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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 December 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 202-828-6200 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 22 day of
March, 2000.
/s/ MARSHFIELD ASSOCIATES
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(Name of Institutional Investment Manager)
/s/ Christopher M. Niemczewski
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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.
Name: 13F File No.: Name: 13F File No.:
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Marshfield Associates
FORM 13F
December 31, 1999
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Value Shares/
Name of Issuer Title of class CUSIP (x$1000) Prn Amt
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
A C Neilsen Corp COM 004833109 25914 1052353
AT & T Corp COM 001957109 255 5025
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 791 21772
American Express Company COM 025816109 17504 105289
American Home Products Corpora COM 026609107 1330 33881
American International Group COM 026874107 1437 13288
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. COM 035229103 971 13700
Avon Products, Inc. COM 054303102 5481 166100
BP Amoco Plc - ADR COM 251 4232
Bank of America Corp COM 066050105 298 5934
Bell Atlantic Corporation COM 077853109 875 14208
Berkley W.R. Corp COM 084423102 8222 393863
Berkshire Hathaway Class A COM 084670108 17728 316
Berkshire Hathaway Class B COM 084670207 25230 13787
Bestfoods COM 126149103 842 16016
Bristol Myers-Squibb COM 110122108 1976 30792
Burlington Northern Santa Fe C COM 12189T104 27 1100
CCC Information Services COM 12487Q109 25077 1464360
Chase Manhattan Bank COM 16161A108 233 3000
Chevron Corporation COM 166751107 289 3334
Chubb Corp COM 171232101 227 4036
Cisco Systems Inc COM 17275R102 392 3660
Citigroup COM 132187105 11314 203178
Coca-Cola Company COM 191216100 1662 28530
Colgate-Palmolive Company COM 194162103 689 10600
Computer Associates Internatio COM 204912109 333 4755
Disney (Walt) Company COM 254687106 9158 313095
Dover Corp. COM 260003108 10404 229280
Du Pont de Nemours & Company COM 263534109 227 3444
Eli Lilly COM 532457108 394 5932
Emerson Electric Co. COM 291011104 858 14958
Enron Corporation COM 293561106 843 19000
Estee Lauder COM 518439104 403 8000
ExxonMobil Corporation COM 30231G102 2942 36523
Family Dollar Stores Inc COM 307000109 274 16800
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Cor COM 313400301 16945 360044
Federal National Mortgage Asso COM 313586109 9857 157869
First Data Corp COM 319963104 284 5754
Gannett Inc. COM 364730101 15197 186320
General Electric Company COM 369604103 26410 170664
Georgia-Pacific Group COM 373298108 565 11134
Gillette Company, The COM 375766102 1672 40583
Great Lakes Chemical COM 390568103 1367 35796
H & R Block COM 093671105 1807 41313
Heineken Holdings Cl A COM 1006 29123
Heinz (H.J.) Company COM 423074103 1268 31858
Hewlett Packard COM 428236103 686 6032
HomeFed Corp COM 345 394521
Honeywell International Inc. COM 438506107 143 2482
Intel Corp COM 458140100 2899 35214
Intl Business Machines Corpora COM 459200101 750 6957
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 25630 274849
Keycorp COM 493267108 174 7850
Leucadia National Corporation COM 527288104 15964 690316
Lindt & Sprungli COM 210 88
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 1585 21130
MCI Worldcom, Inc. COM 55268B106 431 8127
Markel Corp COM 570535104 6750 43550
Mattel, Inc COM 577081102 14831 1129986
Mc Donald's Corporation COM 580135101 19212 476574
Merck & Co., Inc. COM 589331107 4278 63675
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Voting Authority
Sh/ Put/ Invstmt Other --------------------------
Name of Issuer Prn Call Dscretn Managers Sole Shared None
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
A C Neilsen Corp SH Sole 1052353
AT & T Corp SH Sole 5025
Abbott Laboratories SH Sole 21772
American Express Company SH Sole 105289
American Home Products Corpora SH Sole 33881
American International Group SH Sole 13288
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. SH Sole 13700
Avon Products, Inc. SH Sole 166100
BP Amoco Plc - ADR SH Sole 4232
Bank of America Corp SH Sole 5934
Bell Atlantic Corporation SH Sole 14208
Berkley W.R. Corp SH Sole 393863
Berkshire Hathaway Class A SH Sole 316
Berkshire Hathaway Class B SH Sole 13787
Bestfoods SH Sole 16016
Bristol Myers-Squibb SH Sole 30792
Burlington Northern Santa Fe C SH Sole 1100
CCC Information Services SH Sole 1464360
Chase Manhattan Bank SH Sole 3000
Chevron Corporation SH Sole 3334
Chubb Corp SH Sole 4036
Cisco Systems Inc SH Sole 3660
Citigroup SH Sole 203178
Coca-Cola Company SH Sole 28530
Colgate-Palmolive Company SH Sole 10600
Computer Associates Internatio SH Sole 4755
Disney (Walt) Company SH Sole 313095
Dover Corp. SH Sole 229280
Du Pont de Nemours & Company SH Sole 3444
Eli Lilly SH Sole 5932
Emerson Electric Co. SH Sole 14958
Enron Corporation SH Sole 19000
Estee Lauder SH Sole 8000
ExxonMobil Corporation SH Sole 36523
Family Dollar Stores Inc SH Sole 16800
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Cor SH Sole 360044
Federal National Mortgage Asso SH Sole 157869
First Data Corp SH Sole 5754
Gannett Inc. SH Sole 186320
General Electric Company SH Sole 170664
Georgia-Pacific Group SH Sole 11134
Gillette Company, The SH Sole 40583
Great Lakes Chemical SH Sole 35796
H & R Block SH Sole 41313
Heineken Holdings Cl A SH Sole 29123
Heinz (H.J.) Company SH Sole 31858
Hewlett Packard SH Sole 6032
HomeFed Corp SH Sole 394521
Honeywell International Inc. SH Sole 2482
Intel Corp SH Sole 35214
Intl Business Machines Corpora SH Sole 6957
Johnson & Johnson SH Sole 274849
Keycorp SH Sole 7850
Leucadia National Corporation SH Sole 690316
Lindt & Sprungli SH Sole 88
Lucent Technologies SH Sole 21130
MCI Worldcom, Inc. SH Sole 8127
Markel Corp SH Sole 43550
Mattel, Inc SH Sole 1129986
Mc Donald's Corporation SH Sole 476574
Merck & Co., Inc. SH Sole 63675
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Marshfield Associates
FORM 13F
December 31, 1999
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Value Shares/
Name of Issuer Title of class CUSIP (x$1000) Prn Amt
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Microsoft Corporation COM 594918104 4403 37712
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturi COM 604059105 2729 27879
Monsanto Company COM 611662107 37 1050
Morgan (J.P.) & Co. Inc COM 616880100 215 1700
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C COM 24240V101 30725 215235
Nestle ADR (Regular Shares) COM 641069406 800 8720
Nestle Ltd. (Registered) COM 414 230
Nike Inc Cl B COM 654106103 28563 576297
PepsiCo, Inc. COM 713448108 19164 543657
Pfizer Inc. COM 717081103 1163 35860
Philip Morris Companies Inc. COM 718154107 262 11403
Procter & Gamble Company, The COM 742718109 3823 34896
Reuters Group PLC Sponsored AD COM 761324201 201 2492
Roper Industries Inc COM 776696106 8321 220050
SBC Communications Inc COM 78387G103 788 16162
SLM Holding Corp COM 863871505 9534 225657
Sabre Holdings Corp Cl A COM 785905100 34844 679881
Schering-Plough Corp. COM 806605101 728 17180
Schlumberger Limited COM 806857108 413 7359
Servicemaster Ltd Partnership COM 81760N109 42 3375
Solectron Corp COM 834182107 504 5302
St. Paul Companies COM 792860108 2439 72400
State Street Corp COM 857477103 570 7800
Student Loan Corp COM 863902102 441 8850
Terra Nova Bermuda Holdings LT COM 13984 466134
Tricon Global Restaurants COM 895953107 38925 1007769
Wachovia Corp COM 929771103 542 7977
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. COM 931142103 350 5068
Warner-Lambert Company COM 934488107 1042 12720
Washington Gas Light Company COM 938837101 307 11154
Washington Post Co Cl B COM 939640108 2920 5253
Wells Fargo & Company COM 949740104 22544 557498
White Mountains Insurance Grou COM 24412 202591
Williams Companies, The COM 969457100 336 11000
REPORT SUMMARY 95 DATA RECORDS 601603
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Voting Authority
Sh/ Put/ Invstmt Other --------------------------
Name of Issuer Prn Call Dscretn Managers Sole Shared None
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Microsoft Corporation SH Sole 37712
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturi SH Sole 27879
Monsanto Company SH Sole 1050
Morgan (J.P.) & Co. Inc SH Sole 1700
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C SH Sole 215235
Nestle ADR (Regular Shares) SH Sole 8720
Nestle Ltd. (Registered) SH Sole 230
Nike Inc Cl B SH Sole 576297
PepsiCo, Inc. SH Sole 543657
Pfizer Inc. SH Sole 35860
Philip Morris Companies Inc. SH Sole 11403
Procter & Gamble Company, The SH Sole 34896
Reuters Group PLC Sponsored AD SH Sole 2492
Roper Industries Inc SH Sole 220050
SBC Communications Inc SH Sole 16162
SLM Holding Corp SH Sole 225657
Sabre Holdings Corp Cl A SH Sole 679881
Schering-Plough Corp. SH Sole 17180
Schlumberger Limited SH Sole 7359
Servicemaster Ltd Partnership SH Sole 3375
Solectron Corp SH Sole 5302
St. Paul Companies SH Sole 72400
State Street Corp SH Sole 7800
Student Loan Corp SH Sole 8850
Terra Nova Bermuda Holdings LT SH Sole 466134
Tricon Global Restaurants SH Sole 1007769
Wachovia Corp SH Sole 7977
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. SH Sole 5068
Warner-Lambert Company SH Sole 12720
Washington Gas Light Company SH Sole 11154
Washington Post Co Cl B SH Sole 5253
Wells Fargo & Company SH Sole 557498
White Mountains Insurance Grou SH Sole 202591
Williams Companies, The SH Sole 11000
REPORT SUMMARY 0 OTHER MANAGERS ON WHOSE BEHALF REPORT IS FILED
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