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, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing This Report:
Name: Westport Asset Management, Inc.
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Address: 253 Riverside Avenue
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Westport, CT 06880
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13F File Number: 028- 04441
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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: Ronald H. Oliver
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Title: President
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Phone: 203-227-3601
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Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Ronald H. Oliver Westport, Connecticut February 14, 2000
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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
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Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 301
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 2,553,574
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(x$1,000)
List of Included Managers:
No. 01 Andrew J. Knuth Westport Asset Management, Inc.
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No. 02 Albert H. Cohn Westport Asset Management, Inc.
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No. 03 Edmund H. Nicklin Westport Asset Management, Inc.
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List of Other Included Managers:
No. 13F File Number Name
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Form 13F INFORMATIONAL TABLE
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Voting Authority
Title ----------------------
of Value Shares/ Sh/ Put/ Invstmt Other
Name of Issuer class CUSIP (x$1000) Prn Amt Prn Call Dscretn Managers Sole Shared None
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
AAR Corporation COM 000361105 40702 2269100 SH Defined 01 03 564150 1704950
AEGON NV COM 007924103 302 3158 SH Sole 3158
2404 25176 SH Defined 02 25176
AEP Industries COM 001031103 113 4400 SH Sole 4400
106 4100 SH Defined 02 4100
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 349 9600 SH Defined 02 9600
Advanced Lighting Technologies COM 00753C102 3814 663300 SH Defined 03 01 255300 408000
Air Express Int'l COM 009104100 42344 1310454 SH Defined 01 03 02 318627 991827
Airborne Freight COM 009266107 3925 178400 SH Sole 178400
61330 2787734 SH Defined 01 03 02 460600 2327134
Alabama Nat.Bancorp COM 010317105 2159 114400 SH Defined 01 50000 64400
Allegheny Technologies Inc. COM 01741R102 1564 69724 SH Defined 01 69724
Alpha Indus COM 020753109 278 4850 SH Sole 4850
67955 1185700 SH Defined 01 03 02 343300 842400
American Express COM 025816109 8 50 SH Sole 50
332 2000 SH Defined 02 2000
American General Corp COM 026351106 117 1547 SH Sole 1547
1378 18162 SH Defined 02 18162
American Home Products COM 026609107 834 21259 SH Sole 21259
1834 46734 SH Defined 02 46734
American Management Systems, I COM 027352103 527 16800 SH Defined 01 16800
American Tel.& Tel. COM 001957109 115 2256 SH Sole 2256
159 3120 SH Defined 03 3120
American Tower Corporation COM 029912201 10559 345500 SH Defined 01 345500
Amgen Inc COM 031162100 480 8000 SH Sole 8000
2042 34000 SH Defined 02 34000
Anadigics Inc COM 032515108 127 2700 SH Sole 2700
42837 907800 SH Defined 01 03 136300 771500
Andover SvBk Mass COM 034258103 42 1500 SH Sole 1500
7826 279500 SH Defined 01 02 279500
Applebees International Inc. COM 037899101 20750 703400 SH Defined 01 03 206400 497000
Aramex International Inc. COM G04450105 643 70000 SH Defined 03 70000
Arrow Electronics COM 042735100 350 13800 SH Defined 02 13800
Aspen Technology Inc. COM 045327103 513 19400 SH Sole 19400
13843 523600 SH Defined 03 01 02 85000 438600
Astoria Financial Corp COM 046265104 1134 37255 SH Defined 01 37255
Atlas Air Inc. COM 049164106 215 7850 SH Sole 7850
70 2550 SH Defined 03 2550
Autologic Information Intern'l COM 052803103 375 150000 SH Defined 01 150000
BB&T Corporation COM 054937107 2314 84545 SH Defined 01 03 36234 48311
BJ's Wholesale Club Inc COM 05548J106 365 10000 SH Defined 02 10000
BP Amoco ADR's COM 055622104 552 9302 SH Defined 02 9302
Baker Hughes Inc. COM 057224107 578 27429 SH Defined 01 27429
Bank Plus COM 064446107 189 65600 SH Defined 01 65600
Bank UTD Corp COM 065412108 529 19400 SH Defined 01 19400
BankUnited Financial 'A' COM 06652B103 4826 608000 SH Defined 03 01 40000 568000
Banknorth Group Inc. Del COM 055936108 588 22000 SH Defined 01 22000
Barrett Business Services COM 068463108 331 50000 SH Defined 01 50000
Bell Atlantic Corp COM 077853109 48 774 SH Sole 774
606 9836 SH Defined 02 9836
Bergen Brunswig COM 083739102 3117 375000 SH Defined 01 375000
Billing Concepts Corp. COM 090063108 15944 2452900 SH Defined 01 03 860400 1592500
Bindley Western Industries COM 090324104 7206 478385 SH Defined 01 03 478385
Biosource COM 09066H104 397 50000 SH Defined 01 50000
Bristol Myers Squibb COM 110122108 128 2000 SH Sole 2000
3261 50800 SH Defined 02 50800
Bush Boake Allen Inc. COM 123162109 14483 589640 SH Defined 03 01 324140 265500
C&D Technologies Inc. COM 124661109 55658 1309600 SH Defined 01 03 217000 1092600
CCB Financial Inc COM 124875105 21438 492122 SH Defined 01 188234 303888
CNF Transportation Inc. COM 12612W104 121 3500 SH Sole 3500
21602 626134 SH Defined 01 02 75000 551134
CVS Corporation COM 126650100 255 6400 SH Sole 6400
2349 58900 SH Defined 02 58900
Canandaigua Brands Inc - Cl A COM 137219200 1530 30000 SH Defined 01 30000
Carolina First Corporation COM 143877108 5329 292000 SH Defined 03 01 111400 180600
Cascade Corporation COM 147195101 582 63400 SH Defined 01 63400
Charter One Fin'l COM 160903100 2092 109395.6 SH Sole 109395.6
25631 1340198 SH Defined 01 175033 1165165
Checkpoint Sys COM 162825103 93 9100 SH Sole 9100
23415 2298400 SH Defined 01 03 02 498800 1799600
Chevron COM 166751107 121 1400 SH Sole 1400
121 1400 SH Defined 02 1400
Chittenden Corporation COM 170228100 7184 242500 SH Defined 01 242500
Circle International Group COM 172574105 2464 110737 SH Sole 110737
41939 1884900 SH Defined 01 03 02 385600 1499300
Citigroup COM 172967101 125 2250 SH Sole 2250
2129 38231 SH Defined 02 38231
Clear Channel Communications COM 184502102 565 6325 SH Defined 03 02 6325
Colonial Bancgroup Inc. COM 195493309 371 35800 SH Defined 01 35800
ComDisco Inc. COM 200336105 258 6934 SH Sole 6934
1052 28234 SH Defined 02 28234
Commercial Federal Corp COM 201647104 993 55750 SH Defined 01 55750
Computer Assoc. COM 204912109 1422 20330 SH Sole 20330
70 1000 SH Defined 03 1000
Conexant Systems, Inc. COM 207142100 810 12200 SH Sole 12200
73238 1103400 SH Defined 01 03 02 183000 920400
Consolidated Stores COM 210149100 1038 63883 SH Sole 63883
38543 2371873 SH Defined 01 03 02 664160 1707713
Corning, Inc. COM 219350105 490 3800 SH Sole 3800
9299 72120 SH Defined 02 72120
Covance Inc. COM 222816100 9 825 SH Sole 825
313 28916 SH Defined 02 28916
Cox Radio COM 224051102 219 2200 SH Sole 2200
53885 540200 SH Defined 01 03 02 74200 466000
DST Systems COM 233326107 1412 18500 SH Defined 02 18500
Devon Energy Corporation COM 25179M103 22695 690354 SH Defined 03 01 02 210459 479895
Dow Chemical Co. COM 260543103 202 1512 SH Defined 02 1512
Downey Financial COM 281018105 124 6131 SH Sole 6131
29200 1446428 SH Defined 01 03 02 228043 1218385
DuPont Photomasks, Inc. COM 26613X101 14079 291800 SH Defined 01 02 291800
Duane Reade Inc. COM 263578106 55 2000 SH Sole 2000
38778 1406900 SH Defined 03 01 02 306500 1100400
El Paso Electric Co. COM 283677854 56916 5800400 SH Defined 03 01 954000 4846400
Emmis Communications Corp COM 291525103 125 1000 SH Sole 1000
171967 1379700 SH Defined 01 03 02 286000 1093700
Exxon Mobil Corporation COM 30231G102 2 30 SH Sole 30
672 8336 SH Defined 02 8336
Federated Dept Stores COM 31410H101 303 6000 SH Defined 02 6000
First Bank NW Corp COM 33762X106 2327 173200 SH Defined 03 01 70000 103200
First Essex Bancorp. Inc. COM 320103104 940 65400 SH Defined 03 65400
First State Bancorporation COM 336453105 214 15600 SH Defined 01 15600
First Union Corp. COM 337358105 162 4910 SH Sole 4910
847 25718 SH Defined 01 02 25718
First Washington Bancorp, Inc. COM 33620W100 105 7150 SH Sole 7150
14338 972070 SH Defined 01 03 02 242000 730070
Firstar Corporation COM 33763V109 14232 673719 SH Defined 01 89461 584258
Firstfed Financial Corp COM 337907109 360 25600 SH Defined 01 25600
Flagstar Bancorp COM 337930101 245 14200 SH Defined 01 14200
Fleet Fin'l COM 339030108 1410 40516 SH Sole 40516
Flow Int'l COM 343468104 1466 128900 SH Defined 03 01 128900
Footstar, Inc COM 344912100 24 800 SH Sole 800
552 18100 SH Defined 02 18100
Fritz Cos COM 358846103 21 2000 SH Sole 2000
23699 2257024 SH Defined 01 03 02 273700 1983324
GTE Corp. COM 362320103 247 3500 SH Sole 3500
1023 14500 SH Defined 02 14500
Gaylord Entertainment A COM 367905106 16542 552564 SH Defined 01 03 552564
General Communications COM 369385109 3220 736000 SH Defined 03 01 736000
General Electric COM 369604103 15 100 SH Sole 100
2615 16900 SH Defined 03 02 16900
GoldenState Bancorp Inc. COM 381197102 1728 100200 SH Defined 01 100200
Harbor Florida Bancshares COM 411901101 65 5000 SH Sole 5000
17815 1377000 SH Defined 01 03 02 208000 1169000
Harcourt General, Inc. COM 41163G101 129 3200 SH Sole 3200
1908 47400 SH Defined 02 47400
Hartford Financial Services COM 416515104 38 800 SH Sole 800
294 6200 SH Defined 02 6200
Helmerich & Payne COM 423452101 52 2400 SH Sole 2400
813 37400 SH Defined 01 37400
Heritage Financial Corporation COM 42722x106 1061 123000 SH Defined 03 01 123000
Hilb, Rogal & Ham. COM 431294107 19817 701500 SH Defined 01 03 260200 441300
Honeywell Inc. COM 438506107 108 1875 SH Sole 1875
1208 20936 SH Defined 02 20936
Houghton Mifflin COM 441560109 46317 1097880 SH Defined 01 03 120000 977880
Houston Exploration Company COM 442120101 3120 157500 SH Defined 01 03 157500
Hudson United Bancorp COM 444165104 4177 163396.3 SH Sole 163396.3
28221 1104013 SH Defined 01 03 410266.6 693746
IBM COM 459200101 86 800 SH Sole 800
863 8000 SH Defined 02 8000
ITT Education COM 45068B109 1158 75000 SH Sole 75000
42400 2746540 SH Defined 01 03 02 257525 2489015
Insight Communications Company COM 45768V108 252 8500 SH Sole 8500
47816 1614050 SH Defined 01 03 02 323425 1290625
Interwest Bancorp Inc. COM 460931108 950 49350 SH Defined 01 49350
JLG Industries Inc. COM 462210101 88 5500 SH Sole 5500
30764 1930300 SH Defined 01 03 02 193400 1736900
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 2 25 SH Sole 25
336 3600 SH Defined 02 3600
Kansas City Southern Industrie COM 485170104 1060 14200 SH Sole 14200
2604 34900 SH Defined 02 34900
Lincare Holdings Inc. COM 532791100 139 4000 SH Sole 4000
2081 60000 SH Defined 03 56000 4000
Lucent Tech COM 549463107 2387 31824 SH Defined 01 02 31824
Lydall Inc. COM 550819106 524 79060 SH Sole 79060
8551 1290700 SH Defined 01 03 133400 1157300
Manpower COM 56418H100 11313 300667 SH Defined 01 02 300667
Mazel Stores, Inc. COM 578792103 3634 392890 SH Defined 01 03 200300 192590
Media General Inc - Cl A COM 584404107 2163 41600 SH Defined 01 41600
Mediaone Group Inc. COM 58440J104 292 3800 SH Sole 3800
338 4400 SH Defined 03 02 4400
Merck & Co. COM 589331107 69 1020 SH Sole 1020
820 12200 SH Defined 02 12200
Metris Companies, Inc. COM 591598107 20473 573680 SH Defined 01 03 19100 554580
Minnesota Mng & Mfg COM 604059105 333 3400 SH Defined 02 3400
Morrison Management Specialist COM 618459101 22 1000 SH Sole 1000
12097 561016 SH Defined 03 01 32466 528550
Nabors Industries, Inc. COM 629568106 980 31672 SH Defined 01 31672
Nat.West.Life Ins. COM 638522102 3342 48700 SH Sole 48700
21322 310700 SH Defined 01 02 65300 245400
Neiman Marcus Group Inc. COM 640204202 860 30800 SH Defined 03 30800
New York Times Company COM 650111107 251 5104 SH Sole 5104
313 6372 SH Defined 03 6372
Newell COM 651192106 151 5200 SH Sole 5200
1110 38275 SH Defined 02 38275
Nieman Marcus B shares COM 640204301 26 961 SH Sole 961
384 14270 SH Defined 02 14270
Oregon Trail Financial Corp COM 685932105 30 3000 SH Sole 3000
2712 269500 SH Defined 01 03 02 269500
Outback Steakhouse Inc COM 689899102 5206 200700 SH Defined 01 200700
Owens & Minor COM 690732102 786 88000 SH Sole 88000
27018 3023000 SH Defined 01 03 02 700500 2322500
PBOC Holdings Inc. COM 69316G108 1935 205000 SH Defined 01 03 150000 55000
Pacific Bank N. Ca. COM 694026204 1107 40000 SH Defined 01 40000
Parametric Technology Corp COM 699173100 6105 225600 SH Sole 225600
81 3000 SH Defined 03 3000
People's Savings CT COM 710198102 186 8800 SH Sole 8800
21818 1032800 SH Defined 01 02 227500 805300
Petroleum Helicopters nv COM 716604202 1244 127600 SH Defined 03 01 127600
Petroleum Helicopters, Inc COM 716604103 451 48750 SH Defined 03 01 48750
Pfizer Inc. COM 717081103 8 232 SH Sole 232
1687 52002 SH Defined 02 52002
Pharmacia & Upjohn COM 716941109 382 8500 SH Defined 02 8500
Pittston BAX Group COM 725701882 18334 1725525 SH Defined 01 03 02 383200 1342325
Pittston Brinks COM 725701106 90 4100 SH Sole 4100
40105 1822950 SH Defined 01 03 02 392000 1430950
Pogo Producing Co COM 730448107 17182 843300 SH Defined 03 01 259100 584200
Policy Management Systems COM 731108106 552 21600 SH Sole 21600
53668 2099500 SH Defined 01 03 02 330000 1769500
Praxair COM 74005P104 312 6200 SH Sole 6200
161 3200 SH Defined 03 3200
Precision Castpasts Corp. COM 740189105 303 11550 SH Sole 11550
39 1500 SH Defined 03 1500
Pres.Realty B COM 741004204 605 88010 SH Sole 88010
1267 184232 SH Defined 01 03 83585 100647
Priority Healthcare Corporatio COM 74264T102 3755 129747 SH Defined 01 03 129747
Project Software & Development COM 74339P101 14918 268800 SH Defined 01 03 237000 31800
Protocol Systems COM 74371R106 761 84600 SH Sole 84600
7047 782950 SH Defined 03 01 02 249000 533950
Quorum Health Group Inc. COM 749084109 56 6000 SH Sole 6000
30444 3269200 SH Defined 01 03 001600 2267600
Rational Software Corp. COM 75409P202 5 100 SH Sole 100
16349 332800 SH Defined 01 02 332800
Reynolds & Reynolds, Inc. COM 761695105 22783 1012600 SH Defined 01 03 235400 777200
Riverview Bancorp COM 769397100 37 3800 SH Sole 3800
3278 338380 SH Defined 01 03 02 22500 315880
Rogers Corp COM 775133101 4123 107800 SH Sole 107800
37933 991700 SH Defined 01 03 02 284600 707100
Roslyn Savings Bank COM 778162107 2035 110000 SH Defined 01 110000
Ruby Tuesday COM 781182100 84 4600 SH Sole 4600
41326 2272200 SH Defined 01 03 02 520600 1751600
SLI Inc. COM 78442T108 1675 123500 SH Defined 01 03 123500
Saks Incorporated COM 79377w108 503 32350 SH Defined 03 02 26950 5400
Santa Fe Snyder Corp. COM 80218K105 5794 724200 SH Defined 03 01 90000 634200
Schering Plough Corp. COM 806605101 154 3640 SH Sole 3640
203 4800 SH Defined 03 02 4800
Sea Containers - A COM 811371707 12807 481000 SH Defined 01 50900 430100
Sea Containers - B COM 811371707 1340 50676 SH Defined 01 50676
Seacoast Financial Services Co COM 81170Q106 14089 1383000 SH Defined 03 01 02 249000 1134000
Sensormatic Elect. COM 817265101 3010 172600 SH Sole 172600
58968 3381666 SH Defined 01 03 02 749900 2631766
Sequa Corp. A COM 817320203 10394 192700 SH Defined 03 01 41100 151600
Sequa Corp. B COM 817320203 2298 38300 SH Defined 01 38300
Shared Medical Systems Corp. COM 819486101 290 5700 SH Sole 5700
48630 954700 SH Defined 01 03 02 102000 852700
Shopko Stores Inc COM 824911101 644 28000 SH Defined 01 28000
Sifco Industries COM 826546103 919 128950 SH Defined 01 03 128950
Six Rivers National Bank COM 830059101 437 33000 SH Defined 01 33000
Southwestern Energy Co. COM 845467109 85 12900 SH Sole 12900
3272 498600 SH Defined 03 01 105000 393600
Staten Island Bancorp Inc. COM 857550107 2399 133300 SH Defined 03 01 133300
Steinway Musical Instruments COM 858495104 658 32500 SH Defined 01 32500
Sterling Commerce, Inc. COM 859205106 8830 259700 SH Defined 01 259700
Sterling Financial COM 859319105 7574 658600 SH Defined 01 03 02 658600
Sterling Software Inc COM 859547101 630 20000 SH Defined 01 20000
Summit Bancorp COM 866005101 7984 260687 SH Defined 01 44598 216089
Synopsys, Inc. COM 871607107 1669 25000 SH Sole 25000
TJX Companies COM 872540109 18445 902500 SH Defined 01 02 248000 654500
Teledyne Technologies Inc. COM 879360105 188 19920.1 SH Defined 01 19920.1
Teleflex Inc. COM 879369106 686 21900 SH Defined 01 21900
Telepanel Systems COM 87943u209 57 35000 SH Sole 35000
Texaco COM 881694103 5 100 SH Sole 100
531 9768 SH Defined 02 9768
Texas Instruments, Inc. COM 882508104 4252 44004 SH Sole 44004
94940 982558.2 SH Defined 01 03 02 308066 674492.2
Thomas & Betts Corporation COM 884315102 4781 150000 SH Defined 01 150000
Timberland Bancorp. COM 887098101 34 3000 SH Sole 3000
5788 514500 SH Defined 03 01 02 163000 351500
Time Warner Inc. COM 887315109 767 10600 SH Sole 10600
3498 48380 SH Defined 03 02 48380
Toro Co COM 891092108 1437 38500 SH Defined 01 38500
Tosco Corp. COM 891490302 13885 510700 SH Defined 01 510700
Trustco Bank Corp NY COM 898349105 397 29968 SH Defined 01 29968
Tyco International COM 902124106 264 6780 SH Sole 6780
1544 39584 SH Defined 01 39584
U.S. Bancorp COM 902973106 439 18453 SH Defined 02 18453
US West Inc. COM 91273H101 52 718 SH Sole 718
177 2464 SH Defined 02 2464
UST Corporation COM 902900109 23038 725600 SH Defined 01 03 150000 575600
Ultrak Corporation COM 903898401 670 86500 SH Defined 01 86500
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. COM 904928108 57 2100 SH Sole 2100
27148 1005500 SH Defined 03 01 02 229400 776100
United Sec. Bank COM 91146A101 2142 171353 SH Defined 01 56367 114986
Universal Health ClB COM 913903100 151 4200 SH Sole 4200
59520 1653324 SH Defined 01 03 02 461100 1192224
Vishay Intertechnology Inc COM 928298108 3885 122837 SH Defined 01 122837
Vodafone AirTouch Plc COM 92857T107 200 4050 SH Sole 4050
277 5600 SH Defined 03 02 5600
Volt Inf. Sci. COM 928703107 554 23200 SH Sole 23200
22929 960375 SH Defined 01 03 133800 826575
WSFS Financial Corporation COM 929328102 1389 110000 SH Defined 01 03 110000
Washington Mutual, Inc. COM 939322103 3202 123750 SH Defined 01 123750
Washington Post - ClB COM 939640108 222 400 SH Sole 400
Webster Financial Corp COM 947890109 2 100 SH Sole 100
26403 1120570 SH Defined 01 03 02 213600 906970
Wellpoint Health Networks Inc. COM 94973G100 209 3164 SH Sole 3164
1704 25850 SH Defined 02 25850
West Co., Inc. COM 953348109 773 25000 SH Defined 01 25000
Whitehall Jewellers, Inc. COM 965063100 30024 814200 SH Defined 01 03 02 60000 754200
Xtra Corp. COM 984138107 54624 1281500 SH Defined 01 03 305700 975800
Zions Bancorporation COM 989701107 1622 27400 SH Defined 01 27400
Golden State Bancorp Litigatio 381197136 65 73800 SH Defined 01 73800
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