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 31, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Dent D. F. & Co., Inc.
Address: 2 East Read Street, 6th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
13F File Number: 28-1730
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by
whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing this 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: Daniel F. Dent
Title: President
Phone: 410-837-254
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing
Daniel F. Dent Baltimore, Maryland May 3, 1999
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: 163
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $895,913
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VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT -----VOTING AUTHORITY-----
NAME OF ISSUER -TITLE OF CLASS- --CUSIP-- (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN -MANAGERS- SOLE SHARED NONE
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D ALZA CORP CV DEB CONV 022615ac2 79 152000 PRN SOLE 152000
D ALZA CORP CV DEB CONV 022615ad0 81 70000 PRN SOLE 70000
D CORPORATE EXPRESS INC CONV 219888ae4 38 42000 PRN SOLE 42000
D INTEGRATED DEVICE TECH INC CV CONV 458118aa4 739 1042000 PRN SOLE 1042000
D KELLEY OIL & GAS PARTNERS LTD CONV 487736aa8 15 45000 PRN SOLE 45000
D MOTOROLA CV 0% CONV 620076aj8 8 10000 PRN SOLE 10000
D NOVACARE CORP CONV 669930aa7 19 27000 PRN SOLE 27000
D ROUSE CO CV DEB CONV 779273aa9 95 100000 PRN SOLE 100000
D TENET HEALTHCARE CORP C@103 4/ CONV 88033gad2 17 20000 PRN SOLE 20000
D AIRTOUCH COMMN 4.25% CV PFD C PFD CV 00949t308 672 5000 SH SOLE 5000
D ROUSE CV PFD B $3.00 PFD CV 779273309 1095 29400 SH SOLE 29400
D 3COM CORPORATION COM 885535104 2232 95762.00 SH SOLE 95762.00
D ABBOTT LABORATORIES COM 002824100 5502117530.00 SH SOLE 117530.00
D ACXIOM CORP COM 005125109 2527 95340.00 SH SOLE 95340.00
D ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC COM 000886101 18744393059.00 SH SOLE 393059.00
D AHL SERVICES INC COM 001296102 3458168700.00 SH SOLE 168700.00
D AIRTOUCH COMMUNICATIONS COM 00949T100 993 10280.00 SH SOLE 10280.00
D ALTERA CORP COM 021441100 10324173506.00 SH SOLE 173506.00
D AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COM 025816109 648 5500.00 SH SOLE 5500.00
D AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS COM 026609107 1051 16100.00 SH SOLE 16100.00
D AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP COM 026874107 31332259747.00 SH SOLE 259747.00
D AMGEN INC COM 031162100 13159175748.00 SH SOLE 175748.00
D AMP INC COM 031897101 261 4874.00 SH SOLE 4874.00
D ANADIGICS INC COM 032515108 663 37629.00 SH SOLE 37629.00
D ANALYSTS INTERNATIONAL COM 032681108 217 18900.00 SH SOLE 18900.00
D APACHE CORP COM 037411105 3430131615.00 SH SOLE 131615.00
D APARTMENT INVESTMENT & MGT COM 03748R101 2151 59350.00 SH SOLE 59350.00
D ARTESYN TECHNOLOGIES INC. COM 043127109 8041649790.00 SH SOLE 649790.00
D AT&T CORP COM 001957109 297 3725.00 SH SOLE 3725.00
D AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING COM 053015103 4431107100.00 SH SOLE 107100.00
D BAKER HUGHES, INC. COM 057224107 566 23300.00 SH SOLE 23300.00
D BANKAMERICA CORP NEW COM 06605f102 402 5694.00 SH SOLE 5694.00
D BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS COM 08160H101 304211014045.00SH SOLE 1014045.00
D BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC COM 084670108 357 5.00 SH SOLE 5.00
D BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. DEL CL COM 084670207 1972 839.00 SH SOLE 839.00
D BLACK BOX CORP COM 091826107 8688280250.00 SH SOLE 280250.00
D BP AMOCO PLC ADS COM 055622104 627 6212.00 SH SOLE 6212.00
D CAPSTAR BROADCASTING CORP CL A COM 14067g105 954 41600.00 SH SOLE 41600.00
D CATELLUS DEV CORP COM 149111106 184 13794.00 SH SOLE 13794.00
D CATERPILLAR INC COM 149123101 216 4700.00 SH SOLE 4700.00
D CBS CORP COM 12490k107 4623113282.00 SH SOLE 113282.00
D CHANCELLOR MEDIA CORP COM 029161106 11604246244.00 SH SOLE 246244.00
D CHEVRON CORP COM 166751107 657 7403.00 SH SOLE 7403.00
D CHIEFTAIN INTERNATIONAL COM 16867C101 10466854351.00 SH SOLE 854351.00
D CISCO SYSTEMS INC COM 17275r102 39997365057.00 SH SOLE 365057.00
D CITIGROUP COM 172967101 792 12406.00 SH SOLE 12406.00
D CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS COM 184502102 65931983124.00 SH SOLE 983124.00
D COCA COLA CO COM 191216100 3520 57350.00 SH SOLE 57350.00
D COMCAST CORP - A COM 200300101 17879290709.00 SH SOLE 290709.00
D COMCAST CORP - A - SPL COM 200300200 10651169235.00 SH SOLE 169235.00
D COMPAQ COMPUTER COM 204493100 485 15300.00 SH SOLE 15300.00
D COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY COM 205862402 805 9475.00 SH SOLE 9475.00
D CONCORD EFS COM 206197105 515661870869.00SH SOLE 1870869.00
D CONSECO INC COM 208464107 290 9408.00 SH SOLE 9408.00
D DA CONSULTING GROUP COM 233027101 99 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
D DIGI INTERNATIONAL COM 253798102 3403504139.00 SH SOLE 504139.00
D DUN & BRADSTREET COM 26483B106 1250 35100.00 SH SOLE 35100.00
D DeVRY INC COM 251893103 232 8000.00 SH SOLE 8000.00
D ELAN PLC ADR COM 284131208 22639324567.00 SH SOLE 324567.00
D EMC CORP COM 268648102 7943 62177.00 SH SOLE 62177.00
D EXXON CORP COM 302290101 2518 35691.00 SH SOLE 35691.00
D FASTENAL CO COM 311900104 406161158386.00SH SOLE 1158386.00
D FELCOR LODGING TRUST COM 31430f101 5465235700.00 SH SOLE 235700.00
D FIRST DATA CORP COM 319963104 4651108807.00 SH SOLE 108807.00
D FIRSTAR CORP NEW COM 337633v10 6622 73991.00 SH SOLE 73991.00
D FISERV INC COM 337738108 28718535534.00 SH SOLE 535534.00
D FREDDIE MAC COM 313400301 467 8150.00 SH SOLE 8150.00
D G&K SERVICES INC CLASS A COM 361268105 5316115100.00 SH SOLE 115100.00
D GENERAL ELECTRIC COM 369604103 14175128133.00 SH SOLE 128133.00
D GILLETTE CO COM 375766102 788 13260.00 SH SOLE 13260.00
D GLENBOROUGH REALTY TRUST COM 37803p105 177 10400.00 SH SOLE 10400.00
D GOLF TRUST OF AMERICA COM 38168b103 205 9150.00 SH SOLE 9150.00
D GTE CORPORATION COM 362320103 345 5701.00 SH SOLE 5701.00
D HARRIS CORP COM 413875105 200 7000.00 SH SOLE 7000.00
D HARTFORD FINANCIAL SVCS GP COM 416515104 205 3600.00 SH SOLE 3600.00
D HAUSER CHEMICAL RESEARCH INC COM 419141304 215 81825.00 SH SOLE 81825.00
D HEALTH CARE PROPERTY INVS INC COM 421915109 8520296332.00 SH SOLE 296332.00
D HEARTPORT INC COM 421969106 2413501450.00 SH SOLE 501450.00
D HEWLETT-PACKARD COM 428236103 2728 40230.00 SH SOLE 40230.00
D HOME DEPOT COM 437076102 1091 17522.00 SH SOLE 17522.00
D IMS HEALTH INC COM 449934108 258 7800.00 SH SOLE 7800.00
D INT BUSINESS MACH CORP COM 459200101 861 4856.00 SH SOLE 4856.00
D INTEL CORP COM 458140100 31312263400.00 SH SOLE 263400.00
D INTERSTATE ENERGY CORP COM 460845100 324 12153.00 SH SOLE 12153.00
D J P MORGAN & CO COM 616880100 1271 10299.00 SH SOLE 10299.00
D JACOR COMMUNICATIONS COM 469858401 429 5650.00 SH SOLE 5650.00
D JDN REALTY COM 465917102 4974250275.00 SH SOLE 250275.00
D JEFFERSON PILOT CORP COM 475070108 757 11177.00 SH SOLE 11177.00
D JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 9215 98558.00 SH SOLE 98558.00
D KN ENERGY INC COM 482620101 622 31200.00 SH SOLE 31200.00
D LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST SH BEN COM 531172104 332 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
D LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES COM 549463107 374 3460.00 SH SOLE 3460.00
D MARSH & MCLENNAN COS INC COM 571748102 1355 18250.00 SH SOLE 18250.00
D MAY DEPT STORES CO COM 577778103 487 12450.00 SH SOLE 12450.00
D MBNA CORP COM 55262L100 218 9110.00 SH SOLE 9110.00
D MCI WORLDCOM INC COM 55268b106 472 5334.00 SH SOLE 5334.00
D MCLEOD, INC. COM 582266102 332 7900.00 SH SOLE 7900.00
D MERCK & CO COM 589331107 2415 30136.00 SH SOLE 30136.00
D MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918104 6527 72830.00 SH SOLE 72830.00
D MOBIL CORP COM 607059102 210 2386.00 SH SOLE 2386.00
D MOLEX INC COM 608554101 5331181477.00 SH SOLE 181477.00
D MOLEX INC - CL A COM 608554200 3677142108.00 SH SOLE 142108.00
D MOTOROLA INC COM 620076109 270 3688.00 SH SOLE 3688.00
D MYLAN LABS COM 628530107 6042220215.00 SH SOLE 220215.00
D McDONALDS CORP COM 580135101 208 4600.00 SH SOLE 4600.00
D NATIONAL GOLF PROPERTIES COM 63623G109 2056 93450.00 SH SOLE 93450.00
D NATIONWIDE HEALTH PROPERTIES COM 638620104 11061582162.00 SH SOLE 582162.00
D NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC COM 651229106 346 7280.00 SH SOLE 7280.00
D NOKIA CORP PFD COM 654902204 860 5520.00 SH SOLE 5520.00
D NORANDA INC COM 655422103 200 7722.00 SH SOLE 7722.00
D NORTHERN TRST CORP COM 665859104 413 4650.00 SH SOLE 4650.00
D OMNICARE INC COM 681904108 12102634860.00 SH SOLE 634860.00
D PACIFIC GATEWAY EXCHANGE INC COM 694327107 14521437550.00 SH SOLE 437550.00
D PACIFIC GULF PROPERTIES COM 694396102 8680482221.00 SH SOLE 482221.00
D PAYCHEX COM 704326107 13366281768.00 SH SOLE 281768.00
D PFIZER INC COM 717081103 3438 24778.00 SH SOLE 24778.00
D PHILIPS ELEC NV COM 718337504 272 3300.00 SH SOLE 3300.00
D PITNEY BOWES INC COM 724479100 280 4400.00 SH SOLE 4400.00
D PNC BANK CORP COM 693475105 1891 34036.50 SH SOLE 34036.50
D PREMISYS COMMUNICATIONS, INC COM 740584107 2691311950.00 SH SOLE 311950.00
D PROCTER & GAMBLE CO COM 742718109 30221308573.00 SH SOLE 308573.00
D QUALCOMM INC COM 747525103 1123 9026.00 SH SOLE 9026.00
D RAYTHEON COMPANY CL A COM 755111309 6176106938.00 SH SOLE 106938.00
D REUTERS GROUP PLC ADR COM 76132m102 456 5252.00 SH SOLE 5252.00
D RFS HOTEL INVESTORS COM 74955j108 862 74575.00 SH SOLE 74575.00
D ROUSE CO COM 779273101 240 10827.00 SH SOLE 10827.00
D ROYAL DUTCH PETROLEUM CO COM 780257804 493 9480.00 SH SOLE 9480.00
D RWD TECHNOLOGIES COM 74975b101 2662152650.00 SH SOLE 152650.00
D SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC COM 78387g103 236 5008.00 SH SOLE 5008.00
D SCHERING-PLOUGH CORP COM 806605101 1099 19900.00 SH SOLE 19900.00
D SCHLUMBERGER LTD COM 806857108 8459140540.00 SH SOLE 140540.00
D SERVICEMASTER CO COM 81760n109 531 26156.00 SH SOLE 26156.00
D SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC A COM 829226109 7431510276.00 SH SOLE 510276.00
D SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY COM 835495102 1020 44351.00 SH SOLE 44351.00
D SPRINT CORP COM 852061100 278 2837.00 SH SOLE 2837.00
D ST MARTIN LAND COMPANY COM 8019smar4 256 2850.00 SH SOLE 2850.00
D STATE STREET CORPORATION COM 857473102 10168123624.00 SH SOLE 123624.00
D STERLING COMMERCE INC COM 859205106 14372467375.00 SH SOLE 467375.00
D STORAGE USA COM 861907103 213 7500.00 SH SOLE 7500.00
D T ROWE PRICE ASSOCIATES INC COM 741477103 4403128100.00 SH SOLE 128100.00
D TCA CABLE TV INC COM 872241104 495 11384.00 SH SOLE 11384.00
D TECHNE CORP COM 878377100 365381265372.00SH SOLE 1265372.00
D TELEBRAS HOLDRs COM 879287308 3592 44550.00 SH SOLE 44550.00
D TELEFLEX INC COM 879369106 5889172900.00 SH SOLE 172900.00
D TELLABS, INC. COM 879664100 24262248209.00 SH SOLE 248209.00
D TEXAS INSTRUMENTS COM 882508104 556 5600.00 SH SOLE 5600.00
D THERMO-ELECTRON CORP COM 883556102 183 13500.00 SH SOLE 13500.00
D TIDEWATER INC COM 886423102 491 18975.00 SH SOLE 18975.00
D TIME WARNER INC COM 887315109 4454 62900.00 SH SOLE 62900.00
D UICI COM 910703107 211 9400.00 SH SOLE 9400.00
D UNION PACIFIC CORP COM 907818108 254 4751.00 SH SOLE 4751.00
D UNITED DOMINION REALTY TR INC COM 910197102 376 36722.00 SH SOLE 36722.00
D UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP COM 913017109 554 4088.00 SH SOLE 4088.00
D W W GRAINGER INC COM 384802104 241 5600.00 SH SOLE 5600.00
D WACHOVIA CORP COM 929771103 1001 12334.00 SH SOLE 12334.00
D WALMART STORES COM 931142103 604 6557.00 SH SOLE 6557.00
D WALT DISNEY CO COM 254687106 16789539407.00 SH SOLE 539407.00
D WARNER LAMBERT CO COM 934488107 221 3342.00 SH SOLE 3342.00
D WATSCO INC CL A COM 942622200 6882470543.00 SH SOLE 470543.00
D WELLS FARGO & CO COM 949740104 593 16900.00 SH SOLE 16900.00
D WHOLE FOODS MARKET COM 966837106 9573278485.00 SH SOLE 278485.00
D WILMAR INDUSTRIES COM 971426101 3541239081.00 SH SOLE 239081.00
D YPF SOCIEDAD ANONIMA ADR COM 984245100 483 15300.00 SH SOLE 15300.00
S REPORT SUMMARY 163 DATA RECORDS 895913 0 OTHER MANAGERS ON WHOSE BEHALF REPORT IS FILED
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