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, 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 October 18, 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 3463 117897 SH SOLE 117897
AT&T Corp.-Liberty Media Group COM 001957208 1647 91500 SH SOLE 91500
Agilent Technologies COM 00846u101 888 18151 SH SOLE 18151
Allstate Corp. COM 020002101 4148 119376 SH SOLE 119376
American Express Co. COM 025816109 10069 165745 SH SOLE 165745
American Home Products COM 026609107 4945 87420 SH SOLE 87420
American Intl. Group COM 026874107 1148 12000 SH SOLE 12000
Amgen Corp. COM 031162100 7625 109195 SH SOLE 109195
Amsouth Bancorporation COM 032165102 1265 101191 SH SOLE 101191
Avon Products COM 054303102 2534 62003 SH SOLE 62003
BP Amoco PLC Spons ADR COM 055622104 4788 90340 SH SOLE 90340
Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 5150 98322 SH SOLE 98322
Bell South Corp. COM 079860102 663 16472 SH SOLE 16472
Best Buy Co., Inc. COM 086516101 2201 34600 SH SOLE 34600
Boston Scientific Corp. COM 101137107 1245 75750 SH SOLE 75750
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. COM 110122108 952 16670 SH SOLE 16670
CBRL Group COM 216 15000 SH SOLE 15000
CVS Corp. COM 126650100 2783 60092 SH SOLE 60092
Catalina Marketing Corporation COM 148867104 508 13500 SH SOLE 13500
Charming Shoppes, Inc. COM 161133103 157 30000 SH SOLE 30000
Chevron Corp. COM 166751107 205 2399 SH SOLE 2399
Circuit City Group, Inc. COM 172737108 1666 72425 SH SOLE 72425
Coca Cola Co. COM 191216100 1244 22573 SH SOLE 22573
Concord EFS, Inc. COM 206197105 639 18000 SH SOLE 18000
Conoco Class B COM 208251405 904 33559 SH SOLE 33559
Costco Wholesale Corp. COM 22160k105 3672 105100 SH SOLE 105100
Cox Communications, Inc. Class COM 224044107 1505 39350 SH SOLE 39350
Disney (Walt) Co. COM 254687106 7023 183620 SH SOLE 183620
Dow Chemical Co. COM 260543103 252 10092 SH SOLE 10092
Dow Jones & Co. COM 260561105 345 5700 SH SOLE 5700
DuPont COM 263534109 248 5982 SH SOLE 5982
Embrex Inc. COM 290817105 133 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Emerson Electric Co. COM 291011104 2926 43668 SH SOLE 43668
Enron Corp. COM 293561106 526 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Exxon Mobil Corp. COM 30231G102 10554 118415 SH SOLE 118415
Finlay Enterprises, Inc. COM 317884203 210 15000 SH SOLE 15000
First Union Corp. COM 337358105 4513 140201 SH SOLE 140201
Firstar Corp COM 33763V109 2669 119267 SH SOLE 119267
Gannett Co. Inc. COM 364730101 6475 122177 SH SOLE 122177
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 19298 334527 SH SOLE 334527
General Motors Corp Cl H COM 370442832 4577 123091 SH SOLE 123091
Goldman Sachs Group COM 38141g104 342 3000 SH SOLE 3000
H. J. Heinz Co. COM 423074103 289 7800 SH SOLE 7800
Hewlett - Packard COM 428236103 5781 59600 SH SOLE 59600
Home Depot Inc. COM 437076102 13331 251233 SH SOLE 251233
Horace Mann Educators Corp COM 440327104 358 21875 SH SOLE 21875
Int'l Business Machines Corp. COM 459200101 8427 74907 SH SOLE 74907
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 8367 201300 SH SOLE 201300
International Speedway Corp. C COM 460335102 1155 30000 SH SOLE 30000
Internet HOLDRs Trust COM 46059w102 3691 38000 SH SOLE 38000
Interpublic Group of Cos Inc. COM 460690100 286 8398 SH SOLE 8398
Intuit, Inc. COM 461202103 302 5300 SH SOLE 5300
Jefferson - Pilot COM 475070108 1683 24799 SH SOLE 24799
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 12002 127765 SH SOLE 127765
Liberty Satellite & Technologi COM 531182103 106 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 2208 72236 SH SOLE 72236
Manor Care, Inc. COM 564055101 235 15000 SH SOLE 15000
McDonald's Corp. COM 580135101 4135 136978 SH SOLE 136978
Media General Inc Cl A COM 584404107 430 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Merck & Co. Inc. COM 589331107 11731 157598 SH SOLE 157598
Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. COM 604059105 538 5900 SH SOLE 5900
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C COM 617446448 14286 156233 SH SOLE 156233
Motorola Inc. COM 620076109 3935 139300 SH SOLE 139300
News Corp Pfd Class A COM 652487802 443 9450 SH SOLE 9450
Pepsico Inc. COM 713448108 1403 30505 SH SOLE 30505
Pfizer, Inc. COM 717081103 5943 132261 SH SOLE 132261
Pharmacia Corp. COM 971 16140 SH SOLE 16140
Philip Morris Cos. Inc. COM 718154107 265 9000 SH SOLE 9000
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 2592 38688 SH SOLE 38688
Rite Aid COM 767754104 72 17875 SH SOLE 17875
Schering-Plough COM 806605101 3941 84755 SH SOLE 84755
Schlumberger Ltd. COM 806857108 2278 27670 SH SOLE 27670
Texaco Inc. COM 881694103 4875 92848 SH SOLE 92848
Texas Instruments COM 882508104 3100 65700 SH SOLE 65700
Time Warner Inc. COM 887315109 8960 114500 SH SOLE 114500
Tyco International Ltd. COM 902124106 5783 111475 SH SOLE 111475
USG Corp. COM 903293405 958 38225 SH SOLE 38225
United Technologies Corp. COM 913017109 4140 59778 SH SOLE 59778
Verizon Communications COM 92343v104 681 14050 SH SOLE 14050
Wal-Mart Stores COM 931142103 424 8800 SH SOLE 8800
WorldCom Inc. COM 98157d106 3465 114089 SH SOLE 114089
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