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Abrams Capital Management 13F holdings, Q1 2009

Holdings as of March 31, 2009 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Abrams Capital Management disclosed 13 US equity positions worth $501.7m in its Q1 2009 13F filing. The largest position was CROWN CASTLE INTL CORP at 32.7% of the reported book, followed by MHK and DISH. Against the Q4 2008 filing, it opened 2 new positions, added to 2 and reduced 2 among the top 13 holdings.

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What did Abrams Capital Management own in Q1 2009? Top 13 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q4 2008
1 CROWN CASTLE INTL CORP 32.7%$164.2m8,047,153 0% held
2 MHK MOHAWK INDS INC Consumer Cyclical 11.1%$55.8m1,867,405 567% added
3 DISH DISH NETWORK CORP 9.6%$48.4m4,355,300 0% held
4 ARBITRON INC 9.6%$48.1m3,207,709 0% held
5 MCGRAW HILL COS INC 9.2%$46.2m2,022,146 0% held
6 SLM SLM CORP Financial Services 7.8%$39.0m7,888,407 0% held
7 LIBERTY MEDIA CORP NEW INT 7.6%$37.9m13,074,750 2% added
8 TAL INTL GROUP INC 3.4%$16.9m2,309,214 -5% reduced
9 GPI GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC Consumer Cyclical 3.1%$15.3m1,098,600 0% held
10 WINTHROP RLTY TR SH BEN INT NEW 2.1%$10.4m1,499,998 new
11 MWA MUELLER WTR PRODS INC Industrials 2.0%$10.2m3,103,883 new
12 ABG ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC Consumer Cyclical 1.3%$6.5m1,500,000 0% held
13 ISTAR FINL INC 0.5%$2.6m918,562 -39% reduced

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.