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
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Yacktman Asset Management Co.
Address: 303 West Madison Street
Suite 1925
Chicago, IL 60606
13F File Number: 28-3760
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: Donald A. Yacktman
Title: President
Phone: 312-201-1200
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Donald A. Yacktman Chicago, Illinois May 9, 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: 50
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $183076
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
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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A.H.Belo Cl A. common 080555105 1484 83000 SH SOLE 83000
American Home Prod. common 026609107 303 5630 SH SOLE 5630
Anheuser Busch Co. common 035229103 1233 19804 SH SOLE 1608 18196
Bandag, Inc. Cl A common 059815308 2489 110000 SH SOLE 110000
Berkshire Hathaway A common 084670108 6006 105 SH SOLE 105
Berkshire Hathaway B common 084670207 901 495 SH SOLE 495
Bristol Myers Squibb common 110122108 579 9990 SH SOLE 9990
Ceridian Corp. common 15677T106 913 47600 SH SOLE 47600
Citigroup Inc. common 172967101 1654 27624 SH SOLE 27624
Clorox common 189054109 6812 206428 SH SOLE 78672 127756
Dentsply Int'l Inc common 249030107 17607 620500 SH SOLE 358100 262400
Department 56, Inc. common 249509100 18400 1242161 SH SOLE 868100 374061
Equifax Inc. common 294429105 763 30200 SH SOLE 30200
Federal Home Loan common 313400301 6968 157700 SH SOLE 6200 151500
Federal Nat'l Mtg. common 313586109 223 3950 SH SOLE 3950
First Data Corp. common 319963104 16394 369450 SH SOLE 90000 279450
First Health Group common 320960107 14608 461900 SH SOLE 152300 309600
Franklin Covey Co. common 353469109 9362 1291245 SH SOLE 852200 439045
Gannett Company common 364730101 1112 15800 SH SOLE 1000 14800
Gartner Group Cl A. common 366651107 907 57600 SH SOLE 57600
Gartner Group Cl B. common 366651206 1943 145941 SH SOLE 143041 2900
General Electric Co. common 369604103 1027 6600 SH SOLE 3200 3400
Grey Advertising Inc common 397838103 1745 4266 SH SOLE 534 3732
H&R Block common 093671105 7070 158000 SH SOLE 79400 78600
Hillenbrand Ind. common 431573104 964 28350 SH SOLE 28350
Interpublic Group Co common 460690100 2755 58300 SH SOLE 3600 54700
Intimate Brands common 461156101 6456 156737 SH SOLE 58575 98162
Jenny Craig, Inc. common 224206102 1434 637500 SH SOLE 637500
Johnson & Johnson common 478160104 2846 40510 SH SOLE 14000 26510
Jostens Inc. common 481088102 3532 144900 SH SOLE 100000 44900
K Swiss Cl A. common 482686102 2888 195000 SH SOLE 180000 15000
Liz Claiborne common 539320101 573 12500 SH SOLE 9700 2800
NOVA Corporation common 669784100 1742 59800 SH SOLE 59800
Nabisco Hldngs. Corp common 629526104 639 19800 SH SOLE 19800
Pfizer Inc. common 717081103 570 15600 SH SOLE 15600
Philip Morris Co. common 718154107 14489 685868 SH SOLE 467600 218268
Procter & Gamble Co. common 742718109 1953 34572 SH SOLE 1336 33236
Ralston Purina Group common 751277302 1992 72450 SH SOLE 12000 60450
Reuters Holdings Inc. common 76132M102 1817 15218 SH SOLE 15218
Reynolds & Reynolds common 761695105 1728 64000 SH SOLE 64000
SBC Communications Inc. common 78387G103 266 6316 SH SOLE 6316
ServiceMaster Co. common 81760N109 2395 212897 SH SOLE 117087 95810
Torchmark Corp. common 891027104 740 32000 SH SOLE 9400 22600
Tupperware Corp. common 899896104 2228 140900 SH SOLE 140000 900
Unilever NV N.Y.(NEW) common 904784501 258 5357 SH SOLE 5357
United Asset Mgmt. common 909420101 3898 225129 SH SOLE 165200 59929
Valassis Comm'ns common 918866104 2240 67250 SH SOLE 60000 7250
Waddell & Reed Cl B. common 930059209 355 9102 SH SOLE 2302 6800
Wesco Financial Co. common 950817106 3218 12620 SH SOLE 12620
Whitman Corp. common 96647K102 599 43000 SH SOLE 43000
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