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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
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 September 30, 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.
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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, statements 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 the State of DC on
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the 13th day of November , 2000.
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MARSHFIELD ASSOCIATES
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(Name of Institutional Investment Manager)
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(Manual Signature of Person Duly Authorized
to Submit This Report)
Name and 13F file numbers of ALL Institutional Investment 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.
Name: 13F File No.: Name: 13F File No.:
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1. 6.
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2. 7.
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3. 8.
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Marshfield Associates
FORM 13F
September 29, 2000
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VOTING AUTHORITY
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TITLE OF VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER
NAME OF ISSUER CLASS CUSIP (X$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
A C Neilsen Corp COM 004833109 24206 1016520 SH Sole 1016520
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 1066 22422 SH Sole 22422
American Express Company COM 025816109 16795 276453 SH Sole 276453
American Home Products Corpora COM 026609107 1582 28038 SH Sole 28038
American International Group COM 026874107 2766 28910 SH Sole 28910
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. COM 035229103 1547 36560 SH Sole 36560
BP Amoco Plc - ADR COM 055622104 279 5265 SH Sole 5265
Bank of America Corp COM 066050105 549 10482 SH Sole 10482
Berkley W.R. Corp COM 084423102 6279 181675 SH Sole 181675
Berkshire Hathaway Class A COM 084670108 23248 361 SH Sole 361
Berkshire Hathaway Class B COM 084670207 31729 15328 SH Sole 15328
Bestfoods COM 126149103 1130 15528 SH Sole 15528
Bristol Myers-Squibb COM 110122108 1561 27153 SH Sole 27153
CCC Information Services COM 12487Q109 11525 1429465 SH Sole 1429465
Chase Manhattan Bank COM 16161A108 236 5100 SH Sole 5100
Chevron Corporation COM 166751107 205 2402 SH Sole 2402
Cisco Systems Inc COM 17275R102 408 7390 SH Sole 7390
Citigroup COM 132187105 13969 258379 SH Sole 258379
Coca-Cola Company COM 191216100 1373 24905 SH Sole 24905
Colgate-Palmolive Company COM 194162103 519 11000 SH Sole 11000
Disney (Walt) Company COM 254687106 1331 34797 SH Sole 34797
Dover Corp. COM 260003108 9506 202532 SH Sole 202532
Eli Lilly COM 532457108 262 3232 SH Sole 3232
Emerson Electric Co. COM 291011104 1401 20913 SH Sole 20913
Enron Corporation COM 293561106 1481 16900 SH Sole 16900
Estee Lauder COM 518439104 293 8000 SH Sole 8000
ExxonMobil Corporation COM 30231G102 2439 27361 SH Sole 27361
Family Dollar Stores Inc COM 307000109 323 16800 SH Sole 16800
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Cor COM 313400301 37015 684673 SH Sole 684673
Federal National Mortgage Asso COM 313586109 11083 155004 SH Sole 155004
Gannett Inc. COM 364730101 10287 194085 SH Sole 194085
General Electric Company COM 369604103 21672 374876 SH Sole 374876
Georgia-Pacific Group COM 373298108 262 11134 SH Sole 11134
Gillette Company, The COM 375766102 1466 47483 SH Sole 47483
Great Lakes Chemical COM 390568103 778 26546 SH Sole 26546
H & R Block COM 093671105 1447 39037 SH Sole 39037
Heineken Holdings Cl A COM 825 23292 SH Sole 23292
Heinz (H.J.) Company COM 423074103 878 23686 SH Sole 23686
Hewlett Packard COM 428236103 580 5982 SH Sole 5982
HomeFed Corp COM 222 370775 SH Sole 370775
Intel Corp COM 458140100 2861 68838 SH Sole 68838
Intl Business Machines Corpora COM 459200101 639 5674 SH Sole 5674
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 24480 260594 SH Sole 260594
Leucadia National Corporation COM 527288104 18044 674550 SH Sole 674550
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 583 19062 SH Sole 19062
Markel Corp COM 570535104 16952 111708 SH Sole 111708
Marriott International Inc Cla COM 571900109 10396 285310 SH Sole 285310
Mattel, Inc COM 577081102 11754 1050665 SH Sole 1050665
Mc Donald's Corporation COM 580135101 15188 503135 SH Sole 503135
Merck & Co., Inc. COM 589331107 5770 77509 SH Sole 77509
Microsoft Corporation COM 594918104 1987 32949 SH Sole 32949
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturi COM 604059105 2072 22740 SH Sole 22740
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C COM 24240V101 25859 282805 SH Sole 282805
Nestle ADR (Regular Shares) COM 641069406 911 8470 SH Sole 8470
Nestle Ltd. (Registered) COM 479 230 SH Sole 230
Nike Inc Cl B COM 654106103 21355 533047 SH Sole 533047
Oracle Corp COM 68389X105 200 2540 SH Sole 2540
PepsiCo, Inc. COM 713448108 12826 278824 SH Sole 278824
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Marshfield Associates
FORM 13F
September 29, 2000
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VOTING AUTHORITY
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TITLE OF VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER
NAME OF ISSUER CLASS CUSIP (X$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Pfizer Inc. COM 717081103 2998 66715 SH Sole 66715
Philip Morris Companies Inc. COM 718154107 221 7523 SH Sole 7523
Procter & Gamble Company, The COM 742718109 1999 29832 SH Sole 29832
Reuters Group PLC Sponsored AD COM 761324201 233 2072 SH Sole 2072
Roper Industries Inc COM 776696106 6448 194290 SH Sole 194290
SBC Communications Inc COM 78387G103 654 13090 SH Sole 13090
Sabre Holdings Corp Cl A COM 785905100 16096 556234 SH Sole 556234
Schering-Plough Corp. COM 806605101 893 19180 SH Sole 19180
Servicemaster Ltd Partnership COM 81760N109 172 17375 SH Sole 17375
Solectron Corp COM 834182107 374 8104 SH Sole 8104
St. Paul Companies COM 792860108 3647 72400 SH Sole 72400
State Street Corp COM 857477103 559 4300 SH Sole 4300
Student Loan Corp COM 863902102 364 7450 SH Sole 7450
Tribune Co COM 355 8147 SH Sole 8147
Tricon Global Restaurants COM 895953107 36387 1188154 SH Sole 1188154
USA Education Inc. COM 863871505 226 4700 SH Sole 4700
Verizon Communications COM 077853109 753 15536 SH Sole 15536
Vitesse Semiconductor Corp COM 928497106 222 2500 SH Sole 2500
Wachovia Corp COM 929771103 452 7977 SH Sole 7977
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. COM 931142103 268 5568 SH Sole 5568
Washington Post Co Cl B COM 939640108 3659 6931 SH Sole 6931
Wells Fargo & Company COM 949740104 24367 530443 SH Sole 530443
White Mountains Insurance Grou COM 56057 205432 SH Sole 205432
Williams Companies, The COM 969457100 380 9000 SH Sole 9000
Worldcom, Inc. COM 55268B106 266 8756 SH Sole 8756
Markel Contingent Value Rights 246 32735 SH Sole 32735
REPORT SUMMARY 84 DATA RECORDS 575176 0 OTHER MANAGERS ON WHOSE BEHALF REPORT IS FILED
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