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:
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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 May 12, 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: 153
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $604,522
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
ABBOTT LABS COM 002824100 553 15660SH 400 0 15260
ALLMERICA FINL CORP COM 019754100 1865 36695SH 7451 0 29244
ALTERA CORP COM 021441100 397 4450SH 0 0 4450
AMERICA ONLINE INC COM 02364J104 2635 39057SH 6890 0 32167
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COM 025816109 1270 8515SH 1040 0 7475
AMERICAN HOME PRODS COM 026609107 10343 192460SH 12170 0 180290
AMERN INTL GROUP INC COM 026874107 7542 68803SH 11092 0 57711
ANHEUSER BUSCH COS COM 035229103 921 14722SH 1400 0 13322
APTARGROUP INC COM 038336103 2665 100850SH 11755 0 89095
ARROW ELECTRS INC COM 042735100 389 10948SH 1224 0 9724
AT&T CORP COM LIB GRP A 001957208 4605 77677SH 7615 0 70062
AT&T CORP COM 001957109 8439 149798SH 7787 0 142011
ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COM 048825103 863 10153SH 1466 0 8687
AVON PRODS INC COM 054303102 669 22820SH 1100 0 21720
BAKER HUGHES INC COM 057224107 775 25622SH 0 0 25622
BANK OF AMERN CORP COM 060505104 1493 28489SH 2515 0 25974
BAXTER INTL INC COM 071813109 3082 49075SH 6905 0 42170
BB&T CORPORATION COM 054937107 4660 167877SH 16540 0 151337
BELL ATLANTIC CORP COM 077853109 1082 17560SH 125 0 17435
BELLSOUTH CORP COM 079860102 6108 129389SH 9044 0 120345
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY CLASS B 084670207 376 212SH 17 0 195
BEST FOODS COM 08658U101 2521 53465SH 3133 0 50332
BOEING CO COM 097023105 335 8837SH 0 0 8837
BP AMOCO PLC ADR (6 ORDS) 055622104 552 10402SH 2050 0 8352
BRADY CORP CLASS A 104674106 496 15808SH 0 0 15808
BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB COM 110122108 6035 103638SH 6200 0 97438
BROADCOM CORP CLASS A 111320107 727 2993SH 446 0 2547
CAMPBELL SOUP CO COM 134429109 809 26354SH 3550 0 22804
CARDINAL HEALTH INC COM 14149Y108 5841 125877SH 18315 0 107562
CCB FINANCIAL CORP COM 124875105 4625 105190SH 9303 0 95887
CHEVRON CORPORATION COM 166751107 1530 16543SH 3000 0 13543
CHROMAVISION MED SYS COM 17111P104 159 10435SH 3250 0 7185
CISCO SYSTEMS INC COM 17275R102 17158 221932SH 40960 0 180972
CITIGROUP INC COM 172967101 2296 38633SH 7464 0 31169
CITIZENS UTILITIES CLASS B 177342201 386 23750SH 3290 0 20460
CITRIX SYS INC COM 177376100 3517 53082SH 4795 0 48287
CLOROX CO COM 189054109 3657 111668SH 10232 0 101436
CMGI INC COM 125750109 216 1905SH 90 0 1815
COCA COLA CO COM 191216100 2926 62247SH 15115 0 47132
COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO COM 194162103 22742 400369SH 36460 0 363909
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP COM 204493100 3554 133107SH 7000 0 126107
COMPUTER SCIENCES COM 205363104 3156 39978SH 3550 0 36428
COMVERSE TECH INC COM 205862402 335 1770SH 385 0 1385
CORNING INCORPORATED COM 219350105 12526 63235SH 4850 0 58385
COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW COM 22160K105 2439 46400SH 4950 0 41450
DELL COMPUTER CORP COM 247025109 1188 22027SH 600 0 21427
DIAL CORP COM 25247D101 1112 81756SH 2470 0 79286
DISNEY WALT CO COM 254687106 9201 222605SH 30429 0 192176
DU PONT E I DE NEMOU COM 263534109 12283 232304SH 15401 0 216903
DUKE ENERGY CORP COM 264399106 968 18435SH 1975 0 16460
ECOLAB INC COM 278865100 1906 52545SH 7100 0 45445
EMC CORP MASS COM 268648102 11022 87565SH 15960 0 71605
EMERSON ELEC CO COM 291011104 1332 24973SH 50 0 24923
ENRON CORP COM 293561106 19433 259101SH 17924 0 241177
EXXON MOBIL CORP COM 30231G102 20040 256993SH 21098 0 235895
FANNIE MAE COM 313586109 4123 72793SH 12220 0 60573
FIRST DATA CORP COM 319963104 4349 98116SH 11760 0 86356
FIRST UNION CORP COM 337358105 3164 85217SH 4698 0 80519
FORD MOTOR CO COM 345370100 289 6272SH 422 0 5850
FOREST LABS INC COM 345838106 247 3000SH 0 0 3000
FORTUNE BRANDS INC COM 349631101 935 37427SH 0 0 37427
GENERAL AMERN INVS COM 368802104 236 5992SH 739 0 5253
GENERAL ELEC CO COM 369604103 34345 220650SH 15694 0 204956
GENERAL MOTORS CORP CLASS H 370442832 1188 9615SH 1810 0 7805
GILLETTE CO COM COM 375766102 4202 111145SH 20490 0 90655
GTE CORP COM 362320103 5608 77796SH 4390 0 73406
HEINZ H J CO COM 423074103 5860 167515SH 18305 0 149210
HELMERICH & PAYNE COM 423452101 1764 57922SH 6420 0 51502
HEWLETT PACKARD CO COM 428236103 8266 62245SH 10191 0 52054
HOME DEPOT INC COM 437076102 15099 230856SH 31003 0 199854
HONEYWELL INTL INC COM 438516106 1951 36951SH 6379 0 30572
HSB GROUP INC COM 40428N109 345 12034SH 0 0 12034
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC SP ADR(5 ORD) 404280406 1069 17784SH 0 0 17784
IBM COM 459200101 2879 24408SH 2325 0 22083
IDACORP INC COM 451107106 258 7525SH 100 0 7425
INKTOMI CORP COM 457277101 2015 10334SH 1637 0 8697
INTEL CORP COM 458140100 5383 40798SH 7200 0 33598
INTERNET CAP GRP INC COM 46059C106 351 3881SH 740 0 3141
ITI TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 450564109 1425 47905SH 10045 0 37860
JEFFERSON PILOT CORP COMMOM CUM RTS 475070108 313 4699SH 0 0 4699
JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 7824 111529SH 8480 0 103049
KEEBLER FOODS CO COM 487256109 1929 67610SH 10840 0 56770
KELLOGG CO COM 487836108 266 10338SH 0 0 10338
KIMBERLY CLARK CORP COM 494368103 5338 95630SH 11816 0 83814
LILLY ELI & CO COM 532457108 989 15687SH 0 0 15687
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY COM 535678106 990 18000SH 0 0 18000
LIQUI BOX CORP COM 536314107 846 17769SH 300 0 17469
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES COM 549463107 13649 223683SH 22515 0 201168
M & T BK CORP COM 55261F104 677 1578SH 320 0 1258
MCCORMICK & CO INC COM 579780206 575 18125SH 0 0 18125
MCDONALDS CORP COM 580135101 5552 148004SH 16525 0 131479
MCGRAW HILL COS INC COM 580645109 1257 27750SH 5250 0 22500
MCI WORLDCOM INC COM 55268B106 4634 102266SH 18405 0 83861
MEDIAONE GROUP INC COM 58440J104 977 12170SH 50 0 12120
MEDTRONIC INC COM 585055106 13193 255714SH 32799 0 222915
MELLON FINL CORP COM 58551A108 2625 88390SH 13840 0 74550
MERCK & CO INC COM 589331107 13912 223939SH 18404 0 205535
MET PRO CORP COM 590876306 874 92603SH 0 0 92603
MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918104 10028 94385SH 13375 0 81010
MINERALS TECHNOLOGS COM 603158106 745 17250SH 2900 0 14350
MINNESOTA MNG & MFG COM 604059105 3594 40375SH 4556 0 35819
MOLEX INC COM 608554101 3942 67089SH 8182 0 58907
MOLEX INC CLASS A 608554200 14085 317411SH 30384 0 287027
MOTOROLA INC COM 620076109 3834 26803SH 3225 0 23578
NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO COM 636180101 323 7258SH 933 0 6325
NEW PLAN EXC RLTY TR COM 648053106 392 28762SH 1400 0 27362
NEWELL RUBBERMAID IN COM 651229106 267 10791SH 0 0 10791
NOKIA CORP SP ADR (1 ORD A 654902204 2400 10991SH 2082 0 8909
NORTEL NETWORKS COM 656569100 313 2335SH 395 0 1940
OLD KENT FINANCIAL COM 679833103 505 15716SH 0 0 15716
OM GROUP INC COM 670872100 1898 42555SH 4545 0 38010
OMNICOM GROUP INC COM 681919106 6755 71970SH 12758 0 59212
ORACLE CORP COM 68389X105 1311 16789SH 870 0 15919
PAYCHEX INC COM 704326107 373 7116SH 600 0 6516
PENNCORP FINL GRP COM 708094107 0 10500SH 0 0 10500
PEPSICO INC COM 713448108 3452 100221SH 8160 0 92061
PFIZER INC COM 717081103 2959 80697SH 10160 0 70537
PHILIP MORRIS CO INC COM 718154107 317 14975SH 975 0 14000
PITNEY BOWES INC COM 724479100 283 6296SH 0 0 6296
PROCTER & GAMBLE CO COM 742718109 7245 128418SH 4849 0 123569
QUINTILES TRANSNAT COM 748767100 1704 99842SH 11420 0 88422
ROYAL DUTCH PETROL NLG1.25(NY REGD 780257804 279 4828SH 1100 0 3728
S&P 500 DEP RECEIPTS UNIT SER 1 78462F103 271 1800SH 0 0 1800
SARA LEE CORP COM 803111103 1364 74709SH 0 0 74709
SBC COMMUNICATIONS COM 78387G103 5819 138230SH 10181 0 128049
SCHERING PLOUGH CORP COM 806605101 4125 111162SH 7075 0 104087
SCHLUMBERGER LTD COM 806857108 4494 58344SH 2520 0 55824
SDL INC COM 784076101 27742 130319SH 24420 0 105899
SEALED AIR CORP NEW COM 81211K100 3785 69577SH 8700 0 60877
SEALED AIR CORP NEW PFD A $2 CV 81211K209 744 14520SH 400 0 14120
SIGMA ALDRICH CORP COM 826552101 670 24925SH 1250 0 23675
SONOCO PRODS COM 835495102 1231 53540SH 110 0 53430
SPRINT CORP(PCS GRP) PCS COM SER 1 852061506 1504 23009SH 2710 0 20299
STATE STREET CORP COM 857477103 13392 138355SH 19630 0 118725
STEELCASE INC CLASS A 858155203 753 63110SH 11450 0 51660
SUN MICROSYSTEM INC COM 866810104 5008 53449SH 4515 0 48934
SYCAMORE NETWORKS COM 871206108 837 6491SH 905 0 5586
SYSCO CORP COM 871829107 4790 132898SH 13825 0 119073
TEXACO INC COM 881694103 274 5079SH 0 0 5079
TEXAS INSTRS INC COM 882508104 5712 35492SH 2765 0 32727
TIME WARNER INC COM 887315109 5768 57965SH 7595 0 50370
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FRX ORDINARY G90078109 275 5393SH 29 0 5364
TRUE NORTH COMMUNCTN COM 897844106 3896 99095SH 14550 0 84545
TYCO INTL LTD COM 902124106 5331 106238SH 9238 0 97000
US WEST INC COM 91273H101 3000 41202SH 0 0 41202
VIACOM INC CLASS A 925524100 311 5825SH 1700 0 4125
VINTAGE PETE INC COM 927460105 1437 71425SH 8600 0 62825
VITESSE SEMICONDCTOR COM 928497106 6353 66000SH 10800 0 55200
VODAFONE GROUP PLC SP ADR (10 ORD) 92857T107 643 11585SH 1160 0 10425
WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 4226 75654SH 11060 0 64594
WARNER LAMBERT CO COM 934488107 3612 37037SH 4250 0 32787
WOODWARD GOVNR CO COM 980745103 415 18044SH 240 0 17804
YAHOO INC COM 984332106 213 1245SH 220 0 1025
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