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
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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 27, 2000
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 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 5659 100491 SH SOLE 100491
AT&T Corp.-Liberty Media Group COM 001957208 2714 45750 SH SOLE 45750
Allstate Corp. COM 020002101 2882 121026 SH SOLE 121026
American Express Co. COM 025816109 8574 57565 SH SOLE 57565
American Home Products COM 026609107 4736 88120 SH SOLE 88120
American Intl. Group COM 026874107 1078 9843 SH SOLE 9843
Amgen Corp. COM 031162100 7935 129295 SH SOLE 129295
Amsouth Bancorporation COM 032165102 1537 102885 SH SOLE 102885
Atlantic Richfield Co. COM 048825103 3355 39470 SH SOLE 39470
Avon Products COM 054303102 1933 66071 SH SOLE 66071
BP Amoco PLC Spons ADR COM 055622104 1373 25776 SH SOLE 25776
Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 4814 91814 SH SOLE 91814
Bell South Corp. COM 079860102 772 16472 SH SOLE 16472
Best Buy Co., Inc. COM 086516101 3229 37550 SH SOLE 37550
Boston Scientific Corp. COM 101137107 1562 73300 SH SOLE 73300
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. COM 110122108 967 16670 SH SOLE 16670
CT Communications, Inc. COM 126426402 420 7000 SH SOLE 7000
CVS Corp. COM 126650100 2383 63433 SH SOLE 63433
Catalina Marketing Corporation COM 148867104 911 9000 SH SOLE 9000
Caterpillar Inc. COM 149123101 215 5460 SH SOLE 5460
Charming Shoppes, Inc. COM 161133103 171 30000 SH SOLE 30000
Cheesecake Factory, Inc. COM 163072101 416 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Chevron Corp. COM 166751107 222 2399 SH SOLE 2399
Circuit City Stores COM 172737108 7650 125675 SH SOLE 125675
Coca Cola Co. COM 191216100 1083 23073 SH SOLE 23073
Concord EFS, Inc. COM 206197105 502 21900 SH SOLE 21900
Concurrent Computer Corp. COM 206710204 127 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Conoco Class B COM 208251405 933 36392 SH SOLE 36392
Costco Wholesale Corp. COM 22160k105 5106 97150 SH SOLE 97150
Cox Communications, Inc. Class COM 224044107 1908 39350 SH SOLE 39350
Disney (Walt) Co. COM 254687106 8845 214425 SH SOLE 214425
Dow Chemical Co. COM 260543103 383 3364 SH SOLE 3364
Dow Jones & Co. COM 260561105 409 5700 SH SOLE 5700
DuPont COM 263534109 352 6646 SH SOLE 6646
Emerson Electric Co. COM 291011104 3980 74923 SH SOLE 74923
Enron Corp. COM 293561106 449 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Exxon Mobil Corp. COM 30231G102 9714 124633 SH SOLE 124633
Finlay Enterprises, Inc. COM 317884203 185 15000 SH SOLE 15000
First Union Corp. COM 337358105 2951 79226 SH SOLE 79226
Firstar Corp COM 33763V109 2746 119700 SH SOLE 119700
GTE Corp. COM 362320103 736 10370 SH SOLE 10370
Gannett Co. Inc. COM 364730101 8593 122102 SH SOLE 122102
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 21551 138479 SH SOLE 138479
General Motors Corp Cl H COM 370442832 2281 18325 SH SOLE 18325
Global Crossing Ltd. COM G3921A100 205 5000 SH SOLE 5000
Goldman Sachs Group COM 38141g104 358 3400 SH SOLE 3400
H. J. Heinz Co. COM 423074103 272 7800 SH SOLE 7800
Hewlett - Packard COM 428236103 7963 59925 SH SOLE 59925
Home Depot Inc. COM 437076102 16667 258402 SH SOLE 258402
Horace Mann Educators Corp COM 440327104 337 18275 SH SOLE 18275
Int'l Business Machines Corp. COM 459200101 9322 79001 SH SOLE 79001
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 14288 108295 SH SOLE 108295
International Speedway Corp. C COM 460335102 1350 30000 SH SOLE 30000
Internet HOLDRs Trust COM 46059w102 6139 36900 SH SOLE 36900
Interpublic Group of Cos Inc. COM 460690100 397 8398 SH SOLE 8398
Intuit, Inc. COM 461202103 832 15300 SH SOLE 15300
Jefferson - Pilot COM 475070108 1620 24341 SH SOLE 24341
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 5672 80740 SH SOLE 80740
Lowe's Cos. COM 548661107 245 4200 SH SOLE 4200
MCI WorldCom Inc. COM 55268B106 5153 113711 SH SOLE 113711
Manor Care, Inc. COM 564055101 257 19000 SH SOLE 19000
McDonald's Corp. COM 580135101 961 25703 SH SOLE 25703
Media General Inc Cl A COM 584404107 524 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Media One Group, Inc. COM 58440j104 275 3400 SH SOLE 3400
Merck & Co. Inc. COM 589331107 9853 158594 SH SOLE 158594
Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. COM 604059105 531 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Monsanto Company COM 611662107 807 16140 SH SOLE 16140
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C COM 617446448 14558 175658 SH SOLE 175658
Motorola Inc. COM 620076109 1573 10775 SH SOLE 10775
National City Corp. COM 635405103 396 19200 SH SOLE 19200
News Corp Pfd Class A COM 652487802 451 9450 SH SOLE 9450
Pepsico Inc. COM 713448108 1124 32230 SH SOLE 32230
Pfizer, Inc. COM 717081103 2040 55805 SH SOLE 55805
Priceline.com COM 741503106 240 3000 SH SOLE 3000
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 2220 39288 SH SOLE 39288
Prosoft Training.com COM 743477101 226 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Rite Aid COM 767754104 102 18065 SH SOLE 18065
Schering-Plough COM 806605101 3158 85055 SH SOLE 85055
Schlumberger Ltd. COM 806857108 2117 27670 SH SOLE 27670
Socrates Technologies Corp. COM 833719107 31 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Texaco Inc. COM 881694103 4950 92088 SH SOLE 92088
Texas Instruments COM 882508104 5736 35850 SH SOLE 35850
Time Warner Inc. COM 887315109 11994 119935 SH SOLE 119935
Tyco International Ltd. COM 902124106 5271 105150 SH SOLE 105150
USG Corp. COM 903293405 1464 34900 SH SOLE 34900
United Technologies Corp. COM 913017109 3854 60998 SH SOLE 60998
Wal-Mart Stores COM 931142103 497 8800 SH SOLE 8800
Warner-Lambert Co. COM 934488107 3757 38461 SH SOLE 38461
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