Pittway - Class A COM 725790208 994 22190 SH SOLE 900 21290
Polaris Industries Inc COM 731068102 5684 156796 SH SOLE 36100 120696
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 3196 29170 SH SOLE 29170
Progressive Corp. Ohio COM 743315103 326058 4458908 SH SOLE 1690406 2768502
277941 3800900 SH DEFINED 3800900
Ralston-Ralston Purina Group COM 751277302 339 12150 SH SOLE 12150
Reinsurance Group of America COM 759351109 15158 546250 SH SOLE 546250
Renaissance Holdings LTD COM G7496G103 2128 52050 SH SOLE 400 51650
Royal Palm Beach Col COM 780908208 11 14000 SH SOLE 14000
SBC Communications (Southweste COM 78387G103 377 7739 SH SOLE 352 7387
Sara Lee COM 803111103 1527 69200 SH SOLE 69200
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 219 3900 SH SOLE 3900
Schwab Charles CP - New COM 808513105 1300 34000 SH SOLE 34000
Servicemaster Co. COM 81760n109 15922 1293155 SH SOLE 365751 927404
Southwest Gas Corp COM 844895102 230 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Stanley Works COM 854616109 286 9500 SH SOLE 9500
State Street Corp COM 857477103 975 13340 SH SOLE 13340
Stewart Enterprises Inc Cl A COM 860370105 1544 325000 SH SOLE 325000
Sturm Ruger & Co. COM 864159108 2803 315803 SH SOLE 24700 291103
Sunburst Hospitality COM 866948102 144 25668 SH SOLE 1299 24369
Suntrust Banks COM 867914103 658 9559 SH SOLE 400 9159
Tokheim Corp. COM 889073102 87 24057 SH SOLE 1456 22601
Triad Guaranty Inc COM 895925105 7523 330700 SH SOLE 330700
Tyco Intl Ltd COM 902124106 250 6400 SH SOLE 6400
U.S. Bancorp New - Del. COM 902973106 99129 4162901 SH SOLE 1713500 2449401
98639 4142300 SH DEFINED 4142300
US Trust Corp. - New COM 91288l105 894 11150 SH SOLE 4200 6950
Valspar Corp. COM 920355104 4861 116095 SH SOLE 34450 81645
Ventas Inc COM 92276f100 84 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Viacom - Class B COM 925524308 276 4566 SH SOLE 4566
Virginia Capital Bancshares In COM 927758102 484 30000 SH SOLE 30000
Vodafone Airtouch Public Ltd COM 92857t107 429 8665 SH SOLE 8665
Vornado Realty Trust COM 929042109 555 17068 SH SOLE 17068
Vulcan Materials COM 929160109 864 21624 SH SOLE 10800 10824
Waddell & Reed Financial Inc c COM 930059209 3365 133927 SH SOLE 133927
Wal-Mart Stores COM 931142103 1074 15534 SH SOLE 15534
Walgreen COM 931422109 831 28400 SH SOLE 28400
Wallace Computer Services COM 932270101 1297 78025 SH SOLE 5400 72625
Warner-Lambert COM 934488107 221 2700 SH SOLE 2700
Washington Post - Class B COM 939640108 7067 12713 SH SOLE 12713
Wells Fargo & Co. New COM 949746101 368 9110 SH SOLE 9110
Wesco Financial COM 950817106 7633 31155 SH SOLE 31155
World Acceptance Corp. COM 981419104 1402 291221 SH SOLE 291221
Worldcom Inc - GA COM 55268b106 241 4548 SH SOLE 4548
Wrigley (Wm), Jr. COM 982526105 1366 16475 SH SOLE 16475
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