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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 January 31, 1999
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Marshfield Associates
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Name of Institutional Investment Manager
21 Dupont Circle NW Washington, DC 20036
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Business Address (Street) (City) (State) (Zip)
Christopher M. Niemczewski (202) 828-6228 Managing Director
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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, 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 State of DC on the 12th day of May,
1999.
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 filled (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, 1999
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VOTING AUTHORITY
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER --------------------------
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF 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>
A C Neilsen Corp COM 004833109 25210 929395 SH SOLE 929395
AT & T Corp COM 001957109 223 2800 SH SOLE 2800
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 1194 25497 SH SOLE 25497
American Express Company COM 025816109 14832 125965 SH SOLE 125965
American Home Products Corpora COM 026609107 2931 44915 SH SOLE 44915
American International Group COM 026874107 1553 12873 SH SOLE 12873
Ameritech Corporation COM 030954101 580 10058 SH SOLE 10058
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. COM 035229103 1011 13280 SH SOLE 13280
Avon Products, Inc. COM 054303102 8729 185470 SH SOLE 185470
BankAmerica COM 066050105 202 2862 SH SOLE 2862
Bell Atlantic Corporation COM 077853109 748 14468 SH SOLE 14468
Berkley W.R. Corp COM 084423102 9894 403821 SH SOLE 403821
Berkshire Hathaway Class A COM 084670108 21491 301 SH SOLE 301
Berkshire Hathaway Class B COM 084670207 11734 4991 SH SOLE 4991
Bestfoods COM 126149103 771 16400 SH SOLE 16400
Boeing Company, The COM 097023105 111 3270 SH SOLE 3270
Bristol Myers-Squibb COM 110122108 2132 33254 SH SOLE 33254
Burlington Northern Santa Fe C COM 12189T104 39 1200 SH SOLE 1200
C S X Corporation COM 126408103 231 5940 SH SOLE 5940
CCC Information Services COM 12487Q109 16733 1439380 SH SOLE 1439380
Chase Manhattan Bank COM 16161A108 293 3600 SH SOLE 3600
Chevron Corporation COM 166751107 371 4184 SH SOLE 4184
Citigroup COM 132187105 9893 154876 SH SOLE 154876
Coca-Cola Company COM 191216100 1432 23337 SH SOLE 23337
Colgate-Palmolive Company COM 194162103 488 5300 SH SOLE 5300
Disney (Walt) Company COM 254687106 10360 332838 SH SOLE 332838
Dover Corp. COM 260003108 8528 259407 SH SOLE 259407
Du Pont de Nemours & Company COM 263534109 217 3730 SH SOLE 3730
Eli Lilly COM 532457108 529 6232 SH SOLE 6232
Emerson Electric Co. COM 291011104 629 11878 SH SOLE 11878
Exxon Corporation COM 302290101 1968 27895 SH SOLE 27895
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Cor COM 313400301 18109 315972 SH SOLE 315972
Federal National Mortgage Asso COM 313586109 12179 175864 SH SOLE 175864
Fleet Financial Group, Inc COM 338915101 206 5482 SH SOLE 5482
Fund American Enterprise Inc. COM 360768105 32130 241469 SH SOLE 241469
Gannett Inc. COM 364730101 13488 214095 SH SOLE 214095
General Electric Company COM 369604103 20845 188425 SH SOLE 188425
General Mills Inc COM 370334104 238 3152 SH SOLE 3152
Georgia-Pacific Group COM 373298108 353 4750 SH SOLE 4750
Gillette Company, The COM 375766102 2847 47898 SH SOLE 47898
Great Lakes Chemical COM 390568103 579 15751 SH SOLE 15751
H & R Block COM 093671105 2652 55983 SH SOLE 55983
Heineken Holdings Cl A COM 1301 34198 SH SOLE 34198
Heinz (H.J.) Company COM 423074103 1484 31327 SH SOLE 31327
Hewlett Packard COM 428236103 443 6537 SH SOLE 6537
Intel Corp COM 458140100 1770 14887 SH SOLE 14887
Intl Business Machines Corpora COM 459200101 748 4218 SH SOLE 4218
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 28816 308191 SH SOLE 308191
Keycorp COM 493267108 212 7000 SH SOLE 7000
Leucadia National Corporation COM 527288104 17838 589682 SH SOLE 589682
Lindt & Sprungli COM 264 98 SH SOLE 98
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 1031 9542 SH SOLE 9542
MCI Worldcom, Inc. COM 55268B106 404 4562 SH SOLE 4562
Markel Corp COM 570535104 8603 47730 SH SOLE 47730
Mattel, Inc COM 577081102 373 14964 SH SOLE 14964
Mc Donald's Corporation COM 580135101 25812 569649 SH SOLE 569649
Merck & Co., Inc. COM 589331107 4786 59728 SH SOLE 59728
Microsoft Corporation COM 594918104 3660 40838 SH SOLE 40838
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturi COM 604059105 1889 26699 SH SOLE 26699
Mobil Corporation COM 607059102 1119 12716 SH SOLE 12716
Monsanto Company COM 611662107 44 953 SH SOLE 953
Morgan (J.P.) & Co. Inc COM 616880100 3698 29975 SH SOLE 29975
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MARSHFIELD ASSOCIATES
FORM 13F
March 31, 1999
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VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C COM 24240V101 23542 235570 SH SOLE 235570
Nestle ADR (Regular Shares) COM 641069406 983 10923 SH SOLE 10923
Nestle Ltd. (Registered) COM 416 230 SH SOLE 230
Nike Inc Cl B COM 654106103 38838 673250 SH SOLE 673250
Norfolk Southern Corporation COM 655844108 237 8982 SH SOLE 8982
PepsiCo, Inc. COM 713448108 24269 619298 SH SOLE 619298
Pfizer Inc. COM 717081103 1443 10402 SH SOLE 10402
Philip Morris Companies Inc. COM 718154107 326 9272 SH SOLE 9272
Procter & Gamble Company, The COM 742718109 4236 43249 SH SOLE 43249
Roper Industries Inc COM 776696106 7077 296410 SH SOLE 296410
SLM Holding Corp COM 863871505 16770 401679 SH SOLE 401679
Sabre Group Holdings Inc Cl A COM 785905100 32322 712324 SH SOLE 712324
Schering-Plough Corp. COM 806605101 1281 23180 SH SOLE 23180
Schlumberger Limited COM 806857108 1110 18435 SH SOLE 18435
Servicemaster Ltd Partnership COM 81760N109 69 3375 SH SOLE 3375
St. Paul Companies COM 792860108 2286 73592 SH SOLE 73592
Student Loan Corp COM 863902102 4631 123910 SH SOLE 123910
TCW/DW Term Trust 2003 COM 87234U108 103 11000 SH SOLE 11000
The Learning Co COM 522008101 21814 752210 SH SOLE 752210
Tricon Global Restaurants COM 895953107 53353 759468 SH SOLE 759468
Wachovia Corp COM 929771103 680 8377 SH SOLE 8377
Warner-Lambert Company COM 934488107 783 11820 SH SOLE 11820
Washington Gas Light Company COM 938837101 252 11154 SH SOLE 11154
Wells Fargo & Company COM 949740104 23478 669618 SH SOLE 669618
REPORT SUMMARY 86 DATA RECORDS 623276 0 OTHER MANAGERS ON WHOSE BEHALF REPORT IS FILED
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