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Abrams Capital Management 13F holdings, Q2 2006

Holdings as of June 30, 2006 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Abrams Capital Management disclosed 19 US equity positions worth $1.5bn in its Q2 2006 13F filing. The largest position was Global Signal Inc at 22.7% of the reported book, followed by NVR and Echostar Communications New. Against the Q1 2006 filing, it opened 5 new positions, added to 7 and reduced 2 among the top 19 holdings.

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What did Abrams Capital Management own in Q2 2006? Top 19 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q1 2006
1 Global Signal Inc 22.7%$351.0m7,576,703 0% held
2 NVR NVR Inc Consumer Cyclical 13.5%$209.0m425,515 176% added
3 Echostar Communications New 10.7%$164.9m5,360,600 1% added
4 MO Altria Group Inc Consumer Defensive 8.8%$136.4m1,858,200 0% held
5 Allegheny Energy Inc 6.3%$97.6m2,634,100 16% added
6 SLM SLM Corp Financial Services 5.3%$82.1m1,551,000 1% added
7 Hospira Inc 4.8%$73.8m1,718,700 13% added
8 Arbitron Inc 4.5%$69.7m1,819,400 160% added
9 ERIE Erie Indty Co Financial Services 4.5%$68.9m1,324,192 9% added
10 Golden West Finl Corp Del 3.6%$56.2m757,300 -41% reduced
11 SGI Tempur Pedic Intl Inc Consumer Cyclical 3.0%$46.1m3,412,700 new
12 Liberty Media Hldg Corp INT 2.9%$45.0m2,608,000 new
13 USA Mobility Inc 2.7%$41.9m2,524,676 0% held
14 TAL Intl Group Inc 2.7%$41.1m1,706,200 -3% reduced
15 MA Mastercard Inc Financial Services 1.7%$25.7m535,000 new
16 Sprint Nextel Corp 1.3%$20.0m1,000,000 new
17 POR Portland Gen Elec Co Utilities 0.4%$6.6m263,622 new
18 Gentek Inc 0.4%$6.4m238,674 0% held
19 Investors Bancorp Inc 0.1%$942.0k69,500 0% held

Weights are shares of the reported long US equity book (options excluded). Values are as filed, normalised to whole dollars. Share changes compare against the immediately preceding filing only.