UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: MARCH 31, 2000
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Donald Smith & Co., Inc.
Address: East 80 Route 4, Suite 360
Paramus, New Jersey 07652
13F File Number: 28-1345
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: Donald Smith
Title: President
Phone: 201-368-9210
Signature, Place and Date of Signing:
Donald Smith Paramus, New Jersey APRIL 21, 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: 2
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $667,163,000
List of Other Included Managers:
No. 13f file number Name
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ALLMERICA FINL CORP COM 019754100 5100 100000SH 100000 100000
AGCO CORP COM 001084102 453 39800SH 39800 39800
AK STL HLDG CORP COM 001547108 13633 1314030SH 1314030 1314030
ALASKA AIR GROUP INC COM 011659109 6785 225700SH 225700 225700
AMERICAN NATL INS CO COM 028591105 15238 265000SH 265000 265000
ANDERSONS INC COM 034164103 1891 270169SH 270169 270169
AMPCO-PITTSBURGH CORP COM 032037103 5138 472500SH 472500 472500
AMERICAN PAC CORP COM 028740108 2449 346700SH 346700 346700
BOISE CASCADE CORP COM 097383103 3823 110000SH 110000 110000
BROWN & SHARPE MFG CO COM 115223109 1234 636900SH 636900 636900
COAST FEDERAL LITIGATION COM 19034Q110 937 681600SH 681600 681600
CASTLE & COOKE INC NEW COM 148433105 14187 843800SH 843800 843800
COMMONWEALTH INDS INC DE COM 203004106 7271 802300SH 802300 802300
CNA FINL CORP COM 126117100 14864 460000SH 460000 460000
CROWN CENT PETE CORP B COM 228219309 2217 253400SH 253400 253400
CORN PRODS INTL INC COM 219023108 18745 779000SH 779000 779000
DELTA WOODSIDE INDS INC COM 247909104 506 300000SH 300000 300000
ESCO ELECTRS CORP COM 269030102 1504 89800SH 89800 89800
ENTERGY CORP NEW COM 29364G103 20172 999200SH 999200 999200
FOSTER L B CO COM 350060109 1445 355700SH 355700 355700
GREAT ATLANTIC & PAC TEA COM 390064103 4282 219600SH 219600 219600
GUILFORD MLS INC COM 401794102 7322 952400SH 952400 952400
GENERAL MTRS CORP COM 370442105 38756 468000SH 468000 468000
GOLDEN ST BANCORP INC COM 381197136 958 713000SH 713000 713000
GENESIS WORLDWIDE INC COM 37184G104 546 145500SH 145500 145500
HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES IN COM 442487203 3951 645000SH 645000 645000
INTERNATIONAL ALUM CORP COM 458884103 636 40700SH 40700 40700
INTERGRAPH CORP COM 458683109 14695 1655800SH 1655800 1655800
INTERNATIONAL SHIPHOLDIN COM 460321201 2561 320100SH 320100 320100
KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLS COM 482516309 19848 945150SH 945150 945150
K MART CORP COM 482584109 25479 2630000SH 2630000 2630000
KMART FING I PFD 498778208 3230 75000SH 75000 75000
LTV CORP NEW COM 501921100 17725 4974700SH 4974700 4974700
MARSH SUPERMARKETS INC COM 571783208 1954 217100SH 217100 217100
M D C HLDGS INC COM 552676108 9694 540400SH 540400 540400
MIIX GROUP INC COM 59862V104 3843 275700SH 275700 275700
MEDITRUST CORP COM 58501T306 8782 4844000SH 4844000 4844000
ANNALY MTG MGMT INC COM 035710409 4685 520500SH 520500 520500
NORD RES CORP COM 655555100 214 972400SH 972400 972400
NATIONAL STL CORP COM 637844309 19856 2692400SH 2692400 2692400
NORTHEAST UTILS COM 664397106 32792 1525200SH 1525200 1525200
OFFSHORE LOGISTICS INC COM 676255102 7499 540500SH 540500 540500
OVERSEAS SHIPHOLDING GRO COM 690368105 13577 591900SH 591900 591900
PERINI CORP COM 713839108 1043 235000SH 235000 235000
PRIME HOSPITALITY CORP COM 741917108 16302 2248600SH 2248600 2248600
PFF BANCORP INC COM 69331W104 3815 246100SH 246100 246100
PULTE CORP COM 745867101 28407 1360800SH 1360800 1360800
PUBLIC SVC CO N MEX COM 744499104 31950 2028600SH 2028600 2028600
POPE & TALBOT INC COM 732827100 2389 130000SH 130000 130000
RAILAMERICA INC COM 750753105 889 131666SH 131666 131666
RUSSELL CORP COM 782352108 866 60500SH 60500 60500
ROUGE INDS INC DEL COM 779088103 6968 1103700SH 1103700 1103700
RYERSON TULL INC NEW COM 78375P107 19308 1245688SH 1245688 1245688
RYLAND GROUP INC COM 783764103 13138 700700SH 700700 700700
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CO COM 853626109 2694 185000SH 185000 185000
SPARTON CORP COM 847235108 1866 382700SH 382700 382700
STANDARD PAC CORP NEW COM 85375C101 7823 782300SH 782300 782300
STEWART & STEVENSON SVCS COM 860342104 13208 1174000SH 1174000 1174000
STEWART INFORMATION SVCS COM 860372101 2127 134500SH 134500 134500
TECUMSEH PRODS CO COM 878895200 8140 185000SH 185000 185000
TECUMSEH PRODS CO COM 878895101 882 21000SH 21000 21000
TEEKAY SHIPPING MARSHALL COM Y8564W103 50881 1846000SH 1846000 1846000
MARITRANS INC COM 570363101 3635 599600SH 599600 599600
U S HOME CORP NEW COM 911920106 25118 661000SH 661000 661000
UNITED INDL CORP COM 910671106 2030 203000SH 203000 203000
USEC INC COM 90333E108 21351 4495000SH 4495000 4495000
VALERO ENERGY CORP NEW COM 91913Y100 3376 110000SH 110000 110000
WHX CORP COM 929248102 5706 830000SH 830000 830000
WEIRTON STL CORP COM 948774104 1584 195000SH 195000 195000
USX-U S STL COM 90337T101 10625 425000SH 425000 425000
YELLOW CORP COM 985509108 17562 952500SH 952500 952500
ZAPATA CORP COM 989070503 3002 632000SH 632000 632000
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