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FORM 13 F
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INFORMATION REQUIRED OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT MANAGERS PURSUANT TO SECTION
13(f) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AND RULES THEREUNDER
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended March 31, 2000
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Marshfield Associates
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Name of Institutional Investment Manager
21 Dupont Circle Washington DC 20036
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Business Address (Street) (City) (State) (Zip)
Chris Niemczewski, Managing Director 202-828-6200
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Name, Phone No., and Title of Person Duly Authorized to Submit This Report.
ATTENTION
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INTENTIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSIONS OF FACTS CONSTITUTE FEDERAL CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS.
SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 AND 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a)
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The institutional investment manager submitting this Form and its attachments and the person
by whom it is signed represent hereby that all information contained therein is true, correct and
complete. It is understood that all required items, statements and schedules are considered integral
parts of this Form and that the submission of any amendment represents that all unamended items,
statement and schedules remain true, correct and complete as previously submitted.
Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the undersigned institutional
investment manager has caused this report to be signed on its behalf in the City of Washington
and State of DC on the 18 day of May 2000
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Marshfield Associates
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(Name of Institutional Investment Manager)
/s/ CHRIS NIEMCZEWSKI
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(Manual Signature of Person Duly Authorized
to submit This Report
Name and 13F file numbers of ALL Institutional Managers with respect to which this schedule is filed
(other than the one filing this report): (List in alphabetical order).
13F File Numbers will be assigned to Institutional Investment: Managers after they file their first
report.
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Marshfield Associates
FORM 13F
March 31, 2000
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VALUE SHARES/
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT
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A C Neilsen Corp COM 004833109 24538 1090568
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 718 20402
American Express Company COM 025816109 15816 106194
American Home Products Corpora COM 026609107 1739 32361
American International Group COM 026874107 1435 13101
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. COM 035229103 791 12700
Avon Products, Inc. COM 054303102 5884 201170
BP Amoco Plc - ADR COM 225 4232
Bank of America Corp COM 066050105 321 6118
Bell Atlantic Corporation COM 077853109 943 15420
BellSouth Corporation COM 079860102 203 4326
Berkley W.R. Corp COM 084423102 9225 400005
Berkshire Hathaway Class A COM 084670108 21450 375
Berkshire Hathaway Class B COM 084670207 29116 15998
Bestfoods COM 126149103 750 16016
Bristol Myers-Squibb COM 110122108 1478 25878
CCC Information Services COM 12487Q109 32536 1513290
Chase Manhattan Bank COM 16161A108 262 3000
Chevron Corporation COM 166751107 308 3334
Chubb Corp COM 171232101 273 4036
Cisco Systems Inc COM 17275R102 587 7590
Citigroup COM 132187105 13405 223880
Coca-Cola Company COM 191216100 1292 27530
Colgate-Palmolive Company COM 194162103 620 11000
Computer Associates Internatio COM 204912109 278 4755
Disney (Walt) Company COM 254687106 2913 70614
Dover Corp. COM 260003108 11605 242410
Eli Lilly COM 532457108 177 2832
Emerson Electric Co. COM 291011104 795 14958
Enron Corporation COM 293561106 1423 19000
Estee Lauder COM 518439104 400 8000
ExxonMobil Corporation COM 30231G102 2529 32423
Family Dollar Stores Inc COM 307000109 350 16800
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Cor COM 313400301 29776 673866
Federal National Mortgage Asso COM 313586109 9288 164214
First Data Corp COM 319963104 255 5754
Fleet Boston Corp COM 338915101 179 4894
Gannett Inc. COM 364730101 14593 207360
General Electric Company COM 369604103 24552 157762
Georgia-Pacific Group COM 373298108 440 11134
Gillette Company, The COM 375766102 1443 38283
Great Lakes Chemical COM 390568103 1116 32816
H & R Block COM 093671105 1634 36512
Heineken Holdings Cl A COM 1057 30685
Heinz (H.J.) Company COM 423074103 1090 31258
Hewlett Packard COM 428236103 793 5982
HomeFed Corp COM 285 444980
Honeywell International Inc. COM 438506107 131 2482
Intel Corp COM 458140100 4541 34419
Intl Business Machines Corpora COM 459200101 825 6972
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 21448 305305
Leucadia National Corporation COM 527288104 17313 728959
Lindt & Sprungli COM 219 88
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 1330 21454
MCI Worldcom, Inc. COM 55268B106 368 8126
Markel Corp COM 570535104 11730 80620
Marriott International Inc Cla COM 571900109 1585 50319
Mattel, Inc COM 577081102 12239 1165618
Mc Donald's Corporation COM 580135101 17567 470014
Merck & Co., Inc. COM 589331107 3828 61610
Microsoft Corporation COM 594918104 3656 34413
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NAME OF ISSUER PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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A C Neilsen Corp SH Sole 1090568
Abbott Laboratories SH Sole 20402
American Express Company SH Sole 106194
American Home Products Corpora SH Sole 32361
American International Group SH Sole 13101
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. SH Sole 12700
Avon Products, Inc. SH Sole 201170
BP Amoco Plc - ADR SH Sole 4232
Bank of America Corp SH Sole 6118
Bell Atlantic Corporation SH Sole 15420
BellSouth Corporation SH Sole 4326
Berkley W.R. Corp SH Sole 400005
Berkshire Hathaway Class A SH Sole 375
Berkshire Hathaway Class B SH Sole 15998
Bestfoods SH Sole 16016
Bristol Myers-Squibb SH Sole 25878
CCC Information Services SH Sole 1513290
Chase Manhattan Bank SH Sole 3000
Chevron Corporation SH Sole 3334
Chubb Corp SH Sole 4036
Cisco Systems Inc SH Sole 7590
Citigroup SH Sole 223880
Coca-Cola Company SH Sole 27530
Colgate-Palmolive Company SH Sole 11000
Computer Associates Internatio SH Sole 4755
Disney (Walt) Company SH Sole 70614
Dover Corp. SH Sole 242410
Eli Lilly SH Sole 2832
Emerson Electric Co. SH Sole 14958
Enron Corporation SH Sole 19000
Estee Lauder SH Sole 8000
ExxonMobil Corporation SH Sole 32423
Family Dollar Stores Inc SH Sole 16800
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Cor SH Sole 673866
Federal National Mortgage Asso SH Sole 164214
First Data Corp SH Sole 5754
Fleet Boston Corp SH Sole 4894
Gannett Inc. SH Sole 207360
General Electric Company SH Sole 157762
Georgia-Pacific Group SH Sole 11134
Gillette Company, The SH Sole 38283
Great Lakes Chemical SH Sole 32816
H & R Block SH Sole 36512
Heineken Holdings Cl A SH Sole 30685
Heinz (H.J.) Company SH Sole 31258
Hewlett Packard SH Sole 5982
HomeFed Corp SH Sole 444980
Honeywell International Inc. SH Sole 2482
Intel Corp SH Sole 34419
Intl Business Machines Corpora SH Sole 6972
Johnson & Johnson SH Sole 305305
Leucadia National Corporation SH Sole 728959
Lindt & Sprungli SH Sole 88
Lucent Technologies SH Sole 21454
MCI Worldcom, Inc. SH Sole 8126
Markel Corp SH Sole 80620
Marriott International Inc Cla SH Sole 50319
Mattel, Inc SH Sole 1165618
Mc Donald's Corporation SH Sole 470014
Merck & Co., Inc. SH Sole 61610
Microsoft Corporation SH Sole 34413
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Marshfield Associates
FORM 13F
March 31, 2000
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VALUE SHARES/
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT
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Minnesota Mining & Manufacturi COM 604059105 2034 22969
Morgan (J.P.) & Co. Inc COM 616880100 224 1700
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C COM 24240V101 27437 331069
Nestle ADR (Regular Shares) COM 641069406 786 8720
Nestle Ltd. (Registered) COM 412 230
Nike Inc Cl B COM 654106103 24823 626451
PepsiCo, Inc. COM 713448108 19993 573280
Pfizer Inc. COM 717081103 1262 34503
Pharmacia Corp. COM 611662107 54 1050
Philip Morris Companies Inc. COM 718154107 231 11148
Procter & Gamble Company, The COM 742718109 1822 32249
Reuters Group PLC Sponsored AD COM 761324201 249 2086
Roper Industries Inc COM 776696106 6824 201085
SBC Communications Inc COM 78387G103 735 17457
SLM Holding Corp COM 863871505 8029 241006
Sabre Holdings Corp Cl A COM 785905100 26317 712470
Schering-Plough Corp. COM 806605101 682 18380
Schlumberger Limited COM 806857108 554 7238
Servicemaster Ltd Partnership COM 81760N109 38 3375
Solectron Corp COM 834182107 425 10604
St. Paul Companies COM 792860108 2471 72400
State Street Corp COM 857477103 513 5300
Student Loan Corp COM 863902102 362 8850
Texas Instruments Incorporated COM 882508104 320 2000
Times Mirror Company, Cl. A Ne COM 887364107 202 2175
Tricon Global Restaurants COM 895953107 38901 1252347
Vitesse Semiconductor Corp COM 928497106 231 2400
Wachovia Corp COM 929771103 539 7977
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. COM 931142103 286 5068
Warner-Lambert Company COM 934488107 1028 10524
Washington Gas Light Company COM 938837101 306 11254
Washington Post Co Cl B COM 939640108 2709 5008
Wells Fargo & Company COM 949740104 24913 611368
White Mountains Insurance Grou COM 31324 233547
Williams Companies, The COM 969457100 483 11000
Markel Contingent Value Rights 181 30111
REPORT SUMMARY 97 DATA RECORDS 595369
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Minnesota Mining & Manufacturi SH Sole 22969
Morgan (J.P.) & Co. Inc SH Sole 1700
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C SH Sole 331069
Nestle ADR (Regular Shares) SH Sole 8720
Nestle Ltd. (Registered) SH Sole 230
Nike Inc Cl B SH Sole 626451
PepsiCo, Inc. SH Sole 573280
Pfizer Inc. SH Sole 34503
Pharmacia Corp. SH Sole 1050
Philip Morris Companies Inc. SH Sole 11148
Procter & Gamble Company, The SH Sole 32249
Reuters Group PLC Sponsored AD SH Sole 2086
Roper Industries Inc SH Sole 201085
SBC Communications Inc SH Sole 17457
SLM Holding Corp SH Sole 241006
Sabre Holdings Corp Cl A SH Sole 712470
Schering-Plough Corp. SH Sole 18380
Schlumberger Limited SH Sole 7238
Servicemaster Ltd Partnership SH Sole 3375
Solectron Corp SH Sole 10604
St. Paul Companies SH Sole 72400
State Street Corp SH Sole 5300
Student Loan Corp SH Sole 8850
Texas Instruments Incorporated SH Sole 2000
Times Mirror Company, Cl. A Ne SH Sole 2175
Tricon Global Restaurants SH Sole 1252347
Vitesse Semiconductor Corp SH Sole 2400
Wachovia Corp SH Sole 7977
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. SH Sole 5068
Warner-Lambert Company SH Sole 10524
Washington Gas Light Company SH Sole 11254
Washington Post Co Cl B SH Sole 5008
Wells Fargo & Company SH Sole 611368
White Mountains Insurance Grou SH Sole 233547
Williams Companies, The SH Sole 11000
Markel Contingent Value Rights SH Sole 30111
REPORT SUMMARY 0 OTHER MANAGERS ON WHOSE BEHALF REPORT IS FILED
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