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Abrams Capital Management 13F holdings, Q4 2012

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

Abrams Capital Management disclosed 15 US equity positions worth $1.0bn in its Q4 2012 13F filing. The largest position was SLM at 24.6% of the reported book, followed by LAMAR ADVERTISING CO and NEXEN INC. Against the Q3 2012 filing, it opened 3 new positions, added to 5 and reduced 5 among the top 15 holdings.

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What did Abrams Capital Management own in Q4 2012? Top 15 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2012
1 SLM SLM CORP Financial Services 24.6%$257.4m15,028,723 21% added
2 LAMAR ADVERTISING CO 20.3%$213.1m5,498,060 -26% reduced
3 NEXEN INC 18.4%$192.5m7,146,479 new
4 TEVA TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDS LTD Healthcare 9.1%$95.6m2,561,269 9% added
5 WESCO AIRCRAFT HLDGS INC 6.3%$66.4m5,025,335 11% added
6 SANOFI RIGHT 12/31/2020 5.1%$53.2m31,269,087 0% held
7 ENGILITY HLDGS INC 4.9%$51.2m2,658,339 24% added
8 COMMONWEALTH REIT 3.2%$33.5m2,111,931 new
9 SLGN SILGAN HOLDINGS INC Consumer Cyclical 3.0%$31.4m757,104 new
10 CCO CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR HLDGS 2.2%$23.5m3,354,390 0% held
11 MANTECH INTL CORP 1.9%$19.9m767,330 84% added
12 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC SP 0.5%$5.0m210,505 -25% reduced
13 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC 0.2%$2.6m115,305 -65% reduced
14 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC SP 0.1%$1.5m65,450 -92% reduced
15 ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC 0.1%$1.3m57,380 -61% 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.