UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calandar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: ValueQuest/TA, LLC
Address: 18 Sewall Street
Marblehead, MA 01945
13F File Number: 28-1699
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: TERRENCE B. MAGRATH
Title: MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CEO
Phone: 781 417-7215
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Terrence B. Magrath Marblehead, Massachusetts February 11, 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 SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 68
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 440488
List of Other Included Managers:
No. 13F File Number Name
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ PUT/ INVSTMT VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (X$1000) PRN AMT CALL DSCRETN SOLE SHARED NONE
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3Com Corp. COM 885535104 10340 220000 SH SOLE 192400 27600
Advanta A COM 7942105 4970 272318 SH SOLE 272318 0
Airtran Hldgs COM 00949P108 6403 1413100 SH SOLE 1318700 94400
Alcoa COM 13817101 10241 123380 SH SOLE 108382 14998
Andrew Corp COM 34425108 10586 559000 SH SOLE 492100 66900
Asia Pulp & Pap SPONSORED ADR 04516V100 5885 747300 SH SOLE 96300 651000
Autodesk, Inc. COM 52769106 8596 254700 SH SOLE 223600 31100
Baker Hughes In COM 57224107 3008 142800 SH SOLE 102700 40100
Bank of America COM 60505104 1765 35160 SH SOLE 27245 7915
Bear Stearns COM 73902108 8027 187757 SH SOLE 166833 20924
British Air ADR SPONSORED ADR 110419306 5754 89384 SH SOLE 2184 87200
Cabot Corp. COM 127055101 7586 372300 SH SOLE 327100 45200
Canandaigua A COM 137219200 5222 102400 SH SOLE 93500 8900
Cinergy COM 172474108 4847 202500 SH SOLE 173400 29100
CIT Group, Inc. COM 125577106 10388 491750 SH SOLE 432670 59080
CitiGroup COM 172967101 2768 49700 SH SOLE 31850 17850
Columbia Health COM 197677107 12657 431800 SH SOLE 379800 52000
Commerzbank ADR SPONSORED ADR 202597308 140 3824 SH SOLE 3824 0
Compass Bancsh COM 20449H109 6557 293850 SH SOLE 258325 35525
Conseco COM 208464107 4903 275245 SH SOLE 246034 29211
Cooper Industri COM 216669101 6543 161800 SH SOLE 142500 19300
Dana Corp COM 235811106 8842 295350 SH SOLE 259200 36150
Delphi Auto COM 247126105 8012 508700 SH SOLE 447400 61300
EDS COM 285661104 3762 56200 SH SOLE 38700 17500
Edwards AG Inc. COM 281760108 3671 114500 SH SOLE 95700 18800
Ethyl Corp. COM 297659104 3834 1095300 SH SOLE 1006500 88800
Federal Nat Mtg COM 313586109 7961 127500 SH SOLE 111000 16500
Flagstar Bancrp COM 337930101 8239 477600 SH SOLE 446200 31400
Gateway Inc COM 367626108 6489 90050 SH SOLE 75250 14800
Goodyear Tire & COM 382550101 4863 173300 SH SOLE 154500 18800
Great Lakes Chm COM 390568103 7042 184400 SH SOLE 162100 22300
GTE Corp. COM 362320103 508 7200 SH SOLE 200 7000
Harris Corp. COM 413875105 8663 324600 SH SOLE 285200 39400
Hewlett Packard COM 428236103 9111 80100 SH SOLE 70600 9500
Ingersoll-Rand COM 456866102 3787 68770 SH SOLE 49470 19300
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 7927 96300 SH SOLE 85200 11100
Keane Inc. COM 486665102 9814 305500 SH SOLE 268500 37000
Liz Claiborne COM 539320101 7186 191000 SH SOLE 167800 23200
Lockheed Martin COM 539830109 5217 238500 SH SOLE 223600 14900
Magellan Health COM 559079108 5785 916500 SH SOLE 841500 75000
Marine Drilling COM 568240204 7552 336600 SH SOLE 336600 0
Mattel, Inc. COM 577081102 7702 586800 SH SOLE 516000 70800
Mellon Finl Cor COM 58551A108 7671 225200 SH SOLE 198200 27000
Newell Rubbermd COM 651229106 8343 287700 SH SOLE 253700 34000
News Corp ADR SPONSORED ADR 652487703 6455 168766 SH SOLE 17766 151000
PairGain Tech COM 695934109 5457 384600 SH SOLE 384600 0
PerkinElmer COM 714046109 7762 186200 SH SOLE 174500 11700
Philip Morris COM 718154107 2436 105900 SH SOLE 86700 19200
Polaroid COM 731095105 8483 450900 SH SOLE 395800 55100
Popular Inc COM 733174106 3386 121200 SH SOLE 109500 11700
Quantum-DSS COM 747906204 8585 567600 SH SOLE 498500 69100
Raytheon Cl B COM 755111408 7204 271200 SH SOLE 251300 19900
Ryland Group In COM 783764103 4638 201100 SH SOLE 201100 0
SAFECO COM 786429100 6948 279300 SH SOLE 249000 30300
SBC Com'cations COM 78387G103 2852 58500 SH SOLE 39700 18800
Schlumberger COM 806857108 3648 65000 SH SOLE 47500 17500
Seagate Technol COM 811804103 3180 68300 SH SOLE 44400 23900
Shandong Huan SPONSORED ADR 819419102 2815 652700 SH SOLE 137600 515100
Sierra Pacific COM 826428104 5784 332900 SH SOLE 292500 40400
Smith Int'l COM 832110100 8854 178200 SH SOLE 164900 13300
Smurfit-Stone COM 832727101 8894 363000 SH SOLE 319656 43344
Sprint COM 852061100 10507 156100 SH SOLE 136900 19200
Telmex ADR SPONSORED ADR 879403780 10280 91380 SH SOLE 30980 60400
Transocean SF COM G90078109 9469 281087 SH SOLE 257699 23388
TXU COM 882848104 7610 214000 SH SOLE 191400 22600
Union Pacific R COM 907834105 8724 684200 SH SOLE 600100 84100
Washington Mutu COM 939322103 7219 279000 SH SOLE 245600 33400
Westpac Bnk ADR SPONSORED ADR 961214301 133 3874 SH SOLE 3874 0
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