UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FROM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: June 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: Ambs Investment Counsel, LLC
Address: 1231 E. Beltline, NE,
Suite 170
Grand Rapids, MI 49505
13F File Number: 028-03412
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: Barbara J. DeMoor
Title: President & Chief Operating Officer
Phone: 616-949-8160
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Barbara J. DeMoor Grand Rapids, MI July 26, 2000
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[] 13F NOTICE.
[] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager: NONE
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 88
Form 13F Information Table Value Total:$220,011
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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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ADC Telecommunications, Inc. COM 000886101 2164 25800.000SH SOLE 25800.000
AT&T COM 001957109 4436 140281.000SH SOLE 49650.000 90631.000
145 4584.000 SH OTHER 4584.000
Alcoa COM 013817101 3980 137230.000SH SOLE 52000.000 85230.000
American Home Products COM 026609107 278 4725.000 SH SOLE 4725.000
American International Group COM 026874107 1734 14754.000SH SOLE 1531.000 13223.000
Andrew Corporation COM 034425108 5366 159875.000SH SOLE 37800.000 122075.000
Apache Corp. COM 037411105 2197 37350.000SH SOLE 2900.000 34450.000
Automatic Data Processing COM 053015103 321 6000.000 SH SOLE 6000.000
Axa Financial, Inc. COM 002451102 5605 164845.000SH SOLE 58200.000 106645.000
BP Amoco PLC Spons ADR COM 055622104 836 14779.000SH SOLE 14779.000
227 4012.000 SH OTHER 4012.000
Bell Atlantic COM 077853109 164 3224.000 SH SOLE 100.000 3124.000
197 3860.000 SH OTHER 3860.000
Bell South Ind COM 079860102 183 4300.000 SH SOLE 4300.000
209 4912.000 SH OTHER 4912.000
Brady Corporation Cl A COM 104670106 208 6400.000 SH SOLE 6400.000
Bristol Myers Squibb COM 110122108 1807 31015.000SH SOLE 4000.000 27015.000
Cable Design Technologies COM 126924109 6556 195716.000SH SOLE 59690.000 136026.000
Canadian National Railway COM 136375102 4717 161624.000SH SOLE 58228.000 103396.000
Carnival Corp Class A COM 143658102 4501 230800.000SH SOLE 76200.000 154600.000
Chase Manhattan Corp. COM 16161a108 4600 99871.000SH SOLE 37937.500 61933.500
Coca-Cola Company COM 191216100 725 12630.000SH SOLE 12630.000
Colgate Palmolive COM 194162103 1868 31190.000SH SOLE 50.000 31140.000
Comerica Inc COM 200340107 2405 53597.000SH SOLE 750.000 52847.000
Compaq Computer Corp. COM 204493100 5532 216400.000SH SOLE 75975.000 140425.000
DPL Inc COM 233293109 365 16628.000SH SOLE 16628.000
Diebold, Inc. COM 253651103 4769 171092.000SH SOLE 57917.000 113175.000
Dupont COM 263534109 269 6158.000 SH SOLE 6158.000
Elan Corp. PLC ADR COM 284131208 5130 105900.000SH SOLE 37250.000 68650.000
Electronic Data System Corp. COM 285661104 5686 137840.000SH SOLE 48933.000 88907.000
Enron COM 293561106 607 9408.000 SH SOLE 9408.000
Equity Office Properties Trust COM 294741103 2172 78807.000SH SOLE 42786.000 36021.000
Equity Residential Properties COM 29476L107 2245 48800.000SH SOLE 11100.000 37700.000
Everest RE Group Ltd COM G3223r108 5668 172410.000SH SOLE 61200.000 111210.000
Exxon Mobil Corporation COM 302316102 5675 72299.003SH SOLE 24018.000 48281.003
330 4208.000 SH OTHER 4208.000
Fannie Mae COM 313586109 5865 112375.000SH SOLE 35640.000 76735.000
GTE Corp. COM 362320103 5322 85497.000SH SOLE 29633.000 55864.000
General Electric COM 369604103 10873 205146.000SH SOLE 41300.000 163846.000
Herman Miller Inc. COM 600544100 373 14400.000SH SOLE 14400.000
Hewlett Packard Company COM 428236103 440 3525.000 SH SOLE 3525.000
Honeywell International, Inc. COM 438516106 3615 107307.000SH SOLE 41150.000 66157.000
IBM COM 459200101 6250 57047.000SH SOLE 18042.000 39005.000
Intel Corp COM 458140100 1152 8620.000 SH SOLE 8620.000
International Paper Co. COM 460146103 4399 147555.000SH SOLE 55450.000 92105.000
JLG Industries COM 466210101 1273 107200.000SH SOLE 107200.000
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 7411 72750.000SH SOLE 25600.000 47150.000
Kroger Co. COM 501044101 4672 211750.000SH SOLE 95100.000 116650.000
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 174 2941.000 SH SOLE 2941.000
235 3960.000 SH OTHER 3960.000
MBIA Inc COM 55262C100 4550 94431.000SH SOLE 32466.000 61965.000
McDonalds Corp COM 580135101 726 22030.000SH SOLE 22030.000
Mediaone Group Inc. COM 58440J104 127 1900.000 SH SOLE 1900.000
106 1592.000 SH OTHER 1592.000
Medtronic Inc COM 585055106 354 7100.000 SH SOLE 7100.000
Mercantile Bankshares Corp. COM 587405101 3274 109825.000SH SOLE 43000.000 66825.000
Merck & Company COM 589331107 5284 68953.000SH SOLE 24800.000 44153.000
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 238 2980.000 SH SOLE 2980.000
Minnesota Mining & Mfg COM 604059105 250 3026.000 SH SOLE 3026.000
Motorola COM 620076109 3157 108645.000SH SOLE 44300.000 64345.000
Nabors Industries COM 629568106 5625 135335.000SH SOLE 45150.000 90185.000
Old Kent Financial Corp COM 679833103 935 34967.000SH SOLE 300.000 34667.000
594 22213.000SH OTHER 22213.000
PepsiCo COM 713448108 348 7825.000 SH SOLE 7825.000
Pfizer COM 717081103 1232 25665.000SH SOLE 25665.000
Proctor & Gamble COM 742718109 235 4100.000 SH SOLE 4100.000
Royal Dutch Petroleum COM 780257705 517 8400.000 SH SOLE 8400.000
SBC Communications Inc. COM 78387G103 725 16758.000SH SOLE 16758.000
461 10665.000SH OTHER 10665.000
SPX Corp COM 784635104 7438 61503.000SH SOLE 18883.000 42620.000
Santa Fe International COM G7805C108 505 14450.000SH SOLE 200.000 14250.000
Sara Lee COM 803111103 309 16000.000SH SOLE 16000.000
Schering Plough COM 806605101 2464 48798.000SH SOLE 200.000 48598.000
Schlumberger COM 806857108 549 7355.000 SH SOLE 7355.000
Shell Transport & Trading COM 822703609 739 14800.000SH SOLE 200.000 14600.000
Stryker Corp COM 863667101 210 4800.000 SH SOLE 4800.000
Sykes Enterprises COM 871237103 2564 199160.000SH SOLE 72950.000 126210.000
Tellabs, Inc. COM 879664100 6778 99035.000SH SOLE 33710.000 65325.000
Transocean Sedco Forex, Inc. COM G90078109 5148 96334.000SH SOLE 39832.000 56502.000
Tyco International Ltd New COM 902124106 8778 185286.000SH SOLE 59102.000 126184.000
US West, Inc. NEW COM 91273H101 79 923.000 SH SOLE 923.000
140 1635.000 SH OTHER 1635.000
USX-Marathon Group COM 902905827 2685 107133.000SH SOLE 46308.000 60825.000
Walgreen Co. COM 931422109 257 8000.000 SH SOLE 8000.000
Wells Fargo & Co. COM 949740104 46 1200.000 SH SOLE 1200.000
581 15000.000SH OTHER 15000.000
WorldCom, Inc. COM 98157D106 6071 132329.000SH SOLE 47164.000 85165.000
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