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, 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 submission.
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 July 28, 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 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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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
AFLAC, Inc. COM 001055102 2190 34180 SH SOLE 34180 1625
AT&T Corp COM 001957109 1171 39868 SH SOLE 39868 1100
37 1250 SH OTHER 1250
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 3218 67662 SH SOLE 67662 150
44 925 SH OTHER 925
Agilent Technologies, Inc. COM 00846u101 401 8191 SH SOLE 8191 265
Alcatel SA COM 013904305 1940 30850 SH SOLE 30850
Alleghany Corp COM 017175100 9371 47810 SH SOLE 47635 400
Allstate Corp COM 020002101 6289 180975 SH SOLE 180975 2100
90 2600 SH OTHER 2600
Alltel Corporation COM 020039103 2786 53380 SH SOLE 53380 650
American Home Products Corp COM 026609107 215 3800 SH SOLE 3800
23 400 SH OTHER 400
American International Group COM 026874107 4136 43223 SH SOLE 43223
183 1912 SH OTHER 1912
Arnold Industries, Inc. COM 042595108 12538 742994 SH SOLE 740119 6800
Arrow International Inc COM 042764100 8717 239638 SH SOLE 238688 2225
Avatar Holdings Inc COM 053494100 13593 706106 SH SOLE 703506 6850
BRE Properties Cl A COM 05564e106 12992 405995 SH SOLE 404395 3675
Bank One Corp. COM 06423a103 2290 59300 SH SOLE 59300
Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 2311 44115 SH SOLE 44115 750
254 4849 SH OTHER 4849
Baxter International Inc COM 071813109 3005 37650 SH SOLE 37650 975
Bell & Howell Company COM 077852101 8751 400023 SH SOLE 398473 3540
Berkshire Hathaway Inc-Cl B COM 084670207 1234 596 SH SOLE 596 40
Black & Decker Corp COM 091797100 2374 69443 SH SOLE 69443 1100
17 500 SH OTHER 500
Block H & R Inc COM 093671105 4490 121149 SH SOLE 121149 1875
Brady Corporation COM 104674106 15544 513853 SH SOLE 511853 4675
Bull Run Corp COM 120182100 375 150000 SH SOLE 150000
Capital One Financial Corp COM 14040h105 3249 46375 SH SOLE 46375 1850
Chase Manhattan Corp COM 16161a108 128 2781 SH SOLE 2781
80 1737 SH OTHER 1737
Chevron Corp COM 166751107 3415 40058 SH SOLE 40058 750
121 1425 SH OTHER 1425
Cisco Systems Inc COM 17275r102 120 2175 SH SOLE 2175
180 3250 SH OTHER 3250
Citigroup Inc COM 172967101 1960 36256 SH SOLE 36256 1500
205 3783 SH OTHER 3783
Clarcor Inc COM 179895107 15922 816520 SH SOLE 813145 7350
Comcast Corp COM 200300200 2791 68175 SH SOLE 68175 900
Comcast Corp Cl A COM 200300101 1944 47775 SH SOLE 47775 750
Commercial Federal Corp COM 201647104 5418 283295 SH SOLE 282195 2550
Compaq Computer Corp. COM 204493100 1608 58308 SH SOLE 58308 1375
77 2800 SH OTHER 2800
Core Laboratories N.V. COM n22717107 8972 365258 SH SOLE 363833 3310
Crane Co COM 224399105 14848 649088 SH SOLE 646688 5925
Cytec Industries Inc. COM 232820100 29655 886883 SH SOLE 883383 8075
Dain Rauscher Corp COM 233856103 22903 246274 SH SOLE 245699 2140
Davox Corp COM 239208101 5992 595500 SH SOLE 593150 5475
Diageo P L C Sponsored ADR COM 25243q205 1080 30571 SH SOLE 30571 1900
Donaldson Co Inc COM 257651109 11660 529980 SH SOLE 527905 4575
Edwards LifeSciences Corporati COM 28176e108 284 13005 SH SOLE 13005 195
Energizer Holdings, Inc. COM 29266r108 1370 55911 SH SOLE 55911 1082
Enron Corp COM 293561106 3131 35736 SH SOLE 35736
83 950 SH OTHER 950
Exxon Mobil Corp. COM 30231g102 6697 75141 SH SOLE 75141 1025
312 3500 SH OTHER 3500
Fannie Mae Inc COM 313586109 1115 15600 SH SOLE 15600
Finova Group Inc COM 317928109 5735 791008 SH SOLE 787958 7000
First Commerce Bank COM 31982b102 80 10350 SH SOLE 10350
First Data Corp COM 319963104 4629 118500 SH SOLE 118500 1925
First Industrial Realty COM 32054k103 12717 413557 SH SOLE 411932 3792
First Union Corp COM 337358105 3368 104638 SH SOLE 104638
Fortune Brands COM 349631101 836 31565 SH SOLE 31565
Franklin Resources Inc COM 354613101 3057 68795 SH SOLE 68795
Freddie Mac Inc COM 313400301 2421 44775 SH SOLE 44775
108 2000 SH OTHER 2000
Gaylord Entertainment Co COM 367905106 15794 661510 SH SOLE 658910 6100
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 211 3650 SH SOLE 3650
89 1550 SH OTHER 1550
Haemonetics Corp COM 405024100 17707 694386 SH SOLE 691786 6075
Harmonic Inc COM 413160102 7518 313232 SH SOLE 312007 2850
Hewlett-Packard Co. COM 428236103 1973 20343 SH SOLE 20343 700
Hollinger International Inc COM 435569108 14694 877263 SH SOLE 873888 7977
Honeywell International Inc COM 438516106 914 25650 SH SOLE 25650
30 850 SH OTHER 850
Insurance Auto Auctions Inc COM 457875102 7725 477248 SH SOLE 475373 4375
Intel Corporation COM 458140100 149 3575 SH SOLE 3575 150
52 1250 SH OTHER 1250
Intl Business Machines Corp COM 459200101 3056 27165 SH SOLE 27165 150
113 1000 SH OTHER 1000
J.P. Morgan & Company COM 616880100 5338 32675 SH SOLE 32675 600
John Nuveen Co Cl A COM 478035108 5913 122228 SH SOLE 121753 1075
Keycorp COM 493267108 3944 155800 SH SOLE 155800 1525
Koninklijke Philips Electronic COM 500472303 3504 82443 SH SOLE 82443 1983
Mallinckrodt Inc COM 561232109 4487 98355 SH SOLE 98355 2050
McDonald's Corporation COM 580135101 1206 39940 SH SOLE 39940 1600
Mentor Corp Minn COM 587188103 6985 443491 SH SOLE 441741 4100
Merck & Co., Inc. COM 589331107 777 10440 SH SOLE 10440 650
Microcell Telecommunications COM 59501t304 9284 319454 SH SOLE 318204 2925
Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 193 3200 SH SOLE 3200
133 2200 SH OTHER 2200
Millenium Chemicals Inc COM 599903101 9362 632023 SH SOLE 629598 5775
Morgan St Dean Witter & Co COM 617446448 2769 30288 SH SOLE 30288 900
89 975 SH OTHER 975
Morgan Stanley Emerg Mkts Fd COM 61744g107 157 12445 SH SOLE 12445
National R.V. Holdings Inc. COM 637277104 3454 343209 SH SOLE 341884 3200
Nautica Enterprises Inc COM 639089101 9545 737792 SH SOLE 734917 6675
Oceanfirst Financial Corporati COM 675234108 10178 490513 SH SOLE 489313 4625
Oracle Corp COM 68389x105 228 2900 SH SOLE 2900
Owens & Minor Inc Hldg Co COM 690732102 14853 943019 SH SOLE 939394 8600
Pacific Century Financial Corp COM 694058108 12103 706773 SH SOLE 703973 6550
Payless Shoesource Inc COM 704379106 14154 252750 SH SOLE 251750 2375
Peoples Energy COM 711030106 6910 207043 SH SOLE 206243 1900
Perrigo Company COM 714290103 5783 845004 SH SOLE 841704 7700
Philip Morris Companies Inc COM 718154107 1982 67331 SH SOLE 67331
147 5000 SH OTHER 5000
Piedmont Natural Gas Co COM 720186105 11092 362204 SH SOLE 360779 3250
Pittston Brink's Group COM 725701106 25410 1639363 SH SOLE 1632988 14900
Praxair Inc. COM 74005P104 3995 106880 SH SOLE 106880 1375
Procter & Gamble Co COM 742718109 51 760 SH SOLE 760
151 2250 SH OTHER 2250
Progress Software Corp Com COM 743312100 6157 451909 SH SOLE 449959 4550
RF Micro Devices Inc COM 749941100 4160 130000 SH SOLE 130000
Ralcorp Holdings Inc COM 751028101 11706 828747 SH SOLE 825572 7525
Ralston Purina Group COM 751277302 3981 168055 SH SOLE 168055 3250
154 6500 SH OTHER 6500
Rayonier Inc COM 754907103 10444 290619 SH SOLE 289844 3135
Rent Way Inc COM 76009u104 613 20169 SH SOLE 20169
Royal Dutch Petro-NY COM 780257804 3448 57530 SH SOLE 57530 1225
SBC Communications Inc COM 78387g103 3335 66700 SH SOLE 66700 1100
113 2250 SH OTHER 2250
SPS Technologies Inc COM 784626103 15191 313221 SH SOLE 311996 2800
Schlumberger COM 806857108 1768 21475 SH SOLE 21475
Sherwin Williams Co COM 824348106 2700 126325 SH SOLE 126325 2800
Solectron Corp COM 834182107 2524 54715 SH SOLE 54715
St Mary Land & Exploration COM 792228108 2308 100080 SH SOLE 100080
Stewart Info Svcs COM 860372101 5887 382862 SH SOLE 381312 3750
Sun Microsystems Inc COM 866810104 156 1340 SH SOLE 1340
47 400 SH OTHER 400
Synovus Financial Corp COM 87161c105 318 15000 SH SOLE 15000
Tennant Co COM 880345103 6600 149154 SH SOLE 148579 1300
Texas Industries Inc COM 882491103 7856 246464 SH SOLE 245514 2255
The Caroline Company LLC COM 092993104 1000 1000 SH SOLE 1000
The Walt Disney Co. COM 254687106 2720 71110 SH SOLE 71110 1400
True North Communications COM 897844106 10623 297153 SH SOLE 295978 2650
USX-Marathon Group COM 902905827 3170 111725 SH SOLE 111725
Unicom Corporation COM 904911104 5868 104435 SH SOLE 104435 1800
Unisys Corp COM 909214108 516 45885 SH SOLE 45885
United Technologies Corp COM 913017109 381 5500 SH SOLE 5500
Valuevision Intl Inc Cl A COM 92047k107 6902 274706 SH SOLE 273631 2500
Varco International, Inc. COM 922122106 8915 428325 SH SOLE 426645 3875
Verizon Communications COM 92343v104 3148 64999 SH SOLE 64999 1050
107 2200 SH OTHER 2200
Wachovia Corp COM 929771103 5700 100551 SH SOLE 100551
Waddell & Reed Financial-A COM 930059100 10081 325182 SH SOLE 323907 2987
Wallace Computer Svcs Inc COM 932270101 14094 924169 SH SOLE 920569 8050
White Mountains Insurance COM g9618e107 6919 25355 SH SOLE 25255 225
Worldcom Incorporated COM 98157d106 1254 41275 SH SOLE 41275 2700
247 8124 SH OTHER 8124
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 151
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $714,157
List of Other Included Managers:
No. 13F File Number Name
NOT APPLICABLE - NO OTHER MANAGERS INCLUDED