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: The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
Address: 333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90071-1447
Form 13F File Number: 28-218
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: Larry P. Clemmensen
Title: President
Phone: 213/486-9424
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Larry P. Clemmensen* Los Angeles, California 11/12/99
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[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
*By: /s/ James P. Ryan
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James P. Ryan
Attorney-in-fact
Signed pursuant to a Power of Attorney dated January 29, 1999
included as an Exhibit to Schedule 13G filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission by Capital Research and
Management Company with respect to ABR Information Services, Inc.
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 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:
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]
Form 13F File Number Name
[Repeat as necessary.]
The following investment management subsidiaries of The Capital
Group Companies, Inc. ("CGC") have reported securities over
which CGC is deemed to exercise investment discretion:
Capital Guardian Trust Company
Capital Research and Management Company
Capital International Inc.
Capital International, S.A.
Capital International Limited
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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: n/a
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: n/a
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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.]
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