UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the month ended: 06/30/2000
Check here if Amendment [ ] ; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Clay Finlay Inc.
Address: 200 Park Avenue
56th Floor
New York, NY 10016
13F File Number: 28-2989
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, statments,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: William O'Donnell
Title: Treasurer
Phone: 212-557-7022
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
William O'Donnell New York, New York 08/03/2000
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
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 47
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 310336
List of Other Managers:
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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 8988 201700 SH SOLE 201700 0 0
Adobe Systems COM 00724F101 11557 88900 SH SOLE 88900 0 0
Alcoa Inc. COM 013817101 6676 230200 SH SOLE 230200 0 0
Archer-Daniels Midland COM 039483102 2984 304147 SH SOLE 304147 0 0
Associates First Capital COM 046008108 4855 217600 SH SOLE 217600 0 0
Avnet COM 053807103 5724 96600 SH SOLE 96600 0 0
Becton Dickinson COM 075887109 8164 284600 SH SOLE 284600 0 0
Texaco COM 881694103 8488 159400 SH SOLE 159400 0 0
Fedex Corporation COM 31428X106 9040 237900 SH SOLE 237900 0 0
CSX COM 126408103 2986 140950 SH SOLE 140950 0 0
Chase Manhattan Corp. COM 16161A108 9576 207900 SH SOLE 207900 0 0
Compaq Computer Corp. COM 204493100 8080 316100 SH SOLE 316100 0 0
Sara Lee COM 803111103 8758 453500 SH SOLE 453500 0 0
Target Corporation COM 8.7612000 11809 203600 SH SOLE 203600 0 0
Bank One COM 06423A103 5578 210000 SH SOLE 210000 0 0
Eastman Kodak COM 277461109 6589 110500 SH SOLE 110500 0 0
Federal National Mortgage COM 313586109 12760 244500 SH SOLE 244500 0 0
Ford Motor COM 345370100 8536 198500 SH SOLE 198500 0 0
General Electric COM 369604103 10184 192150 SH SOLE 192150 0 0
Hewlett-Packard COM 428236103 13836 110800 SH SOLE 110800 0 0
Hilton Hotels COM 432848109 3579 381800 SH SOLE 381800 0 0
Home Depot COM 437076102 7386 147900 SH SOLE 147900 0 0
Intel Corporation COM 458140100 20133 150600 SH SOLE 150600 0 0
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 7651 75100 SH SOLE 75100 0 0
Hartford Financial Services COM 416515104 9409 168200 SH SOLE 168200 0 0
Agilent Technologies Inc. COM 00846U101 3082 41795 SH SOLE 41795 0 0
Network Associates COM 640938106 4678 229600 SH SOLE 229600 0 0
Merck COM 589331107 8528 111300 SH SOLE 111300 0 0
Micron Technology COM 595112103 14918 169400 SH SOLE 169400 0 0
Alltel Corp. COM 020039103 5723 92400 SH SOLE 92400 0 0
Visteon Corp COM 92839U107 315 25983 SH SOLE 25983 0 0
Morgan J.P. COM 616880100 4515 41000 SH SOLE 41000 0 0
Tenet Healthcare COM 88033G100 8605 318700 SH SOLE 318700 0 0
Nike COM 654106103 5379 135100 SH SOLE 135100 0 0
Pall Corporation COM 696429307 884 47800 SH SOLE 47800 0 0
Pfizer COM 717081103 10982 228800 SH SOLE 228800 0 0
Worldcom COM 98157d106 10583 230700 SH SOLE 230700 0 0
Safeco COM 786429100 2115 106400 SH SOLE 106400 0 0
St. Paul Companies COM 792860108 4989 146200 SH SOLE 146200 0 0
USX Marathon COM 902905827 5376 214500 SH SOLE 214500 0 0
Unocal COM 915289102 5363 161900 SH SOLE 161900 0 0
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