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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:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings
entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Basswood Partners, L.L.C.
Address: 645 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Form 13F File Number: 28-04683
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: Matthew Lindenbaum
Title: Managing Member
Phone: (212) 521-9500
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/Matthew Lindenbaum New York, New York May 15, 2000
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[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
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Report Type (Check only one):
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of
this reporting manager are reported in this report.)
[ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in
this report, and all holdings are reported by other
reporting manager(s).)
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the
holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this
report and a portion are reported by other reporting
manager(s).)
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]
Form 13F File Number Name
28-
[Repeat as necessary.]
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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 3
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 54
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $412,098,378
The Institutional Investment Manager has requested confidential
treatment for certain positions, which are omitted from this
report and are being filed separately with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file
number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect
to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this
report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the
column headings and list entries.]
No. Form 13F File Number Name
1 28- Basswood Capital Management, LLC
2 28- Bennett Lindenbaum
3 28- Matthew Lindenbaum
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BASSWOOD PARTNERS
COMBINATION REPORT
March 31, 2000
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ITEM 1 ITEM 2 ITEM 3 ITEM 4 ITEM 5 ITEM 6 ITEM 7 ITEM 8
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INVESTMENT DISCRETION VOTING AUTHORITY
(b) (SHARES)
FAIR SHARED (c)
TITLE CUSIP MARKET SHRS OR (a) SEE SHARED- MANAGERS (a) (b) (c)
NAME OF ISSUER OF CLASS NUMBER VALUE PRN AMT SOLE INSTR. V OTHER SEE INSTR. V SOLE SHARED NONE
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Arcadia Financial
LTD (AAC) Common 39101100 736,855 147,371 X 1,2,3 X
Associates First
Capital (AFS) Common 46008108 27,730,856 1,297,350 X 1,2,3 X
Astoria Financial
Corp.(ASFC) Common 046265104 11,019,204 388,342 X 1,2,3 X
Banc One Corp. (ONE) Common 06423A103 20,200,854 585,532 X 1,2,3 X
Bank of New York (BK) Common 064057102 5,657,987 136,132 X 1,2,3 X
Bay View Capital
Corp. (BVC) Common 07262L101 697,440 92,992 X 1,2,3 X
Bear Stearns (BSC) Common 073902108 21,568,953 472,744 X 1,2,3 X
Capital Corp. of
the West (CCOW) Common 140065103 657,429 78,499 X 1,2,3 X
Capital One Financial
Corp. (COF) Common 14040H105 2,031,783 42,384 X 1,2,3 X
Citigroup Inc. (C) Common 172967101 7,574,906 126,512 X 1,2,3 X
City National
Corp. (CYN) Common 178566105 2,116,518 62,828 X 1,2,3 X
Comerica, Inc. (CMA) Common 200340107 14,163,004 338,221 X 1,2,3 X
Community State
Bank (TNEK) Common 204136105 470,323 42,999 X 1,2,3 X
Compucredit Corp.
(CCRT) Common 20478N100 12,482,914 344,951 X 1,2,3 X
Conseco Inc. (CNC) Common 208464107 46,116 4,032 X 1,2,3 X
Countrywide Credit
(CCR) Common 222372104 17,377,870 637,720 X 1,2,3 X
Fannie Mae (FNM) Common 313586109 7,805,625 138,000 X 1,2,3 X
Fifth Third
Bancorp (FITB) Common 316773100 4,298,616 68,232 X 1,2,3 X
Financial Federal
Corp. (FIF) Common 317492106 9,465,576 520,444 X 1,2,3 X
Finova Corp. (FNV) Common 317928109 1,562,083 92,912 X 1,2,3 X
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First Community
Bank of the
Desert(FCDE) Common 31983J104 834,265 230,142 X 1,2,3 X
First Financial
Fund (FF) Common 320228109 1,139,008 145,793 X 1,2,3 X
FleetBoston Financial
Corp. (FBF) Common 339030108 62,050 1,700 X 1,2,3 X
Freddie Mac (FRE) Common 313400301 13,557,388 306,815 X 1,2,3 X
Gentra, Inc. (GTA-CN) Common 37245E874 4,013,711 434,794 X 1,2,3 X
Golden State
Bancorp (GSB) Common 381197102 2,644,087 177,010 X 1,2,3 X
Household
International (HI) Common 441815107 1,414,480 37,909 X 1,2,3 X
IMC Mortgage
Co. (IMCC) Common 449923101 47,378 263,216 X 1,2,3 X
Imperial Bancorp
(IMP) Common 452556103 145,646 4,698 X 1,2,3 X
M&T Bank
Corporation (MTB) Common 55261F104 8,734,433 19,562 X 1,2,3 X
MBNA Corp. (KRB) Common 55262L100 11,320,471 443,940 X 1,2,3 X
Mellon Financial
Corp. (MEL) Common 58551A108 9,407,872 316,231 X 1,2,3 X
Merrill Lynch
Co. (MER) Common 590188108 13,108,200 124,840 X 1,2,3 X
Metris Companies,
Inc. (MXT) Common 591598107 951,893 24,486 X 1,2,3 X
Mid-State Bancshares
(MDST) Common 595440108 1,102,648 44,106 X 1,2,3 X
National City
Corp. (NCC) Common 635405103 241,890 11,728 X 1,2,3 X
Northern Trust
Corp. (NTRS) Common 665859104 12,062,001 178,531 X 1,2,3 X
Pacific Capital
Bancorp (SABB) Common 69404P101 1,345,539 55,486 X 1,2,3 X
Pacificamerica
Money Center
Inc. (PAMM) Common 694935107 747 2,658 X 1,2,3 X
Paine Webber
Group Inc. (PWJ) Common 695629105 6,820,000 155,000 X 1,2,3 X
Professional
Bancorp (MDB) Common 743112104 705,954 144,811 X 1,2,3 X
Progressive
Corp. (PGR) Common 743315103 7,340,031 96,500 X 1,2,3 X
Providian Financial
Corp. (PVN) Common 74406A102 29,069,444 335,577 X 1,2,3 X
Southern Pacific
Funding Corp.(SFCFQ) Common 843576109 24,379 162,529 X 1,2,3 X
Sovereign Bancorp
SVRN) Common 845905108 6,103,391 807,060 X 1,2,3 X
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State Street
Corp. (STT) Common 857477103 6,957,563 71,820 X 1,2,3 X
Summit Bancorp (SUB) Common 866005101 25,081,350 955,480 X 1,2,3 X
TCF Financial
Corp. (TCB) Common 872275102 14,423,422 605,708 X 1,2,3 X
United Companies
Financial Corp.
(UCFNQ) Common 909870107 8,267 150,305 X 1,2,3 X
US Bancorp (USB) Common 902973106 18,727,515 856,115 X 1,2,3 X
Wachovia Corp. (WB) Common 929771103 1,298,551 19,220 X 1,2,3 X
Washington
Mutual (WM) Common 939322103 14,450,533 545,303 X 1,2,3 X
Wells Fargo &
CO (WFC) Common 949746101 24,872,700 610,373 X 1,2,3 X
Westamerica
Bancorp.(WABC) Common 957090103 6,416,661 231,231 X 1,2,3 X
Total $412,098,378 14,188,874
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