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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington DC 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: King Investment Advisors, Inc.
Address: 1980 Post Oak Boulevard
Suite 2400
Houston, TX 77056
Form 13F File Number: 28-1717
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: Roger E. King
Title: President
Phone: 713-961-0462
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
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Signature City, State Date
Report Type:
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT
[ ] 13F NOTICE
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 94
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $867,779,910
List of Other Included Managers: 0
NONE
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8
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TITLE CUSIP VALUE SHARES / SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER OF CLASS NUMBER (x$1000) PRINCIPAL AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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Abbott Laboratories Common 002824100 $961,212 26,200 X 26,200 0 0
Ackerley Group Common 004527107 $613,305 37,170 X 28,482 0 8,688
Ace Limited Common G0070K103 $645,023 39,847 X 24,730 0 15,117
Adelphia Communications CL A. Common 006848105 $33,473,630 515,474 X 465,262 0 50,212
AllTel Corp Common 020039103 $386,668 4,694 X 4,694 0 0
Amerisource Common 03071P102 $1,000,854 65,900 X 42,234 0 23,666
Allstate Corp. Common 020002101 $547,632 22,818 X 22,818 0 0
American Express Co Common 025816109 $248,625 1,500 X 1,500 0 0
American International Group Common 026874107 $672,620 6,210 X 6,210 0 0
Astoria Financial Corp. Common 046265104 $14,498,552 468,681 X 418,893 0 49,788
AT&T Corp. Common 001957109 $4,665,334 92,727 X 92,727 0 0
AT&T New Liberty Common 001957208 $4,393,862 78,200 X 78,200 0 0
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Common 053015103 $2,967,507 54,263 X 54,263 0 0
Barra Common 068313105 $332,955 10,570 X 6,982 0 3,588
Beckman Coulter Inc Common 075811109 $20,670,574 410,334 X 386,329 0 24,005
Block H & R Inc. Common 093671105 $4,261,796 97,135 X 75,501 0 21,634
BMC Software Inc. Common 097923105 $21,445,919 269,760 X 244,300 0 25,460
Boeing Company Common 097923105 $3,346,983 81,139 X 81,139 0 0
Boston Scientific Common 101137107 $3,346,426 149,561 X 125,129 0 24,432
Broadwing Common 111620100 $67,270,152 1,821,188 X 1,683,995 0 137,193
Boise Cascade Corp. Common 097383103 $617,118 15,525 X 15,525 0 0
Cabletron Systems, Inc. Common 126920107 $4,681,950 180,075 X 161,325 0 18,750
Cablevision Systems Common 12686C109 $29,406,561 402,485 X 370,676 0 31,809
Cadence Design Common 127387108 $2,057,915 90,210 X 85,466 0 4,744
Catellus Development Common 149111106 $943,368 71,535 X 43,721 0 27,814
CBS Corporation Common 126920107 $3,956,299 63,555 X 44,813 0 18,742
Cendant Corporation Common 151313103 $2,779,898 59,860 X 59,860 0 0
Charter One Common 160903100 $1,113,670 57,853 X 57,853 0 0
Centurytel Inc Common 156686107 $3,901,296 84,125 X 84,125 0 0
Chevron Corp. Common 166751107 $4,054,837 47,425 X 47,425 0 0
Citizens Utilities Co CL B Common 177342201 $11,890,265 845,530 X 708,788 0 136,743
Clearnet Communications CL A Common 184902104 $28,790,818 884,171 X 810,007 0 74,164
Convergent Communicatons Common 211914403 $3,138,519 200,065 X 163,690 0 36,375
CSG Corporation Common 126349109 $1,711,400 42,785 X 37,251 0 5,534
Diebold Incorporated Common 253651103 $18,278,693 790,430 X 725,859 0 64,572
Dime Bancorp Inc (New) Common 25429Q102 $1,019,383 67,120 X 49,887 0 17,233
Disney Walt Common 254687106 $2,594,746 89,090 X 89,090 0 0
Dow Chemical Co. Common 260543103 $1,318,406 10,045 X 10,045 0 0
Dura Pharmacaceuticals Common 266325109 $30,116,943 2,132,173 X 1,907,191 0 224,982
Electric Lightwave Common 284895109 $1,029,515 54,185 X 33,911 0 20,274
Elan Corp PLC Common 284131208 $4,847,929 169,360 X 166,248 0 3,112
First Data Corp. Common 319963104 $2,992,462 59,700 X 59,700 0 0
GATX Common 361448103 $2,023,567 60,745 X 58,639 0 2,106
General Electric Company Common 369604103 $6,556,810 42,302 X 41,505 0 797
Getty Images Inc Common 374276103 $1,686,075 35,590 X 28,014 0 7,576
Global Crossing Ltd Common 3921A100 $49,728,890 1,040,082 X 957,975 0 82,107
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Inc. Common 390064103 $324,453 11,650 X 6,990 0 4,660
Greenpoint Financial Corp. Common 395384100 $1,674,234 71,625 X 68,035 0 3,590
GTE Corp. Common 362320103 $4,942,999 70,238 X 70,238 0 0
Harley Davidson, Inc. Common 412822108 $4,471,038 72,626 X 72,626 0 0
Helen of Troy Common G4388N106 $610,098 82,030 X 82,030 0 0
Hewlett-Packard Company Common 428236103 $2,188,021 18,985 X 18,985 0 0
Honeywell Inc. Common 438506107 $4,080,647 74,109 X 74,109 0 0
IMS Health Common 449934108 $12,186,121 452,385 X 415,684 0 36,702
International Business Machines Corp. Common 459200101 $2,547,903 23,429 X 23,429 0 0
Johnson & Johnson Common 478160104 $3,571,326 38,196 X 38,196 0 0
Koninklijke Philips Elect. NV Common 500472204 $11,406,103 85,479 X 71,680 0 13,799
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. Common 524908100 $6,074,079 71,565 X 71,565 0 0
Liberty Corp Common 530370105 $622,042 14,745 X 9,089 0 5,656
Local Financial Common 539553017 $554,679 54,115 X 43,037 0 11,078
Manpower, Inc. Common 56418H100 $596,525 15,570 X 15,570 0 0
Mediaone Group, Inc. Common 912889201 $5,708,963 74,688 X 74,519 0 169
MGIC Investment Corp. Common 552848103 $1,600,283 26,755 X 26,755 0 0
Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Company Common 604059105 $239,010 2,480 X 2,480 0 0
Motorola Inc. Common 65332V103 $494,125 3,350 X 3,350 0 0
Mylan Labs Common 628530107 $515,075 20,970 X 20,970 0 0
Nextel Communications, Inc. Common 65332V103 $55,653,339 541,968 X 513,832 0 28,136
Omnipoint Corp. Common 68212D102 $62,904,069 546,398 X 488,449 0 57,949
Paxson Communications Common 704231109 $3,065,555 266,570 X 234,398 0 32,172
Peoples Heritage Fin'l Common 711147108 $1,272,376 85,180 X 72,992 0 12,188
Perot Systems Common 714265105 $542,486 28,090 X 21,617 0 6,473
Policy Management Common 731108106 $471,096 18,295 X 12,697 0 5,598
Price Communications Corp Common 741437305 $19,137,648 689,645 X 648,555 0 41,090
RSL Communications LTD - CL A Common G7702V102 $4,856,150 298,840 X 279,829 0 19,011
Reader's Digest Association, Inc. Common 755267101 $216,787 7,380 X 7,380 0 0
Reliastar Financial Corp. Common 75952U103 $16,137,585 410,495 X 372,589 0 37,906
Rural Cellular Corp. Common 781904107 $3,350,250 37,225 X 32,135 0 5,090
Schlumberger Ltd. Common 806857108 $2,494,265 42,820 X 42,820 0 0
Smithkline Beecham PLC ORD A Common 832378301 $3,576,258 56,766 X 56,766 0 0
St. Jude Medical, Inc. Common 798049103 $30,121,617 987,594 X 887,383 0 100,211
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. Common 879433100 $45,895,979 373,898 X 338,006 0 35,892
Texas Instruments Inc. Common 882508104 $10,796,298 108,642 X 108,642 0 0
Time Warner, Inc. Common 887315109 $552,337 7,725 X 7,725 0 0
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. Common 913247508 $121,105 7,962,654 X 85,111 0 35,994
US Cellular Common 911684108 $2,431,584 24,090 X 21,364 0 2,726
Viatel Inc Common 925529208 $55,717,451 1,055,005 X 954,096 0 100,909
Vodafone Group ADR Common 92857T107 $4,290,345 85,380 X 85,380 0 0
Voicestream Wireless Common 928615103 $4,495,500 33,300 X 33,300 0 0
Washington Mutual Common 939322103 $15,454,740 591,569 X 548,989 0 42,580
Watson Pharmaceutical Inc Common 95988E204 $20,494,759 573,280 X 503,976 0 69,305
Western Wireless Corp. Common 95988E204 $17,853,490 266,470 X 214,630 0 51,840
Williams Communication Common 969455104 $4,586,775 159,540 X 156,059 0 3,481
Winstar Communications Inc Common 975515107 $9,134,820 124,495 X 117,864 0 6,632
Young Broadcasting Corp - A Common 987434107 $760,560 15,845 X 11,097 0 4,748
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