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 30,1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Front Barnett Associates LLC
Address: 70 West Madison Street
Suite 4920
Chicago,IL 60602
13F File Number: 28-4680
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: Philip F. Lahey
Title: Principal
Phone: 312-641-9004
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Philip F. Lahey Chicago, Illinois July 28, 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: 113
FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE VALUE TOTAL: $1,282,892,000
LIST OF OTHER INCLUDED MANAGERS:
NO. 13F FILE NUMBER NAME
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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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A T & T CORP. COM 001957109 936 21516 SH SOLE 21516 0 0
ABBOTT LABORATORIES COM 002824100 33851 922698 SH SOLE 922698 0 0
ALLSTATE CORPORATION COM 020002101 289 11584 SH SOLE 11584 0 0
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COM 025816109 882 6530 SH SOLE 6530 0 0
AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORPORA COM 026609107 1104 26600 SH SOLE 26600 0 0
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP I COM 026874107 36576 420721 SH SOLE 420721 0 0
AMERITECH CORPORATION COM 030954101 578 8660 SH SOLE 8660 0 0
AMGEN INC COM 031162100 205 2512 SH SOLE 2512 0 0
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COM 039483102 125 10300 SH SOLE 10300 0 0
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC COM 053015103 563 12615 SH SOLE 12615 0 0
BANK OF AMERICA COM 060505104 469 8421 SH SOLE 8421 0 0
BANK ONE CORP COM 06423A103 1502 43132 SH SOLE 43132 0 0
BANKBOSTON CORP. COM 06605R106 221 5096 SH SOLE 5096 0 0
BELL ATLANTIC CORP COM 077853109 329 4887 SH SOLE 4887 0 0
BELLSOUTH CORP COM 079860102 554 12322 SH SOLE 12322 0 0
BP AMOCO PLC - ADR COM 055622104 1457 26294 SH SOLE 26294 0 0
BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO COM 110122108 1147 16990 SH SOLE 16990 0 0
C B S CORPORATION COM 12490K107 354 7650 SH SOLE 7650 0 0
C V S CORPORATION COM 126650100 225 5517 SH SOLE 5517 0 0
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK COM 16161A108 33520 444704 SH SOLE 444704 0 0
CHEVRON CORP COM 166751107 587 6610 SH SOLE 6610 0 0
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC COM 17275R102 89739 1308863 SH SOLE 1308863 0 0
CITIGROUP INC. COM 172967101 49776 1131267 SH SOLE 1131267 0 0
COBRA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION COM 191042100 1067 334698 SH SOLE 334698 0 0
COCA COLA CO COM 191216100 2763 57266 SH SOLE 57266 0 0
COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO COM 194162103 773 16906 SH SOLE 16906 0 0
COMCAST CORPORATION SPECIAL CL COM 200300200 987 24756 SH SOLE 24756 0 0
COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION COM 205363104 449 6391 SH SOLE 6391 0 0
DELL COMPUTER CORP COM 247025109 580 13878 SH SOLE 13878 0 0
DISNEY, WALT, COMPANY COM 254687106 347 13343 SH SOLE 13343 0 0
DOW CHEMICAL CORP COM 260543103 388 3415 SH SOLE 3415 0 0
DU PONT E I DE NEMOURS CO COM 263534109 219 3624 SH SOLE 3624 0 0
E M C CORPORATION COM 268648102 80867 1132993 SH SOLE 1132993 0 0
ELAN PLC ADR COM 284131208 35604 1060838 SH SOLE 1060838 0 0
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO COM 291011104 918 14527 SH SOLE 14527 0 0
ERICSSON, L M, TELEFON. ADR CL COM 294821400 29778 952901 SH SOLE 952901 0 0
EXXON CORP COM 302290101 1649 21692 SH SOLE 21692 0 0
EXXON CORP COM 302290101 674 8874 SH OTHER 8874 0 0
FASTENAL COMPANY COM 311900104 659 13980 SH SOLE 13980 0 0
FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE COR COM 313400301 536 10300 SH SOLE 10300 0 0
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSN COM 313586109 1653 26370 SH SOLE 26370 0 0
FIRST DATA CORP COM 319963104 281 6400 SH SOLE 6400 0 0
FIRST UNION CORP COM 337358105 529 14858 SH SOLE 14858 0 0
FIRSTAR CORPORATION COM 33763V109 668 26056 SH SOLE 26056 0 0
FORD MOTOR COMPANY COM 345370100 246 4893 SH SOLE 4893 0 0
G T E CORPORATION COM 362320103 2545 33102 SH SOLE 33102 0 0
GANNETT COMPANY, INC. COM 364730101 259 3750 SH SOLE 3750 0 0
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY COM 369604103 55341 466766 SH SOLE 466766 0 0
GILLETTE CO COM 375766102 23391 689234 SH SOLE 689234 0 0
HEWLETT PACKARD CO COM 428236103 1177 12973 SH SOLE 12973 0 0
HOME DEPOT INC COM 437076102 50136 730585 SH SOLE 730585 0 0
HOUSEHOLD INTERNATIONAL INC COM 441815107 26299 655429 SH SOLE 655429 0 0
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC - ADR COM 404280406 688 11851 SH SOLE 11851 0 0
I M S HEALTH INCORPORATED COM 449934108 294 12895 SH SOLE 12895 0 0
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC COM 452308109 41238 553067 SH SOLE 553067 0 0
INTEL CORP COM 458140100 89036 1198133 SH SOLE 1198133 0 0
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE COM 459200101 9430 77936 SH SOLE 77936 0 0
JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 4685 50995 SH SOLE 50995 0 0
LILLY, ELI AND COMPANY COM 532457108 32410 504929 SH SOLE 504929 0 0
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 549463107 2845 43853 SH SOLE 43853 0 0
M B N A CORPORATION COM 55262L100 247 10848 SH SOLE 10848 0 0
M C I WORLDCOM COM 55268B106 47700 663657 SH SOLE 663657 0 0
MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORPORATION COM 571834100 478 8373 SH SOLE 8373 0 0
MC DONALD'S CORP COM 580135101 666 15392 SH SOLE 15392 0 0
MEDTRONIC INC COM 585055106 33982 955558 SH SOLE 955558 0 0
MELLON BANK CORPORATION COM 585509102 28956 861142 SH SOLE 861142 0 0
MERCK & CO COM 589331107 6186 95441 SH SOLE 95441 0 0
MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918104 86847 958975 SH SOLE 958975 0 0
MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURI COM 604059105 419 4360 SH SOLE 4360 0 0
MOBIL CORP COM 607059102 649 6442 SH SOLE 6442 0 0
MOLEX, INC., CLASS A COM 608554200 584 18038 SH SOLE 18038 0 0
MONSANTO COMPANY COM 611662107 18740 525116 SH SOLE 525116 0 0
MORGAN J.P. & CO INC COM 616880100 299 2617 SH SOLE 2617 0 0
MORGAN STANLEY, DEAN WITTER & COM 617446448 673 7541 SH SOLE 7541 0 0
MOTOROLA INC COM 620076109 807 9165 SH SOLE 9165 0 0
NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION COM 665859104 2385 28564 SH SOLE 28564 0 0
NUCOR CORP COM 670346105 221 4640 SH SOLE 4640 0 0
OLD KENT FINANCIAL CORP COM 679833103 437 11771 SH SOLE 11771 0 0
PALL CORP COM 696429307 217 9350 SH SOLE 9350 0 0
PAYCHEX INC COM 704326107 486 14245 SH SOLE 14245 0 0
PEPSICO INC COM 713448108 22232 728909 SH SOLE 728909 0 0
PFIZER INC COM 717081103 40969 1142006 SH SOLE 1142006 0 0
PHILIP MORRIS COS INC COM 718154107 492 14390 SH SOLE 14390 0 0
PLUM CREEK TIMBER CO INC COM COM 729251108 212 6750 SH SOLE 6750 0 0
PRICE, T ROWE, & ASSOCIATES IN COM 741477103 466 16988 SH SOLE 16988 0 0
PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY COM 742718109 3380 36057 SH SOLE 36057 0 0
QUAKER OATS CO COM 747402105 415 6700 SH SOLE 6700 0 0
REUTERS GROUP PLC - ADR COM 76132M102 345 5015 SH SOLE 5015 0 0
ROCHE HOLDINGS, LTD., ADR COM 771195104 414 3600 SH SOLE 3600 0 0
ROYAL DUTCH PETROLEUM CO - N Y COM 780257804 458 7760 SH SOLE 7760 0 0
S B C COMMUNICATIONS, INC COM 78387G103 805 15771 SH SOLE 15771 0 0
S P X CORPORATION COM 784635104 34945 385070 SH SOLE 385070 0 0
S & P 500 DEPOSITARY RECEPIT ( COM 78462F103 579 4500 SH SOLE 4500 0 0
SCHERING PLOUGH CORP COM 806605101 2482 56902 SH SOLE 56902 0 0
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM PLC COM 832378301 234 4068 SH SOLE 4068 0 0
ST PAUL COMPANIES INC COM 792860108 219 7960 SH SOLE 7960 0 0
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC COM 866810104 835 8975 SH SOLE 8975 0 0
SUNTRUST BANKS, INC. COM 867914103 611 9290 SH SOLE 9290 0 0
SYSCO CORPORATION COM 871829107 246 7024 SH SOLE 7024 0 0
TEXACO INC COM 881694103 416 6593 SH SOLE 6593 0 0
TIME WARNER INC COM 887315109 29468 485075 SH SOLE 485075 0 0
TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD COM 902124106 33671 326114 SH SOLE 326114 0 0
UNUMPROVIDENT CORPORATION COM 91529Y106 19835 673800 SH SOLE 673800 0 0
VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY COM 928298108 334 14062 SH SOLE 14062 0 0
VODAFONE AIRTOUCH PLC ADR COM 92857T107 57731 1214120 SH SOLE 1214120 0 0
WAL MART STORES, INC. COM 931142103 2670 56129 SH SOLE 56129 0 0
WALGREEN CO COM 931422109 33682 1327379 SH SOLE 1327379 0 0
WARNER LAMBERT CO COM 934488107 210 3169 SH SOLE 3169 0 0
WELLS FARGO NEW COM 949746101 709 17887 SH SOLE 17887 0 0
WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC. COM 969133107 330 7655 SH SOLE 7655 0 0
XEROX CORP COM 984121103 1102 26269 SH SOLE 26269 0 0
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