UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Harold C. Brown & Co., Inc.
Address: Fifth Floor
120 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14202
13F File Number:
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: Russell M. Giordano
Title: CCO, COO
Phone: 716-854-2500
Signature, Place and Date of Signing:
Russell M. Giordano Buffalo, New York November 13, 1999
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: 163
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $457,059
List of Other Included Managers:
No. 13F File Number Name
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
(x$1000) PRIN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MGRS SOLE SHARED NONE
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP
AT&T CORP COM 001957109 5618 128922SH 8257 0 120665
ABBOTT LABS COM 002824100 540 14730SH 600 0 14130
ALLMERICA FINL CORP COM 019754100 1939 40417SH 8026 0 32391
AMERICA ONLINE INC COM 02364J104 2011 19305SH 3950 0 15355
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COM 025816109 948 7025SH 1100 0 5925
AMERICAN HOME PRODS COM 026609107 8230 199321SH 18830 0 180491
AMERN INTL GROUP INC COM 026874107 2620 30181SH 6102 0 24079
AMERITECH CORP COM 030954101 937 14006SH 600 0 13406
ANHEUSER BUSCH COS COM 035229103 446 6320SH 1020 0 5300
APTARGROUP INC COM 038336103 2641 103750SH 13950 0 89800
ARROW ELECTRS INC COM 042735100 189 10724SH 1224 0 9500
ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COM 048825103 868 9783SH 2026 0 7757
AVON PRODS INC COM 054303102 696 28060SH 1310 0 26750
BB&T CORPORATION COM 054937107 3609 112339SH 12225 0 100114
BP AMOCO PLC ADR (6 ORDS) 055622104 615 5566SH 1157 0 4409
BAKER HUGHES INC COM 057224107 1104 38552SH 0 0 38552
BANK OF AMERN CORP COM 060505104 1144 20541SH 1665 0 18876
BAXTER INTL INC COM 071813109 2977 49128SH 7145 0 41983
BELDEN INC COM 077459105 257 10000SH 0 0 10000
BELL ATLANTIC CORP COM 077853109 1063 15767SH 275 0 15492
BELLSOUTH CORP COM 079860102 6291 138666SH 10640 0 128026
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY CLASS B 084670207 466 232SH 31 0 201
BEST FOODS COM 08658U101 2330 47939SH 3383 0 44556
BOEING CO COM 097023105 502 11787SH 1500 0 10287
BRADY CORP CLASS A 104674106 615 19208SH 0 0 19208
BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB COM 110122108 5882 87029SH 4935 0 82094
CCB FINANCIAL CORP COM 124875105 4830 116086SH 13053 0 103033
CAMPBELL SOUP CO COM 134429109 1145 29150SH 3950 0 25200
CARDINAL HEALTH INC COM 14149Y108 3967 72558SH 11990 0 60568
CAROLINA PWR & LT CO COM 144141108 201 5693SH 400 0 5293
CASEYS GEN STORES COM 147528103 1061 79155SH 15450 0 63705
CERIDIAN CORP COM 15677T106 1640 64180SH 13120 0 51060
CHEVRON CORPORATION COM 166751107 1312 14833SH 3000 0 11833
CISCO SYSTEMS INC COM 17275R102 7714 112515SH 22009 0 90506
CITIGROUP INC COM 172967101 1653 37683SH 7624 0 30059
CITIZENS UTILITIES CLASS B 177342201 167 14800SH 0 0 14800
CITRIX SYS INC COM 177376100 1099 17750SH 1760 0 15990
CLARCOR INC COM 179895107 187 10840SH 0 0 10840
CLOROX CO COM 189054109 3310 86493SH 8052 0 78441
COCA COLA CO COM 191216100 3201 66391SH 14870 0 51521
COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO COM 194162103 16163 353852SH 39165 0 314687
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP COM 204493100 2804 122485SH 8000 0 114485
COMPUTER SCIENCES COM 205363104 2104 29960SH 3775 0 26185
CONSOLIDATED NAT GAS COM 209615103 575 9225SH 100 0 9125
CORNING INCORPORATED COM 219350105 5624 82568SH 6670 0 75898
COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW COM 22160K105 1686 23410SH 3150 0 20260
DELL COMPUTER CORP COM 247025109 759 18150SH 775 0 17375
DIAL CORP COM 25247D101 1330 52125SH 5170 0 46955
DISNEY WALT CO COM 254687106 5941 229134SH 32827 0 196307
DOW CHEM CO COM 260543103 205 1801SH 500 0 1301
DU PONT E I DE NEMOU COM 263534109 12771 210260SH 18711 0 191549
DUKE ENERGY CORP COM 264399106 1106 20060SH 2600 0 17460
EMC CORP MASS COM 268648102 5248 73500SH 13780 0 59720
ECOLAB INC COM 278865100 1703 50820SH 7450 0 43370
EMERSON ELEC CO COM 291011104 2297 36282SH 350 0 35932
ENRON CORP COM 293561106 8808 214296SH 15524 0 198772
EXXON CORP COM 302290101 6755 88964SH 4992 0 83972
FDX CORP COM 31304N107 1272 32805SH 3615 0 29190
FANNIE MAE COM 313586109 4903 78275SH 13145 0 65130
FIRST DATA CORP COM 319963104 4083 92878SH 11810 0 81068
FIRST UNION CORP COM 337358105 3001 84226SH 5788 0 78438
FORD MOTOR CO COM 345370100 213 4226SH 422 0 3804
FOREST LABS INC COM 345838106 247 5850SH 0 0 5850
FORTUNE BRANDS INC COM 349631101 1271 38807SH 0 0 38807
FOX ENTMT GROUP INC CLASS A 35138T107 417 19744SH 4030 0 15714
GTE CORP COM 362320103 4738 61482SH 5144 0 56338
GALLAHER GROUP PLC ADR (4 ORD 10P) 363595109 698 25705SH 0 0 25705
GANNETT INC DEL COM 364730101 217 3130SH 0 0 3130
GENERAL ELEC CO COM 369604103 22954 193401SH 14842 0 178559
GILLETTE CO COM COM 375766102 4299 126933SH 23465 0 103468
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC SP ADR(5 ORD) 404280406 1198 20634SH 510 0 20124
HSB GROUP INC COM 40428N109 2094 59139SH 7452 0 51687
HEINZ H J CO COM 423074103 6069 141080SH 16300 0 124780
HELMERICH & PAYNE COM 423452101 2162 84390SH 10720 0 73670
HEWLETT PACKARD CO COM 428236103 5091 55844SH 10236 0 45608
HOME DEPOT INC COM 437076102 5804 84427SH 12859 0 71568
HONEYWELL INC COM 438506107 2147 19300SH 3670 0 15630
ITI TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 450564109 1500 49905SH 10645 0 39260
IDACORP INC COM 451107106 278 9275SH 0 0 9275
INTEL CORP COM 458140100 2543 34217SH 5945 0 28272
IBM COM 459200101 2167 17884SH 2465 0 15419
JEFFERSON PILOT CORP COMMOM CUM RTS 475070108 234 3732SH 0 0 3732
JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 8743 95155SH 7520 0 87635
KEEBLER FOODS CO COM 487256109 2044 68580SH 10540 0 58040
KELLOGG CO COM 487836108 444 11843SH 0 0 11843
KIMBERLY CLARK CORP COM 494368103 4896 92806SH 14420 0 78386
KONINKLIJKI AHOLD SP ADR (1 ORD) 500467303 217 6559SH 0 0 6559
LILLY ELI & CO COM 532457108 891 13902SH 0 0 13902
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY COM 535678106 529 9000SH 0 0 9000
LIQUI BOX CORP COM 536314107 1041 19269SH 600 0 18669
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES COM 549463107 13439 207352SH 25617 0 181735
M & T BK CORP COM 55261F104 681 1505SH 315 0 1190
MCI WORLDCOM INC COM 55268B106 3623 50401SH 10115 0 40286
MAY DEPT STORES CO COM 577778103 201 5485SH 0 0 5485
MCCORMICK & CO INC COM 579780206 817 25055SH 0 0 25055
MCDONALDS CORP COM 580135101 6031 140153SH 16650 0 123503
MCGRAW HILL COS INC COM 580645109 1374 28375SH 5250 0 23125
MEDIAONE GROUP INC COM 58440J104 688 10176SH 200 0 9976
MEDTRONIC INC COM 585055106 8627 242814SH 33534 0 209280
MELLON BANK CORP COM 585509102 3143 93396SH 15740 0 77656
MERCK & CO INC COM 589331107 12412 191507SH 19186 0 172321
MERIDIAN DATA INC COM 589601103 231 23200SH 0 0 23200
MET PRO CORP COM 590876306 1041 98125SH 0 0 98125
MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918104 8062 89018SH 14183 0 74835
MINERALS TECHNOLOGS COM 603158106 1443 30185SH 5285 0 24900
MINNESOTA MNG & MFG COM 604059105 3953 41107SH 4806 0 36301
MOBIL CORP COM 607059102 9670 96306SH 11936 0 84370
MOLEX INC COM 608554101 2089 57417SH 6770 0 50647
MOLEX INC CLASS A 608554200 8292 256126SH 26027 0 230099
MOTOROLA INC COM 620076109 2231 25359SH 3650 0 21709
NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO COM 636180101 363 7699SH 933 0 6766
NEW PLAN EXC RLTY TR COM 648053106 890 50136SH 2600 0 47536
NEWELL RUBBERMAID IN COM 651229106 338 11843SH 0 0 11843
NIAGARA BANCORP INC COM 652914102 121 11600SH 2500 0 9100
OM GROUP INC COM 670872100 2632 68910SH 10715 0 58195
OLD KENT FINANCIAL COM 679833103 650 17444SH 0 0 17444
OMNICOM GROUP INC COM 681919106 5400 68273SH 12918 0 55355
OWENS & MINOR INC COM 690732102 139 14204SH 0 0 14204
PPG INDUSTRIES INC COM 693506107 203 3400SH 0 0 3400
PENNCORP FINL GRP COM 708094107 29 46755SH 6180 0 40575
PEPSICO INC COM 713448108 3261 107096SH 10090 0 97006
PFIZER INC COM 717081103 3173 88329SH 11803 0 76526
PHILIP MORRIS CO INC COM 718154107 601 17550SH 900 0 16650
PHLO CORP COM 71879Q101 28 20000SH 0 0 20000
PIONEER HI BRED INTL COM 723686101 463 11650SH 0 0 11650
PITNEY BOWES INC COM 724479100 384 6296SH 0 0 6296
PROCTER & GAMBLE CO COM 742718109 11504 122617SH 2544 0 120073
QUINTILES TRANSNAT COM 748767100 2558 134389SH 17010 0 117379
RPM INC OHIO COM 749685103 466 38098SH 584 0 37514
RAYTHEON COMPANY CLASS B 755111408 308 6188SH 0 0 6188
ROYAL DUTCH PETROL NLG1.25(NY REGD 780257804 438 7430SH 1760 0 5670
RUDDICK CORP COM 781258108 343 21300SH 0 0 21300
SBC COMMUNICATIONS COM 78387G103 5363 104990SH 9392 0 95598
SDL INC COM 784076101 7068 92613SH 17775 0 74838
S&P 500 DEP RECEIPTS UNIT SER 1 78462F103 231 1800SH 0 0 1800
SARA LEE CORP COM 803111103 3667 156668SH 14760 0 141908
SCHERING PLOUGH CORP COM 806605101 4579 105482SH 4230 0 101252
SCHLUMBERGER LTD COM 806857108 4010 64585SH 6520 0 58065
SEALED AIR CORP NEW COM 81211K100 3206 62262SH 8190 0 54072
SEALED AIR CORP NEW PFD A $2 CV 81211K209 699 13345SH 400 0 12945
SIGMA ALDRICH CORP COM 826552101 822 25876SH 2000 0 23876
SONOCO PRODS COM 835495102 3291 144531SH 6987 0 137544
SPRINT CORP(PCS GRP) PCS COM SER 1 852061506 459 6142SH 430 0 5712
STATE STREET CORP COM 857477103 7807 120745SH 17680 0 103065
STEELCASE INC CLASS A 858155203 880 62815SH 13180 0 49635
STRATESEC INC COM 862792108 15 15000SH 0 0 15000
SUN MICROSYSTEM INC COM 866810104 2237 24049SH 2105 0 21944
SYSCO CORP COM 871829107 4736 135138SH 15400 0 119738
TEXACO INC COM 881694103 365 5796SH 0 0 5796
TIME WARNER INC COM 887315109 2163 35720SH 3755 0 31965
TRUE NORTH COMMUNCTN COM 897844106 3505 97580SH 15025 0 82555
TYCO INTL LTD COM 902124106 4735 45749SH 4754 0 40995
UNILEVER NV NY NEW NY SHARES(1 ORD 904784709 2319 34041SH 6149 0 27892
US WEST INC COM 91273H101 2137 37505SH 102 0 37403
VINTAGE PETE INC COM 927460105 1235 94155SH 10500 0 83655
VITESSE SEMICONDCTOR COM 928497106 2956 34620SH 6850 0 27770
VODAFONE GROUP PLC SP ADR (10 ORD) 92857T107 481 2020SH 100 0 1920
WACHOVIA CORP COM 929771103 240 3077SH 0 0 3077
WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 1981 41665SH 7685 0 33980
WALGREEN CO COM 931422109 214 8445SH 2070 0 6375
WARNER LAMBERT CO COM 934488107 2241 33751SH 2400 0 31351
WELLS FARGO & CO COM 949746101 304 7660SH 150 0 7510
WOODWARD GOVNR CO COM 980745103 474 18992SH 240 0 18752
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