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Abrams Capital Management 13F holdings, Q4 2008

Holdings as of December 31, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Abrams Capital Management disclosed 13 US equity positions worth $507.8m in its Q4 2008 13F filing. The largest position was CROWN CASTLE INTL CORP at 27.9% of the reported book, followed by SLM and DISH. Against the Q3 2008 filing, it opened 0 new positions, added to 2 and reduced 4 among the top 13 holdings.

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What did Abrams Capital Management own in Q4 2008? Top 13 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2008
1 CROWN CASTLE INTL CORP 27.9%$141.5m8,047,153 45% added
2 SLM SLM CORP Financial Services 13.8%$70.2m7,888,407 -5% reduced
3 DISH DISH NETWORK CORP 9.5%$48.3m4,355,300 0% held
4 MCGRAW HILL COS INC 9.2%$46.9m2,022,146 0% held
5 ARBITRON INC 8.4%$42.6m3,207,709 0% held
6 LIBERTY MEDIA CORP NEW INT 7.9%$40.1m12,840,750 66% added
7 TAL INTL GROUP INC 6.7%$34.2m2,424,778 0% held
8 MUELLER WTR PRODS INC 6.6%$33.8m4,000,000 -30% reduced
9 WINTHROP RLTY TR SH BEN INT 3.2%$16.3m1,499,998 -80% reduced
10 MHK MOHAWK INDS INC Consumer Cyclical 2.4%$12.0m279,978 -86% reduced
11 GPI GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC Consumer Cyclical 2.3%$11.8m1,098,600 0% held
12 ABG ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC Consumer Cyclical 1.3%$6.9m1,500,000 0% held
13 ISTAR FINL INC 0.7%$3.3m1,500,000 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.