UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: SEPTEMBER 30, 2000
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Mesirow Asset Management
Address: 350 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60610
13F File Number:
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: Mark F. Toledo
Title: Executive Vice President
Phone: 312-595-6780
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Mark F. Toledo Chicago, Illinois October 31, 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: 161
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $282751.00
List of Other Included Managers:
No. 13F File Number Name
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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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Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 133 2800 SH SOLE 600 2200
Ace Ltd Ord E COM g0070k103 2776 70715 SH SOLE 55590 1720 13405
Allstate Corp COM 020002101 384 11064 SH SOLE 3900 7164
America Online Inc Del COM 02364j104 3078 57370 SH SOLE 45945 1750 9675
American Express Company COM 025816109 437 7200 SH SOLE 7200
Americredit Corp COM 03060r101 2873 99700 SH SOLE 99700
Anadarko Petroleum Corp COM 032511107 178 2678 SH SOLE 1137 1541
Anadigics Inc COM 032515108 1427 64516 SH SOLE 64166 350
Applied Innovation Inc COM 037916103 1366 88100 SH SOLE 88100
At & T Corp Liberty Media Grou COM 001957208 43 2400 SH SOLE 2400
At&t Corp COM 001957109 200 6902 SH SOLE 6902
BP Amoco PLC Spons ADR F COM 055622104 3713 70060 SH SOLE 1418 68642
Bank Of America Corp COM 060505104 159 3036 SH SOLE 3036
Bank One Corp COM 06423a103 282 7417 SH SOLE 7417
Bell Microproducts Inc COM 078137106 2576 82425 SH SOLE 82225 200
Bellsouth Corp COM 079860102 277 6828 SH SOLE 200 6628
Biomatrix Inc COM 09060p102 1321 75400 SH SOLE 75400
Boeing Co COM 097023105 39 600 SH SOLE 600
Bristol Myers Squibb Co COM 110122108 1757 30565 SH SOLE 575 29990
C & D Tech Inc COM 124661109 1419 25000 SH SOLE 25000
Canadian Natl Ry Co F COM 136375102 1615 55105 SH SOLE 55105
Careside Inc COM 141728105 383 120300 SH SOLE 120300
Carnival Corp COM 143658102 215 8750 SH SOLE 250 8500
Catellus Dev Corp COM 149111106 61 3500 SH SOLE 3500
Chase Manhattan Corp New COM 16161a108 165 3575 SH SOLE 0 3574
Chevron Corp COM 166751107 4634 54356 SH SOLE 46660 1735 5961
Cisco Systems Inc COM 17275r102 2538 45945 SH SOLE 32210 635 13100
Citigroup Inc COM 172967101 637 11781 SH SOLE 7704 4077
Coca-Cola Company COM 191216100 321 5815 SH SOLE 300 5515
Comerica Inc COM 200340107 3960 67760 SH SOLE 53315 350 14095
Compucredit Corp COM 20478n100 1449 25825 SH SOLE 25825
Computer Assoc Intl Inc COM 204912109 807 31892 SH SOLE 0 1575 30317
Conagra Foods Inc COM 205887102 4532 225890 SH SOLE 175015 7170 43705
Delphi Automotive Sys Corp COM 247126105 830 54850 SH SOLE 2050 52800
Delphi Financial Group Inc Cla COM 247131105 2266 55948 SH SOLE 55948
Dial Corp New COM 25247d101 13 1100 SH SOLE 1100
Dow Chemical Company COM 260543103 144 5772 SH SOLE 5772
Du Pont E.I.De Nemour&co COM 263534109 1106 27050 SH SOLE 1275 25775
Dun & Bradstreet Corpxxx Del COM 26483b106 38 1100 SH SOLE 1100
Eastgroup Pptys Inc COM 277276101 1181 53100 SH SOLE 53100
Electric City Corp COM 284868106 58 13000 SH SOLE 13000
Electronic Data Sys Corp COM 285661104 37 900 SH SOLE 900
Emerson Electric Co COM 291011104 2542 37940 SH SOLE 3400 34540
Energizer Hldgs Inc COM 29266r108 2230 91035 SH SOLE 57208 2170 31657
Engelhard Corp COM 292845104 4048 249110 SH SOLE 202210 6750 40150
Excel Technology Inc COM 30067t103 943 29425 SH SOLE 29425
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231g102 8196 91981 SH SOLE 60660 1946 29375
Fannie Mae Voting Shares COM 313586109 9240 129233 SH SOLE 84380 4730 40123
Filenet Corp COM 316869106 1284 70600 SH SOLE 70600
Fpl Group Inc COM 302571104 16 250 SH SOLE 250
Gannett Co Inc Del COM 364730101 2472 46640 SH SOLE 35520 1850 9270
General Electric Co COM 369604103 4443 76860 SH SOLE 2025 4200 70635
General Motors Cl H New COM 370442832 2786 74943 SH SOLE 50039 1713 23191
General Motors Corp COM 370442105 1815 27922 SH SOLE 22967 1687 3268
Genl Dynamics Corp Com COM 369550108 4213 67075 SH SOLE 57305 2900 6870
Gentex Corporation COM 371901109 810 32400 SH SOLE 32400
Gillette Co COM 375766102 460 14900 SH SOLE 500 14400
Graco Incorporated Com COM 384109104 1908 58700 SH SOLE 58700
Health Care Property Investors COM 421915109 3238 109309 SH SOLE 72000 37309
Heller Finl Inc Cl A COM 423328103 3113 109000 SH SOLE 109000
Helmerich & Payne Inc COM 423452101 1647 45600 SH SOLE 45600
Hewlett-Packard Company COM 428236103 22 225 SH SOLE 225
Home Depot Inc COM 437076102 365 6900 SH SOLE 5475 1425
Honeywell Intl Inc COM 438516106 91 2550 SH SOLE 2550
I M S Health Inc COM 449934108 4662 224660 SH SOLE 142570 7750 74340
Imatron Inc COM 452906100 25 10750 SH SOLE 10750
Ingersoll-Rand Company COM 456866102 1949 57425 SH SOLE 42380 2295 12750
Insurance Auto Auctions Inc COM 457875102 949 58600 SH SOLE 58600
Intel Corp COM 458140100 3432 82567 SH SOLE 51490 6775 24302
Intl Business Mach Corp COM 459200101 317 2813 SH SOLE 500 2313
Istar Financial Inc COM 45031u101 4488 200029 SH SOLE 133510 5401 61118
Jacobs Engineerng Group COM 469814107 1951 48400 SH SOLE 48400
John Nuveen Co Cl A COM 478035108 1142 23600 SH SOLE 23600
Johnson & Johnson Common COM 478160104 9829 104630 SH SOLE 66360 5210 33060
Kimberly-Clark Corp COM 494368103 5583 100025 SH SOLE 61790 5170 33065
Knight-Ridder Inc COM 499040103 91 1800 SH SOLE 800 1000
London Pacific Grp Ltd F Spons COM 542073101 1528 76900 SH SOLE 76900
Lowes Companies Inc COM 548661107 4991 111217 SH SOLE 63305 4955 42957
Lucent Technologies Inc COM 549463107 927 30394 SH SOLE 300 1825 28269
MBNA Corp COM 55262l100 5387 139920 SH SOLE 109455 4305 26160
MCI Worldcom Inc XXX COM 55268b106 2962 97530 SH SOLE 50860 3775 42895
Mastec Inc COM 576323109 1809 58350 SH SOLE 58350
Mbia Inc COM 55262c100 288 4050 SH SOLE 2650 1400
Mcdonalds Corp COM 580135101 187 6210 SH SOLE 2200 800 3210
Merck & Co Inc COM 589331107 7929 106515 SH SOLE 56465 4670 45380
Mgic Investment Corp COM 552848103 5049 82600 SH SOLE 68105 3100 11395
Michael Foods Inc New COM 594079105 1739 74400 SH SOLE 72700 1700
Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 1245 20640 SH SOLE 290 3040 17310
Minnesota Mining&mfg Co $0.01 COM 604059105 55 600 SH SOLE 600
Morgan J P & Co Inc COM 616880100 672 4116 SH SOLE 200 3916
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C COM 617446448 8925 97603 SH SOLE 44335 1330 51938
Motorola Incorporated COM 620076109 676 23368 SH SOLE 400 1675 21293
Nasdaq-100 Trust Sr 1 COM 631100104 90 1015 SH SOLE 100 915
Newell Rubbermaid Inc COM 651229106 269 11790 SH SOLE 1265 10525
Noble Affiliates Inc COM 654894104 906 24400 SH SOLE 24400
Northern Trust Corp COM 665859104 213 2400 SH SOLE 2400
Omi Corporation New F COM y6476w104 1885 225025 SH SOLE 225025
Oracle Corp COM 68389x105 4969 63100 SH SOLE 33295 4550 25255
Owens & Minor Inc Holding Co COM 690732102 1681 106744 SH SOLE 106744
P N C Finl Svcs Grp Inc COM 693475105 65 1000 SH SOLE 1000
Pfizer Incorporated COM 717081103 492 10950 SH SOLE 10950
Pharmacia Corp COM 71713u102 119 1975 SH SOLE 1975
Phillips Petroleum Co COM 718507106 174 2780 SH SOLE 2780
Procter & Gamble Co COM 742718109 212 3164 SH SOLE 1160 2004
Providian Finl Corp COM 74406a102 876 6900 SH SOLE 6900
Quaker Chemical Corp COM 747316107 1659 97600 SH SOLE 97600
Quantum Corp Com Dssg COM 747906204 1261 83700 SH SOLE 83700
Ralston-Rlstn Purina Gp COM 751277302 6344 267820 SH SOLE 169530 9030 89260
Rare Hospitality Intl COM 753820109 2246 110250 SH SOLE 110250
Rent Way Inc COM 76009u104 2038 67100 SH SOLE 67100
Sbc Communications Inc COM 78387g103 8199 164382 SH SOLE 78561 6115 79706
Schering Plough Corp COM 806605101 521 11200 SH SOLE 11200
Schlumberger Ltd E COM 806857108 1866 22669 SH SOLE 2550 20119
Sciclone Pharmaceutical COM 80862k104 678 62300 SH SOLE 62300
Smithkline Beecham Plc F Adr R COM 832378301 248 3616 SH SOLE 3616
Sprint Corp (fon Group) COM 852061100 5299 180780 SH SOLE 121230 3325 56225
St Mary Land & Expl COM 792228108 2523 109400 SH SOLE 109400
Standard & Poors Dep Rcpts Boo COM 78462f103 542 3773 SH SOLE 350 1700 1723
State Street Corp. COM 857477103 104 800 SH SOLE 800
Stewart&stevenson Svcs COM 860342104 2465 141375 SH SOLE 141375
Sun Microsystems Inc COM 866810104 9164 78495 SH SOLE 31510 9229 37756
Sungard Data Sys Inc COM 867363103 252 5890 SH SOLE 1540 875 3475
Swift Energy Co COM 870738101 3446 82900 SH SOLE 82900
Synavant Inc COM 87157a105 76 11435 SH SOLE 7125 331 3979
Texaco Incorporated COM 881694103 10 200 SH SOLE 200
Transocean Sedco Forex E Inc COM g90078109 324 5523 SH SOLE 493 5030
Tribune Co New 10/83 COM 896047107 35 800 SH SOLE 800
Tyco Intl Ltd New COM 902124106 1 14 SH SOLE 14
Union Pacific Corp COM 907818108 156 4000 SH SOLE 4000
Valentis Inc COM 91913e104 638 77300 SH SOLE 74800 2500
Verizon Communications COM 92343v104 187 3863 SH SOLE 3863
Viacom Inc Cl B COM 925524308 164 2800 SH SOLE 2800
Vodafone Group PLC New F Spons COM 92857w100 280 7555 SH SOLE 7555
Wal-Mart Stores Inc COM 931142103 725 15070 SH SOLE 670 14400
Walgreen Company COM 931422109 2535 66820 SH SOLE 5110 61710
Walt Disney Company COM 254687106 35 917 SH SOLE 750 167
Wash Rl Est Inv Tr Sbi COM 939653101 203 10125 SH SOLE 10125
Washington Group Intl Inc COM 938862109 198 17300 SH SOLE 17300
Washington Mutual Inc COM 939322103 7 165 SH SOLE 165
Wellpoint Health Netwrks Inc N COM 94973h108 2653 27640 SH SOLE 22315 670 4655
Wells Fargo & Co New COM 949746101 96 2080 SH SOLE 750 1330
Werner Enterprises Inc COM 950755108 1068 90900 SH SOLE 90900
Whole Foods Market Inc COM 966837106 1299 24200 SH SOLE 24200
Worthington Inds Inc COM 981811102 1533 163500 SH SOLE 163500
Acorn Invt Tr Intl XXX 004851200 1279 40664.467SH SOLE 40664.467
American Centy Income & Growth 02507m303 430 13200.138SH SOLE 13200.138
American Legacy Ii Internation alii.x 486138776.439SH SOLE 138776.439
Baron Asset Fd Sh Ben Int 068278100 924 14577.848SH SOLE 14577.848
Fidelity Select Port Developin 316390566 288 4200.669SH SOLE 4200.669
Ivy Intl Fd Sh Ben Int 465903102 940 25804.631SH SOLE 25804.631
Janus Invt Fd Global Life Scie 471023671 239 10456.621SH SOLE 10456.621
Northern Funds Technology Fund 665162798 438 7729.386SH SOLE 5163.330 2566.056
Skyline Fd Spl Eq Port 830833208 3574192958.100SH SOLE 192958.100
Tweedy Browne Fd Inc Global Va 901165100 5756255484.840SH SOLE 255484.840
Vanguard Index Tr 500 Portfoli 922908108 5196 39185.431SH SOLE 1593.85337591.578
Vanguard Index Tr Mid Cap Stk 922908843 1847134892.456SH SOLE 134892.456
Vanguard Index Tr Small Cap St 922908702 829 33918.194SH SOLE 33918.194
Vanguard Index Tr Total Stk Mk 922908306 161 4909.515SH SOLE 4909.515
Vanguard Index Tr Value Portfo 922908405 289 12452.973SH SOLE 12452.973
Vanguard Index Trust Growth Po 922908504 738 20034.218SH SOLE 20034.218
Skyline Growth Fd Llc 211 3.00 SH SOLE 3.00
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