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, 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 January 26, 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 5177 101891 SH SOLE 101891
AT&T Corp.-Liberty Media Group COM 001957208 2494 43900 SH SOLE 43900
Aaron Rents, Inc. COM 002535201 178 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Adelphia Communications Corp. COM 006848105 263 4000 SH SOLE 4000
Allstate Corp. COM 020002101 3056 126982 SH SOLE 126982
American Express Co. COM 025816109 8652 52040 SH SOLE 52040
American Home Products COM 026609107 3410 86870 SH SOLE 86870
American Intl. Group COM 026874107 1098 10158 SH SOLE 10158
Amgen Corp. COM 031162100 9101 151520 SH SOLE 151520
Amsouth Bancorporation COM 032165102 3265 169040 SH SOLE 169040
Atlantic Richfield Co. COM 048825103 3470 40120 SH SOLE 40120
Avon Products COM 054303102 2324 70421 SH SOLE 70421
BP Amoco PLC Spons ADR COM 055622104 1535 25884 SH SOLE 25884
Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 4687 93386 SH SOLE 93386
Bell South Corp. COM 079860102 871 18604 SH SOLE 18604
Boeing Company COM 097023105 216 5215 SH SOLE 5215
Boston Scientific Corp. COM 101137107 1562 71400 SH SOLE 71400
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. COM 110122108 1096 17070 SH SOLE 17070
CT Communications, Inc. COM 126426402 392 7000 SH SOLE 7000
CVS Corp. COM 126650100 2573 64533 SH SOLE 64533
Catalina Marketing Corporation COM 148867104 695 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Caterpillar Inc. COM 149123101 257 5460 SH SOLE 5460
Charming Shoppes, Inc. COM 161133103 199 30000 SH SOLE 30000
Cheesecake Factory, Inc. COM 163072101 700 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Chevron Corp. COM 166751107 320 3699 SH SOLE 3699
Choice Hotels Intl COM 169905106 331 19325 SH SOLE 19325
Circuit City Stores COM 172737108 5857 129975 SH SOLE 129975
Coca Cola Co. COM 191216100 1365 23436 SH SOLE 23436
Concord EFS, Inc. COM 206197105 564 21900 SH SOLE 21900
Concurrent Computer Corp. COM 206710204 187 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Conoco Class B COM 208251405 935 37592 SH SOLE 37592
Costco Wholesale Corp. COM 22160k105 4834 52975 SH SOLE 52975
Cox Communications, Inc. Class COM 224044107 2027 39350 SH SOLE 39350
Delta Air Lines, Inc. COM 247361108 205 4108 SH SOLE 4108
Disney (Walt) Co. COM 254687106 6292 215125 SH SOLE 215125
Dow Chemical Co. COM 260543103 450 3364 SH SOLE 3364
Dow Jones & Co. COM 260561105 422 6200 SH SOLE 6200
DuPont COM 263534109 438 6646 SH SOLE 6646
Emerson Electric Co. COM 291011104 4560 79485 SH SOLE 79485
Enron Corp. COM 293561106 266 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Exxon Mobil Corp. COM 30231G102 10299 127839 SH SOLE 127839
Finlay Enterprises, Inc. COM 317884203 218 15000 SH SOLE 15000
First Union Corp. COM 337358105 2760 83788 SH SOLE 83788
Firstar Corp COM 33763V109 2529 119700 SH SOLE 119700
GTE Corp. COM 362320103 802 11370 SH SOLE 11370
Gannett Co. Inc. COM 364730101 10322 126552 SH SOLE 126552
Genentech, Inc. COM 368710406 202 1500 SH SOLE 1500
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 22298 144089 SH SOLE 144089
Global Crossing Ltd. COM G3921A100 250 5000 SH SOLE 5000
Goldman Sachs Group COM 38141g104 330 3500 SH SOLE 3500
H. J. Heinz Co. COM 423074103 325 8161 SH SOLE 8161
Hewlett - Packard COM 428236103 7217 63450 SH SOLE 63450
Home Depot Inc. COM 437076102 20563 299091 SH SOLE 299091
Horace Mann Educators Corp COM 440327104 359 18275 SH SOLE 18275
Int'l Business Machines Corp. COM 459200101 7053 65382 SH SOLE 65382
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 10758 130695 SH SOLE 130695
International Speedway Corp. C COM 460335102 1500 30000 SH SOLE 30000
Internet HOLDRs Trust COM 46059w102 6069 35900 SH SOLE 35900
Interpublic Group of Cos Inc. COM 460690100 484 8398 SH SOLE 8398
Intuit, Inc. COM 461202103 1079 18000 SH SOLE 18000
Jefferson - Pilot COM 475070108 1761 25803 SH SOLE 25803
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 7960 85364 SH SOLE 85364
Litton Inds. COM 538021106 474 9500 SH SOLE 9500
Lowe's Cos. COM 548661107 418 7000 SH SOLE 7000
MCI WorldCom Inc. COM 55268B106 5486 103388 SH SOLE 103388
Manor Care, Inc. COM 564055101 730 45630 SH SOLE 45630
Markel Corp. COM 570535104 465 3000 SH SOLE 3000
McDonald's Corp. COM 580135101 1090 27027 SH SOLE 27027
Media General Inc Cl A COM 584404107 520 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Media One Group, Inc. COM 58440j104 230 3000 SH SOLE 3000
Merck & Co. Inc. COM 589331107 10729 159694 SH SOLE 159694
Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. COM 604059105 597 6100 SH SOLE 6100
Monsanto Company COM 611662107 572 16140 SH SOLE 16140
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C COM 617446448 14454 101255 SH SOLE 101255
Motorola Inc. COM 620076109 1741 11825 SH SOLE 11825
National City Corp. COM 635405103 455 19200 SH SOLE 19200
News Corp Pfd Class A COM 652487802 339 10150 SH SOLE 10150
Pepsico Inc. COM 713448108 2596 73657 SH SOLE 73657
Pfizer, Inc. COM 717081103 1903 58655 SH SOLE 58655
Philip Morris Cos. Inc. COM 718154107 340 14800 SH SOLE 14800
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 4572 41734 SH SOLE 41734
Prosoft Training.com COM 743477101 104 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Rite Aid COM 767754104 590 53065 SH SOLE 53065
Schering-Plough COM 806605101 3697 87255 SH SOLE 87255
Schlumberger Ltd. COM 806857108 2534 45145 SH SOLE 45145
SunTrust Banks Inc. COM 867914103 317 4601 SH SOLE 4601
Texaco Inc. COM 881694103 4863 89530 SH SOLE 89530
Texas Instruments COM 882508104 4945 51175 SH SOLE 51175
Time Warner Inc. COM 887315109 9340 129160 SH SOLE 129160
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. COM g90078109 294 8740 SH SOLE 8740
USG Corp. COM 903293405 1654 35100 SH SOLE 35100
United Technologies Corp. COM 913017109 4010 61698 SH SOLE 61698
Wal-Mart Stores COM 931142103 608 8800 SH SOLE 8800
Warner-Lambert Co. COM 934488107 3227 39386 SH SOLE 39386
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