UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 03/31/99
Check here if Amendment [ ] ; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
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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-
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 5/6/99
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: 227
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 2,466,123
(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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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
3 Com Corporation COM 885535104 3497 150000 SH SOLE 150000
45354 1945433 SH OTHER 44600 1900833
ADC Telecommunications COM 000886101 19075 400000 SH SOLE 400000
187450 3930755 SH OTHER 196200 3734555
AT&T Co. COM 001957109 1054 13200 SH OTHER 400 12800
AVT Corporation COM 002420107 9550 400000 SH SOLE 400000
21593 904400 SH OTHER 113200 791200
Acxiom Corp. COM 005125109 649 24500 SH OTHER 24500
Adac Labs COM 005313200 5340 391900 SH OTHER 69000 322900
Adept Tech Inc. COM 006854103 3857 585000 SH SOLE 585000
6473 981600 SH OTHER 142000 839600
Adflex Solutions Inc. COM 006866107 106 36040 SH OTHER 10000 26040
Aeroflex Inc. COM 007768104 1893 132850 SH OTHER 132850
Aetrium Inc. COM 00817R103 2405 370000 SH SOLE 370000
10242 1575745 SH OTHER 204000 1371745
Alcatel ADR COM 013904305 5609 245874 SH OTHER 245874
American Mgmt Systems COM 027352103 9811 287500 SH OTHER 6000 281500
American Oncology Res Inc. COM 028910107 10944 1216000 SH OTHER 20000 1196000
Anadigics Inc. COM 032515108 5287 300000 SH SOLE 300000
17783 1008985 SH OTHER 211000 797985
Analog Devices Inc. COM 032654105 10128 340431 SH OTHER 2000 338431
Ansys Inc. COM 03662Q105 2750 400000 SH SOLE 400000
901 131000 SH OTHER 45000 86000
Applied Digital Access COM 038181103 67 30000 SH SOLE 30000
3519 1564110 SH OTHER 152500 1411610
Applied Innovation Inc. COM 037916103 94 28500 SH OTHER 28500
Applied Microsystems COM 037935103 1294 450000 SH SOLE 450000
1158 402750 SH OTHER 100000 302750
Applied Science & Tech COM 038236105 4648 370000 SH SOLE 370000
13736 1093397 SH OTHER 138750 954647
Applix Inc. COM 038316105 68 16000 SH OTHER 16000
Ardent Software Inc. COM 039794102 321 20000 SH SOLE 20000
1027 63925 SH OTHER 63925
Artesyn Technologies COM 043127109 3712 300000 SH SOLE 300000
6412 518150 SH OTHER 86200 431950
Arthrocare Corp. COM 043136100 2092 126800 SH OTHER 126800
Aspect Telecomm. Corp. COM 045237104 927 140000 SH SOLE 140000
4630 698848 SH OTHER 97200 601648
Aspen Tech Inc. COM 045327103 1162 81900 SH OTHER 31000 50900
Asyst Technologies Inc. COM 04648X107 2475 180000 SH SOLE 180000
540 39300 SH OTHER 39300
Biosite Diagnostic Inc. COM 090945106 8386 838650 SH OTHER 100000 738650
Boole & Babbage Inc. COM 098586100 3300 137500 SH OTHER 75000 62500
Brooks Automation Inc. COM 11434A100 3580 160000 SH SOLE 160000
22244 994125 SH OTHER 199000 795125
Burr Brown Corp. COM 122574106 2820 120000 SH SOLE 120000
2989 127175 SH OTHER 127175
Celeritek Inc. COM 150926103 152 38000 SH SOLE 38000
458 114600 SH OTHER 70000 44600
Centigram Comms COM 152317103 2666 270000 SH SOLE 270000
10198 1032669 SH OTHER 130000 902669
Cholestech Corp. COM 170393102 967 455000 SH SOLE 455000
2510 1181200 SH OTHER 177500 1003700
Cisco System Inc. COM 17275R102 6026 55000 SH SOLE 55000
19284 176004 SH OTHER 44820 131184
Cognos Inc. (Canada) COM 19244C109 9400 400000 SH SOLE 400000
27818 1183750 SH OTHER 99500 1084250
Complete Business Solutions COM 20452F107 4020 204821 SH OTHER 204821
Computer Network Tech Corp. COM 204925101 2582 160100 SH OTHER 160100
Conductus Inc. COM 206784100 28 20400 SH OTHER 20400
Conexant Systems Inc. COM 207142100 554 20000 SH SOLE 20000
5377 194200 SH OTHER 35000 159200
Credence Systems Corp COM 225302108 6217 290000 SH SOLE 290000
4815 224600 SH OTHER 90000 134600
Cyberoptics Corp. COM 232517102 455 35000 SH SOLE 35000
11675 898075 SH OTHER 169500 728575
Cylink Corp. COM 232565101 1560 390000 SH SOLE 390000
7420 1855070 SH OTHER 240000 1615070
Dallas Semiconductor COM 235204104 6767 175201 SH OTHER 175201
Davox Corp. COM 239208101 619 100000 SH SOLE 100000
2451 396100 SH OTHER 130500 265600
Dialogic Corp. COM 252499108 1220 40000 SH SOLE 40000
52418 1718624 SH OTHER 64500 1654124
Digital Link Corp. COM 253856108 1680 280000 SH SOLE 280000
3972 662025 SH OTHER 127000 535025
Digital Microwave COM 253859102 17336 2070000 SH SOLE 2070000
67036 8004268 SH OTHER 722000 7282268
E M P I Inc. COM 291586105 23658 1093997 SH OTHER 9000 1084997
EMS Technologies Inc. COM 26873N108 3461 245000 SH SOLE 245000
13263 938958 SH OTHER 34500 904458
Emulex Corp. COM 292475209 330 10000 SH SOLE 10000
63 1900 SH OTHER 1900
Ericsson L M Tel Co. ADR Cl. B COM 294821400 8688 364835 SH OTHER 2500 362335
Flir Systems Inc. COM 302445101 1641 90540 SH OTHER 16000 74540
GSI Lumonics COM 36229U102 181 39063 SH OTHER 13470 25593
General Instruments COM 370120107 7857 259200 SH OTHER 11000 248200
Gensym Corp. COM 37245R107 412 150000 SH SOLE 150000
311 113000 SH OTHER 85000 28000
Glenayre Technologies Inc. COM 377899109 48 14000 SH OTHER 14000
Hi/fn Inc. COM 428358105 1392 37128 SH OTHER 5069 32059
Hyperion Solutions COM 44914M104 2900 200000 SH SOLE 200000
1095 75515 SH OTHER 75515
IDX Systems Corp. COM 449491109 5412 373213 SH OTHER 5890 367323
Image Premastering Services Lt COM 000000000 15 12500 SH OTHER 12500
Imclone Systems Inc. COM 45245W109 4387 260000 SH SOLE 260000
7397 438350 SH OTHER 40000 398350
Infinium Software Inc. COM 45662Y109 1350 300000 SH SOLE 300000
3459 768557 SH OTHER 88500 680057
Information Mgmt. Assoc. COM 456923101 574 270000 SH SOLE 270000
618 291000 SH OTHER 80000 211000
Input Software Inc. COM 457654101 127 25000 SH SOLE 25000
3736 737850 SH OTHER 65500 672350
Integrated Measurement System COM 457923100 1275 175900 SH OTHER 12000 163900
Inter-Tel Inc. COM 458372109 5739 368747 SH OTHER 40000 328747
Interim Services Inc. COM 45868P100 11433 762200 SH OTHER 55000 707200
Intl. Business Machines COM 459200101 5211 29400 SH OTHER 400 29000
Itron Inc. COM 465741106 5437 580000 SH SOLE 580000
22433 2392842 SH OTHER 366000 2026842
KLA-Tencor Corp. COM 482480100 2222 45750 SH OTHER 45750
Keane Inc. COM 486665102 3031 142200 SH OTHER 1500 140700
Kronos Inc. COM 501052104 1566 63909 SH OTHER 9000 54909
Lam Research Corp COM 512807108 870 30000 SH SOLE 30000
1792 61800 SH OTHER 30000 31800
Larscom Inc. COM 51729Y108 628 300000 SH SOLE 300000
1227 586000 SH OTHER 75000 511000
Laser Power Corp. COM 51806K104 61 65000 SH OTHER 65000
Lattice Semiconductor COM 518415104 14974 328635 SH OTHER 328635
Lecroy Corp. COM 52324W109 6122 395000 SH SOLE 395000
18940 1221910 SH OTHER 171000 1050910
Level One Communications Inc. COM 527295109 18113 372500 SH SOLE 372500
129660 2666538 SH OTHER 172000 2494538
Lightbridge Inc. COM 532226107 2392 472500 SH SOLE 472500
7797 1540000 SH OTHER 284000 1256000
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 301 2786 SH OTHER 2786
Macrovision Corp. COM 555904101 8880 240000 SH SOLE 240000
24784 669850 SH OTHER 118200 551650
Manugistics Group Inc. COM 565011103 191 28900 SH OTHER 20000 8900
Mapics Inc. COM 564910107 121 15800 SH OTHER 15800
Mapinfo Corp. COM 565105103 141 10000 SH SOLE 10000
2885 205150 SH OTHER 75000 130150
McKesson HBOC Inc. COM 58155Q103 314 4757 SH OTHER 4757
Medicis Pharmaceutical Cl A COM 584690309 2717 90575 SH OTHER 2700 87875
Medtronic Inc. COM 585055106 7013 97574 SH OTHER 3510 94064
Micrel Inc. COM 594793101 576 11500 SH OTHER 11500
Micro Component Tech COM 59479Q100 262 140000 SH SOLE 140000
1263 673400 SH OTHER 90000 583400
Microtest Inc COM 594941106 24 10000 SH OTHER 10000
Molecular Devices COM 60851C107 11475 425000 SH SOLE 425000
43167 1598775 SH OTHER 205500 1393275
Motorola Inc. COM 620076109 5535 75565 SH OTHER 600 74965
National Data Corp. COM 635621105 8400 200000 SH SOLE 200000
33267 792062 SH OTHER 63600 728462
National Instruments COM 636518102 6457 226550 SH OTHER 17500 209050
Netmanage Inc. COM 641144100 722 300000 SH SOLE 300000
9069 3769451 SH OTHER 267110 3502341
Netrix Corp. COM 641148101 215 80000 SH SOLE 80000
801 298100 SH OTHER 80000 218100
Network Equipment Technologies COM 641208103 1698 190000 SH SOLE 190000
19552 2187487 SH OTHER 185000 2002487
Norstan Inc. COM 656535101 925 100000 SH SOLE 100000
2115 228700 SH OTHER 60000 168700
Nortel Networks Corp. COM 656569100 311 5000 SH SOLE 5000
24113 388142 SH OTHER 12900 375242
Novellus Systems Inc COM 670008101 2773 50300 SH OTHER 4000 46300
On Assignment Inc. COM 682159108 4463 174150 SH OTHER 42800 131350
OneWorld Systems Inc. COM 682917109 32 84850 SH OTHER 84850
Ontrack Data Intl. COM 683372106 504 130000 SH SOLE 130000
1647 425000 SH OTHER 100000 325000
PMC-Sierra Inc. COM 69344F106 4627 65000 SH SOLE 65000
9745 136890 SH OTHER 37200 99690
Perclose Inc. COM 71361C107 1432 46200 SH OTHER 46200
Phoenix Technologies Ltd. COM 719153108 255 30000 SH SOLE 30000
5529 650500 SH OTHER 40000 610500
Platinum Software Corp. COM 72764R105 1991 270000 SH SOLE 270000
10087 1367712 SH OTHER 172970 1194742
Project Software & Dev COM 74339P101 6125 250000 SH SOLE 250000
13064 533229 SH OTHER 54200 479029
Protocol Systems Inc. COM 74371R106 120 20000 SH SOLE 20000
2069 344900 SH OTHER 4000 340900
Proxim Inc. COM 744284100 3306 115000 SH SOLE 115000
44698 1554725 SH OTHER 170500 1384225
RF Monolithics Inc. COM 74955F106 1176 190000 SH SOLE 190000
3406 550500 SH OTHER 35000 515500
Rational Software Corp. COM 75409P202 34857 1300000 SH SOLE 1300000
132493 4941379 SH OTHER 329000 4612379
Remec Inc. COM 759543101 1196 57275 SH OTHER 57275
SDL Inc. COM 784076101 56265 620000 SH SOLE 620000
225837 2488557 SH OTHER 236200 2252357
SPSS Inc. COM 78462K102 2067 126250 SH OTHER 8000 118250
Sanmina Corp. COM 800907107 370 5800 SH OTHER 600 5200
Semtech Corp. COM 816850101 4294 134700 SH OTHER 84000 50700
Serologicals Corp. COM 817523103 5357 395000 SH SOLE 395000
6476 477450 SH OTHER 117000 360450
Smartflex System Inc. COM 83169K108 627 170000 SH OTHER 75000 95000
Spectrian Corp. COM 847608106 7050 600000 SH SOLE 600000
16810 1430650 SH OTHER 166500 1264150
Sprint Corp. Fon Group COM 852061100 608 6200 SH OTHER 6200
Stac Software Inc. COM 852323104 65 85000 SH SOLE 85000
340 443580 SH OTHER 40000 403580
Stanford Telecommunications COM 854402104 36184 2334465 SH OTHER 46000 2288465
Sterigenics Intl. Inc. COM 85915R105 2293 235150 SH OTHER 10000 225150
Steris Corp. COM 859152100 2662 100000 SH SOLE 100000
18531 696000 SH OTHER 13500 682500
Symbol Technologies COM 871508107 4161 92475 SH OTHER 7000 85475
Synopsys Inc. COM 871607107 6450 120000 SH SOLE 120000
29317 545427 SH OTHER 22600 522827
Techne Corp. COM 878377100 12127 420000 SH SOLE 420000
67446 2335782 SH OTHER 226300 2109482
Technology Eighty (80) Inc. COM 87868P102 147 32601 SH OTHER 32601
Technology Solutions COM 87872T108 2422 340000 SH SOLE 340000
11396 1599475 SH OTHER 157000 1442475
Tekelec COM 879101103 11827 1617261 SH OTHER 80000 1537261
Tellabs Inc. COM 879664100 4887 50000 SH SOLE 50000
129443 1324229 SH OTHER 15200 1309029
Teradyne Inc. COM 880770102 9423 172700 SH OTHER 1500 171200
Uniphase Corp COM 909149106 52860 459150 SH OTHER 47500 411650
United Healthcare Corp. COM 910581107 353 6700 SH OTHER 6700
Unitrode Corp. COM 913283107 1221 87200 SH OTHER 80000 7200
Vantive Corp. COM 922091103 1206 100000 SH SOLE 100000
3346 277350 SH OTHER 102500 174850
Videoserver Inc. COM 926918103 3100 400000 SH SOLE 400000
5242 676350 SH OTHER 185000 491350
Vitesse Semiconductor COM 928497106 16577 327450 SH OTHER 61000 266450
Warner Chilcott ADR COM 934435207 484 69200 SH SOLE 69200
2757 393800 SH OTHER 30000 363800
Wells Fargo & Co. COM 949746101 600 17100 SH OTHER 17100
Western Digital Corp. COM 958102105 4567 580000 SH SOLE 580000
24723 3139466 SH OTHER 230500 2908966
Williams Companies COM 969457100 2074 52506 SH OTHER 1200 51306
World Access Inc. COM 98141A101 650 80000 SH SOLE 80000
4244 522391 SH OTHER 131895 390496
Xomed Surgical Products COM 98412V107 981 25000 SH SOLE 25000
25498 649625 SH OTHER 47250 602375
Zoll Medical Corp. COM 989922109 144 13100 SH OTHER 13100
Zomax Optical Media COM 989929104 903 44850 SH OTHER 44850
Zygo Corp. COM 989855101 5047 425000 SH SOLE 425000
27842 2344550 SH OTHER 260900 2083650
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