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
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 February 10, 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: 137
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $7,440,462
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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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3Com Corp. COM 885535104 267557 5692700 SH SOLE 5692700
ACT Manufacturing COM 000973107 13451 358700 SH SOLE 358700
Accredo Health COM 00437V104 12343 401400 SH SOLE 401400
Acxiom Corp. COM 005125109 4896 204000 SH SOLE 204000
Adaptec, Inc. COM 00651F108 96673 1938300 SH SOLE 1938300
Advanced Micro Dev. COM 007903107 218603 7554300 SH SOLE 7554300
Affiliated Manager COM 008252108 3647 90200 SH SOLE 90200
Alpharma, Inc. COM 020813101 6765 220000 SH SOLE 220000
Amdocs Ltd. COM G02602103 7455 216100 SH SOLE 216100
American Eagle COM 02553E106 81675 1815000 SH SOLE 1815000
Amkor Technology COM 031652100 65823 2330000 SH SOLE 2330000
Answerthink Consulting COM 036916104 7090 207000 SH SOLE 207000
Apple Computer COM 037833100 374407 3641650 SH SOLE 3641650
Aremissoft Corp. COM 040026106 5821 179100 SH SOLE 179100
Atmel Corp. COM 049513104 194858 6591400 SH SOLE 6591400
Audiovox Corp. COM 050757103 12865 425300 SH SOLE 425300
Avis Rent A Car COM 053790101 18454 721900 SH SOLE 721900
Avnet, Inc. COM 053807103 33130 547600 SH SOLE 547600
BJ's Wholesale Club COM 05548J106 57579 1577500 SH SOLE 1577500
Bindview Development COM 090327107 22205 446900 SH SOLE 446900
Bisys Group, Inc. COM 055472104 12274 188100 SH SOLE 188100
Brauns Fashions COM 105658108 5421 258150 SH SOLE 258150
Brightpoint, Inc. COM 109473108 15083 1149200 SH SOLE 1149200
Burr-Brown Corp. COM 122574106 14360 397500 SH SOLE 397500
CEC Entertainment COM 125137109 19461 688900 SH SOLE 688900
CSG Systems Int'l COM 126349109 31106 780100 SH SOLE 780100
CTS Corp. COM 126501105 80614 1069500 SH SOLE 1069500
CVS Corp. COM 126650100 38061 954500 SH SOLE 954500
Capital One Financial COM 14040H105 159664 3313400 SH SOLE 3313400
Carnival Corp. COM 143658102 91398 1911600 SH SOLE 1911600
Charming Shoppes COM 161133103 4343 655500 SH SOLE 655500
Chase Manhattan COM 16161A108 143077 1841700 SH SOLE 1841700
Cognos Corp. COM 19244C109 13432 291200 SH SOLE 291200
Coldwater Creek COM 193068103 4760 232200 SH SOLE 232200
Commscope, Inc. COM 203372107 37132 921100 SH SOLE 921100
Compuware Corp. COM 205638109 121852 3271200 SH SOLE 3271200
Convergys Corp. COM 212485106 18133 589700 SH SOLE 589700
Credence Systems COM 225302108 53492 618400 SH SOLE 618400
Cypress Semiconductor COM 232806109 65647 2027700 SH SOLE 2027700
Cytyc Corp. COM 232946103 40020 655400 SH SOLE 655400
Datastream Systems COM 238124101 11051 449900 SH SOLE 449900
Dianon Systems COM 252826102 787 57200 SH SOLE 57200
Dollar Thrifty Auto COM 256743105 10875 454300 SH SOLE 454300
Dynegy, Inc. COM 26816L101 11162 459100 SH SOLE 459100
Elan PLC ADR COM 284131208 88795 3010000 SH SOLE 3010000
Elcor Corp. COM 284443108 8110 269200 SH SOLE 269200
Epcos AG ADR COM 29410P107 47896 642900 SH SOLE 642900
Fairchild Semiconductor COM 303726103 38282 1286800 SH SOLE 1286800
FileNet Corp. COM 316869106 16284 638600 SH SOLE 638600
Forest Laboratories COM 345838106 96819 1575900 SH SOLE 1575900
Four Seasons Hotel COM 35100E104 25241 474000 SH SOLE 474000
Gap, Inc. COM 364760108 282311 6137200 SH SOLE 6137200
Gateway, Inc. COM 367626108 136292 1891300 SH SOLE 1891300
General Semiconductor COM 370787103 2406 169600 SH SOLE 169600
Gilat Satellite Networks COM M51474100 27918 235100 SH SOLE 235100
Guess, Inc. COM 401617105 5655 260000 SH SOLE 260000
Henry (Jack) & Assoc. COM 426281101 7747 144300 SH SOLE 144300
Hertz Corporation COM 428040109 20872 416400 SH SOLE 416400
IMS Health, Inc. COM 449934108 120283 4424200 SH SOLE 4424200
IVAX Corp. COM 465823102 46484 1805200 SH SOLE 1805200
Illinova Corp. COM 452317100 16155 464900 SH SOLE 464900
Indus Int'l COM 45578L100 2570 210900 SH SOLE 210900
Infocure Corp. COM 45665A108 28777 922700 SH SOLE 922700
Infonet Services COM 45666T106 28069 1069300 SH SOLE 1069300
Insituform Tech CL A COM 457667103 5732 202900 SH SOLE 202900
Int'l Fibercom, Inc. COM 45950T101 4159 528100 SH SOLE 528100
Int'l Rectifier Corp. COM 460254105 8052 309700 SH SOLE 309700
Integrated Device COM 458118106 61036 2104700 SH SOLE 2104700
Integrated Silicon COM 45812P107 5949 359200 SH SOLE 359200
Intertan, Inc. COM 461120107 17559 672100 SH SOLE 672100
Intimate Brands COM 461156101 88656 2055800 SH SOLE 2055800
Iona Tech ADR COM 46206P109 20672 379300 SH SOLE 379300
KV Pharmaceutical COM 482740206 3986 181700 SH SOLE 181700
Kemet Corp. COM 488360108 21495 477000 SH SOLE 477000
Kenneth Cole Prods. COM 193294105 5911 129200 SH SOLE 129200
Kent Electronics COM 490553104 15386 676300 SH SOLE 676300
LSI Logic Corp. COM 502161102 221812 3286100 SH SOLE 3286100
LTX Corp. COM 502392103 17394 777400 SH SOLE 777400
Lattice Semiconductor COM 518415104 44081 935400 SH SOLE 935400
Lightbridge COM 532226107 5067 182600 SH SOLE 182600
Limited, Inc. COM 532716107 198146 4574800 SH SOLE 4574800
Littelfuse, Inc. COM 537008104 5149 212200 SH SOLE 212200
Logility, Inc. COM 54140Y103 1158 59400 SH SOLE 59400
MSC. Software COM 553531104 1720 169900 SH SOLE 169900
Mapinfo Corp. COM 565105103 3697 100600 SH SOLE 100600
Medquist, Inc. COM 584949101 15072 583900 SH SOLE 583900
Men's Wearhouse COM 587118100 9732 331300 SH SOLE 331300
Mentor Corp. COM 587188103 16342 633100 SH SOLE 633100
Mettler-Toledo COM 592688105 13755 360200 SH SOLE 360200
Miami Comp. Supply COM 593261100 7050 189900 SH SOLE 189900
Microchip Technology COM 595017104 89099 1301900 SH SOLE 1301900
Micron Technology COM 595112103 172955 2224500 SH SOLE 2224500
Millipore Corp. COM 601073109 37200 963100 SH SOLE 963100
Molex, Inc. Cl A COM 608554200 25390 561100 SH SOLE 561100
Motorola, Inc. COM 620076109 314776 2137700 SH SOLE 2137700
National Semiconductor COM 637640103 202306 4725400 SH SOLE 4725400
Netsolve, Inc. COM 64115J106 11498 365000 SH SOLE 365000
Nextera Enter. Cl A COM 65332E101 8134 631800 SH SOLE 631800
Nokia Corp. ADR COM 654902204 398671 2086600 SH SOLE 2086600
Nortel Networks Corp. COM 656569100 239138 2367700 SH SOLE 2367700
Novadigm, Inc. COM 669937104 4899 236100 SH SOLE 236100
Nvidia Corp. COM 67066G104 15579 331900 SH SOLE 331900
PC Connection, Inc. COM 69318J100 7580 219700 SH SOLE 219700
Parametric Technology COM 699173100 233116 8614000 SH SOLE 8614000
Peregrine Systems COM 71366Q101 119572 1420300 SH SOLE 1420300
Pericom Semiconductor COM 713831105 4386 166700 SH SOLE 166700
Pinnacle Systems, Inc. COM 723481107 22390 550300 SH SOLE 550300
Power-One, Inc. COM 739308104 29925 653200 SH SOLE 653200
Precision Drilling COM 74022D100 16494 642100 SH SOLE 642100
Providian Financial COM 74406A102 238784 2622200 SH SOLE 2622200
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. COM 74834L100 8282 271000 SH SOLE 271000
Rainbow Technologies COM 750862104 9770 420200 SH SOLE 420200
Royal Caribbean COM V7780T103 74363 1508000 SH SOLE 1508000
Sagent Technology COM 786693101 8957 299200 SH SOLE 299200
SanDisk Corp. COM 80004C101 86211 895700 SH SOLE 895700
Sawtek, Inc. COM 805468105 61158 918800 SH SOLE 918800
Serena Software COM 817492101 6364 205700 SH SOLE 205700
Sharper Image COM 820013100 5114 403100 SH SOLE 403100
Shaw Group, Inc. COM 820280105 5640 222800 SH SOLE 222800
Sierracities.com COM 826521106 2610 152400 SH SOLE 152400
Steven Madden Ltd. COM 556269108 6071 318500 SH SOLE 318500
Strategic Diagnostics COM 862700101 492 75000 SH SOLE 75000
Sykes Enterprises COM 871237103 30691 699500 SH SOLE 699500
Symantec Corp. COM 871503108 80604 1374900 SH SOLE 1374900
Tellabs, Inc. COM 879664100 126398 1969200 SH SOLE 1969200
Three Five Systems COM 88554L108 12409 302665 SH SOLE 302665
Timberland Co. COM 887100105 17401 329100 SH SOLE 329100
Tyco Int'l Ltd. COM 902124106 118303 3033400 SH SOLE 3033400
UTI Energy COM 903387108 13102 568100 SH SOLE 568100
United Stationers, Inc. COM 913004107 3502 122600 SH SOLE 122600
Vans, Inc. COM 921930103 4534 370100 SH SOLE 370100
Veeco Instruments COM 922417100 11254 240400 SH SOLE 240400
Vicor Corp. COM 925815102 7428 183400 SH SOLE 183400
Xircom, Inc. COM 983922105 90030 1200400 SH SOLE 1200400
Zale Corp. COM 988858106 49047 1013900 SH SOLE 1013900
Zebra Technologies COM 989207105 26623 455100 SH SOLE 455100
Zoran Corp. COM 98975F101 7978 143100 SH SOLE 143100
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