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: Sterling Capital Management
Address: 301 S. College Street
Suite 3200
Charlotte, NC 28202-6005
13F File Number: 801-8776
This 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: Mark W. Whalen
Title: President
Phone: 704-372-8670
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Mark W. Whalen Charlotte, North Carolina December 1, 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 AND 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: 96
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $515,632
List of Other Included Managers:
No. 13F File Number Name
NOT APPLICABLE - NO OTHER MANAGERS INCLUDED
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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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AFLAC, Inc. COM 001055102 1399 33416 SH
SOLE 33416
AT&T Corp COM 001957109 5734 131813 SH
SOLE 131813
Acuson Corp COM 005113105 4775 374541 SH
SOLE 374541
Airgas Inc COM 009363102 10478 901373 SH
SOLE 901373
Alcatel SA COM 013904305 5787 208525 SH
SOLE 208525
Allstate Corp COM 020002101 4231 169650 SH
SOLE 169650
Arnold Industries, Inc. COM 042595108 3562 282101 SH
SOLE 282101
Arrow International Inc COM 042764100 4190 163908 SH
SOLE 163908
Avatar Holdings Inc COM 053494100 5988 315147 SH
SOLE 315147
Bank One Corp. COM 06423a103 8085 232240 SH
SOLE 232240
Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 9382 168475 SH
SOLE 168475
43 769 SH
OTHER 769
Bell & Howell Company COM 077852101 7839 213676 SH
SOLE 213676
Bell Atlantic Corp COM 077853109 8390 124647 SH
SOLE 124647
Black & Decker Corp COM 091797100 6391 139878 SH
SOLE 139878
Block H & R Inc COM 093671105 5859 134874 SH
SOLE 134874
27 633 SH
OTHER 633
Boeing Co COM 097023105 7444 174635 SH
SOLE 174635
Brady Corporation COM 104674106 6148 192130 SH
SOLE 192130
Bull Run Corp COM 120182100 591 150000 SH
SOLE 150000
Capital One Financial Corp COM 14040h105 2429 62285 SH
SOLE 62285
Capital Southwest Corp COM 140501107 554 7537 SH
SOLE 7537
Chevron Corp COM 166751107 6834 76998 SH
SOLE 76998
Clarcor Inc COM 179895107 7520 447295 SH
SOLE 447295
Compaq Computer Corp. COM 204493100 5481 239610 SH
SOLE 239610
Conning Corp COM 208215103 2481 215697 SH
SOLE 215697
Conseco, Inc. COM 208464107 3677 193545 SH
SOLE 193545
Cytec Industries Inc. COM 232820100 6464 275068 SH
SOLE 275068
Dain Rauscher Corp COM 233856103 4750 96935 SH
SOLE 96935
Diageo P L C Sponsored ADR COM 25243q205 12934 312142 SH
SOLE 312142
Du Pont E I De Nemours COM 263534109 233 3850 SH
SOLE 3850
Entergy Corp COM 29364g103 6616 228615 SH
SOLE 228615
Exxon Corp COM 302290101 4719 62098 SH
SOLE 62098
Financial Security Assurance H COM 31769p100 2766 53514 SH
SOLE 53514
First Commerce Bank COM 31982b102 119 10350 SH
SOLE 10350
First Commerce Bank COM firstcomm 150 11500 SH
OTHER 11500
First Data Corp COM 319963104 9884 225275 SH
SOLE 225275
Fortune Brands COM 349631101 2380 73790 SH
SOLE 73790
Gaylord Entertainment Co COM 367905106 7633 258746 SH
SOLE 258746
Gleason Corp COM 377339106 6374 374945 SH
SOLE 374945
Haemonetics Corp COM 405024100 8913 452747 SH
SOLE 452747
Harman International COM 413086109 6574 156303 SH
SOLE 156303
Hewlett-Packard Co. COM 428236103 6633 73088 SH
SOLE 73088
Hilb, Rogal & Hamilton Co COM 431294107 9647 384924 SH
SOLE 384924
Hollinger International Inc COM 435569108 4123 347171 SH
SOLE 347171
Horace Mann Educators COM 440327104 11901 461068 SH
SOLE 461068
J.P. Morgan & Company COM 616880100 10406 91085 SH
SOLE 91085
Jostens Inc. COM 481088102 6599 345057 SH
SOLE 345057
Mallinckrodt Inc COM 561232109 10791 357471 SH
SOLE 357471
Manpower Inc COM 56418h100 5911 202951 SH
SOLE 202951
Marcus Corporation COM 566330106 3556 294792 SH
SOLE 294792
Marshall Industries COM 572393106 4394 120385 SH
SOLE 120385
Mattel Inc. COM 577081102 5844 307575 SH
SOLE 307575
McDonald's Corporation COM 580135101 2051 47415 SH
SOLE 47415
McKesson HBOC, Inc COM 58155Q103 3291 113475 SH
SOLE 113475
Merck & Co., Inc. COM 589331107 8217 126780 SH
SOLE 126780
Metris Cos Inc COM 591598107 8901 301737 SH
SOLE 301737
Milacron Inc COM 598709103 3899 219651 SH
SOLE 219651
Mobil Corp COM 607059102 4556 45222 SH
SOLE 45222
Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Fd COM 61744g107 137 12445 SH
SOLE 12445
Nabisco Holdings Corp COM 629526104 11058 319941 SH
SOLE 319941
National R.V. Holdings Inc. COM 637277104 2767 140103 SH
SOLE 140103
Nautica Enterprises Inc COM 639089101 4544 281773 SH
SOLE 281773
Oceanfirst Financial Corporati COM 675234108 6236 380809 SH
SOLE 380809
Owens & Minor Inc Hldg Co COM 690732102 5974 620640 SH
SOLE 620640
Perini Corp COM 713839108 944 269600 SH
SOLE 269600
Philip Morris Companies Inc COM 718154107 8267 241819 SH
SOLE 241819
Philips Electronics-NY COM 500472204 11102 109921 SH
SOLE 109921
Pittston Brink's Group COM 725701106 6467 278888 SH
SOLE 278888
Praxair Inc. COM 74005P104 7809 169755 SH
SOLE 169755
Progressive Corp COM 743315103 3386 41450 SH
SOLE 41450
RF Micro Devices Inc COM 749941100 4850 106000 SH
SOLE 106000
Ralcorp Holdings Inc COM 751028101 5561 314429 SH
SOLE 314429
Ralston Purina Group COM 751277302 8894 319065 SH
SOLE 319065
Rayonier Inc COM 754907103 7868 187340 SH
SOLE 187340
Rent Way Inc COM 76009u104 668 35169 SH
SOLE 35169
Royal Dutch Petro-NY COM 780257804 4290 72630 SH
SOLE 72630
SBC Communications Inc COM 78387g103 6653 130293 SH
SOLE 130293
SPS Technologies Inc COM 784626103 4628 121990 SH
SOLE 121990
Snap-On Inc COM 833034101 2563 78875 SH
SOLE 78875
Stewart Info Svcs COM 860372101 2968 162095 SH
SOLE 162095
Sun Microsystems Inc COM 866810104 1750 18815 SH
SOLE 18815
Synovus Financial Corp COM 87161c105 280 15000 SH
SOLE 15000
Texas Industries Inc COM 882491103 3474 93901 SH
SOLE 93901
The Caroline Company LLC COM 092993104 1000 1000 SH
SOLE 1000
True North Communications COM 897844106 8333 229083 SH
SOLE 229083
U S Industries Inc COM 912080108 2158 137022 SH
SOLE 137022
USX-Marathon Group COM 902905827 5433 185755 SH
SOLE 185755
Unicom Corporation COM 904911104 7703 208545 SH
SOLE 208545
United Asset Mgmt Corp COM 909420101 6584 342000 SH
SOLE 342000
Unumprovident Corp. COM 91529y106 8180 277875 SH
SOLE 277875
Wachovia Corp COM 929771103 6815 86677 SH
SOLE 86677
7 87 SH
OTHER 87
Waddell & Reed Financial-A COM 930059100 11403 513960 SH
SOLE 513960
Wallace Computer Svcs Inc COM 932270101 7048 348053 SH
SOLE 348053
West Teleservices Corp. COM 956188106 1283 123677 SH
SOLE 123677
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