UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Form 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2000
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 May 12, 2000
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: 175
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $8,911,591
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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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1-800 Contacts COM 681977104 1326 38300 SH SOLE 38300
ACT Manufacturing COM 000973107 20037 358200 SH SOLE 358200
ADAC Laboratories COM 005313200 2791 203000 SH SOLE 203000
ATMI, Inc. COM 00207R101 15418 322900 SH SOLE 322900
Acxiom Corp. COM 005125109 75714 2277100 SH SOLE 2277100
Adaptec, Inc. COM 00651F108 74809 1936800 SH SOLE 1936800
Advanced Micro Dev. COM 007903107 428305 7505900 SH SOLE 7505900
American Eagle COM 02553E106 28309 746200 SH SOLE 746200
Americredit Corp. COM 03060R101 11303 692900 SH SOLE 692900
Amerisource Health COM 03071P102 6729 448600 SH SOLE 448600
Amkor Technology COM 031652100 123508 2327600 SH SOLE 2327600
Apache Corp. COM 037411105 22965 461600 SH SOLE 461600
Apple Computer COM 037833100 384518 2831240 SH SOLE 2831240
Applied Films COM 038197109 7356 367800 SH SOLE 367800
Applied Science COM 038236105 14354 474500 SH SOLE 474500
Aremissoft Corp. COM 040026106 7653 225100 SH SOLE 225100
Aspen Tech., Inc. COM 045327103 41885 1037400 SH SOLE 1037400
Atlantic Coast Air COM 048396105 4476 173000 SH SOLE 173000
Atmel Corp. COM 049513104 381344 7386800 SH SOLE 7386800
BJ's Wholesale Club COM 05548J106 66796 1740600 SH SOLE 1740600
Brauns Fashions COM 105658108 6518 258150 SH SOLE 258150
Brinker Int'l COM 109641100 35640 1200500 SH SOLE 1200500
Brio Technology, Inc. COM 109704106 12499 331100 SH SOLE 331100
Burr-Brown Corp. COM 122574106 21573 396750 SH SOLE 396750
Bush Industries COM 123164105 1209 87100 SH SOLE 87100
CACI Int'l, Inc. COM 127190304 3257 108800 SH SOLE 108800
CEC Entertainment COM 125137109 18686 688900 SH SOLE 688900
Candela Corp. COM 136907102 5734 417000 SH SOLE 417000
Capital One Financial COM 14040H105 137806 2874700 SH SOLE 2874700
Carrier Access Corp. COM 144460102 15943 299400 SH SOLE 299400
Celestica, Inc. COM 15101Q108 85818 1617300 SH SOLE 1617300
Charming Shoppes COM 161133103 4537 797700 SH SOLE 797700
Chase Manhattan COM 16161A108 122446 1404400 SH SOLE 1404400
Cognos Corp. COM 19244C109 16648 266100 SH SOLE 266100
Cohu, Inc. COM 192576106 11197 268600 SH SOLE 268600
Coldwater Creek COM 193068103 2489 146400 SH SOLE 146400
Compaq Computer COM 204493100 152863 5661600 SH SOLE 5661600
Complete Bus. Sol'n COM 20452F107 13624 608900 SH SOLE 608900
Convergys Corp. COM 212485106 43651 1128300 SH SOLE 1128300
Core Laboratories COM N22717107 6074 209000 SH SOLE 209000
Cypress Semiconductor COM 232806109 94658 1931800 SH SOLE 1931800
Dallas Semiconductor COM 235204104 32193 882000 SH SOLE 882000
Dianon Systems COM 252826102 3099 150700 SH SOLE 150700
Digital Microwave COM 253859102 23309 688100 SH SOLE 688100
Diodes, Inc. COM 254543101 5006 133500 SH SOLE 133500
Ditech Commun. COM 25500M103 34449 324800 SH SOLE 324800
Dynegy, Inc. COM 26816Q101 48988 780834 SH SOLE 780834
Elan PLC ADR COM 284131208 169889 3576600 SH SOLE 3576600
Elcor Corp. COM 284443108 9260 268400 SH SOLE 268400
Electronics for Imaging COM 286082102 28254 470900 SH SOLE 470900
FEI Corp. COM 30241L109 7671 255700 SH SOLE 255700
Fairchild Semiconductor COM 303726103 88042 2412100 SH SOLE 2412100
Fargo Electronics COM 30744P102 2324 192700 SH SOLE 192700
FileNet Corp. COM 316869106 23029 774100 SH SOLE 774100
First Health Group COM 320960107 13640 431300 SH SOLE 431300
Fleming Companies COM 339130106 9876 655700 SH SOLE 655700
Forest Laboratories COM 345838106 120024 1420400 SH SOLE 1420400
Four Seasons Hotel COM 35100E104 22000 488200 SH SOLE 488200
Gadzooks, Inc. COM 362553109 6524 300800 SH SOLE 300800
Gap, Inc. COM 364760108 282960 5680500 SH SOLE 5680500
Group 1 Software COM 39943Y103 2919 155700 SH SOLE 155700
Guess, Inc. COM 401617105 8320 260000 SH SOLE 260000
Guidant Corp. COM 401698105 279226 4742700 SH SOLE 4742700
Hall Kinion COM 406069104 3982 165500 SH SOLE 165500
Henry (Jack) & Assoc. COM 426281101 17530 475400 SH SOLE 475400
Hibbett Sporting Goods COM 428565105 699 34000 SH SOLE 34000
Hooper Holmes COM 439104100 15629 455500 SH SOLE 455500
ICN Pharmaceuticals COM 448924100 35308 1295700 SH SOLE 1295700
IDEXX Labs., Inc. COM 45168D104 15922 683000 SH SOLE 683000
Impath, Inc. COM 45255G101 10602 288500 SH SOLE 288500
In Focus Systems COM 452919103 33435 933600 SH SOLE 933600
Infonet Services COM 45666T106 33419 1477100 SH SOLE 1477100
Integrated Device COM 458118106 83355 2103600 SH SOLE 2103600
Integrated Information COM 45817B103 1992 91400 SH SOLE 91400
Integrated Silicon COM 45812P107 23532 802800 SH SOLE 802800
Intertan, Inc. COM 461120107 16052 1167450 SH SOLE 1167450
Intimate Brands COM 461156101 14502 352100 SH SOLE 352100
Invacare Corp. COM 461203101 10124 369000 SH SOLE 369000
KV Pharmaceutical COM 482740206 4883 181700 SH SOLE 181700
Kemet Corp. COM 488360108 41555 657000 SH SOLE 657000
Kenneth Cole Prods. COM 193294105 10462 266550 SH SOLE 266550
Kent Electronics COM 490553104 19713 675400 SH SOLE 675400
Key Energy Services COM 492914106 20522 1774900 SH SOLE 1774900
LSI Logic Corp. COM 502161102 407513 5611200 SH SOLE 5611200
LTX Corp. COM 502392103 35084 776400 SH SOLE 776400
Lam Research COM 512807108 41985 931700 SH SOLE 931700
Land's End COM 515086106 30803 502400 SH SOLE 502400
Lattice Semiconductor COM 518415104 66652 984700 SH SOLE 984700
Lifepoint Hospitals COM 53219L109 13288 799300 SH SOLE 799300
Liz Claiborne, Inc. COM 539320101 108347 2365000 SH SOLE 2365000
Logility, Inc. COM 54140Y103 1076 78600 SH SOLE 78600
MKS Instruments COM 55306N104 9388 185900 SH SOLE 185900
MSC. Software COM 553531104 2938 248700 SH SOLE 248700
Mapics, Inc. COM 564910107 4827 302900 SH SOLE 302900
Mapinfo Corp. COM 565105103 4579 117400 SH SOLE 117400
Mattson Tech., Inc. COM 577223100 11892 279000 SH SOLE 279000
Maverick Tube COM 577914104 999 30800 SH SOLE 30800
Meade Instruments COM 583062104 6348 92000 SH SOLE 92000
Measurement Spec. COM 583421102 4106 162200 SH SOLE 162200
Medicis Pharmaceutical COM 584690309 15704 392600 SH SOLE 392600
Mentor Corp. COM 587188103 17037 631000 SH SOLE 631000
Merit Medical Systems COM 589889104 2536 256800 SH SOLE 256800
Mettler-Toledo COM 592688105 17325 423200 SH SOLE 423200
Miami Comp. Supply COM 593261100 9042 288200 SH SOLE 288200
Microchip Technology COM 595017104 125559 1909650 SH SOLE 1909650
Microsemi Corp. COM 595137100 6987 204000 SH SOLE 204000
Millipore Corp. COM 601073109 26943 477400 SH SOLE 477400
Moldflow Corp. COM 608507109 2388 141000 SH SOLE 141000
Molex, Inc. Cl A COM 608554200 40236 906725 SH SOLE 906725
Motorola, Inc. COM 620076109 311885 2136200 SH SOLE 2136200
National Semiconductor COM 637640103 303707 4999300 SH SOLE 4999300
Net Perceptions COM 64107U101 3694 100000 SH SOLE 100000
Network Associates COM 640938106 29683 920400 SH SOLE 920400
Nokia Corp. ADR COM 654902204 459251 2068700 SH SOLE 2068700
Nortel Networks Corp. COM 656568102 295587 2343600 SH SOLE 2343600
Nvidia Corp. COM 67066G104 76636 907100 SH SOLE 907100
OTG Software COM 671059103 738 18300 SH SOLE 18300
Oshkosh Truck CL B COM 688239201 5697 183400 SH SOLE 183400
Outback Steakhouse COM 689899102 49133 1532400 SH SOLE 1532400
P-COM, Inc. COM 693262107 22174 1198600 SH SOLE 1198600
PSI Tech. ADR COM 74438Q109 668 40200 SH SOLE 40200
Parametric Technology COM 699173100 142652 6772800 SH SOLE 6772800
Photronics, Inc. COM 719405102 10435 295500 SH SOLE 295500
Pinnacle Systems, Inc. COM 723481107 28515 857600 SH SOLE 857600
Plexus Corp. COM 729132100 6669 100100 SH SOLE 100100
Polaroid Corp. COM 731095105 64564 2718500 SH SOLE 2718500
Power-One, Inc. COM 739308104 39437 653200 SH SOLE 653200
Precision Drilling COM 74022D100 34803 1042800 SH SOLE 1042800
Pride International COM 741932107 24065 1052000 SH SOLE 1052000
Printrak Int'l COM 742574106 2943 226400 SH SOLE 226400
Professional Detailing COM 74312N107 7793 311700 SH SOLE 311700
Providian Financial COM 74406A102 182493 2106700 SH SOLE 2106700
Qualcomm, Inc. COM 747525103 48183 322700 SH SOLE 322700
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. COM 74834L100 12509 314700 SH SOLE 314700
Quest Software COM 74834T103 14522 128800 SH SOLE 128800
Rainbow Technologies COM 750862104 16714 447200 SH SOLE 447200
Rayovac Corp. COM 755081106 12648 544000 SH SOLE 544000
Ruby Tuesday COM 781182100 9084 519100 SH SOLE 519100
SPSS, Inc. COM 78462K102 3823 120400 SH SOLE 120400
Sagent Technology COM 786693101 6468 224500 SH SOLE 224500
SanDisk Corp. COM 80004C101 124644 1017500 SH SOLE 1017500
Sanmina Corp. COM 800907107 104006 1539400 SH SOLE 1539400
Santa Fe Int'l COM G7805C108 11537 311800 SH SOLE 311800
Scientific-Atlanta COM 808655104 95735 1513600 SH SOLE 1513600
Semitool, Inc. COM 816909105 8988 494200 SH SOLE 494200
Shaw Group, Inc. COM 820280105 7854 222800 SH SOLE 222800
Splash Technology COM 848623104 4663 373000 SH SOLE 373000
Stericycle, Inc. COM 858912108 3925 157000 SH SOLE 157000
Steven Madden Ltd. COM 556269108 6052 318500 SH SOLE 318500
Stryker Corp. COM 863667101 48016 688400 SH SOLE 688400
SunGard Data Systems COM 867363103 65798 1743000 SH SOLE 1743000
Symantec Corp. COM 871503108 50161 667700 SH SOLE 667700
T/R Systems COM 87263U102 5097 229100 SH SOLE 229100
TMBR/Sharp Drilling COM 87257P101 238 19400 SH SOLE 19400
Talbots, Inc. COM 874161102 15802 268400 SH SOLE 268400
Tandy Corp. COM 875382103 90193 1777200 SH SOLE 1777200
Tech Data Corp. COM 878237106 21030 639700 SH SOLE 639700
Technology Solutions COM 87872T108 7654 838800 SH SOLE 838800
Teekay Shipping COM Y8564W103 8704 315800 SH SOLE 315800
Tektronix, Inc. COM 879131100 52870 944100 SH SOLE 944100
Therma-Wave, Inc. COM 88343A108 16225 477200 SH SOLE 477200
Timberland Co. COM 887100105 19319 378800 SH SOLE 378800
Troy Group COM 89733N106 1284 46700 SH SOLE 46700
Tyco Int'l Ltd. COM 902124106 380820 7597400 SH SOLE 7597400
USX-Marathon Group COM 902905827 129098 4953400 SH SOLE 4953400
Ultimate Software COM 90385D107 1622 179000 SH SOLE 179000
United Stationers, Inc. COM 913004107 17358 486400 SH SOLE 486400
Vans, Inc. COM 921930103 5968 370100 SH SOLE 370100
Varian Semiconductor COM 922207105 22841 359000 SH SOLE 359000
Veeco Instruments COM 922417100 21556 291300 SH SOLE 291300
Verity, Inc. COM 92343C106 37466 919400 SH SOLE 919400
Wendy's Int'l COM 950590109 47863 2370900 SH SOLE 2370900
Whitehall Jewelers COM 965063100 8695 370000 SH SOLE 370000
Zale Corp. COM 988858106 51236 1085800 SH SOLE 1085800
Zoran Corp. COM 98975F101 9827 174500 SH SOLE 174500
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