UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2000
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: Private Capital Management, Inc.
Address: 3003 Tamiami Trail North
Naples, FL 34103
13F File Number: 28-3428
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 if Reporting Manager:
Name: Scott J. Toth
Title: Controller
Phone: 941-434-4086
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Scott J. Toth Naples, Florida March 15, 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
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 143
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $4,822,539
List of Other Included Managers:
No. 13F File Number Name
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE Voting Authority
Value Shares/ Sh/ Put/ Invstmt Other
Name of Issuer Title of class CUSIP (x$1000) Prn Amt Prn Call Dscretn Managers Sole Shared None
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ADE Corp-Mass COM 00089C107 54745 2488412 SH Sole 2488412
Aceto Corp COM 004446100 5769 640950 SH Sole 640950
Aehr Test Systems COM 00760J108 9728 1286318 SH Sole 1286318
Alico Inc. COM 016230104 7239 445506 SH Sole 445506
Alltel Corp. COM 020039103 76197 1204700 SH Sole 1204700
American Standard Companies In COM 029712106 33692 910600 SH Sole 910600
Analogic Corp COM 032657207 39591 1073653 SH Sole 1073653
Andover Bancorp Inc. COM 034258103 17117 599281 SH Sole 599281
Andrew Corp. COM 034425108 1091 47700 SH Sole 47700
Arctic Cat Inc COM 039670104 12394 1209200 SH Sole 1209200
Atalanta Sosnoff Capital Corp COM 046499109 361 39600 SH Sole 39600
Avatar Holdings Inc. COM 053494100 11922 596107 SH Sole 596107
BHC Communications, Inc. - CL COM 055448104 198762 1274118 SH Sole 1274118
Bancwest Corp New COM 059790105 24144 1222500 SH Sole 1222500
Bandag Inc Cl-A COM 059815308 59793 2642767 SH Sole 2642767
Bank United Corp-Cl A COM 065412108 18243 578000 SH Sole 578000
BankNorth Group Inc. COM 06646L100 2697 100600 SH Sole 100600
BankNorth Group Inc. New COM 06646R107 15800 1053300 SH Sole 1053300
Bear Stearns Companies Inc COM 073902108 75818 1661765 SH Sole 1661765
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc Cl A COM 090572207 30100 1104582 SH Sole 1104582
Brush Wellman Inc. COM 117421107 25155 1427253 SH Sole 1427253
CFM Technologies Inc. COM 12525K106 5658 461900 SH Sole 461900
CPB Inc. COM 125903104 15454 630762 SH Sole 630762
Carramerica Realty Corp. COM 144418100 5355 252000 SH Sole 252000
Cavalier Homes Inc. COM 149507105 8235 2864299 SH Sole 2864299
Charter One Fincl Inc. COM 160903100 123098 5861820 SH Sole 5861820
Chittenden Corp COM 170228100 36062 1214720 SH Sole 1214720
Chris Craft Industries, Inc. COM 170520100 104263 1637100 SH Sole 1637100
Cognos Inc COM 19244C109 252371 4033895 SH Sole 4033895
Commercial Federal Corp COM 201647104 24410 1468300 SH Sole 1468300
Connecticut Bancshares Inc COM 207540105 2504 231600 SH Sole 231600
Cornerstone Realty Income COM 21922V102 4368 406300 SH Sole 406300
Curtiss Wright Corp. COM 231561101 10497 286600 SH Sole 286600
Datascope Corp. COM 238113104 38417 1209989 SH Sole 1209989
Deltic Timber Corp. COM 247850100 10247 432600 SH Sole 432600
Dime Bancorp Inc. COM 25429Q102 16256 878698 SH Sole 878698
Dole Food Co. Inc. COM 256605106 45693 2350752 SH Sole 2350752
Dundee Bankcorp Cl A COM 264901109 28294 2719502 SH Sole 2719502
Electro Rent Corp. COM 285218103 60736 5224565 SH Sole 5224565
Elmira Savings Bank F.S.B. COM 289660102 1464 72300 SH Sole 72300
Equifax Inc COM 294429105 17253 683300 SH Sole 683300
Ethyl Corp. COM 297659104 1071 349700 SH Sole 349700
FAB Industries Inc. COM 302747100 10414 1003781 SH Sole 1003781
Fahnestock Viner Holdings COM 302921101 43576 2591890 SH Sole 2591890
Fedders Corp COM 313135105 2275 409044 SH Sole 409044
First American Financial Corp COM 318522307 24274 1741666 SH Sole 1741666
First Defiance Financial Corp COM 32006W106 3877 449512 SH Sole 449512
First Federal of Hartford COM 319944104 714 23806 SH Sole 23806
Forest City Enterprises Inc CL COM 345550107 68123 2319071 SH Sole 2319071
Forest City Enterprises, Inc. COM 345550305 12267 360793 SH Sole 360793
Frozen Food Express Industries COM 359360104 2650 785100 SH Sole 785100
Furniture Brands Intl. COM 360921100 12083 642300 SH Sole 642300
Garan Inc. COM 364802108 17894 708690 SH Sole 708690
Genesee Corp-Cl B COM 371601204 1262 60100 SH Sole 60100
Globalstar COM G3930H104 3015 217300 SH Sole 217300
Greenpoint Financial Corp. COM 395384100 4333 220800 SH Sole 220800
Guitar Center Inc COM 402040109 13376 1169500 SH Sole 1169500
Gyrodyne Co of America COM 403820103 1411 67186 SH Sole 67186
Harbor Florida Bancshares Inc COM 411901101 6423 564700 SH Sole 564700
Harrah's Entertainment Inc. COM 413619107 65033 3503484 SH Sole 3503484
Health Care Properties COM 421915109 6794 267100 SH Sole 267100
Herman Miller Inc. COM 600544100 112734 4026208 SH Sole 4026208
Hibernia Corp-CL A COM 428656102 34054 3243200 SH Sole 3243200
Hudson River Bancorp Inc. COM 444128102 4287 428700 SH Sole 428700
Imation Corp. COM 45245A107 144605 5418437 SH Sole 5418437
Independence Community Bank COM 453414104 45674 4105527 SH Sole 4105527
Industrial Bancorp Inc COM 455882100 5143 484034 SH Sole 484034
International Game Technology COM 459902102 154582 7127717 SH Sole 7127717
Interstate Bakeries Corp COM 46072H108 22814 1601000 SH Sole 1601000
John Hancock Bank & Thrift Opp COM 409735107 1025 147700 SH Sole 147700
John Wiley & Sons Inc Cl-A COM 968223206 17771 987300 SH Sole 987300
Jostens Inc. COM 481088102 1950 80000 SH Sole 80000
Kankakee Bancorp Inc. COM 484243100 2556 121000 SH Sole 121000
Kimball International Inc-Cl B COM 494274103 9126 829640 SH Sole 829640
L S Starrett Co Cl-A COM 855668109 7156 304500 SH Sole 304500
LaSalle RE Holdings Ltd. COM G5383Q101 2448 176400 SH Sole 176400
Lancaster Colony Corp COM 513847103 1070 35000 SH Sole 35000
Landamerica Financial Group COM 514936103 14553 751106 SH Sole 751106
Lawson Products Inc. COM 520776105 3131 131500 SH Sole 131500
Libbey Inc. COM 529898108 42155 1539900 SH Sole 1539900
Magnetek Inc. COM 559424106 16529 1836600 SH Sole 1836600
Mandalay Resort Group COM 562567107 20937 1240700 SH Sole 1240700
Marcus Corp. COM 566330106 70219 5427589 SH Sole 5427589
Marion Capital Holdings Inc. COM 568635106 1213 76400 SH Sole 76400
Massbank Corp-Reading Mass COM 576152102 9380 341493 SH Sole 341493
McClatchy Co-Cl A COM 579489105 67195 2051741 SH Sole 2051741
Mentor Graphics Corp. COM 587200106 103960 6873365 SH Sole 6873365
Mercantile Bankshares Corp. COM 587405101 27098 886636 SH Sole 886636
Michael Anthony Jewelers Inc. COM 594060105 513 195400 SH Sole 195400
Midas, Inc. COM 595626102 19241 801700 SH Sole 801700
Mine Safety Appliances Co. COM 602720104 24715 356894 SH Sole 356894
Mirage Resorts COM 60462E104 24426 1260700 SH Sole 1260700
NCR Corp New COM 62886E108 22614 563600 SH Sole 563600
National City Corp COM 635405103 7881 382100 SH Sole 382100
Pacific Century Financial Corp COM 694058108 27301 1344050 SH Sole 1344050
Paine Webber Group Inc. COM 695629105 61770 1403858 SH Sole 1403858
Penn Engineering & Mfg Corp. COM 707389300 34456 1406355 SH Sole 1406355
Pope Resources L.P. COM 732857107 37812 1626304 SH Sole 1626304
Premier National Bancorp Inc. COM 74053F107 3209 212187 SH Sole 212187
Progress Software COM 743312100 74321 3171011 SH Sole 3171011
Puerto Rican Cement Co. Inc. COM 745075101 10007 312732 SH Sole 312732
Qualcomm, Inc. COM 747525103 297405 1991828 SH Sole 1991828
Quorum Health Group Inc. COM 749084109 37115 3688469 SH Sole 3688469
RFS Hotel Investors Inc. COM 74955J108 5204 484100 SH Sole 484100
Rainbow Technologies Inc. COM 750862104 61698 1650777 SH Sole 1650777
Raymond James Financial COM 754730109 32816 1581496 SH Sole 1581496
Respironics Inc. COM 761230101 3381 235200 SH Sole 235200
Riddell Sports Inc. COM 765670104 583 194400 SH Sole 194400
Roadway Express Inc. COM 769742107 39568 1953961 SH Sole 1953961
Rollins Inc. COM 775711104 3286 220887 SH Sole 220887
Roslyn Bancorp Inc. COM 778162107 27828 1562260 SH Sole 1562260
Ryans Family Steak Houses Inc. COM 783519101 27089 2832849 SH Sole 2832849
Scientific Games Holdings Corp COM 808747109 37291 2260072 SH Sole 2260072
Second Bancorp Inc. COM 813114105 5327 304386 SH Sole 304386
Security Capital Group Inc Cl COM 81413P204 705 48800 SH Sole 48800
Security Capital US Realty COM 814136206 1459 88400 SH Sole 88400
Shaw Industries Inc. COM 820286102 75354 4961548 SH Sole 4961548
Skyline Corp. COM 830830105 28906 1332832 SH Sole 1332832
Software Spectrum COM 833960107 17211 812331 SH Sole 812331
Sothebys Holdings Inc CL A Ltd COM 835898107 52275 2788000 SH Sole 2788000
Southdown Inc. COM 841297104 6307 106440 SH Sole 106440
Stewart Information Services C COM 860372101 25680 1624048 SH Sole 1624048
Suffolk Bancorp COM 864739107 12254 441568 SH Sole 441568
Superior Industries Internatio COM 868168105 57063 1800792 SH Sole 1800792
TF Financial Corp. COM 872391107 4098 280200 SH Sole 280200
Texas Industries Inc. COM 882491103 56944 1800598 SH Sole 1800598
Topps Co. COM 890786106 4480 539000 SH Sole 539000
Trinity Industries COM 896522109 97155 4101517 SH Sole 4101517
Triumph Group Inc New COM 896818101 49586 1702533 SH Sole 1702533
Troy Financial Corp COM 897329108 680 66301 SH Sole 66301
UCBH Holdings Inc. COM 90262T308 18832 875898 SH Sole 875898
United Asset Management Corp. COM 909420101 61315 3541671 SH Sole 3541671
United Stationers Inc. COM 913004107 84284 2361730 SH Sole 2361730
United Television Inc. COM 913066106 50249 379598 SH Sole 379598
Universal Health Services Clas COM 913903100 269727 5504633 SH Sole 5504633
Universal Health Trust COM 91359E105 10997 698239 SH Sole 698239
Virco Mfg Corp. COM 927651109 8466 815968 SH Sole 815968
Vital Signs Inc COM 928469105 15961 695865 SH Sole 695865
Washington Post'B' COM 939640108 31229 57725 SH Sole 57725
Webster Financial Corp COM 947890109 8887 386400 SH Sole 386400
Weis Markets Inc COM 948849104 22595 664548 SH Sole 664548
West Pharmaceutical Svcs Inc. COM 955306105 19759 780600 SH Sole 780600
Whitney Holding Corp COM 966612103 28002 858303 SH Sole 858303
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