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Abrams Capital Management 13F holdings, Q4 2011

Holdings as of December 31, 2011 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Abrams Capital Management disclosed 20 US equity positions worth $1.2bn in its Q4 2011 13F filing. The largest position was LAMAR ADVERTISING CO at 20.8% of the reported book, followed by HRB and SLM. Against the Q3 2011 filing, it opened 1 new position, added to 12 and reduced 2 among the top 20 holdings.

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What did Abrams Capital Management own in Q4 2011? Top 20 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2011
1 LAMAR ADVERTISING CO 20.8%$255.9m9,306,141 6% added
2 HRB BLOCK H & R INC Consumer Cyclical 16.8%$207.1m12,683,174 9% added
3 SLM SLM CORP Financial Services 13.6%$167.0m12,461,892 9% added
4 CROWN CASTLE INTL CORP 9.8%$120.9m2,697,983 0% held
5 ARBITRON INC 8.2%$101.3m2,943,558 0% held
6 TEVA TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDS LTD Healthcare 7.7%$95.0m2,355,000 8% added
7 CAREFUSION CORP 5.8%$71.9m2,828,384 50% added
8 CCO CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR HLDGS 3.4%$42.1m3,354,390 0% held
9 LIBERTY INTERACTIVE CORPORAT INT 2.6%$32.1m1,979,738 -75% reduced
10 OHI OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVS INC Real Estate 2.4%$29.0m1,500,000 200% added
11 SANOFI RIGHT 12/31/2020 2.1%$26.2m21,800,000 63% added
12 GNW GENWORTH FINL INC Financial Services 1.6%$19.6m3,000,000 0% held
13 COMMONWEALTH REIT 1.2%$14.7m882,792 new
14 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC SP 0.9%$10.5m912,525 181% added
15 PMT PENNYMAC MTG INVT TR Real Estate 0.7%$9.2m553,494 -52% reduced
16 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC SP 0.6%$8.0m699,900 13% added
17 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC SP 0.6%$7.7m599,950 0% held
18 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC 0.5%$6.7m599,000 4% added
19 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC 0.3%$3.6m323,239 591% added
20 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC 0.3%$3.6m322,851 566% added

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.