UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: Setptember 30, 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 November 2, 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: 49
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $160582
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 1420 77000 SH SOLE 77000
American Home Prod. common 026609107 318 5630 SH SOLE 5630
Anheuser Busch Co. common 035229103 1676 39608 SH SOLE 3216 36392
Bandag, Inc. Cl. A common 059815308 3962 138700 SH SOLE 128700 10000
Berkshire Hathaway Cl. A common 084670108 7342 114 SH SOLE 114
Berkshire Hathaway Cl. B common 084670207 1138 550 SH SOLE 550
Bristol Myers Squibb common 110122108 485 8490 SH SOLE 8490
CenturyTel Inc. common 156700106 1589 58300 SH SOLE 58300
Ceridian Corp. common 15677T106 1827 65100 SH SOLE 65100
Citigroup Inc. common 172967101 1991 36830 SH SOLE 36830
Clorox common 189054109 6418 162228 SH SOLE 78672 83556
Deluxe Corp. common 248019101 609 30000 SH SOLE 30000
Dentsply Int'l Inc. common 249030107 15530 444500 SH SOLE 269000 175500
Department 56, Inc. common 249509100 14436 1094700 SH SOLE 861400 233300
Energizer Holdings common 29266R108 562 22949 SH SOLE 4000 18949
Equifax Inc. common 294429105 1042 38700 SH SOLE 38700
Federal Home Loan common 313400301 8623 159500 SH SOLE 6200 153300
Federal Nat'l Mtg. common 313586109 282 3950 SH SOLE 3950
First Data Corp. common 319963104 10912 279350 SH SOLE 73000 206350
First Health Group common 320960107 7724 239500 SH SOLE 108000 131500
Franklin Covey Co. common 353469109 6816 932145 SH SOLE 774000 158145
Gannett Company common 364730101 837 15800 SH SOLE 1000 14800
Gartner Group Cl. A common 366651107 722 62100 SH SOLE 62100
Gartner Group Cl. B common 366651206 1556 143041 SH SOLE 143041
General Electric Co. common 369604103 1142 19800 SH SOLE 9600 10200
H&R Block common 093671105 6612 178400 SH SOLE 109000 69400
ITT Educational Services common 45068B109 2034 75000 SH SOLE 75000
Interpublic Group Co. common 460690100 1305 38300 SH SOLE 3600 34700
Intimate Brands common 461156101 4134 221240 SH SOLE 97150 124090
Jenny Craig, Inc. common 224206102 997 550000 SH SOLE 550000
Johnson & Johnson common 478160104 3599 38310 SH SOLE 14000 24310
K Swiss Cl. A common 482686102 3532 157000 SH SOLE 142000 15000
Lancaster Colony Corp. common 513847103 2520 102600 SH SOLE 61000 41600
Masco Corp. common 574599106 1294 69500 SH SOLE 69500
NOVA Corporation common 669784100 1879 109700 SH SOLE 109700
Nabisco Hldngs. Corp. common 629526104 887 16500 SH SOLE 16500
Pfizer Inc. common 717081103 715 15900 SH SOLE 15900
Philip Morris Cos. common 718154107 15330 520768 SH SOLE 362300 158468
Procter & Gamble Co. common 742718109 2316 34572 SH SOLE 1336 33236
Ralston Purina Group common 751277302 1645 69450 SH SOLE 12000 57450
Reynolds & Reynolds common 761695105 1570 79000 SH SOLE 79000
SBC Communications common 78387G103 316 6316 SH SOLE 6316
ServiceMaster Co. common 81760N109 2711 274503 SH SOLE 146200 128303
Torchmark Corp. common 891027104 754 27100 SH SOLE 7100 20000
Tupperware Corp. common 899896104 2340 130000 SH SOLE 130000
Unilever NV NY(NEW) common 904784501 258 5357 SH SOLE 5357
Valassis Comm'ns. common 918866104 1641 73750 SH SOLE 70000 3750
Wesco Financial Co. common 950817106 3116 12415 SH SOLE 12415
Whitman Corp. common 96647K102 116 10000 SH SOLE 10000
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