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 31st, 1999
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: ____
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: William Harris Investors, Inc.
Address: 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60602
Form 13F File Number: 28-4436
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: Gary Neumayer
Title: Treasurer & Compliance Officer
Phone: (312) 621-0590
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/Gary Neumayer Chicago, IL 05/13/99
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting
manager are reported in this report.)
[ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and
all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for
this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are
reported by other reporting manager(s).)
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager: NONE
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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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ABACAN RESOURCE CORP COM 002919108 12 70000 SH SOLE 70000
AIMGLOBAL TECH CO, INC COM 00900n100 422 59000 SH SOLE 59000
AIR EXPRESS INTL CORP COM 009104100 2484 164216 SH SOLE 164216
2680 177187 SH DEFINED 01 177187
APTARGROUP, INC COM 038336103 14764 567856 SH SOLE 567856
AQUA ALLIANCE, INC CL A COM 038367108 34 15000 SH SOLE 15000
ARCHSTONE COMMUNITIES TR COM 039581103 4938 245365 SH SOLE 245365
2012 100000 SH DEFINED 01 100000
ASTRO COMMUNICATIONS, INC COM 046376109 3183 1958566 SH SOLE 1958566
AUTOINFO, INC COM 052777109 3 65000 SH SOLE 65000
AXYS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC COM 054635107 313 74700 SH SOLE 74700
861 205500 SH DEFINED 01 205500
BANCTEC, INC COM 059784108 295 24000 SH SOLE 24000
2184 177400 SH DEFINED 01 177400
BERKSHIRE REALTY INC COM 084710102 731 65300 SH SOLE 65300
BHA GROUP HOLDINGS, INC CL A COM 055446108 1706 186981 SH DEFINED 01 186981
BIO-TECH GEN'L CORP COM 090578105 132 22177 SH SOLE 22177
BRITISH BIO-TECHNOLOGY COM g1513p113 402 1531260 SH SOLE 1531260
223 847640 SH DEFINED 01 847640
BURLINGTON RESOURCES, INC COM 122014103 2157 54000 SH DEFINED 01 54000
CADIZ LAND CO COM 127549103 2245 280590 SH SOLE 280590
CAREY INTERNATIONAL, INC COM 141750109 406 25000 SH DEFINED 01 25000
CHANCELLOR MEDIA CORPORATION COM 158915108 1414 30000 SH DEFINED 01 30000
CHART HOUSE ENTERPRISES COM 160902102 686 148400 SH DEFINED 01 148400
CHECKPOINT SYS, INC COM 162825103 2758 331800 SH SOLE 331800
CHEMFAB CORP COM 16361L102 742 45000 SH SOLE 45000
CHIEFTAIN INTL, INC COM 16867C101 1649 134600 SH DEFINED 01 134600
CIRCLE INTERNATIONAL GRP COM 172574105 626 43000 SH SOLE 43000
COMPLETE MANAGEMENT, INC COM 20452C104 28 554650 SH SOLE 554650
11 211600 SH DEFINED 01 211600
COMPLETE WELLNESS CTRS INC WT COM 20452H111 28 14000 SH SOLE 14000
COMPUTRAC, INC COM 205620107 376 463100 SH SOLE 463100
CONCORD EFS, INC COM 206197105 551 20000 SH DEFINED 01 20000
CURATIVE HEALTH SERVICES COM 231264102 1068 92900 SH SOLE 92900
CYGNUS, INC COM 232560102 75 10000 SH SOLE 10000
DELPHI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC CL COM 247131105 831 24519 SH SOLE 24519
ECI TELECOM LTD COM 268258100 4146 118450 SH SOLE 118450
6947 198500 SH DEFINED 01 198500
ELAN PLC ADS COM 284131208 279 4000 SH DEFINED 01 4000
ESCO ELECTRS CORP COM 269030201 553 61400 SH SOLE 61400
1481 164600 SH DEFINED 01 164600
FASTENAL COM 311900104 841 24000 SH DEFINED 01 24000
FIND SVP, INC COM 317718302 40 51000 SH SOLE 51000
FIRST UN CORP COM 337358105 6252 117000 SH DEFINED 01 117000
FOREST CITY ENT, INC CL A COM 345550107 11817 488556 SH SOLE 488556
3263 134912 SH DEFINED 01 134912
FOREST CITY ENT, INC CL B COM 345550305 7373 308830 SH SOLE 308830
1425 59700 SH DEFINED 01 59700
FRANKLIN ELECTR PUBLISHERS, IN COM 353515109 114 19000 SH SOLE 19000
995 165900 SH DEFINED 01 165900
GENE LOGIC, INC COM 368689105 714 146361 SH SOLE 146361
GENTA, INC COM 37245M207 48 20000 SH SOLE 20000
GENZYME CORP COM 372917104 9352 185423 SH SOLE 185423
5044 100000 SH DEFINED 01 100000
GENZYME CORP - TISSUE REPAIR COM 372917401 251 108384 SH SOLE 108384
354 153157 SH DEFINED 01 153157
GENZYME MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY COM 372917500 145 38611 SH SOLE 38611
41 10805 SH DEFINED 01 10805
GENZYME TRANSGENICS CORP COM 37246E105 1413 358800 SH SOLE 358800
463 117500 SH DEFINED 01 117500
GRAHAM CORP COM 384556106 161 20100 SH SOLE 20100
GUARDIAN BANCORP WT COM 401321120 0 75000 SH SOLE 75000
HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES COM 421933102 1219 100000 SH DEFINED 01 100000
HOMESTEAD VLG PPTYS, INC COM 437851108 403 165223 SH SOLE 165223
HUBBELL, INC CL B COM 443510201 1458 36462 SH DEFINED 01 36462
IFR SYSTEMS, INC COM 449507102 146 30000 SH SOLE 30000
434 88950 SH DEFINED 01 88950
IMMUNEX CORP COM 452528102 1807 21700 SH SOLE 21700
6660 80000 SH DEFINED 01 80000
IRON MOUNTAIN COM 46284P104 284 9097 SH DEFINED 01 9097
LEGGETT & PLATT, INC COM 524660107 3418 170900 SH DEFINED 01 170900
LITTLE SWITZERLAND COM 537528101 517 267000 SH SOLE 267000
MAGAININ PHARMACEUTICALS, INC COM 559036108 80 51000 SH SOLE 51000
MATTEL COM 577081102 598 24000 SH DEFINED 01 24000
MEADOWBROOK INSURANCE GROUP COM 58319p108 615 41000 SH SOLE 41000
MEDICAL RESOURCES, INC COM 58461Q409 21 10000 SH SOLE 10000
METRIKA SYSTEMS CORP COM 59159M106 387 50000 SH DEFINED 01 50000
MONACO FINANCE, INC CL A COM 608868105 5 24500 SH SOLE 24500
MSC IND COM 553530106 408 24000 SH DEFINED 01 24000
NFO COM 62910N108 200 20000 SH DEFINED 01 20000
OFFICE DEPOT COM 676220106 374 10000 SH DEFINED 01 10000
OLD REPUBLIC INTL, INC COM 680223104 1831 100316 SH SOLE 100316
OMEGA ORTHODONTICS INC WT COM 681973111 1 30000 SH SOLE 30000
OMEGA ORTHODONTICS, INC COM 681973103 17 30000 SH SOLE 30000
OMNICARE, INC COM 681904108 19 1000 SH SOLE 1000
4575 240000 SH DEFINED 01 240000
ORTHOFIX INTL N V COM N6748L102 2121 141400 SH SOLE 141400
2110 140700 SH DEFINED 01 140700
PACIFIC CENTURY FINANCIAL CORP COM 694058108 2027 97108 SH SOLE 97108
PACIFIC GATEWAY PPTYS COM 694329103 140 22900 SH SOLE 22900
PACIFIC PHARMACEUTICALS, INC COM 694754102 4 25000 SH SOLE 25000
PENTON MEDIA COM 709668107 66342 2948514 SH SOLE 2948514
PETSMART COM 716768106 1887 235000 SH DEFINED 01 235000
PHOENIX TECH LTD COM 719153108 1617 190200 SH DEFINED 01 190200
PITTSTON BAX GROUP COM 725701882 151 21800 SH SOLE 21800
1564 225400 SH DEFINED 01 225400
PITTWAY CORP COM 725790109 66775 2543800 SH SOLE 2543800
PITTWAY CORP CL A COM 725790208 95817 3615748 SH SOLE 3615748
PROCEPT, INC COM 742683303 212 82750 SH SOLE 82750
PROLOGIS TRUST COM 743410102 7375 359757 SH SOLE 359757
PROTEIN DESIGN LABS COM 74369L103 280 18600 SH SOLE 18600
1823 121000 SH DEFINED 01 121000
PUERTO RICAN CEMENT, INC COM 745075101 2248 70100 SH DEFINED 01 70100
RADIANCE MEDICAL SYSTEMS COM 750241101 2124 515005 SH SOLE 515005
RECOTON CORP COM 756268108 2227 159100 SH DEFINED 01 159100
REGENCY REALTY CORP COM 758939102 1789 95424 SH SOLE 95424
RIDDELL SPORTS COM 765670104 127 35000 SH DEFINED 01 35000
RIVIERA TOOL CO COM 769648106 837 176229 SH SOLE 176229
ROUSE CO COM 779273101 1109 50000 SH DEFINED 01 50000
SECURITY CAP GROUP INC B COM 81413p204 484 36211 SH SOLE 36211
SECURITY CAPITAL GROUP COM 81413p105 3494 5826 SH SOLE 5826
SHELBY WILLIAMS INDS, INC COM 822135109 469 49000 SH DEFINED 01 49000
SOVEREIGN BANCORP COM 845905108 714 58320 SH DEFINED 01 58320
SPEIZMAN INDS, INC COM 847805108 481 128350 SH SOLE 128350
SPSS, INC COM 78462k102 360 22000 SH SOLE 22000
SUPERIOR FINANCIAL COM 868159104 457 47500 SH SOLE 47500
SYNAPTIC PHARMACEUTICAL CORP COM 87156R109 202 29375 SH SOLE 29375
TEAMSTAFF COM 87815U105 136 135920 SH SOLE 135920
TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES COM 881624209 5845 123211 SH SOLE 123211
7035 148300 SH DEFINED 01 148300
THERMEDICS, INC COM 883901100 159 22500 SH SOLE 22500
THERMO CARDIOSYSTEMS, INC COM 88355K200 1617 202111 SH SOLE 202111
658 82236 SH DEFINED 01 82236
THERMO ELECTRON CORP COM 883556102 6827 503350 SH SOLE 503350
1192 87875 SH DEFINED 01 87875
THERMO FIBERGEN RT COM 88355U117 802 291600 SH SOLE 291600
198 72000 SH DEFINED 01 72000
THERMO FIBERGEN, INC COM 88355U109 2767 299100 SH SOLE 299100
666 72000 SH DEFINED 01 72000
THERMO FIBERTEK, INC COM 88355W105 805 111937 SH SOLE 111937
THERMO INSTRUMENT SYS, INC COM 883559106 508 35156 SH SOLE 35156
THERMO SPECTRA CORP COM 883660102 150 15000 SH SOLE 15000
THERMOLASE CORP COM 883624108 194 67346 SH DEFINED 01 67346
THERMOLASE CORP UNIT COM 883624207 3209 190880 SH SOLE 190880
822 48900 SH DEFINED 01 48900
THERMOQUEST CORP COM 883655102 376 31000 SH SOLE 31000
546 45000 SH DEFINED 01 45000
THERMORETEC COM 883656100 2434 1081882 SH SOLE 1081882
THERMOTREX CORP COM 883666109 267 46440 SH SOLE 46440
TOPPS INC COM 890786106 656 150000 SH DEFINED 01 150000
TOTAL RENAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC COM 89151A107 220 20000 SH DEFINED 01 20000
TREX MEDICAL CORP COM 89531R101 542 86769 SH SOLE 86769
997 159600 SH DEFINED 01 159600
TTI TEAM TELECOM COM M88258104 1243 153000 SH SOLE 153000
1219 150000 SH DEFINED 01 150000
UNIMED PHARMACEUTICALS, INC COM 904801107 1818 338200 SH SOLE 338200
UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO COM 910331107 348 13500 SH DEFINED 01 13500
UNITRODE CORP COM 913283107 3091 220800 SH DEFINED 01 220800
UROLOGIX, INC COM 917273104 111 30000 SH SOLE 30000
US SATELLITE CL A COM 912534104 5537 323300 SH SOLE 323300
VENTAS, INC COM 437851108 60 10000 SH SOLE 10000
VERAMARK TECHNOLOGIES, INC COM 923351100 219 35000 SH SOLE 35000
VERSUS TECHNOLOGY, INC COM 925313108 678 3390000 SH SOLE 3390000
WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP COM 947890109 1386 48000 SH DEFINED 01 48000
WESTERN WATER CO COM 959881103 870 174000 SH SOLE 174000
WHOLE FOODS MKT, INC COM 966837106 5273 153400 SH SOLE 153400
WILMAR COM 971426101 1111 75000 SH DEFINED 01 75000
WINSTON LABS COM 5 54000 SH SOLE 54000
XOMED SURGICAL PRODUCTS COM 98412v107 1295 33000 SH SOLE 33000
ZIONS BANCORP COM 989701107 1085 16312 SH SOLE 16312
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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 1
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 159
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $474,358 (thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all
institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed,
other than the manager filing this report.
No. Form 13F File Number Name
01 Unknown Pegasus Associates, Inc.