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Abrams Capital Management 13F holdings, Q1 2012

Holdings as of March 31, 2012 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Abrams Capital Management disclosed 16 US equity positions worth $1.1bn in its Q1 2012 13F filing. The largest position was LAMAR ADVERTISING CO at 28.1% of the reported book, followed by HRB and SLM. Against the Q4 2011 filing, it opened 1 new position, added to 5 and reduced 1 among the top 16 holdings.

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What did Abrams Capital Management own in Q1 2012? Top 16 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q4 2011
1 LAMAR ADVERTISING CO 28.1%$301.6m9,306,141 0% held
2 HRB BLOCK H & R INC Consumer Cyclical 19.4%$208.9m12,683,174 0% held
3 SLM SLM CORP Financial Services 18.3%$196.4m12,461,892 0% held
4 ARBITRON INC 10.1%$108.9m2,943,558 0% held
5 TEVA TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDS LTD Healthcare 9.9%$106.1m2,355,000 0% held
6 SANOFI RIGHT 12/31/2020 2.7%$29.4m21,800,000 0% held
7 CCO CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR HLDGS 2.5%$26.8m3,354,390 0% held
8 COMMONWEALTH REIT 1.5%$16.4m882,792 0% held
9 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC SP 1.5%$16.3m857,018 43% added
10 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC SP 1.4%$15.6m931,375 2% added
11 OHI OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVS INC Real Estate 1.4%$14.8m695,673 -54% reduced
12 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC SP 1.1%$11.5m699,900 0% held
13 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC 0.9%$9.7m602,100 1% added
14 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC 0.5%$5.8m356,299 10% added
15 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC 0.5%$5.3m325,401 1% added
16 WESCO AIRCRAFT HLDGS INC 0.1%$564.0k34,801 new

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.