UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2000
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: ____
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings entries.
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 11/02/00
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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ACXIOM CORP COM 005125109 2381 75000 SH DEFINED 01 75000
ADSTAR.COM, INC COM 00737P104 422 140559 SH SOLE 140559
ALTAREX CORP COM 020927208 35 75000 SH SOLE 75000
APTARGROUP, INC COM 038336103 13593 567856 SH SOLE 567856
ARCHSTONE COMM TR COM 039581103 8553 348208 SH SOLE 348208
5723 233000 SH DEFINED 01 233000
ARIAD PHARM, INC COM 04033a100 214 17000 SH SOLE 17000
ASTRO COMM COM 046376109 2546 1958566 SH SOLE 1958566
AT&T LATIN AMERICA CORP COM 04649a106 498 59000 SH SOLE 59000
AUTOINFO, INC COM 052777109 7 65000 SH SOLE 65000
AVANT IMUNOTHRPTICS, INC COM 053491106 186 17200 SH SOLE 17200
AXYS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC COM 054635107 495 72600 SH SOLE 72600
1196 175500 SH DEFINED 01 175500
BARNES & NOBLE COM 067774109 59 3000 SH SOLE 3000
984 50000 SH DEFINED 01 50000
BHA GROUP HOLDINGS, INC CL A 055446108 2090 146677 SH DEFINED 01 146677
BIOSANTE PHARM, INC COM 09065V104 26 30000 SH SOLE 30000
BOSTON BIOMEDICA, INC COM 100560101 137 30000 SH SOLE 30000
BURLINGTON RESOURCES, INC COM 122014103 1988 54000 SH DEFINED 01 54000
CADIZ LAND CO COM 127549103 2806 280590 SH SOLE 280590
CARRAMERICA REALTY CORP COM 144418100 4997 165200 SH SOLE 165200
CENTERPOINT PROPERTIES TRUST COM 151895109 115 2500 SH SOLE 2500
599 13000 SH DEFINED 01 13000
CHART HOUSE ENTERPRISES COM 160902102 488 84900 SH DEFINED 01 84900
CHECKPOINT SYS, INC COM 162825103 2482 328200 SH SOLE 328200
CHIEFTAIN INTL, INC COM 16867C101 1285 62100 SH DEFINED 01 62100
COMPLETE MANAGEMENT, INC COM 20452C104 8 551140 SH SOLE 551140
3 211600 SH DEFINED 01 211600
COMPLETE WELL CTRS INC WT 20452H111 2 14000 SH SOLE 14000
CONCORD EFS, INC COM 206197105 7458 210000 SH DEFINED 01 210000
CROWN CASTLE COM 228227104 311 10000 SH DEFINED 01 10000
CURATIVE HEALTH SERVICES COM 231264102 490 90200 SH SOLE 90200
CYGNUS, INC COM 232560102 110 10000 SH SOLE 10000
CYLINK CORPORATION COM 232565101 417 40000 SH SOLE 40000
DELPHI FIN'L GROUP, INC CL A 247131105 1033 25505 SH SOLE 25505
DEVON ENERGY COM 25179M103 2887 48000 SH DEFINED 01 48000
E COM VENTURES, INC COM 26830k106 87 87219 SH SOLE 87219
E SPEED INC COM 296643109 412 14500 SH SOLE 14500
E-DENTIST.COM COM 26841e107 4 10680 SH SOLE 10680
ECI TELECOM LTD COM 268258100 3618 118150 SH SOLE 118150
6079 198500 SH DEFINED 01 198500
EGL, INC. COM 268484102 1210 40000 SH DEFINED 01 40000
ELDORADO BANCSHARES INC COM 28467W106 1106 150000 SH SOLE 150000
ESCO TECHNOLOGIES, INC COM 269030102 1503 86500 SH SOLE 86500
2181 125500 SH DEFINED 01 125500
EXELIXIS PHARM COM 30161Q104 15800 503571 SH SOLE 503571
FIRST UN CORP COM 337358105 2285 71000 SH DEFINED 01 71000
FOREST CITY ENT, INC CL A 345550107 16976 471562 SH SOLE 471562
3348 93000 SH DEFINED 01 93000
FOREST CITY ENT, INC CL B 345550305 11177 304130 SH SOLE 304130
2194 59700 SH DEFINED 01 59700
GELTEX PHARMACEUTICALS COM 368538104 5140 109800 SH DEFINED 01 109800
GENERAL DATACOMM INDS, INC COM 369487103 624 120250 SH SOLE 120250
480 92500 SH DEFINED 01 92500
GENERAL MOTORS CORP CL H 370442832 4389 118035 SH SOLE 118035
GENTA, INC COM 37245M207 161 16800 SH SOLE 16800
GENZYME CORP COM 372917104 12314 180593 SH SOLE 180593
6819 100000 SH DEFINED 01 100000
GENZYME CORP TISSUE REP COM 372917401 4156 1015206 SH SOLE 1015206
2920 713314 SH DEFINED 01 713314
GENZYME MOLECULAR COM 372917500 560 40345 SH SOLE 40345
3535 254805 SH DEFINED 01 254805
GENZYME SURG PRODUCTS COM 372917609 685 91312 SH SOLE 91312
622 82901 SH DEFINED 01 82901
GENZYME TRANSGENICS CORP COM 37246E105 6934 196700 SH SOLE 196700
4142 117500 SH DEFINED 01 117500
GRAHAM CORP COM 384556106 231 20100 SH SOLE 20100
HEAVENLYDOOR.COM, INC COM 42248Q106 34 97761 SH SOLE 97761
HENRY SCHEIN INC COM 806407102 1655 83000 SH SOLE 83000
HOMETOWN AUTO COM 437858103 7 6000 SH SOLE 6000
29 24750 SH DEFINED 01 24750
HUBBELL, INC CL B 443510201 914 36462 SH DEFINED 01 36462
HYDRIL COMPANY COM 448774109 878 38600 SH DEFINED 01 38600
ILEX ONCOLOGY INC COM 451923106 2058 68300 SH DEFINED 01 68300
IMMUNEX CORP COM 452528102 861 19800 SH SOLE 19800
4437 102000 SH DEFINED 01 102000
IMMUNOGEN INC COM 45253H101 205 6000 SH SOLE 6000
INTERTAN COM 461120107 888 61500 SH SOLE 61500
11209 776350 SH DEFINED 01 776350
INTRABIOTIC PHARM COM 46116T100 731 45000 SH SOLE 45000
2291 141000 SH DEFINED 01 141000
IRON MOUNTAIN COM 46284P104 2109 57000 SH DEFINED 01 57000
KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION COM 499064103 1494 96000 SH DEFINED 01 96000
LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS COM 53220K207 128 10000 SH SOLE 10000
LITTLE SWITZERLAND COM 537528101 272 348100 SH SOLE 348100
LORUS THERAPEUTICS INC COM 544191109 112 62000 SH SOLE 62000
LYNX THERAPEUTICS INC COM 551812308 204 6500 SH SOLE 6500
MICROCIDE PHARM, INC COM 595018102 244 18100 SH SOLE 18100
NAVIGANT CONSULTING COM 63935N107 1031 300000 SH DEFINED 01 300000
NCO GROUP COM 628858102 1781 150000 SH DEFINED 01 150000
OFFICE DEPOT COM 676220106 4844 620000 SH DEFINED 01 620000
OLD REPUBLIC INTL, INC COM 680223104 2414 100316 SH SOLE 100316
OMEGA ORTHO, INC WT 681973111 0 30000 SH SOLE 30000
OMNICARE, INC COM 681904108 1580 98000 SH SOLE 98000
4896 303600 SH DEFINED 01 303600
ORTHOFIX INTL N V COM N6748L102 3537 142900 SH SOLE 142900
3482 140700 SH DEFINED 01 140700
PACIFIC CENTURY FIN'L CORP COM 694058108 1652 96496 SH SOLE 96496
PETCO COM 716016100 2203 101000 SH DEFINED 01 101000
PETSMART COM 716768106 37 8000 SH SOLE 8000
2371 505800 SH DEFINED 01 505800
PITTSTON BRINKS GROUP COM 725701106 223 14381 SH SOLE 14381
195 12604 SH DEFINED 01 12604
PRENTISS PPTYS TR COM 740706106 297 11350 SH SOLE 11350
6113 234000 SH DEFINED 01 234000
PROLOGIS TRUST COM 743410102 11257 473982 SH SOLE 473982
7837 330000 SH DEFINED 01 330000
PROTEIN DESIGN LABS COM 74369L103 24 200 SH SOLE 200
6266 52000 SH DEFINED 01 52000
PUERTO RICAN CEMENT, INC COM 745075101 2199 70100 SH DEFINED 01 70100
RADIANCE MEDICAL SYSTEMS COM 750241101 8977 772205 SH SOLE 772205
RECOTON CORP COM 756268108 221 14000 SH SOLE 14000
REGENCY REALTY CORP COM 758939102 1997 87072 SH SOLE 87072
REGIS CORP. COM 758932107 1500 100000 SH DEFINED 01 100000
RIBOZYME PHARM, INC COM 762567105 986 34000 SH SOLE 34000
RIDDELL SPORTS COM 765670104 570 114100 SH DEFINED 01 114100
RIVIERA TOOL CO COM 769648106 460 183905 SH SOLE 183905
ROWAN COMPANIES COM 779382100 7250 250000 SH DEFINED 01 250000
RUSS BERRIE & CO., INC. COM 782233100 1777 90000 SH DEFINED 01 90000
SCAN SOURCE COM 806037107 1201 22500 SH DEFINED 01 22500
SCHOOL SPECIALTY COM 807863105 1066 50000 SH SOLE 50000
3742 175600 SH DEFINED 01 175600
SECURITY CAP GROUP COM 81413p105 6246 6575 SH SOLE 6575
SECURITY CAP GROUP B COM 81413p204 7910 417711 SH SOLE 417711
5587 295000 SH DEFINED 01 295000
SECURITY CAPITAL US REALTY COM 814136206 17646 825532 SH SOLE 825532
SHEFFIELD PHARM, INC COM 82123D309 137 20000 SH SOLE 20000
SPATIAL TECH, INC COM 847246105 77 35124 SH SOLE 35124
SPEIZMAN INDS, INC COM 847805108 281 125000 SH SOLE 125000
SPSS, INC COM 78462k102 590 22000 SH SOLE 22000
STANCORP FIN'L GROUP INC COM 852891100 1667 39000 SH SOLE 39000
STAPLES, INC. COM 855030102 3547 250000 SH DEFINED 01 250000
SUPERIOR FINANCIAL COM 868159104 522 47500 SH SOLE 47500
SYNAPTIC PHARM CORP COM 87156R109 207 29375 SH SOLE 29375
TARGET CORP. COM 87612E106 1537 60000 SH DEFINED 01 60000
TEVA PHARM INDS LTD ADR COM 881624209 6523 89122 SH SOLE 89122
6733 92000 SH DEFINED 01 92000
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS COM 882508104 6314 133814 SH DEFINED 01 133814
THERMO CARDIOSYSTEMS, INC COM 88355K200 2406 272999 SH SOLE 272999
2369 268836 SH DEFINED 01 268836
THERMO ELECTRON CORP COM 883556102 9993 384331 SH SOLE 384331
2516 96764 SH DEFINED 01 96764
THERMO FIBERGEN RT 88355U117 35 281000 SH SOLE 281000
9 72000 SH DEFINED 01 72000
THERMO FIBERGEN, INC COM 88355U109 3462 288500 SH SOLE 288500
864 72000 SH DEFINED 01 72000
THERMO FIBERTEK, INC COM 88355W105 469 111937 SH SOLE 111937
TREX MEDICAL CORP COM 89531R101 74 59500 SH SOLE 59500
TTI TEAM TELECOM COM M88258104 979 48050 SH SOLE 48050
866 42500 SH DEFINED 01 42500
UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO COM 910331107 233 13500 SH DEFINED 01 13500
USA NETWORKS COM 902984103 1645 75000 SH DEFINED 01 75000
VALENTIS INC COM 91913E104 219 26500 SH SOLE 26500
VARIAN MEDICAL COM 92220P105 258 5700 SH DEFINED 01 5700
VERAMARK TECH, INC COM 923351100 109 35000 SH SOLE 35000
VERSUS TECHNOLOGY, INC COM 925313108 1110 3470000 SH SOLE 3470000
WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP COM 947890109 1293 48000 SH DEFINED 01 48000
WHOLE FOODS MKT, INC COM 966837106 8182 152400 SH SOLE 152400
8445 157300 SH DEFINED 01 157300
WINSTON LABS COM 0 54000 SH SOLE 54000
ZANY BRAINY COM 98906Q101 54 26800 SH DEFINED 01 26800
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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 1
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 161
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $424,176 (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.