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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: March 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: 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 05/12/2000
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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: 199
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $6,357,719
[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.
March 31, 2000
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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AMS Realstar COM 001785104 0 10000 SH SOLE 10000
AT&T COM 001957109 952 16897 SH SOLE 190 16707
AT&T Corp Liberty Media Grp Se COM 001957208 772 13502 SH SOLE 13502
Allstate COM 020002101 645 27068 SH SOLE 1112 25956
American Express COM 025816109 42303 284029 SH SOLE 94850 189179
American Home Prods COM 026609107 707 13156 SH SOLE 13156
American Internat'l Group COM 026874107 43967 401523 SH SOLE 130814 270709
Aon Corp. COM 037389103 216 6695 SH SOLE 1 6694
Aptargroup COM 038336103 246 9218 SH SOLE 600 8618
Arctic Cat Inc COM 039670104 792 77300 SH SOLE 4000 73300
Arnold Industries COM 042595108 462 36048 SH SOLE 36048
Associates First Capital Corp COM 046008108 1795 83982 SH SOLE 17374 66608
Automatic Data Processing COM 053015103 432 8944 SH SOLE 8944
BB & T Corp COM 054937107 11144 397102 SH SOLE 36818 360284
Bank One COM 059438101 470 13680 SH SOLE 11000 2680
Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 4659 88844 SH SOLE 18132 70712
Bank of New York COM 064057102 249 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Bear Stearns Companies COM 073902108 2323 50925 SH SOLE 18759 32166
Bell Atlantic COM 077853109 243 3978 SH SOLE 258 3720
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl A COM 084670108 1490355 26055 SH SOLE 9607 16448
1154010 20175 SH DEFINED 20175
Berkshire Hathaway - Cl B COM 084670207 103753 57007 SH SOLE 15714 41293
Bestfoods COM 08658u101 426 9100 SH SOLE 9100
Bowater COM 102183100 3273 61318 SH SOLE 3753 57565
Bowl America - Class A COM 102565108 118 15200 SH SOLE 15200
Briggs & Stratton COM 109043109 230 5600 SH SOLE 2400 3200
Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 687 11850 SH SOLE 400 11450
Brown & Brown Inc. COM 115236101 21289 550287 SH SOLE 148200 402087
CDI COM 125071100 613 32260 SH SOLE 32260
CFS Bancorp Inc COM 12525d102 408 45300 SH SOLE 45300
CNA Financial Corp. COM 126117100 265 8200 SH SOLE 900 7300
California Center Bank Los Ang COM 13007A103 157 11543 SH SOLE 11543
Capital Federal Financial COM 14057c106 2237 237000 SH SOLE 237000
Carlisle Companies COM 142339100 336 8400 SH SOLE 8400
Cary Intl Inc COM 141750109 2728 160500 SH SOLE 160500
Cedar Fair LP-Dep Rcpts Repstg COM 150185106 4580 230417 SH SOLE 230417
Charter One Financial Inc. COM 160903100 14137 673179 SH SOLE 673179
Chase Manhattan - New COM 16161A108 1280 14676 SH SOLE 3744 10932
Chemed Corp COM 163596109 4758 158600 SH SOLE 158600
Choice Hotels Int'l Inc- New COM 169905106 10151 703097 SH SOLE 11600 691497
Chubb COM 171232101 203 3000 SH SOLE 3000
Cisco Systems Inc COM 17275R102 815 10548 SH SOLE 600 9948
Citigroup Inc COM 172967101 22910 382635 SH SOLE 20993 361642
Coca Cola COM 191216100 13253 282354 SH SOLE 103850 178504
Comcast Corp. Special Cl A COM 200300201 1246 28736 SH SOLE 4794 23942
Comerica COM 200340107 2431 58047 SH SOLE 15000 43047
Consolidated Papers COM 209759109 407 10600 SH SOLE 10600
Corus Bankshares Inc. COM 220873103 2060 87180 SH SOLE 10447 76733
Crane Co. COM 224399105 6645 282004 SH SOLE 42340 239664
Daimler-Chrysler AG COM d1668r123 8928 136434 SH SOLE 20883 115551
Danielson Hldg COM 236274106 417 65364 SH SOLE 33864 31500
Delphi Automotive Systems Corp COM 247126105 1080 67507 SH SOLE 11285 56222
Delphi Financial Group COM 247131105 4530 149134 SH SOLE 149134
Disney Walt COM 254687106 2729 66158 SH SOLE 66158
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co. COM 263534109 562 10611 SH SOLE 177 10434
Duff & Phelps Credit Rating COM 26432F109 349 3500 SH SOLE 3500
Dynatech Corp COM 268140100 361 25000 SH SOLE 25000
EPL Technologies Inc COM 268920204 44 16667 SH SOLE 16667
Everest Re Group Ltd COM g3223r108 21226 650610 SH SOLE 650610
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30131g103 947 12152 SH SOLE 12152
Fair Isaac & Company Inc. COM 303250104 4712 121200 SH SOLE 121200
Fannie Mae COM 313586109 15490 273849 SH SOLE 52308 221541
Fifth Third Bancorp COM 316773100 602853 9569093 SH SOLE 3802822 5766271
375396 5958662 SH DEFINED 5958662
First Bancorp of Ind Inc. COM m97592766 141 15000 SH SOLE 15000
First Nat'l Bank Anchorage Ala COM 322387101 1400 1564 SH SOLE 1564
First Security Corp COM 336294103 1546 128847 SH SOLE 128847
First Union Corp. COM 337358105 323 8670 SH SOLE 8670
Firstar Corp. - New COM 33763v109 1351 58918 SH SOLE 58918
Firstfed Bancorp COM 33761Q102 369 39860 SH SOLE 39860
Ford Motor COM 345370100 8170 177855 SH SOLE 33155 144700
Franklin Electric COM 353514102 18711 292937 SH SOLE 67525 225412
Freddie Mac COM 313400301 402665 9112634 SH SOLE 3900842 5211792
480508 10874300 SH DEFINED 10874300
G & K Services Inc. Cl A COM 361268105 2306 117986 SH SOLE 51900 66086
GTE Corp. COM 362320103 316 4453 SH SOLE 4453
Gannett Co. COM 364730101 607 8620 SH SOLE 8620
General Electric COM 369604103 6119 39321 SH SOLE 400 38921
General Motors COM 370442105 9088 109739 SH SOLE 23552 86187
Gillette COM 375766102 24775 657377 SH SOLE 181644 475733
Grey Advertising - Class B COM 397838103 586 1432 SH SOLE 1432
Heartland Express COM 422347104 2677 190565 SH SOLE 2933 187632
Herman Miller Inc. COM 600544100 7610 271800 SH SOLE 52250 219550
Hershey Foods COM 427866108 565 11600 SH SOLE 11600
Hollinger Internat'l Inc. COM 435569108 418 38900 SH SOLE 500 38400
Home Depot COM 437076102 20579 319050 SH SOLE 177000 142050
Home Port Bancorp COM 437304108 2563 109050 SH SOLE 109050
Household International COM 441815107 68156 1826626 SH SOLE 783516 1043110
65857 1765000 SH DEFINED 1765000
Hub Group Inc. Cl A COM 443320106 4857 318481 SH SOLE 318481
Huttig Building Products Inc COM 448451104 609 135352 SH SOLE 153 135199
IBM COM 459200101 9165 77668 SH SOLE 7808 69860
IMS Health Inc. COM 449934108 1358 80200 SH SOLE 80200
Ihop Corp COM 449623107 3017 215515 SH SOLE 215515
Intel Corp COM 458140100 5317 40302 SH SOLE 400 39902
Interim Services COM 45868P100 117888 6350868 SH SOLE 185250 6165618
International Speedway Corp Cl COM 460335300 2168 48180 SH SOLE 48180
Interpublic Group COM 460690100 5610 118724 SH SOLE 118724
Iron Mountain Inc COM 462846106 341 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Jackpot Enterprises COM 466392107 1656 99608 SH SOLE 99608
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 819 11658 SH SOLE 200 11458
Jostens COM 481088102 227 9300 SH SOLE 9300
Kimball Internat'l COM 494274103 229 20800 SH SOLE 20800
Knight Transportation COM 499064103 3733 213300 SH SOLE 9300 204000
Kollmorgen Corp. COM 500440102 764 55600 SH SOLE 55000 600
Leeds Federal Bankshares Inc COM 524226107 148 15200 SH SOLE 15200
Legg Mason COM 524901105 216 5000 SH SOLE 5000
Leucadia Nat'l COM 527288104 256 10800 SH SOLE 10800
Lexington Corporate Properties COM 529043101 111 10800 SH SOLE 10800
Lilly Eli & Co. COM 532457108 860 13740 SH SOLE 8660 5080
Liz Claiborne COM 539320101 334 7300 SH SOLE 1000 6300
Loews COM 540424108 369 7389 SH SOLE 7389
Lucent Technologies Inc. COM 549463107 205 3308 SH SOLE 164 3144
Lynch Interactive Corp COM 551146103 559 4300 SH SOLE 4300
M & F Worldwide Corp COM 552541104 3663 837325 SH SOLE 837325
MBNA Corp. COM 55262L100 663 26000 SH SOLE 26000
MFS Intermediate COM 55273C107 95 15500 SH SOLE 15500
Management Assistance - Liquid COM 561671504 2 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Manpower COM 56418H100 3483 98125 SH SOLE 16400 81725
Markel Corp COM 570535104 697 4787 SH SOLE 200 4587
McDonalds COM 580135101 2992 80044 SH SOLE 200 79844
Mellon Financial Corp COM 58551a108 2438 81948 SH SOLE 81948
Mercantile Bankshares COM 587405101 1863 60952 SH SOLE 23175 37777
9893 323700 SH DEFINED 323700
Merck & Co. COM 589331107 973 15668 SH SOLE 700 14968
Merrill Lynch & Co COM 590188108 3129 29800 SH SOLE 18000 11800
Microsoft COM 594918104 1930 18161 SH SOLE 1700 16461
Millicom - Escrow COM 600813794 0 55250 SH SOLE 55250
Mocon Inc COM 607494101 117 21000 SH SOLE 21000
Morgan J P & Co. COM 616880100 821 6235 SH SOLE 203 6032
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Dis COM 617446448 7667 92512 SH SOLE 7250 85262
Nabisco Group Holdings COM 62952p102 146 12080 SH SOLE 12000 80
Nacco Industries - Class A COM 629579103 5445 113581 SH SOLE 113581
Nat'l Commerce Bancorp COM 635449101 53752 2905508 SH SOLE 1007070 1898438
21199 1145900 SH DEFINED 1145900
Nat'l Presto Industries COM 637215104 290 8878 SH SOLE 327 8551
New Horizons Worldwide Inc. COM 645526104 244 13750 SH SOLE 13750
Northeast Bancorp - ESCROW COM 664058989 0 27896 SH SOLE 10031 17865
Northern Trust Corp COM 665859104 1000 14800 SH SOLE 14800
OPT Sciences COM 671003101 69 16300 SH SOLE 16300
PNC Bank - Formerly PNC Financ COM 693475105 456 10116 SH SOLE 10116
Penton Media Inc COM 709668107 263 10098 SH SOLE 450 9648
PepsiCo COM 713448108 695 19922 SH SOLE 355 19567
Perini Corp COM 713839108 1183 266600 SH SOLE 266600
Pfizer COM 717081103 876 23952 SH SOLE 23952
Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc. COM 716941109 309 5200 SH SOLE 5200
Philip Morris COM 718154107 23209 1098657 SH SOLE 373408 725249
Pico Holdings Inc COM 693366205 2607 234332 SH SOLE 234332
Polaris Industries Inc COM 731068102 4592 152441 SH SOLE 36100 116341
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 1659 29370 SH SOLE 29370
Progressive Corp. Ohio COM 743315103 346071 4549818 SH SOLE 1667556 2882262
289106 3800900 SH DEFINED 3800900
Ralston-Ralston Purina Group COM 751277302 351 12759 SH SOLE 12759
Reinsurance Group of America COM 759351109 10727 450480 SH SOLE 450480
Renaissance Holdings LTD COM G7496G103 2070 50650 SH SOLE 400 50250
Royal Palm Beach Col COM 780908208 11 14000 SH SOLE 14000
SBC Communications (Southweste COM 78387G103 326 7739 SH SOLE 352 7387
Sara Lee COM 803111103 1238 68800 SH SOLE 68800
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 298 3900 SH SOLE 3900
Schwab Charles CP - New COM 808513105 1243 22000 SH SOLE 22000
Servicemaster Co. COM 81760n109 14216 1263673 SH SOLE 365374 898299
Southwest Gas Corp COM 844895102 191 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Stanley Works COM 854616109 251 9500 SH SOLE 9500
State Street Corp COM 857477103 1292 13340 SH SOLE 13340
Stewart Enterprises Inc Cl A COM 860370105 1605 325000 SH SOLE 325000
Sturm Ruger & Co. COM 864159108 2745 313703 SH SOLE 24600 289103
Sunburst Hospitality COM 866948102 126 25602 SH SOLE 1299 24303
Suntrust Banks COM 867914103 552 9559 SH SOLE 400 9159
Sykes Enterprises Inc COM 871237103 953 50000 SH SOLE 50000
TCF Financial Corp. COM 872275102 350 14685 SH SOLE 14685
Teletech Holdings Inc COM 879939106 690 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Time Warner COM 887315109 272 2725 SH SOLE 2725
Tokheim Corp. COM 889073102 75 23657 SH SOLE 1456 22201
Transact Technologies Inc COM 892918103 91 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Triad Guaranty Inc COM 895925105 6445 317300 SH SOLE 317300
Tyco Intl Ltd COM 902124106 321 6400 SH SOLE 6400
U.S. Bancorp New - Del. COM 902973106 90194 4123145 SH SOLE 1683200 2439945
90613 4142300 SH DEFINED 4142300
US Trust Corp. - New COM 91288l105 246 1300 SH SOLE 1300
Valspar Corp. COM 920355104 4295 112095 SH SOLE 32150 79945
Ventas Inc COM 92276f100 66 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Viacom - Class B COM 925524308 217 4118 SH SOLE 4118
Virginia Capital Bancshares In COM 927758102 402 27500 SH SOLE 27500
Vodafone Airtouch PLC Spon ADR COM 92857t107 565 10165 SH SOLE 10165
Vornado Realty Trust COM 929042109 566 16886 SH SOLE 16886
Vulcan Materials COM 929160109 1018 22224 SH SOLE 10800 11424
WCOM Inc GA COM 98157d106 229 5048 SH SOLE 5048
WTS Golden State Bancrp-Litig COM 381197136 444 330400 SH SOLE 330400
Waddell & Reed Financial Inc c COM 930059209 3141 80527 SH SOLE 80527
Wal-Mart Stores COM 931142103 878 15534 SH SOLE 15534
Walgreen COM 931422109 757 29400 SH SOLE 29400
Wallace Computer Services COM 932270101 880 74475 SH SOLE 5400 69075
Warner-Lambert COM 934488107 264 2700 SH SOLE 2700
Washington Post - Class B COM 939640108 4173 7713 SH SOLE 7713
Wells Fargo & Co. New COM 949746101 371 9110 SH SOLE 9110
Wesco Financial COM 950817106 8157 31988 SH SOLE 31988
World Acceptance Corp. COM 981419104 1473 290921 SH SOLE 290921
Wrigley (Wm), Jr. COM 982526105 1265 16475 SH SOLE 16475
Yankee Candle Inc COM 984757104 1490 94200 SH SOLE 94200
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