UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 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 February 3, 2000
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: 160
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $1,159,896
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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 76 152000 PRN SOLE 152000
D ALZA CORP CV DEB CONV 022615ad0 73 70000 PRN SOLE 70000
D INTEGRATED DEVICE TECH INC CV CONV 458118aa4 779 710000 PRN SOLE 710000
D MOTOROLA CV 0% CONV 620076aj8 17 10000 PRN SOLE 10000
D NOVACARE CORP CONV 669930aa7 27 27000 PRN SOLE 27000
D TENET HEALTHCARE CORP C@102 12 CONV 88033gad2 16 20000 PRN SOLE 20000
D CROWN CASTLE DECS TRUST V 7.25 PFD CV 24366f203 2130 74100 SH SOLE 74100
D GLOBAL CROSSING CV PFD $6.375 PFD CV 37932j202 3223 25500 SH SOLE 25500
D ROUSE CV PFD B $3.00 PFD CV 779273309 690 21138 SH SOLE 21138
D ABBOTT LABORATORIES COM 002824100 4001110190.00 SH SOLE 110190.00
D ACXIOM CORP COM 005125109 4987207790.00 SH SOLE 207790.00
D ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC COM 000886101 28167388182.00 SH SOLE 388182.00
D AHL SERVICES INC COM 001296102 1421 68075.00 SH SOLE 68075.00
D ALLIANT ENERGY CORP COM 018802108 334 12153.00 SH SOLE 12153.00
D ALTERA CORP COM 021441100 16194326732.00 SH SOLE 326732.00
D AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COM 025816109 1259 7575.00 SH SOLE 7575.00
D AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS COM 026609107 491 12500.00 SH SOLE 12500.00
D AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP COM 026874107 35669329885.00 SH SOLE 329885.00
D AMERICAN TOWER CORP COM 029912102 3382110670.00 SH SOLE 110670.00
D AMFM INC COM 001693100 20267258997.00 SH SOLE 258997.00
D AMGEN INC COM 031162100 18989316149.00 SH SOLE 316149.00
D APACHE CORP COM 037411105 3024 81865.00 SH SOLE 81865.00
D APARTMENT INVESTMENT & MGT COM 03748R101 2504 62900.00 SH SOLE 62900.00
D ARTESYN TECHNOLOGIES INC. COM 043127109 12509595656.00 SH SOLE 595656.00
D AT&T CORP COM 001957109 634 12487.00 SH SOLE 12487.00
D AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING COM 053015103 5463101400.00 SH SOLE 101400.00
D BAKER HUGHES, INC. COM 057224107 491 23300.00 SH SOLE 23300.00
D BANK OF AMERICA CORP COM 060505104 286 5694.00 SH SOLE 5694.00
D BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS COM 08160H101 22763992390.00 SH SOLE 992390.00
D BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC COM 084670108 393 7.00 SH SOLE 7.00
D BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. DEL CL COM 084670207 1599 874.00 SH SOLE 874.00
D BLACK BOX CORP COM 091826107 16732249737.00 SH SOLE 249737.00
D BP AMOCO PLC ADS COM 055622104 790 13324.00 SH SOLE 13324.00
D BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO COM 110122108 234 3650.00 SH SOLE 3650.00
D BURLINGTON RESOURCES COM 122014103 5748173850.00 SH SOLE 173850.00
D CATELLUS DEV CORP COM 149111106 177 13794.00 SH SOLE 13794.00
D CATERPILLAR INC COM 149123101 320 6795.00 SH SOLE 6795.00
D CBS CORP COM 12490k107 6928108354.00 SH SOLE 108354.00
D CHEVRON CORP COM 166751107 444 5127.00 SH SOLE 5127.00
D CHIEFTAIN INTERNATIONAL COM 16867C101 12298712922.00 SH SOLE 712922.00
D CISCO SYSTEMS INC COM 17275r102 71433666815.00 SH SOLE 666815.00
D CITIGROUP COM 172967101 1069 19201.00 SH SOLE 19201.00
D CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS COM 184502102 82946929369.00 SH SOLE 929369.00
D COCA COLA CO COM 191216100 1369 23500.00 SH SOLE 23500.00
D COMCAST CORP - A COM 200300101 9715202914.00 SH SOLE 202914.00
D COMCAST CORP - A - SPL COM 200300200 31128615634.00 SH SOLE 615634.00
D COMPAQ COMPUTER COM 204493100 387 14300.00 SH SOLE 14300.00
D COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY COM 205862402 2057 14212.00 SH SOLE 14212.00
D CONCORD EFS COM 206197105 713022769012.50SH SOLE 2769012.50
D COX COMMUNICATIONS INC COM 224044107 890 17289.00 SH SOLE 17289.00
D CROWN CASTLE INTL CORP COM 228227104 12730396250.00 SH SOLE 396250.00
D DIGI INTERNATIONAL COM 253798102 3781362266.00 SH SOLE 362266.00
D DUN & BRADSTREET COM 26483B106 2937 99575.00 SH SOLE 99575.00
D ELAN PLC ADR COM 284131208 15092511584.00 SH SOLE 511584.00
D ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS COM 285661104 11855177100.00 SH SOLE 177100.00
D EMC CORP COM 268648102 12226111904.00 SH SOLE 111904.00
D EXXON MOBIL CORP COM 30231G102 3214 39896.00 SH SOLE 39896.00
D FASTENAL CO COM 311900104 569971268351.00SH SOLE 1268351.00
D FELCOR LODGING TRUST COM 31430f101 5526315795.00 SH SOLE 315795.00
D FIRST DATA CORP COM 319963104 5209105623.00 SH SOLE 105623.00
D FIRSTAR CORP NEW COM 337633v10 4736224210.00 SH SOLE 224210.00
D FISERV INC COM 337738108 31103811829.00 SH SOLE 811829.00
D FREDDIE MAC COM 313400301 482 10245.00 SH SOLE 10245.00
D G&K SERVICES INC CLASS A COM 361268105 5826179950.00 SH SOLE 179950.00
D GANNETT COMPANY COM 364730101 243 2980.00 SH SOLE 2980.00
D GENERAL ELECTRIC COM 369604103 19008122830.00 SH SOLE 122830.00
D GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES COM 370021107 507 18100.00 SH SOLE 18100.00
D GILLETTE CO COM 375766102 362 8800.00 SH SOLE 8800.00
D GLENBOROUGH REALTY TRUST COM 37803p105 139 10400.00 SH SOLE 10400.00
D GLOBAL CROSSING LTD COM G3921A100 3808 76158.00 SH SOLE 76158.00
D GLOBALSTAR TELECOM LTD COM g39308104 6985158750.00 SH SOLE 158750.00
D GTE CORPORATION COM 362320103 388 5501.00 SH SOLE 5501.00
D HEALTH CARE PROPERTY INVS INC COM 421915109 8613360759.00 SH SOLE 360759.00
D HEARTPORT INC COM 421969106 1938407979.00 SH SOLE 407979.00
D HENRY SCHEIN INC. COM 806407102 1510113400.00 SH SOLE 113400.00
D HEWLETT-PACKARD COM 428236103 4110 36130.00 SH SOLE 36130.00
D HOME DEPOT COM 437076102 1786 25983.00 SH SOLE 25983.00
D INT BUSINESS MACH CORP COM 459200101 1005 9312.00 SH SOLE 9312.00
D INTEL CORP COM 458140100 43231525200.00 SH SOLE 525200.00
D INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COS INC COM 460690100 234 4050.00 SH SOLE 4050.00
D J P MORGAN & CO COM 616880100 1406 11100.00 SH SOLE 11100.00
D JDN REALTY COM 465917102 4762295294.00 SH SOLE 295294.00
D JDS UNIPHASE COM 46612j101 258 1600.00 SH SOLE 1600.00
D JEFFERSON PILOT CORP COM 475070108 642 9403.00 SH SOLE 9403.00
D JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 8827 94658.00 SH SOLE 94658.00
D LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST SH BEN COM 531172104 396 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
D LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES COM 549463107 937 12492.00 SH SOLE 12492.00
D MARSH & MCLENNAN COS INC COM 571748102 1880 19650.00 SH SOLE 19650.00
D MAY DEPT STORES CO COM 577778103 402 12450.00 SH SOLE 12450.00
D MBNA CORP COM 55262L100 248 9110.00 SH SOLE 9110.00
D MCI WORLDCOM INC COM 55268b106 417 7851.00 SH SOLE 7851.00
D MCLEOD, INC. COM 582266102 930 15800.00 SH SOLE 15800.00
D MEDIA ONE GROUP COM 58440j104 472 6140.00 SH SOLE 6140.00
D MERCK & CO COM 589331107 5322 79209.00 SH SOLE 79209.00
D MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918104 8094 69330.00 SH SOLE 69330.00
D MOLEX INC COM 608554101 8899156989.00 SH SOLE 156989.00
D MOLEX INC - CL A COM 608554200 6055133819.00 SH SOLE 133819.00
D MOTOROLA INC COM 620076109 543 3688.00 SH SOLE 3688.00
D MYLAN LABS COM 628530107 7775308693.00 SH SOLE 308693.00
D McDONALDS CORP COM 580135101 268 6650.00 SH SOLE 6650.00
D NATIONAL GOLF PROPERTIES COM 63623G109 2151108890.00 SH SOLE 108890.00
D NATIONWIDE HEALTH PROPERTIES COM 638620104 8521619694.00 SH SOLE 619694.00
D NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC COM 651229106 211 7280.00 SH SOLE 7280.00
D NIKE INC CL B COM 654106103 2885 58200.00 SH SOLE 58200.00
D NOKIA CORP PFD COM 654902204 2109 11040.00 SH SOLE 11040.00
D NORTEL NETWORKS COM 656569140 505 5000.00 SH SOLE 5000.00
D NORTHERN TRST CORP COM 665859104 493 9300.00 SH SOLE 9300.00
D OMNICARE INC COM 681904108 5178431506.00 SH SOLE 431506.00
D PACIFIC GATEWAY EXCHANGE INC COM 694327107 6859402007.00 SH SOLE 402007.00
D PACIFIC GULF PROPERTIES COM 694396102 10150501247.00 SH SOLE 501247.00
D PAYCHEX COM 704326107 15881397024.00 SH SOLE 397024.00
D PFIZER INC COM 717081103 2411 74334.00 SH SOLE 74334.00
D PHILIPS ELEC EUR SPONS ADR COM 500472204 410 3036.00 SH SOLE 3036.00
D PITTWAY CORP CL A COM 725790208 242 5400.00 SH SOLE 5400.00
D PNC BANK CORP COM 693475105 1387 31161.50 SH SOLE 31161.50
D PREMISYS COMMUNICATIONS, INC COM 740584107 235 23600.00 SH SOLE 23600.00
D PROCTER & GAMBLE CO COM 742718109 32826299606.00 SH SOLE 299606.00
D QUALCOMM INC COM 747525103 10992 62408.00 SH SOLE 62408.00
D RAYTHEON COMPANY CL A COM 755111309 6438259464.00 SH SOLE 259464.00
D REUTERS GROUP PLC ADR COM 76132m102 1417 17535.00 SH SOLE 17535.00
D RFS HOTEL INVESTORS COM 74955j108 1112106575.00 SH SOLE 106575.00
D ROUSE CO COM 779273101 5594263227.00 SH SOLE 263227.00
D ROYAL DUTCH PETROLEUM CO COM 780257804 320 5280.00 SH SOLE 5280.00
D RWD TECHNOLOGIES COM 74975b101 2539244750.00 SH SOLE 244750.00
D SABRE INC COM 785905100 261 5100.00 SH SOLE 5100.00
D SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC COM 78387g103 384 7887.00 SH SOLE 7887.00
D SCHERING-PLOUGH CORP COM 806605101 305 7200.00 SH SOLE 7200.00
D SCHLUMBERGER LTD COM 806857108 8693154893.00 SH SOLE 154893.00
D SCP POOL CORPORATION COM 784028102 14756568900.00 SH SOLE 568900.00
D SERVICEMASTER CO COM 81760n109 311 25279.00 SH SOLE 25279.00
D SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC A COM 829226109 192 15752.00 SH SOLE 15752.00
D SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY COM 835495102 944 41516.00 SH SOLE 41516.00
D SPRINT CORP COM 852061100 342 5074.00 SH SOLE 5074.00
D ST MARTIN LAND COMPANY COM 8019smar4 256 2850.00 SH SOLE 2850.00
D STATE STREET CORPORATION COM 857473102 8877121499.00 SH SOLE 121499.00
D STERLING COMMERCE INC COM 859205106 3314 97462.00 SH SOLE 97462.00
D STORAGE USA COM 861907103 215 7100.00 SH SOLE 7100.00
D STRAYER EDUCATION COM 863236105 1165 59000.00 SH SOLE 59000.00
D T ROWE PRICE ASSOCIATES INC COM 741477103 4702127300.00 SH SOLE 127300.00
D TECHNE CORP COM 878377100 667441212143.00SH SOLE 1212143.00
D TELEBRAS HOLDRs COM 879287308 4599 35720.00 SH SOLE 35720.00
D TELEFLEX INC COM 879369106 6871219438.00 SH SOLE 219438.00
D TELLABS, INC. COM 879664100 31076484143.00 SH SOLE 484143.00
D TEXAS INSTRUMENTS COM 882508104 1082 11200.00 SH SOLE 11200.00
D TIME WARNER INC COM 887315109 4093 56600.00 SH SOLE 56600.00
D TOLL BROTHERS COM 889478103 186 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
D TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX COM g3930h104 1008 29926.00 SH SOLE 29926.00
D TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD COM 902120106 406 10404.00 SH SOLE 10404.00
D UNITED DOMINION REALTY TR INC COM 910197102 337 34122.00 SH SOLE 34122.00
D UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP COM 913017109 531 8176.00 SH SOLE 8176.00
D UNITEDHEALTH GROUP COM 910581107 239 4500.00 SH SOLE 4500.00
D VODAFONE/AIRTOUCH PLC COM 92857t107 2039 41200.00 SH SOLE 41200.00
D WACHOVIA CORP COM 929771103 839 12334.00 SH SOLE 12334.00
D WALMART STORES COM 931142103 989 14314.00 SH SOLE 14314.00
D WALT DISNEY CO COM 254687106 17463597011.00 SH SOLE 597011.00
D WARNER LAMBERT CO COM 934488107 200 2442.00 SH SOLE 2442.00
D WATSCO INC CL A COM 942622200 5705493375.00 SH SOLE 493375.00
D WELLS FARGO & CO COM 949740104 778 19250.00 SH SOLE 19250.00
D WHOLE FOODS MARKET COM 966837106 13171284001.00 SH SOLE 284001.00
D WILMAR INDUSTRIES COM 971426101 4020231381.00 SH SOLE 231381.00
S REPORT SUMMARY 160 DATA RECORDS 1159896 0 OTHER MANAGERS ON WHOSE BEHALF REPORT IS FILED
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