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, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Minis & Co., Inc.
Address: 115 E. Bay Street
Savannah, GA 31412
13F File Number: 28-1468
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: Russell W. Carpenter
Title: President
Phone: 912-233-4715
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Russell W. Carpenter Savannah, Georgia April 12, 1999
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ X ] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT
[ ] 13F NOTICE
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934.
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:
Form 13F Information Table Value Total:
List of Other Included Managers:
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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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AT&T Corp. COM 001957109 3216 63679 SH SOLE 63679
Aaron Rents Inc. COM 002535201 166 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Allstate Corp. COM 020002101 5438 149502 SH SOLE 149502
American Express Co. COM 025816109 6187 47345 SH SOLE 47345
American Home Products COM 026609107 4120 67535 SH SOLE 67535
American Intl. Group COM 026874107 951 8127 SH SOLE 8127
Ameritech Corp. COM 030954101 225 3288 SH SOLE 3288
Amgen Corp. COM 031162100 5657 92070 SH SOLE 92070
Amsouth Bancorporation COM 032165102 5109 107419 SH SOLE 107419
Apple Computer COM 037833100 322 7000 SH SOLE 7000
Atlantic Richfield Co. COM 048825103 4041 48140 SH SOLE 48140
Aviation Sales Company COM 053672101 240 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Avon Products COM 054303102 4911 90421 SH SOLE 90421
BP Amoco PLC Spons ADR COM 055622104 1585 14000 SH SOLE 14000
Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 6725 93972 SH SOLE 93972
Bell South Corp. COM 079860102 972 21836 SH SOLE 21836
Boeing Company COM 097023105 281 6915 SH SOLE 6915
Boston Scientific Corp. COM 101137107 1066 25050 SH SOLE 25050
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. COM 110122108 1199 18870 SH SOLE 18870
Burlington Resources Inc. COM 122014103 552 11990 SH SOLE 11990
CVS Corp. COM 126650100 1971 41389 SH SOLE 41389
Catalina Marketing COM 148867104 513 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Caterpillar Inc. COM 149123101 351 5460 SH SOLE 5460
Cheesecake Factory, Inc. COM 163072101 630 22500 SH SOLE 22500
Chevron Corp. COM 166751107 369 3699 SH SOLE 3699
Choice Hotels Intl COM 169905106 762 48775 SH SOLE 48775
Circuit City Stores COM 172737108 4256 69200 SH SOLE 69200
Circuit City Stores, Inc. - Ca COM 172737306 113 25000 SH SOLE 25000
Coca Cola Co. COM 191216100 2848 41842 SH SOLE 41842
Concord EFS COM 206197105 220 6600 SH SOLE 6600
Costco Companies Inc. COM 22160Q102 4087 50500 SH SOLE 50500
Delta Air Lines Inc. COM 247361108 2097 33058 SH SOLE 33058
Didax, Inc COM 253624100 169 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Disney (Walt) Co. COM 254687106 6176 194505 SH SOLE 194505
Dow Chemical Co. COM 260543103 441 3364 SH SOLE 3364
Dow Jones & Co. COM 260561105 371 6800 SH SOLE 6800
DuPont COM 263534109 1783 25230 SH SOLE 25230
Dynamics Research Corp. COM 268057106 108 19800 SH SOLE 19800
Emerson Electric Co. COM 291011104 6044 93700 SH SOLE 93700
Enron Corp. COM 293561106 421 5600 SH SOLE 5600
Exxon Corp. COM 302290101 9587 115418 SH SOLE 115418
First Security Corp COM 336294103 385 20250 SH SOLE 20250
First Union Corp. COM 337358105 4683 84951 SH SOLE 84951
Firstar Corp COM 33763V109 3598 119700 SH SOLE 119700
GTE Corp. COM 362320103 834 12458 SH SOLE 12458
Gannett Co. Inc. COM 364730101 9186 129723 SH SOLE 129723
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 15913 151010 SH SOLE 151010
Gillette Co. COM 375766102 378 7245 SH SOLE 7245
Gulfstream Aerospace COM 402734107 223 4575 SH SOLE 4575
H. J. Heinz Co. COM 423074103 399 8550 SH SOLE 8550
HCR Manor Care, Inc. COM 404134108 2717 97925 SH SOLE 97925
Harris Corp-Delaware- COM 413875105 2614 75625 SH SOLE 75625
Hewlett - Packard COM 428236103 1925 24405 SH SOLE 24405
Home Depot Inc. COM 437076102 13200 220924 SH SOLE 220924
Honeywell Inc. COM 438506107 538 5675 SH SOLE 5675
Horace Mann Educators Corp. COM 440327104 1214 53375 SH SOLE 53375
Int'l Business Machines Corp. COM 459200101 6352 30366 SH SOLE 30366
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 6851 111970 SH SOLE 111970
International Speedway Corp. COM 460335102 1590 30000 SH SOLE 30000
Interpublic Group of Cos Inc. COM 460690100 326 4199 SH SOLE 4199
Intuit Inc. COM 461202103 517 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Jefferson - Pilot COM 475070108 1912 28374 SH SOLE 28374
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 8299 85121 SH SOLE 85121
Landair Corporation COM 514757103 100 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Lowe's Cos. COM 548661107 401 7600 SH SOLE 7600
MCI WorldCom Inc COM 55268B106 4147 50460 SH SOLE 50460
Markel Corp. COM 570535104 746 4000 SH SOLE 4000
McDonald's Corp. COM 580135101 1238 29227 SH SOLE 29227
Media General Inc Cl A COM 584404107 520 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Merck & Co. Inc. COM 589331107 11287 160379 SH SOLE 160379
Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. COM 604059105 559 6285 SH SOLE 6285
Mobil Corp. COM 607059102 1392 13285 SH SOLE 13285
Monsanto Company COM 611662107 748 16540 SH SOLE 16540
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C COM 617446448 10873 109617 SH SOLE 109617
National City Corp. COM 635405103 689 9600 SH SOLE 9600
Network Event Theater COM 640924106 220 15000 SH SOLE 15000
News Corp Pfd Class A COM 652487802 381 12450 SH SOLE 12450
Penske Motorsports, Inc. COM 709598106 363 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Pepsico Inc. COM 713448108 3536 95732 SH SOLE 95732
Pfizer, Inc. COM 717081103 2406 20914 SH SOLE 20914
Philip Morris Cos. Inc. COM 718154107 810 23100 SH SOLE 23100
Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl Inc. COM 723686101 8912 238460 SH SOLE 238460
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 4251 45318 SH SOLE 45318
Promus Hotel Corp. COM 74342H104 377 10484 SH SOLE 10484
Prosoft I-Net Solutions Inc COM 743477101 27 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Provident Companies Inc. COM 743862104 1517 38520 SH SOLE 38520
Rite Aid COM 767754104 2723 116815 SH SOLE 116815
Royal Dutch Petroleum NLG 1.25 COM 780257804 205 3500 SH SOLE 3500
Schering-Plough COM 806605101 2746 56830 SH SOLE 56830
Schlumberger Ltd. COM 806857108 2991 46825 SH SOLE 46825
Sears, Roebuck & Co. COM 812387108 301 6550 SH SOLE 6550
Smithfield Foods Inc COM 832248108 307 13000 SH SOLE 13000
Stein Mart COM 858375108 150 15000 SH SOLE 15000
SunTrust Banks Inc. COM 867914103 322 4500 SH SOLE 4500
Texaco Inc. COM 881694103 4868 77574 SH SOLE 77574
Texas Instruments COM 882508104 2849 27900 SH SOLE 27900
Time Warner Inc. COM 887315109 8798 125685 SH SOLE 125685
USG Corp. COM 903293405 2061 35300 SH SOLE 35300
Union Pacific Corp. COM 907818108 284 4740 SH SOLE 4740
United Technologies Corp. COM 913017109 4873 33635 SH SOLE 33635
Wal-Mart Stores COM 931142103 428 9300 SH SOLE 9300
Warner-Lambert Co. COM 934488107 2944 43411 SH SOLE 43411
Waste Management Inc COM 94106L109 390 6900 SH SOLE 6900
Wells Fargo & Co. COM 949746101 393 9100 SH SOLE 9100
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