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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: September 30, 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 November 14, 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: 83
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $586,522
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
June 30, 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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American Express
Co.(AXP) Common 25816109 75,529 1,449 X 1,2,3 X
Ameritrade Holding
Corp. (AMTD) Common 03072H109 569,590 48,997 X 1,2,3 X
Associates First
Capital (AFS) Common 35100E104 25,231,867 1,130,840 X 1,2,3 X
Astoria Financial
Corp.(ASFC) Common 046265104 9,999,807 388,342 X 1,2,3 X
Banc One Corp. (ONE) Common 06423A103 15,553,194 585,532 X 1,2,3 X
Bank of New York (BK) Common 064057102 5,253,570 112,980 X 1,2,3 X
Bay View Capital
Corp. (BVC) Common 07262L101 912,484 92,992 X 1,2,3 X
Bear Stearns (BSC) Common 073902108 20,224,981 485,885 X 1,2,3 X
Capital One Financial
Corp. (COF) Common 14040H105 1,891,386 42,384 X 1,2,3 X
Charter One Financial
(CF) Common 160903100 33,979 2,091 X 1,2,3 X
Citigroup Inc. (C) Common 172967101 7,622,348 126,512 X 1,2,3 X
City National Corp.
(CYN) Common 178566105 2,183,273 62,828 X 1,2,3 X
Comerica, Inc. (CMA) Common 200340107 14,232,824 317,166 X 1,2,3 X
Community State Bank
(TNEK) Common 204136105 459,573 42,999 X 1,2,3 X
Compucredit Corp.
(CCRT) Common 20478N100 11,571,210 385,707 X 1,2,3 X
Conseco Inc. (CNC) Common 208464107 39,311 4,032 X 1,2,3 X
Countrywide Credit
(CCR) Common 222372104 14,154,422 466,950 X 1,2,3 X
Dun & Bradstreet
Corp (DNB) Common 26483B106 12,729,538 444,700 X 1,2,3 X
E*Trade Group, Inc.
(EGRP) Common 269246104 1,035,771 62,774 X 1,2,3 X
Edwards A G Inc.
(AGE) Common 281760108 5,850,000 150,000 X 1,2,3 X
Fifth Third Bancorp
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(FITB) Common 316773100 4,315,674 68,232 X 1,2,3 X
Financial Federal
Corp. (FIF) Common 317492106 5,297,394 304,886 X 1,2,3 X
Finova Corp. (FNV) Common 317928109 1,207,856 92,912 X 1,2,3 X
First Financial
Fund (FF) Common 320228109 1,184,568 145,793 X 1,2,3 X
First Union Corp.
(FTU) Common 337358105 687,852 27,722 X 1,2,3 X
Freddie Mac (FRE) Common 313400301 18,102,893 446,985 X 1,2,3 X
Golden State Bancorp
(GSB) Common 381197102 1,063,728 59,096 X 1,2,3 X
Hibernia Corp (HIB) Common 428656102 218,098 20,055 X 1,2,3 X
Household Inter-
national (HI) Common 441815107 503,280 12,109 X 1,2,3 X
IMC Mortgage Co.
(IMCC) Common 449923101 13,161 263,216 X 1,2,3 X
Imperial Bancorp
(IMP) Common 452556103 73,117 4,698 X 1,2,3 X
M&T Bank Corporation
(MTB) Common 55261F104 6,219,900 13,822 X 1,2,3 X
MBNA Corp. (KRB) Common 55262L100 15,838,911 583,923 X 1,2,3 X
Mellon Financial
Corp. (MEL) Common 58551A108 13,114,658 359,922 X 1,2,3 X
Merrill Lynch Co.
(MER) Common 590188108 21,734,770 188,998 X 1,2,3 X
Metris Companies,
Inc. (MXT) Common 591598107 922,816 36,729 X 1,2,3 X
National City Corp.
(NCC) Common 635405103 200,109 11,728 X 1,2,3 X
National Discount
Brokers (NDB) Common 635646102 62,539 1,962 X 1,2,3 X
Nextcard, Inc. (NXCD) Common 65332K107 25,305 2,977 X 1,2,3 X
Northern Trust
Corp. (NTRS) Common 665859104 13,274,116 204,021 X 1,2,3 X
Pacific Capital
Bancorp (SABB) Common 69404P101 1,390,621 55,486 X 1,2,3 X
Pacificamerica Money
Center Inc. (PAMME) Common 694935107 247 2,658 X 1,2,3 X
Paine Webber Group
Inc. (PWJ) Common 695629105 8,298,199 182,378 X 1,2,3 X
Progressive Corp.
(PGR) Common 743315103 10,966,652 148,198 X 1,2,3 X
Providian Financial
Corp. (PVN) Common 74406A102 24,609,870 273,442 X 1,2,3 X
Southern Pacific Funding
Corp.(SFCFQ) Common 843576109 4,063 162,529 X 1,2,3 X
Sovereign Bancorp
(SVRN) Common 845905108 5,674,600 807,060 X 1,2,3 X
State Street
Corp. (STT) Common 857477103 14,388,333 135,659 X 1,2,3 X
Summit Bancorp (SUB) Common 866005101 23,528,695 955,480 X 1,2,3 X
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TCF Financial Corp.
(TCB) Common 872275102 14,165,834 551,468 X 1,2,3 X
Toll Brothers Inc.
(TOL) Common 889478103 4,009,800 195,600 X 1,2,3 X
Toronto Dominion
Bank (TD) Common 891160509 1,208,234 49,696 X 1,2,3 X
UnionBancal Corp. (UB) Common 908906100 16,873 909 X 1,2,3 X
United Companies
Financial Corp.
(UCFNQ) Common 909870107 7,966 150,305 X 1,2,3 X
US Bancorp (USB) Common 902973106 16,480,214 856,115 X 1,2,3 X
Wachovia Corp. (WB) Common 929771103 1,042,685 19,220 X 1,2,3 X
Washington Federal
Savings & Loan(WFSL) Common 938824109 76,030 4,166 X 1,2,3 X
Washington Mutual (WM) Common 939322103 18,169,367 629,242 X 1,2,3 X
Wells Fargo & CO (WFC) Common 949746101 18,793,673 484,998 X 1,2,3 X
Westamerica
Bancorp.(WABC) Common 957090103 6,040,910 231,231 X 1,2,3 X
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