UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 1999
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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 January 28, 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: 59
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $290675
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 1874 98300 SH SOLE 98300
American Home Prod. common 026609107 221 5630 SH SOLE 5630
Anheuser Busch Co. common 035229103 1404 19804 SH SOLE 1608 18196
Bandag, Inc. Cl A common 059815308 3187 150000 SH SOLE 150000
Berkshire Hathaway A common 084670108 3534 63 SH SOLE 63
Berkshire Hathaway B common 084670207 307 168 SH SOLE 168
Bristol Myers Squibb common 110122108 949 14790 SH SOLE 14790
Ceridian Corp. common 15677T106 1069 49600 SH SOLE 49600
Citigroup Inc. common 172967101 1963 35248 SH SOLE 35248
Clorox common 189054109 13824 274428 SH SOLE 98672 175756
Coca-Cola Co. common 191216100 280 4800 SH SOLE 4800
Dentsply Int'l Inc common 249030107 27327 1156700 SH SOLE 671000 485700
Department 56, Inc. common 249509100 36459 1611461 SH SOLE 959700 651761
Equifax Inc. common 294429105 782 33200 SH SOLE 33200
Federal Home Loan common 313400301 10462 222300 SH SOLE 6200 216100
Federal Nat'l Mtg. common 313586109 247 3950 SH SOLE 3950
First Data Corp. common 319963104 27588 559450 SH SOLE 122000 437450
First Health Group common 320960107 21336 793900 SH SOLE 248500 545400
Franklin Covey Co. common 353469109 14360 1980745 SH SOLE 1094900 885845
Fruit of the Loom common 359416104 46 32000 SH SOLE 32000
Gannett Company common 364730101 1778 21800 SH SOLE 1000 20800
Gartner Group Cl A. common 366651107 1061 69600 SH SOLE 69600
Gartner Group Cl B. common 366651206 2900 209973 SH SOLE 166041 43932
General Electric Co. common 369604103 1021 6600 SH SOLE 3200 3400
General Mills Inc. common 370334104 207 5800 SH SOLE 5800
Grey Advertising Inc common 397838103 1866 4666 SH SOLE 534 4132
H&R Block common 093671105 10994 251300 SH SOLE 129700 121600
Hillenbrand Ind. common 431573104 1101 34750 SH SOLE 34750
IMS Health common 449934108 224 8250 SH SOLE 8000 250
Interpublic Group Co common 460690100 3732 64700 SH SOLE 3600 61100
Intimate Brands common 461156101 9829 227922 SH SOLE 98575 129347
Jenny Craig, Inc. common 224206102 2557 682000 SH SOLE 682000
Johnson & Johnson common 478160104 5587 59910 SH SOLE 14000 45910
Jostens Inc. common 481088102 7389 303900 SH SOLE 232500 71400
K Swiss Cl A. common 482686102 2525 135900 SH SOLE 135900
Liz Claiborne common 539320101 790 21000 SH SOLE 9700 11300
Luxottica Group ADS common 55068R202 3098 176400 SH SOLE 100000 76400
Merck & Co. Inc. common 589331107 537 8000 SH SOLE 8000
NOVA Corporation common 669784100 2124 67300 SH SOLE 67300
Nabisco Hldngs. Corp common 629526104 1049 33300 SH SOLE 33300
Pfizer Inc. common 717081103 506 15600 SH SOLE 15600
Philip Morris Co. common 718154107 23767 1033368 SH SOLE 658800 374568
Procter & Gamble Co. common 742718109 4664 42572 SH SOLE 1336 41236
Ralston Purina Group common 751277302 2914 104550 SH SOLE 12000 92550
Reebok Int. common 758110100 401 48969 SH SOLE 48969
Reuters Holdings Inc. common 76132M102 1963 24294 SH SOLE 24294
Reynolds & Reynolds common 761695105 1687 75000 SH SOLE 75000
SBC Communications Inc. common 78387G103 308 6316 SH SOLE 6316
ServiceMaster LP common 81760N109 3084 250499 SH SOLE 114587 135912
Sterling Commerce common 859205106 1459 42900 SH SOLE 42900
Torchmark Corp. common 891027104 1171 40300 SH SOLE 9400 30900
Tupperware Corp. common 899896104 3911 230900 SH SOLE 230000 900
Unilever NV N.Y. common 904784501 292 5357 SH SOLE 5357
United Asset Mgmt. common 909420101 7041 379329 SH SOLE 300900 78429
Valassis Comm'ns common 918866104 4848 114750 SH SOLE 70000 44750
Waddell & Reed Cl B. common 930059209 280 11131 SH SOLE 2302 8829
Washington Post B common 939640108 230 414 SH SOLE 11 403
Wesco Financial Co. common 950817106 3325 13570 SH SOLE 13570
Whitman Corp. common 96647K102 1229 91496 SH SOLE 1200 90296
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