-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Lf3yM9YYFnz0WTJkSMGgLD1SIOPGuG2pSAgjxMI9Ns/hViB5F+RAKkvbO16ERcxD ICLFm7WjzLRUbSEAo3gE5A== 0000793497-02-000001.txt : 20020413 0000793497-02-000001.hdr.sgml : 20020413 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000793497-02-000001 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20011231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20020122 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN FUND ADVISORS INC /NY/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000793497 IRS NUMBER: 132952993 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 13F-HR SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-01372 FILM NUMBER: 02513819 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1415 KELLUM PL STREET 2: STE 205 CITY: GARDEN CITY STATE: NY ZIP: 11530-1615 BUSINESS PHONE: 5167391017 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1415 KELLUM PL STREET 2: STE 205 CITY: GARDEN CITY STATE: NY ZIP: 11530 13F-HR 1 inftable123101.txt Form 13F Form 13F Cover Page Report for the quarter Ended: December 31, 2001 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: American Fund Advisors, Inc. 1415 Kellum Place Suite 205 Garden City, NY 11530 13F File Number: 801-14138 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: Phyllis Palumbo Title: Assistant Treasurer Phone: 516-739-1017 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: Phyllis A. Palumbo, Garden City, New York, January 22, 2002 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 EXCHANGE ACT PF 1934. 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: 1,022,216 List of Other Included Managers: [PAGE] 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 - ------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- -------- AEROFLEX INC. COM 007768104 23717 1252875 SH SOLE 1252875 ALTERA CORP. COM 021441100 12180 574000 SH SOLE 574000 AMAZON.COM INC. COM 023135106 9923 917100 SH SOLE 917100 AMKOR TECHNOLOGIES INC. COM 031652100 13177 822000 SH SOLE 822000 ANALOG DEVICES INC. COM 032654105 27055 609490 SH SOLE 609490 ANHEUSER-BUSCH COS INC. COM 035229103 656 14500 SH SOLE 14500 AOL TIME WARNER INC. COM 00184a105 35052 1091950 SH SOLE 1091950 APPLIED MATERIALS INC. COM 038222105 21332 531975 SH SOLE 531975 APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORP. COM 03822w109 9271 819000 SH SOLE 819000 ASML HOLDING NV COM N07059111 10549 618700 SH SOLE 618700 ATMEL CORP. COM 049513104 6076 824400 SH SOLE 824400 ATS MEDICAL INC. COM 002083101 128 24100 SH SOLE 24100 BANK OF NEW YORK INC. COM 064057102 343 8400 SH SOLE 8400 BEA SYSTEMS INC. COM 073325102 17138 1112850 SH SOLE 1112850 CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC. COM 127387108 25152 1147450 SH SOLE 1147450 CIENA CORP. COM 171779101 9279 648400 SH SOLE 648400 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. COM 17275R102 30736 1697180 SH SOLE 1697180 CITIGROUP INC. COM 172967101 2449 48516 SH SOLE 48516 CITRIX SYSTEMS INC. COM 177376100 27795 1226620 SH SOLE 1226620 COCA-COLA CO. COM 191216100 255 5400 SH SOLE 5400 COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP. COM 204493100 117 11950 SH SOLE 11950 CONEXANT SYSTEMS INC. COM 207142100 5888 410000 SH SOLE 410000 CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. COM 232806909 28106 1410250 SH SOLE 1410250 DELL COMPUTER CORP. COM 247025109 33814 1244060 SH SOLE 1244060 DIVERSINET CORP. COM 25536K204 1225 1003800 SH SOLE 1003800 DOW CHEMICAL CO. COM 260543103 232 6872 SH SOLE 6872 EARTHLINK NETWORK INC. COM 270322100 11428 939000 SH SOLE 939000 EL PASO ENERGY PARTNERS COM 283683102 350 9400 SH SOLE 9400 ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORP. COM 285661104 14327 209000 SH SOLE 209000 EMC CORP. COM 268648102 13722 1020950 SH SOLE 1020950 EMULEX CORP. COM 292475209 17977 455000 SH SOLE 455000 ERICSSON LM TEL. SP ADR COM 294821400 7945 1522000 SH SOLE 1522000 FACTSET RESH SYSTEMS INC. COM 303075105 647 18500 SH SOLE 18500 FINISAR CORPORATION COM 31787A101 18558 1824750 SH SOLE 1824750 FLEXTRONICS INTL. LTD. COM Y2573F102 30428 1268380 SH SOLE 1268380 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. COM 369604103 3061 76383 SH SOLE 76383 GENUINE PARTS CO. COM 372460105 389 10600 SH SOLE 10600 GILLETTE CO. COM 375766102 424 12700 SH SOLE 12700 GLOBECOMM SYSTEMS INC. COM 37956X103 3040 503322 SH SOLE 503322 GUIDANT CORP. COM 401698105 498 10000 SH SOLE 10000 HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC. COM 405217100 258 9400 SH SOLE 9400 HONEYWELL INTL. INC. COM 438516101 639 18882 SH SOLE 18882 I2 TECHNOLOGY INC. COM 465754109 7805 987960 SH SOLE 987960 IBM CORP. COM 459200101 823 6800 SH SOLE 6800 INFOSPACE INC.- NEW COM 45678T102 2307 1125500 SH SOLE 1125500 INKTOMI CORP. COM 457277101 4851 723000 SH SOLE 723000 INNKEEPERS USA TRUST COM 457650101 125 12750 SH SOLE 12750 INTEGRATED DEVICES TECH INC. COM 458118106 28655 1077650 SH SOLE 1077650 INTEL CORPORATION COM 458140100 10536 335000 SH SOLE 335000 JDS UNIPHASE CORP. COM 466125101 7126 821000 SH SOLE 821000 JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 260 4400 SH SOLE 4400 KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION COM 482480100 29511 595465 SH SOLE 595465 KROGER CO. COM 501044101 438 21000 SH SOLE 21000 LAWSON SOFTWARE COM 520780109 1984 125950 SH SOLE 125950 LIBERTY MEDIA CORP. CL A COM 530718104 165 11816 SH SOLE 11816 LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES COM 549463107 5857 931146 SH SOLE 931146 MBNA CORP. COM 55262L101 672 19101 SH SOLE 19101 MC DONALD'S CORP. COM 580135101 212 8000 SH SOLE 8000 MERCK & CO. COM 589331107 282 4800 SH SOLE 4800 MERCURY INTERACTIVE CORP. COM 589405109 27883 820560 SH SOLE 820560 MERRILL LYNCH & CO. COM 590188108 493 9450 SH SOLE 9450 METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK COM 591689104 449 1020000 SH SOLE 1020000 MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. COM 595112103 38709 1248690 SH SOLE 1248690 MICROSOFT CORP. COM 594918104 11823 178455 SH SOLE 178455 MKS INSTRUMENTS INC. COM 55306N104 21864 808875 SH SOLE 808875 NETWORKS ASSOCIATES INC. COM 640938106 20566 795600 SH SOLE 795600 NOKIA CORP. ADR COM 654902204 25085 1022630 SH SOLE 1022630 NORTH FORK BANCORPORATION NY COM 659424105 1142 35700 SH SOLE 35700 ORACLE SYSTEMS CORP. COM 68389X105 189 13700 SH SOLE 13700 PARAMETRIC TECHNOLOGY CORP. COM 699173100 16064 2056900 SH SOLE 2056900 PFIZER INC. COM 717081103 1787 44844 SH SOLE 44844 PHARMACIA CORP. COM 717130102 522 12248 SH SOLE 12248 PHILIP MORRIS COS. COM 718154107 747 16300 SH SOLE 16300 PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROU COM 741929103 859 1322063 SH SOLE 1322063 QUALCOMM INC. COM 747525103 32193 637495 SH SOLE 637495 RATIONAL SOFTWARE CORP. COM 75409P202 25038 1284000 SH SOLE 1284000 REDBACK NETWORKS COM 756209101 4558 1153990 SH SOLE 1153990 RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD. COM 760975102 12382 522000 SH SOLE 522000 SCHERING-PLOUGH CORP. COM 806605101 372 10400 SH SOLE 10400 SCREAMING MEDIA INC. COM 810883108 697 316850 SH SOLE 316850 SEEBEYOND TECHNOLOGY CORP. COM 834040107 4122 425000 SH SOLE 425000 SENTRY TECHNOLOGY CORP. COM 81731K101 14 95121 SH SOLE 95121 SIEBEL SYSTEMS INC. COM 826170102 15302 546900 SH SOLE 546900 SOLECTRON CORP. COM 834182107 20469 1814640 SH SOLE 1814640 STANLEY TOOLWORKS COM 854616109 717 15400 SH SOLE 15400 SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC. COM 866810104 10396 845240 SH SOLE 845240 TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG LTD. COM 874039100 30586 1781372 SH SOLE 1781372 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC. COM 882508104 17499 624950 SH SOLE 624950 TIBCO SOFTWARE INC. COM 886329103 5375 360000 SH SOLE 360000 UNISYS CORP. COM 909214108 9038 720700 SH SOLE 720700 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES COM 913017109 9345 144600 SH SOLE 144600 VERISIGN INC. COM 92343E102 16772 440910 SH SOLE 440910 VERITAS SOFTWARE CORP. COM 923436109 26292 586472 SH SOLE 586472 VIACOM INC. CL B COM 925524308 389 8802 SH SOLE 8802 VIANT CORP. COM 92553N107 1174 702900 SH SOLE 702900 VIGNETTE CORPORATION COM 926734104 6659 1240000 SH SOLE 1240000 VOXWARE INC. COM 92906L101 3 15500 SH SOLE 15500 WAL-MART STORES COM 931142103 538 9350 SH SOLE 9350 WASHINGTON MUTUAL INC. COM 939322103 1051 32138 SH SOLE 32138 WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. COM 958102105 23965 3822200 SH SOLE 3822200 WRIGLEY (WM.) JR. CO. COM 982526105 524 10200 SH SOLE 10200 MERRILL LYNCH CAP. TR. 7.28% PFD 59021K205 268 10600 SH SOLE 10600 TCI COMMUNICATIONS FIN 8.72% PFD 872285200 212 8500 SH SOLE 8500 JH GROWTH TRENDS FUND CL A 41014V109 570 88649.922SH SOLE 88649.922 JOHN HANCOCK TECHNOLOGY FUND C 478032303 59 12015.064SH SOLE 12015.064 STREETTRACKS-MS HIGH TECH 35 I 86330e703 511 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000
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