UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 09/30/99
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: Kopp Investment Advisors, Inc.
Address: 7701 France Ave. So., Suite 500
Edina, MN 55435
Form 13F File Number: 28- 03099
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: Donald B. Cornelius
Title: Secretary/Treasurer
Phone: (612) 841-0400
Signature, Place and Date of Signing:
Edina, MN 10/29/99
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ X ] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this
reporting manager are reported in this report.)
[ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this
report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s.))
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the
holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and
a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 216
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 3,050,715
(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers: NONE
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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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3 Com Corporation COM 885535104 48531 1688018 SH OTHER 29350 1658668
ADC Telecommunications COM 000886101 25163 600000 SH SOLE 600000
158700 3784158 SH OTHER 257200 3526958
AT&T Co. COM 001957109 788 18112 SH OTHER 600 17512
AVT Corporation COM 002420107 12250 400000 SH SOLE 400000
52733 1721900 SH OTHER 138200 1583700
Adept Tech Inc. COM 006854103 4618 637000 SH SOLE 637000
6868 947300 SH OTHER 142000 805300
Advanced Fibre Communications COM 00754A105 7120 320000 SH SOLE 320000
52232 2347500 SH OTHER 64000 2283500
Aeroflex Inc. COM 007768104 1205 98850 SH OTHER 98850
Aetrium Inc. COM 00817R103 2579 370000 SH SOLE 370000
9963 1429681 SH OTHER 189000 1240681
Alcatel ADR COM 013904305 3984 143585 SH OTHER 143585
Anadigics Inc. COM 032515108 8437 300000 SH SOLE 300000
54163 1925785 SH OTHER 218000 1707785
Analog Devices Inc. COM 032654105 13711 267532 SH OTHER 2000 265532
Ansys Inc. COM 03662Q105 3950 400000 SH SOLE 400000
1965 199000 SH OTHER 140000 59000
Applied Digital Access COM 038181103 208 40000 SH SOLE 40000
8153 1571550 SH OTHER 130000 1441550
Applied Innovation Inc. COM 037916103 109 28500 SH OTHER 28500
Applied Microsystems COM 037935103 1559 430000 SH SOLE 430000
985 271600 SH OTHER 90000 181600
Applied Science & Tech COM 038236105 7353 356500 SH SOLE 356500
22844 1107612 SH OTHER 123750 983862
Ardent Software Inc. COM 039794102 539 20000 SH SOLE 20000
1185 44000 SH OTHER 44000
Artesyn Technologies COM 043127109 5691 300000 SH SOLE 300000
18810 991600 SH OTHER 157700 833900
Arthrocare Corp. COM 043136100 7953 145600 SH OTHER 145600
Artisan Components Inc. COM 042923102 1725 200000 SH SOLE 200000
2097 243100 SH OTHER 15000 228100
Aspect Telecomm. Corp. COM 045237104 419 24700 SH OTHER 24700
Asyst Technologies Inc. COM 04648X107 4290 130000 SH SOLE 130000
1287 39000 SH OTHER 39000
BMC Software COM 055921100 5954 83195 SH OTHER 50000 33195
Biosite Diagnostic Inc. COM 090945106 15062 1656250 SH OTHER 140000 1516250
Brooks Automation Inc. COM 11434A100 2810 160000 SH SOLE 160000
17360 988439 SH OTHER 218000 770439
Burr Brown Corp. COM 122574106 2188 55400 SH OTHER 55400
Celeritek Inc. COM 150926103 190 31100 SH OTHER 15000 16100
Centigram Comms COM 152317103 4211 385000 SH SOLE 385000
14293 1306769 SH OTHER 185000 1121769
Cholestech Corp. COM 170393102 2614 410000 SH SOLE 410000
8021 1258200 SH OTHER 192500 1065700
Cisco System Inc. COM 17275R102 3428 50000 SH SOLE 50000
17996 262475 SH OTHER 80698 181777
Cognos Inc. (Canada) COM 19244C109 2606 100000 SH SOLE 100000
33179 1273030 SH OTHER 93000 1180030
Complete Business Solutions COM 20452F107 259 18920 SH OTHER 18920
Computer Network Tech Corp. COM 204925101 2142 230000 SH SOLE 230000
2596 278800 SH OTHER 25000 253800
Conductus Inc. COM 206784100 43 20400 SH OTHER 20400
Conexant Systems Inc. COM 207142100 2906 40000 SH SOLE 40000
28274 389150 SH OTHER 85000 304150
Credence Systems Corp COM 225302108 8975 200000 SH SOLE 200000
8813 196400 SH OTHER 95000 101400
Cyberoptics Corp. COM 232517102 2249 140000 SH SOLE 140000
15380 957475 SH OTHER 152500 804975
Cylink Corp. COM 232565101 10429 1438498 SH SOLE 1438498
21877 3017550 SH OTHER 490000 2527550
Dallas Semiconductor COM 235204104 240 4500 SH OTHER 4500
Davox Corp. COM 239208101 4245 325000 SH SOLE 325000
6274 480300 SH OTHER 145000 335300
Digital Link Corp. COM 253856108 2590 259000 SH SOLE 259000
5030 503025 SH OTHER 125000 378025
Digital Microwave COM 253859102 48162 3070000 SH SOLE 3070000
132965 8475602 SH OTHER 860000 7615602
Dionex Corp. COM 254546104 1045 24450 SH OTHER 24450
Documentum Inc. COM 256159104 2162 100000 SH SOLE 100000
12365 571800 SH OTHER 15000 556800
EMS Technologies Inc. COM 26873N108 2940 245000 SH SOLE 245000
9332 777696 SH OTHER 25000 752696
Eclipse Surgical Tech COM 278849104 3795 230000 SH SOLE 230000
8103 491100 SH OTHER 33000 458100
Emulex Corp. COM 292475209 945 11000 SH SOLE 11000
17 200 SH OTHER 200
Epicor Software Corp. COM 29426L108 1150 200000 SH SOLE 200000
7652 1330810 SH OTHER 166500 1164310
Ericsson L M Tel Co. ADR Cl. B COM 294821400 8271 264685 SH OTHER 2000 262685
Ezenia! COM 926918103 2900 400000 SH SOLE 400000
10211 1408350 SH OTHER 211500 1196850
Flir Systems Inc. COM 302445101 351 27140 SH OTHER 27140
General Instruments COM 370120107 8921 185850 SH OTHER 4000 181850
Gensym Corp. COM 37245R107 362 100000 SH SOLE 100000
312 86000 SH OTHER 75000 11000
Glenayre Technologies Inc. COM 377899109 30 10000 SH OTHER 10000
HNC Software Inc. COM 40425P107 4868 122650 SH OTHER 2500 120150
Hi/fn Inc. COM 428358105 1061 9627 SH OTHER 9627
Hyperion Solutions COM 44914M104 4400 200000 SH SOLE 200000
1140 51815 SH OTHER 51815
Image Premastering Services Lt COM 000000000 15 12500 SH OTHER 12500
Imclone Systems Inc. COM 45245W109 7647 230000 SH SOLE 230000
13204 397100 SH OTHER 40000 357100
Infinium Software Inc. COM 45662Y109 1125 225000 SH SOLE 225000
393 78600 SH OTHER 20000 58600
Input Software Inc. COM 457654101 100 25000 SH SOLE 25000
2292 573000 SH OTHER 44500 528500
Integrated Measurement System COM 457923100 1147 89500 SH OTHER 89500
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 36698 493836 SH OTHER 38600 455236
Inter-Tel Inc. COM 458372109 5017 282647 SH OTHER 15000 267647
Interim Services Inc. COM 45868P100 10591 646750 SH OTHER 95000 551750
Intl. Business Machines COM 459200101 4677 38650 SH OTHER 800 37850
Itron Inc. COM 465741106 3466 590000 SH SOLE 590000
14279 2430402 SH OTHER 370500 2059902
JDS Uniphase Corp. COM 46612J101 83851 736745 SH OTHER 74100 662645
KLA-Tencor Corp. COM 482480100 2658 40900 SH OTHER 40900
Keane Inc. COM 486665102 1982 86900 SH OTHER 1500 85400
Keravision Inc. COM 492061106 2600 200000 SH SOLE 200000
6001 461650 SH OTHER 45000 416650
Lam Research Corp COM 512807108 3849 63100 SH OTHER 40000 23100
Larscom Inc. COM 51729Y108 744 340000 SH SOLE 340000
2126 971700 SH OTHER 120000 851700
Laser Power Corp. COM 51806K104 70 23000 SH OTHER 23000
Lattice Semiconductor COM 518415104 15805 532370 SH OTHER 532370
Lecroy Corp. COM 52324W109 13266 737000 SH SOLE 737000
20769 1153850 SH OTHER 161000 992850
Lightbridge Inc. COM 532226107 11419 580000 SH SOLE 580000
31806 1615500 SH OTHER 268000 1347500
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 361 5572 SH OTHER 5572
MMC Networks Inc. COM 55308N102 3119 100000 SH SOLE 100000
22115 709100 SH OTHER 41000 668100
Macrovision Corp. COM 555904101 21300 480000 SH SOLE 480000
69026 1555523 SH OTHER 255400 1300123
Manugistics Group Inc. COM 565011103 292 27800 SH OTHER 20000 7800
Mapinfo Corp. COM 565105103 190 10000 SH SOLE 10000
3009 158350 SH OTHER 65000 93350
Medicis Pharmaceutical Cl A COM 584690309 12085 424050 SH OTHER 4500 419550
Medtronic Inc. COM 585055106 4915 138205 SH OTHER 6000 132205
Micrel Inc. COM 594793101 946 21800 SH OTHER 21800
Micro Component Tech COM 59479Q100 542 140000 SH SOLE 140000
2793 720900 SH OTHER 95000 625900
Microtest Inc COM 594941106 36 10000 SH OTHER 10000
Molecular Devices COM 60851C107 11687 425000 SH SOLE 425000
40818 1484275 SH OTHER 179000 1305275
Motorola Inc. COM 620076109 5235 59490 SH OTHER 600 58890
National Data Corp. COM 635621105 2600 100000 SH SOLE 100000
15598 599912 SH OTHER 52900 547012
National Instruments COM 636518102 9505 268925 SH OTHER 3750 265175
Natl Computer Systems COM 635519101 6902 180000 SH SOLE 180000
64873 1691875 SH OTHER 128500 1563375
Netmanage Inc. COM 641144100 856 415000 SH SOLE 415000
6581 3190214 SH OTHER 200000 2990214
Netrix Corp. COM 641148101 338 120000 SH SOLE 120000
1319 469000 SH OTHER 95000 374000
Network Equipment Technologies COM 641208103 1011 110000 SH SOLE 110000
2108 229425 SH OTHER 229425
Norstan Inc. COM 656535101 1544 193000 SH SOLE 193000
3102 387700 SH OTHER 142500 245200
Nortel Networks Corp. COM 656569100 510 10000 SH SOLE 10000
30446 596984 SH OTHER 1800 595184
Novellus Systems Inc COM 670008101 2559 37950 SH OTHER 37950
On Assignment Inc. COM 682159108 6878 286600 SH OTHER 63800 222800
PMC-Sierra Inc. COM 69344F106 10637 115000 SH SOLE 115000
17837 192830 SH OTHER 64000 128830
Perclose Inc. COM 71361C107 754 16200 SH OTHER 16200
Power Integrations Inc. COM 739276103 6142 88700 SH OTHER 6700 82000
Project Software & Dev COM 74339P101 15247 285000 SH SOLE 285000
31936 596929 SH OTHER 114200 482729
Protocol Systems Inc. COM 74371R106 140 20000 SH SOLE 20000
1986 283700 SH OTHER 4000 279700
Proxim Inc. COM 744284100 5290 115000 SH SOLE 115000
57624 1252690 SH OTHER 148500 1104190
RF Monolithics Inc. COM 74955F106 1896 185000 SH SOLE 185000
3267 318700 SH OTHER 30000 288700
Rational Software Corp. COM 75409P202 38358 1310000 SH SOLE 1310000
136076 4647229 SH OTHER 354000 4293229
Remec Inc. COM 759543101 588 42750 SH OTHER 42750
SDL Inc. COM 784076101 54945 720000 SH SOLE 720000
253833 3326214 SH OTHER 340200 2986014
SPSS Inc. COM 78462K102 225 11600 SH OTHER 11600
Sanmina Corp. COM 800907107 441 5700 SH OTHER 600 5100
Semtech Corp. COM 816850101 8372 228600 SH OTHER 160000 68600
Serena Software Inc. COM 817492101 14042 820000 SH OTHER 55000 765000
Serologicals Corp. COM 817523103 228 53750 SH SOLE 53750
13 3000 SH OTHER 3000
Spectrian Corp. COM 847608106 16312 750000 SH SOLE 750000
32046 1473400 SH OTHER 207000 1266400
Sprint Corp. Fon Group COM 852061100 559 10300 SH OTHER 10300
Stac Software Inc. COM 852323203 314 75000 SH SOLE 75000
1245 297350 SH OTHER 15000 282350
Stanford Telecommunications COM 854402104 61706 1939663 SH OTHER 25000 1914663
Steris Corp. COM 859152100 13086 951700 SH OTHER 5500 946200
Symbol Technologies COM 871508107 4359 129623 SH OTHER 10500 119123
Synopsys Inc. COM 871607107 5616 100000 SH SOLE 100000
29994 534126 SH OTHER 13600 520526
Techne Corp. COM 878377100 13177 420000 SH SOLE 420000
69343 2210150 SH OTHER 233500 1976650
Technology Eighty (80) Inc. COM 87868P102 169 32601 SH OTHER 32601
Technology Solutions COM 87872T108 3955 280000 SH SOLE 280000
20186 1429075 SH OTHER 157000 1272075
Tekelec COM 879101103 3177 230000 SH SOLE 230000
24867 1800271 SH OTHER 150000 1650271
Tellabs Inc. COM 879664100 5694 100000 SH SOLE 100000
138581 2433890 SH OTHER 23900 2409990
Teradyne Inc. COM 880770102 8996 255200 SH OTHER 3000 252200
US Oncology Inc. COM 90338W103 7687 848200 SH OTHER 3000 845200
Unitrode Corp. COM 913283107 4200 100000 SH OTHER 100000
Vantive Corp. COM 922091103 869 100000 SH SOLE 100000
3037 349600 SH OTHER 125000 224600
Ventana Medical Systems COM 92276H106 4420 260000 SH SOLE 260000
9017 530400 SH OTHER 3000 527400
Vitesse Semiconductor COM 928497106 7684 90000 SH SOLE 90000
56937 666910 SH OTHER 62700 604210
Warner Chilcott ADR COM 934435207 737 100000 SH SOLE 100000
2915 395200 SH OTHER 40000 355200
Wells Fargo & Co. COM 949746101 618 15600 SH OTHER 15600
Western Digital Corp. COM 958102105 37 10100 SH OTHER 10100
Williams Companies COM 969457100 1689 44900 SH OTHER 1200 43700
World Access Inc. COM 98141A101 895 80000 SH SOLE 80000
3365 300800 SH OTHER 123102 177698
Xomed Surgical Products COM 98412V107 45656 800975 SH OTHER 48000 752975
Zomax Inc. COM 989929104 16899 653100 SH OTHER 23500 629600
Zygo Corp. COM 989855101 7416 525000 SH SOLE 525000
30708 2174050 SH OTHER 313500 1860550
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