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, 2000
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
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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 May 4, 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 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: 106
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $611,738
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 1374 30155 SH
SOLE 30155 1625
AGL Resources COM 001204106 4256 231633 SH
SOLE 231633 3150
AT&T Corp COM 001957109 3694 65593 SH
SOLE 65593 1100
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 5367 152522 SH
SOLE 152522 2550
Acuson Corp COM 005113105 8169 551522 SH
SOLE 551522 7600
Airgas Inc COM 009363102 10522 1265788 SH
SOLE 1265788 12350
Alcatel SA COM 013904305 1271 29475 SH
SOLE 29475
Allstate Corp COM 020002101 7531 316265 SH
SOLE 316265 2625
Alltel Corporation COM 020039103 10120 160005 SH
SOLE 160005 650
American Home Products Corp COM 026609107 204 3800 SH
SOLE 3800
Arnold Industries, Inc. COM 042595108 5702 445072 SH
SOLE 445072 6100
Arrow International Inc COM 042764100 4598 146535 SH
SOLE 146535 1875
Artesyn Technologies Inc COM 043127109 7547 398536 SH
SOLE 398536 5600
Avatar Holdings Inc COM 053494100 10063 503130 SH
SOLE 503130 6850
Bank One Corp. COM 06423a103 4062 117740 SH
SOLE 117740
Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 3604 68735 SH
SOLE 68735 750
Baxter International Inc COM 071813109 6885 109825 SH
SOLE 109825 975
Bell & Howell Company COM 077852101 7499 239961 SH
SOLE 239961 3250
Bell Atlantic Corp COM 077853109 6006 98257 SH
SOLE 98257 1050
Berkshire Hathaway Inc-Cl B COM 084670207 3635 1997 SH
SOLE 1997 40
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.-Del COM 084670108 4919 86 SH
SOLE 86
Black & Decker Corp COM 091797100 4167 110943 SH
SOLE 110943 1100
Block H & R Inc COM 093671105 4788 106999 SH
SOLE 106999 1875
Brady Corporation COM 104674106 9730 311981 SH
SOLE 311981 4200
Bull Run Corp COM 120182100 600 150000 SH
SOLE 150000
Capital One Financial Corp COM 14040h105 1949 40650 SH
SOLE 40650 2000
Chevron Corp COM 166751107 5637 60983 SH
SOLE 60983 750
Clarcor Inc COM 179895107 9306 524271 SH
SOLE 524271 7150
Coflexip ADR COM 192384105 9542 174290 SH
SOLE 174290 2350
Comcast Corp Cl A COM 200300101 3188 77275 SH
SOLE 77275 750
Compaq Computer Corp. COM 204493100 6616 245045 SH
SOLE 245045 3200
Crane Co COM 224399105 8072 342582 SH
SOLE 342582 4650
Cytec Industries Inc. COM 232820100 17612 575078 SH
SOLE 575078 7950
Dain Rauscher Corp COM 233856103 9718 147384 SH
SOLE 147384 2050
Diageo P L C Sponsored ADR COM 25243q205 7132 236751 SH
SOLE 236751 1900
Du Pont E I De Nemours COM 263534109 204 3850 SH
SOLE 3850
Exxon Mobil Corp. COM 30231g102 7821 100350 SH
SOLE 100350 1025
Fannie Mae Inc COM 313586109 4494 79450 SH
SOLE 79450 850
First Commerce Bank COM 31982b102 72 10350 SH
SOLE 10350
First Data Corp COM 319963104 7890 177800 SH
SOLE 177800 1925
Fortune Brands COM 349631101 1416 56640 SH
SOLE 56640
Freddie Mac Inc COM 313400301 3918 88675 SH
SOLE 88675
Gaylord Entertainment Co COM 367905106 11035 406818 SH
SOLE 406818 5550
Haemonetics Corp COM 405024100 13067 580759 SH
SOLE 580759 7800
Hewlett-Packard Co. COM 428236103 6037 45433 SH
SOLE 45433 275
Hilb, Rogal & Hamilton Co COM 431294107 11976 438472 SH
SOLE 438472 3750
Hollinger International Inc COM 435569108 10263 954707 SH
SOLE 954707 7150
Horace Mann Educators COM 440327104 8031 435588 SH
SOLE 435588 5950
Insurance Auto Autions Inc COM 457875102 4974 294778 SH
SOLE 294778 3500
Interim Services Inc COM 45868p100 9033 486615 SH
SOLE 486615 6500
Intl Business Machines Corp COM 459200101 7055 59785 SH
SOLE 59785 725
J.P. Morgan & Company COM 616880100 6611 50175 SH
SOLE 50175 600
Keycorp COM 493267108 1955 102900 SH
SOLE 102900
Mallinckrodt Inc COM 561232109 4456 154976 SH
SOLE 154976 2050
Manpower Inc COM 56418h100 3123 87975 SH
SOLE 87975
Marcus Corporation COM 566330106 622 48085 SH
SOLE 48085
McDonald's Corporation COM 580135101 1448 38740 SH
SOLE 38740 1600
Mentor Corp Minn COM 587188103 9229 341809 SH
SOLE 341809 4750
Merck & Co., Inc. COM 589331107 4174 67185 SH
SOLE 67185 1350
Metris Cos Inc COM 591598107 18702 481086 SH
SOLE 481086 6500
Millenium Chemicals Inc COM 599903101 7963 398131 SH
SOLE 398131 5400
Morgan St Dean Witter & Co COM 617446448 239 2888 SH
SOLE 2888
Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Fd COM 61744g107 216 12445 SH
SOLE 12445
Nabisco Holdings Corp COM 629526104 3597 111546 SH
SOLE 111546
National R.V. Holdings Inc. COM 637277104 3453 218379 SH
SOLE 218379 3000
Nautica Enterprises Inc COM 639089101 5210 443436 SH
SOLE 443436 6100
Oceanfirst Financial Corporati COM 675234108 7675 489212 SH
SOLE 489212 4550
Owens & Minor Inc Hldg Co COM 690732102 5979 562714 SH
SOLE 562714 7700
Payless Shoesource Inc COM 704379106 8385 161449 SH
SOLE 161449 2050
Peoples Energy COM 711030106 3364 122624 SH
SOLE 122624 1650
Perini Corp COM 713839108 854 192380 SH
SOLE 192380
Philip Morris Companies Inc COM 718154107 2363 111881 SH
SOLE 111881
Philips Electronics-NY COM 500472204 9145 53381 SH
SOLE 53381 400
Piedmont Natural Gas Co COM 720186105 5598 214786 SH
SOLE 214786 2950
Pittston Brink's Group COM 725701106 12119 712905 SH
SOLE 712905 9800
Praxair Inc. COM 74005P104 7683 184580 SH
SOLE 184580 1375
Progressive Corp COM 743315103 3883 51050 SH
SOLE 51050
R G S ENERGY GROUP INC COM COM 74956K104 232 10900 SH
SOLE 10900
RF Micro Devices Inc COM 749941100 8734 65000 SH
SOLE 65000
Ralcorp Holdings Inc COM 751028101 7192 496032 SH
SOLE 496032 6750
Ralston Purina Group COM 751277302 6891 250590 SH
SOLE 250590 3250
Rayonier Inc COM 754907103 13225 271286 SH
SOLE 271286 3350
Rent Way Inc COM 76009u104 393 20169 SH
SOLE 20169
Royal Dutch Petro-NY COM 780257804 5431 93945 SH
SOLE 93945 1225
SBC Communications Inc COM 78387g103 4367 103665 SH
SOLE 103665 1100
SPS Technologies Inc COM 784626103 5705 187043 SH
SOLE 187043 2600
Sherwin Williams Co COM 824348106 4284 193625 SH
SOLE 193625 2800
St Mary Land & Exploration COM 792228108 1495 50040 SH
SOLE 50040
Stewart Info Svcs COM 860372101 4047 255919 SH
SOLE 255919 3500
Synovus Financial Corp COM 87161c105 283 15000 SH
SOLE 15000
Texas Industries Inc COM 882491103 4665 147510 SH
SOLE 147510 2100
The Caroline Company LLC COM 092993104 1000 1000 SH
SOLE 1000
The Walt Disney Co. COM 254687106 4515 109460 SH
SOLE 109460 1400
Transaction Systems Architects COM 893416107 6344 219706 SH
SOLE 219706 2950
True North Communications COM 897844106 6971 177329 SH
SOLE 177329 2400
USX-Marathon Group COM 902905827 5819 223265 SH
SOLE 223265
Unicom Corporation COM 904911104 5968 163510 SH
SOLE 163510 1800
Unisys Corp COM 909214108 4741 184550 SH
SOLE 184550 1700
United Asset Mgmt Corp COM 909420101 5921 342000 SH
SOLE 342000
Varco International Inc COM 922126107 4485 355273 SH
SOLE 355273 5125
Wachovia Corp COM 929771103 5755 85176 SH
SOLE 85176
6 87 SH
OTHER 87
Waddell & Reed Financial-A COM 930059100 14862 351255 SH
SOLE 351255 3825
Wallace Computer Svcs Inc COM 932270101 6497 550019 SH
SOLE 550019 7600
White Mountains Insurance COM g9618e107 10316 76910 SH
SOLE 76910 1025
Fidelity Diversified Internati COM 315910802 1175 45756.745SH
SOLE 45756.745
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