UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FROM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 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 October 30, 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: 85
Form 13F Information Table Value Total:$210,974
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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 1280 47600.000SH SOLE 47600.000
AT&T COM 001957109 4058 138157.000SH SOLE 57850.000 80307.000
177 6009.000 SH OTHER 6009.000
Alcoa COM 013817101 3370 133130.000SH SOLE 55150.000 77980.000
American Home Products COM 026609107 267 4725.000 SH SOLE 4725.000
American International Group COM 026874107 1826 19082.000SH SOLE 1800.000 17282.000
Andrew Corporation COM 034425108 4472 170775.000SH SOLE 61100.000 109675.000
Apache Corp. COM 037411105 1422 24050.000SH SOLE 2050.000 22000.000
Automatic Data Processing COM 053015103 356 5328.000 SH SOLE 5328.000
Axa Financial, Inc. COM 002451102 940 18450.000SH SOLE 18450.000
BP Amoco PLC Spons ADR COM 055622104 783 14779.000SH SOLE 14779.000
213 4012.000 SH OTHER 4012.000
Bell South Ind COM 079860102 173 4300.000 SH SOLE 4300.000
198 4912.000 SH OTHER 4912.000
Bristol Myers Squibb COM 110122108 1392 24365.000SH SOLE 4000.000 20365.000
CVS Corporation COM 126650100 6452 139315.000SH SOLE 58500.000 80815.000
Cable Design Technologies COM 126924109 1342 55200.000SH SOLE 28200.000 27000.000
Canadian National Railway COM 136375102 4800 163738.000SH SOLE 67128.000 96610.000
Carnival Corp Class A COM 143658102 6366 258500.000SH SOLE 106000.000 152500.000
Chase Manhattan Corp. COM 16161a108 4281 92695.000SH SOLE 38287.000 54408.000
Coca-Cola Company COM 191216100 691 12530.000SH SOLE 12530.000
Colgate Palmolive COM 194162103 1380 29240.000SH SOLE 29240.000
Comerica Inc COM 200340107 3128 53523.000SH SOLE 750.000 52773.000
Compaq Computer Corp. COM 204493100 5476 198541.000SH SOLE 75975.000 122566.000
DPL Inc COM 233293109 495 16628.000SH SOLE 16628.000
Diebold, Inc. COM 253651103 4519 170142.000SH SOLE 69817.000 100325.000
Dupont COM 263534109 255 6158.000 SH SOLE 6158.000
Elan Corp. PLC ADR COM 284131208 5021 91700.000SH SOLE 36250.000 55450.000
Electronic Data System Corp. COM 285661104 6048 145740.000SH SOLE 59533.000 86207.000
Enron COM 293561106 824 9408.000 SH SOLE 9408.000
Equity Office Properties Trust COM 294741103 2821 90826.000SH SOLE 54786.000 36040.000
Equity Residential Properties COM 29476L107 1771 36900.000SH SOLE 11250.000 25650.000
Everest RE Group Ltd COM G3223r108 7318 147835.000SH SOLE 59700.000 88135.000
Exxon Mobil Corporation COM 302316102 6245 70067.003SH SOLE 24018.000 46049.003
375 4208.000 SH OTHER 4208.000
Fannie Mae COM 313586109 7590 106155.000SH SOLE 35840.000 70315.000
General Electric COM 369604103 8374 145156.000SH SOLE 9000.000 136156.000
Herman Miller Inc. COM 600544100 462 14400.000SH SOLE 14400.000
Hewlett Packard Company COM 428236103 342 3525.000 SH SOLE 3525.000
Honeywell International, Inc. COM 438516106 4711 132232.000SH SOLE 57350.000 74882.000
IBM COM 459200101 5728 50917.000SH SOLE 18042.000 32875.000
Intel Corp COM 458140100 711 17100.000SH SOLE 17100.000
International Paper Co. COM 460146103 3382 117905.000SH SOLE 54250.000 63655.000
JLG Industries COM 466210101 1265 103800.000SH SOLE 103800.000
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 6263 66675.000SH SOLE 25700.000 40975.000
Kroger Co. COM 501044101 5658 250775.000SH SOLE 97675.000 153100.000
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 90 2941.000 SH SOLE 2941.000
121 3960.000 SH OTHER 3960.000
MBIA Inc COM 55262C100 6130 86181.000SH SOLE 32116.000 54065.000
Marsh & McLennan COM 571748102 219 1650.000 SH SOLE 1650.000
McDonalds Corp COM 580135101 665 22030.000SH SOLE 22030.000
Medtronic Inc COM 585055106 368 7100.000 SH SOLE 7100.000
Mercantile Bankshares Corp. COM 587405101 3573 98450.000SH SOLE 41900.000 56550.000
Merck & Company COM 589331107 4921 66108.000SH SOLE 24950.000 41158.000
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 2573 42660.000SH SOLE 2550.000 40110.000
Minnesota Mining & Mfg COM 604059105 388 4256.000 SH SOLE 4256.000
Motorola COM 620076109 3258 115345.000SH SOLE 54600.000 60745.000
Nabors Industries COM 629568106 6264 119535.000SH SOLE 44650.000 74885.000
Old Kent Financial Corp COM 679833103 1044 36085.999SH SOLE 315.000 35770.999
675 23323.000SH OTHER 23323.000
PepsiCo COM 713448108 360 7825.000 SH SOLE 7825.000
Pfizer COM 717081103 1153 25665.000SH SOLE 25665.000
Proctor & Gamble COM 742718109 275 4100.000 SH SOLE 4100.000
Qwest Communications Intl COM 749121109 77 1594.999 SH SOLE 1594.999
136 2827.000 SH OTHER 2827.000
Royal Dutch Petroleum COM 780257705 503 8400.000 SH SOLE 8400.000
SBC Communications Inc. COM 78387G103 838 16758.000SH SOLE 16758.000
533 10665.000SH OTHER 10665.000
SPX Corp COM 784635104 4926 34708.000SH SOLE 10333.000 24375.000
Santa Fe International COM G7805C108 642 14250.000SH SOLE 200.000 14050.000
Sara Lee COM 803111103 325 16000.000SH SOLE 16000.000
Schering Plough COM 806605101 2185 46998.000SH SOLE 200.000 46798.000
Schlumberger COM 806857108 531 6455.000 SH SOLE 6455.000
Shell Transport & Trading COM 822703609 714 14600.000SH SOLE 200.000 14400.000
Stryker Corp COM 863667101 206 4800.000 SH SOLE 4800.000
Tellabs, Inc. COM 879664100 4373 91585.000SH SOLE 33710.000 57875.000
Transocean Sedco Forex, Inc. COM G90078109 5100 86986.000SH SOLE 39355.000 47631.000
Tyco International Ltd New COM 902124106 8587 165534.000SH SOLE 58652.000 106882.000
USX-Marathon Group COM 902905827 4015 141483.000SH SOLE 69858.000 71625.000
Verizon Communications COM 92343V104 4806 99224.000SH SOLE 36251.000 62973.000
187 3860.000 SH OTHER 3860.000
Walgreen Co. COM 931422109 303 8000.000 SH SOLE 8000.000
Wells Fargo & Co. COM 949740104 55 1200.000 SH SOLE 1200.000
689 15000.000SH OTHER 15000.000
WorldCom, Inc. COM 98157D106 4144 136425.000SH SOLE 47814.000 88611.000
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