UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Form 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: June 30, 1999
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: FRIESS ASSOCIATES, INC.
Address: 115 E. SNOW KING AVENUE
JACKSON, WY 83001
13F File Number: 28-1346
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:
Name: Susan Morgan
Title: Operations
Phone: 302-656-3017
Signature, Place and Date of Signing:
Susan Morgan Wilmington, DE August 4, 1999
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
NONE
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: 139
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $6,079,937
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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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ACT Networks, Inc. COM 000975102 7463 437400 SH SOLE 437400
AT&T Corp. COM 001957109 146047 2616750 SH SOLE 2616750
Adaptec, Inc. COM 00651F108 65932 1867100 SH SOLE 1867100
Adtran, Inc. COM 00738A106 6511 179000 SH SOLE 179000
Alpha Industries, Inc. COM 020753109 5144 108000 SH SOLE 108000
Alpharma, Inc. COM 020813101 9755 274300 SH SOLE 274300
Amdocs Ltd. COM G02602103 11116 488600 SH SOLE 488600
American Eagle COM 02553E106 48130 1057800 SH SOLE 1057800
Americredit Corp. COM 03060R101 8381 523800 SH SOLE 523800
Ames Dept. Stores COM 030789507 36076 790700 SH SOLE 790700
Analog Devices COM 032654105 94378 1880500 SH SOLE 1880500
Applebee Int'l, Inc. COM 037899101 10279 341200 SH SOLE 341200
Arcadia Financial COM 039101100 1390 179300 SH SOLE 179300
Ardent Software, Inc. COM 039794102 9488 446500 SH SOLE 446500
BJ's Wholesale Club COM 05548J106 48325 1607500 SH SOLE 1607500
Bank One Corp. COM 06423A103 115176 1933700 SH SOLE 1933700
Bebe Stores, Inc. COM 075571109 15752 463300 SH SOLE 463300
Bisys Group, Inc. COM 055472104 18697 319600 SH SOLE 319600
Burr-Brown Corp. COM 122574106 6812 186000 SH SOLE 186000
C-COR.Net Corp. COM 125010108 4822 173000 SH SOLE 173000
CEC Entertainment COM 125137109 19338 457700 SH SOLE 457700
CNF Transportation COM 12612W104 31185 810000 SH SOLE 810000
CSG Systems Int'l COM 126349109 27033 1032300 SH SOLE 1032300
CSK Auto Corp. COM 125965103 6453 239000 SH SOLE 239000
CTS Corp. COM 126501105 49063 700900 SH SOLE 700900
Capital Enviro Resource COM 14008M104 4401 303500 SH SOLE 303500
Casella Waste COM 147448104 1560 60000 SH SOLE 60000
Cendant Corp. COM 151313103 241740 11792200 SH SOLE 11792200
Charming Shoppes COM 161133103 3154 517500 SH SOLE 517500
Charter One Financial COM 160903100 28900 1039100 SH SOLE 1039100
Chirex, Inc. COM 170038103 10897 339200 SH SOLE 339200
Church & Dwight Co. COM 171340102 17774 408600 SH SOLE 408600
Citrix Systems COM 177376100 125351 2218600 SH SOLE 2218600
Commscope, Inc. COM 203372107 686 22300 SH SOLE 22300
Comverse Technology COM 205862402 28622 379100 SH SOLE 379100
Conexant Systems COM 207142100 29205 503000 SH SOLE 503000
Converse, Inc. COM 212540108 914 252000 SH SOLE 252000
Cytyc Corp. COM 232946103 5070 260000 SH SOLE 260000
Dayton Hudson Corp. COM 239753106 203561 3131700 SH SOLE 3131700
Dendrite Int'l, Inc. COM 248239105 6596 182600 SH SOLE 182600
Dime Bancorp, Inc. COM 25429Q102 5685 282500 SH SOLE 282500
EMC Corp. COM 268648102 182606 3320100 SH SOLE 3320100
Electronic Arts, Inc. COM 285512109 90006 1659100 SH SOLE 1659100
Electronic Boutique COM 286045109 1932 135600 SH SOLE 135600
Electronic Data Systems COM 285661104 210492 3717300 SH SOLE 3717300
Evergreen Res., Inc. COM 299900308 5713 226800 SH SOLE 226800
Excalibur Technologies COM 300651205 5260 369100 SH SOLE 369100
Family Dollar Stores COM 307000109 43553 1814700 SH SOLE 1814700
FileNet Corp. COM 316869106 4018 351300 SH SOLE 351300
Foodmaker, Inc. COM 344839204 13294 468500 SH SOLE 468500
Footstar, Inc. COM 344912100 2042 54900 SH SOLE 54900
Fossil, Inc. COM 349882100 4494 92900 SH SOLE 92900
Frontier Airlines COM 359065109 6576 407800 SH SOLE 407800
Galileo Technology COM M47298100 17260 380900 SH SOLE 380900
Gemstar Int'l Group COM G3788V106 201733 3091700 SH SOLE 3091700
Golden State Bancorp COM 381197102 17282 768100 SH SOLE 768100
Group Maint. America COM 39943E107 1638 126600 SH SOLE 126600
Guess, Inc. COM 401617105 3022 218800 SH SOLE 218800
Heller Financial, Inc. COM 423328103 19816 712500 SH SOLE 712500
Henry Schein COM 806407102 25426 802400 SH SOLE 802400
Household Int'l COM 441815107 59996 1266400 SH SOLE 1266400
IVAX Corp. COM 465823102 26360 1866200 SH SOLE 1866200
In Focus Systems COM 452919103 1200 80000 SH SOLE 80000
Insituform Tech CL A COM 457667103 4191 193800 SH SOLE 193800
Jones Apparel Group COM 480074103 106931 3116400 SH SOLE 3116400
Jones Pharma, Inc. COM 480236108 27019 686200 SH SOLE 686200
K-Swiss, Inc. COM 482686102 21367 459500 SH SOLE 459500
Kemet Corp. COM 488360108 5388 234900 SH SOLE 234900
Kenneth Cole Prods. COM 193294105 3507 125800 SH SOLE 125800
King Pharmaceuticals COM 495582108 7625 294680 SH SOLE 294680
LSI Logic Corp. COM 502161102 126885 2750900 SH SOLE 2750900
LTX Corp. COM 502392103 7073 531300 SH SOLE 531300
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 117038 1735500 SH SOLE 1735500
MCI WorldCom, Inc. COM 55268B106 124360 1445000 SH SOLE 1445000
McDermott Int'l COM 580037109 25357 897600 SH SOLE 897600
MedPartners, Inc. COM 58503X107 43559 5807900 SH SOLE 5807900
Medicis Pharmaceutical COM 584690309 16610 654600 SH SOLE 654600
Mercury Computer COM 589378108 5773 179000 SH SOLE 179000
Microchip Tech COM 595017104 47944 1012000 SH SOLE 1012000
Millipore Corp. COM 601073109 6263 154400 SH SOLE 154400
Mobile Mini COM 60740F105 2535 129600 SH SOLE 129600
Motorola, Inc. COM 620076109 151060 1594300 SH SOLE 1594300
NPC Int'l COM 629360306 2597 168900 SH SOLE 168900
National Data COM 635621105 21473 502300 SH SOLE 502300
National Instruments COM 636518102 6892 170700 SH SOLE 170700
Nike, Inc. COM 654106103 61550 971200 SH SOLE 971200
Nokia Corp. ADR COM 654902204 246633 2693600 SH SOLE 2693600
Nortel Networks Corp. COM 656569100 54423 626900 SH SOLE 626900
Oak Industries COM 671400505 25627 584100 SH SOLE 584100
Oxford Health Plans COM 691471106 24232 1557100 SH SOLE 1557100
Pacific Sunwear COM 694873100 24758 1015700 SH SOLE 1015700
Parametric Technology COM 699173100 144561 10418800 SH SOLE 10418800
Phone.Com, Inc. COM 71920Q100 1792 32000 SH SOLE 32000
Pinnacle Systems, Inc. COM 723481107 23201 690000 SH SOLE 690000
Polo Ralph Lauren COM 731572103 20547 1081400 SH SOLE 1081400
Precision Drilling COM 74022D100 7528 394900 SH SOLE 394900
Providian Financial COM 74406A102 68567 735300 SH SOLE 735300
Quiksilver, Inc. COM 74838C106 22369 858300 SH SOLE 858300
RF Micro Devices COM 749941100 17679 236900 SH SOLE 236900
Rare Hospitality Int'l COM 753820109 5709 223900 SH SOLE 223900
SCI Systems, Inc. COM 783890106 44490 939100 SH SOLE 939100
Safety Kleen Corp. COM 78648R203 14692 810600 SH SOLE 810600
Santa Cruz Operation COM 801833104 4049 619900 SH SOLE 619900
Saucony, Inc. COM 804120202 1844 81500 SH SOLE 81500
Sawtek, Inc. COM 805468105 15831 345100 SH SOLE 345100
Scientific-Atlanta COM 808655104 65405 1816800 SH SOLE 1816800
Semtech Corp. COM 816850101 10420 199900 SH SOLE 199900
Shorewood Packaging COM 825229107 5386 292100 SH SOLE 292100
Sonic Corp. COM 835451105 7876 241400 SH SOLE 241400
Sterling Software COM 859547101 50292 1902300 SH SOLE 1902300
Sun Microsystems COM 866810104 193249 2805800 SH SOLE 2805800
Sunglass Hut Int'l COM 86736F106 21543 1253400 SH SOLE 1253400
Sykes Enterprises COM 871237103 20913 626600 SH SOLE 626600
Symantec Corp. COM 871503108 38207 1498300 SH SOLE 1498300
Taco Cabana Cl A COM 873425102 2476 243000 SH SOLE 243000
Tandy Corp. COM 875382103 270768 5540000 SH SOLE 5540000
Tech Data Corp. COM 878237106 32761 856500 SH SOLE 856500
Teletech Hldgs COM 879939106 2050 202500 SH SOLE 202500
Tellabs, Inc. COM 879664100 234496 3470800 SH SOLE 3470800
Texas Instruments COM 882508104 176443 1225300 SH SOLE 1225300
Toys R Us, Inc. COM 892335100 88263 4266500 SH SOLE 4266500
Transwitch Corp. COM 894065101 20871 440550 SH SOLE 440550
Triquint Semiconductor COM 89674K103 8079 142200 SH SOLE 142200
Tuesday Morning COM 899035505 8453 331500 SH SOLE 331500
Tyco Int'l Ltd. COM 902124106 289982 3060500 SH SOLE 3060500
U S Liquids, Inc. COM 902974104 5622 269300 SH SOLE 269300
United Rentals, Inc. COM 911363109 26447 896500 SH SOLE 896500
Unitrode Corp. COM 913283107 30443 1061200 SH SOLE 1061200
Urban Outfitters COM 917047102 6882 273900 SH SOLE 273900
Vans, Inc. COM 921930103 3466 302600 SH SOLE 302600
Verity, Inc. COM 92343C106 29386 542300 SH SOLE 542300
Viant Corp. COM 92553N107 1940 55425 SH SOLE 55425
Wallace Computer COM 932270101 13615 544600 SH SOLE 544600
Waste Management COM 94106L109 124985 2325300 SH SOLE 2325300
Wellpoint Health COM 94973H108 16568 195200 SH SOLE 195200
Wendy's Int'l COM 950590109 34856 1223000 SH SOLE 1223000
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. COM 969904101 41249 1184900 SH SOLE 1184900
Zale Corp. COM 988858106 23960 599000 SH SOLE 599000
Zoran Corp. COM 98975F101 481 28700 SH SOLE 28700
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