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Baupost Group LLC 13F holdings, Q4 2008

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Baupost Group LLC disclosed 40 US equity positions worth $887.7m in its Q4 2008 13F filing. Its largest position is NEWS CORP at 17.3% of the reported book, followed by THERAVANCE INC and EXTERRAN HLDGS INC. Versus Q3 2008 it opened 6 new positions, added to 7, reduced 6 and exited 9.

$888m
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
40
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
17.3%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
76.2%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
12
Effective positions
1 / HHI of portfolio weights: the number of equal-weight positions the book behaves like.
104
Quarters on file since Q1 1999
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

Against Q3 2008: 6 new, 7 added, 6 reduced, 9 exited

40 rows
NEWS CORP no ticker–17.3%$154m16.94m+0.5%added
THERAVANCE INC no ticker–12.6%$112m9.03m+44%added
EXTERRAN HLDGS INC no ticker–11.8%$105m4.93m+70%added
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP NEW ENT no ticker–8.2%$72.8m4.16m−13%reduced
DOMTAR CORP no ticker–6.3%$55.9m33.45m+50%added
NEWS CORP no ticker–5.8%$51.6m5.39m+237%added
IACIEUR IAC INTERACTIVECORP–4.9%$43.1m2.74m−22%reduced
RHI ENTMT INC DEL no ticker–3.3%$29.7m3.66m+5.2%added
FACET BIOTECH CORP no ticker–3.0%$26.6m2.77m–new
SYNERON MEDICAL LTD no ticker–2.9%$25.7m3.09m0.0%held
THERAVANCE INC no ticker–2.9%$25.4m41.50m–new
CAPITALSOURCE INC DBCV 4.000% 7/1 no ticker–2.5%$21.9m38.00m–new
GHL ACQUISITION CORP no ticker–2.3%$20.3m2.25m0.0%held
ISTAR FINL INC FRNT 10/0 no ticker–2.0%$18.1m61.93m–new
ALLIANCE ONE INTL INC no ticker–2.0%$18.1m6.16m0.0%held
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP NEW CAP no ticker–1.8%$16.3m3.46m–new
CAPITALSOURCE INC no ticker–1.8%$15.9m3.44m–new
CAPITALSOURCE INC no ticker–1.7%$15.1m24.61m+144%added
HORIZON LINES INC no ticker–1.4%$12.7m3.64m−6.1%reduced
ITRN ITURAN LOCATION AND CONTROLTechnology1.4%$12.6m1.72m0.0%held
AUDIOVOX CORP no ticker–1.1%$9.6m1.92m−0.1%held
CHINA HLDGS ACQUISITION CORP no ticker–1.0%$9.2m1.05m0.0%held
MULTIMEDIA GAMES HLDG CO INC no ticker–0.7%$6.2m2.60m0.0%held
CENTERPLATE INC UNIT 99/99/9999 no ticker–0.4%$3.8m2.21m0.0%held
PRE PAID LEGAL SVCS INC no ticker–0.3%$2.3m60,592−75%reduced
ATLAS PIPELINE HOLDINGS LP no ticker–0.1%$1.1m287,528−40%reduced
SAPPHIRE INDUSTRIALS CORP *W EXP 01/17/201 no ticker–0.1%$992k6.20m0.0%held
BORDERS GROUP INC no ticker–0.08%$667k1.67m−8.0%reduced
GLOBAL CONSUMER ACQST CORP *W EXP 11/27/201 no ticker–0.03%$267k2.96m0.0%held
SP ACQUISITION HOLDINGS INC *W EXP 10/10/201 no ticker–0.03%$253k1.58m0.0%held
GHL ACQUISITION CORP *W EXP 02/14/201 no ticker–0.03%$250k1.25m0.0%held
PROSPECT ACQUISITION CORP *W EXP 11/14/201 no ticker–0.02%$175k2.50m0.0%held
BPW ACQUISITION CORP *W EXP 02/26/201 no ticker–0.01%$86.0k573,9000.0%held
OVERTURE ACQUISITION CORP *W EXP 01/30/201 no ticker–0.01%$50.0k1.00m0.0%held
ENTERPRISE ACQUISITION CORP *W EXP 11/07/201 no ticker–0.0%$38.0k1.25m0.0%held
COLUMBUS ACQUISITION CORP *W EXP 05/18/201 no ticker–0.0%$29.0k750,0000.0%held
TM ENTMT & MEDIA INC *W EXP 10/17/201 no ticker–0.0%$16.0k525,0000.0%held
MBF HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION C *W EXP 04/16/201 no ticker–0.0%$13.0k243,9000.0%held
KBL HEALTHCARE ACQUIS CORP I *W EXP 07/18/201 no ticker–0.0%$5.0k235,0000.0%held
MEDIA & ENTMT HOLDINGS INC *W EXP 03/09/201 no ticker–0.0%$1.0k725,0000.0%held

Exited since Q3 2008

9 rows
SAPPHIRE INDUSTRIALS CORP no ticker4.3%$48.5m
ATLAS PIPELINE PARTNERS LP no ticker3.8%$42.3m
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC1.8%$20.1m
SP ACQUISITION HOLDINGS INC no ticker1.2%$13.0m
ENTERPRISE GP HLDGS L P UNIT LP INT no ticker1.1%$12.6m
PROSPECT ACQUISITION CORP no ticker0.8%$8.8m
TRIPLECROWN ACQUISITION CORP no ticker0.7%$8.1m
CAPITOL ACQUISITION CORP DEL no ticker0.4%$3.9m
NRDC ACQUISITION CORP no ticker0.3%$3.4m

Sector mix

  • Unclassified98.6%
  • Technology1.4%

Book over time

Every quarter on file (104)
QuarterPositionsEquity book
Q2 202623$5.4bn
Q1 202622$5.1bn
Q4 202522$5.3bn
Q3 202522$4.8bn
Q2 202523$4.1bn
Q1 202523$3.5bn
Q4 202422$3.4bn
Q3 202421$3.5bn
Q2 202424$3.6bn
Q1 202422$3.7bn
Q4 202323$4.6bn
Q3 202332$5.2bn
Q2 202329$5.6bn
Q1 202330$5.8bn
Q4 202233$6.1bn
Q3 202245$5.8bn
Q2 202252$6.8bn
Q1 202255$9.3bn
Q4 202154$10.1bn
Q3 202157$10.9bn
Q2 202159$12.3bn
Q1 202159$12.6bn
Q4 202045$10.8bn
Q3 202037$9.3bn
Q2 202031$8.0bn
Q1 202033$6.8bn
Q4 201931$9.1bn
Q3 201932$8.8bn
Q2 201932$11.0bn
Q1 201935$11.9bn
Q4 201837$11.5bn
Q3 201838$13.1bn
Q2 201833$11.4bn
Q1 201833$10.4bn
Q4 201734$10.1bn
Q3 201737$8.0bn
Q2 201741$8.8bn
Q1 201743$8.5bn
Q4 201644$7.7bn
Q3 201644$7.0bn
Q2 201639$7.4bn
Q1 201636$6.9bn
Q4 201535$5.5bn
Q3 201541$6.0bn
Q2 201532$6.0bn
Q1 201528$6.0bn
Q4 201427$5.1bn
Q3 201427$5.7bn
Q2 201424$6.1bn
Q1 201420$4.1bn
Q4 201319$3.5bn
Q3 201320$3.5bn
Q2 201324$4.0bn
Q1 201318$1.7bn
Q4 201218$2.2bn
Q3 201219$2.4bn
Q2 201219$2.7bn
Q1 201217$1.8bn
Q4 201118$1.9bn
Q3 201118$1.7bn
Q2 201116$1.3bn
Q1 201114$1.2bn
Q4 201012$1.1bn
Q3 201014$1.1bn
Q2 201015$962m
Q1 201017$1.3bn
Q4 200918$1.3bn
Q3 200924$1.2bn
Q2 200927$928m
Q4 200840$888m
Q3 200843$1.1bn
Q2 200856$1.4bn
Q1 200861$1.3bn
Q4 200761$1.5bn
Q3 200734$782m
Q2 200738$800m
Q1 200728$631m
Q4 200627$637m
Q3 200626$635m
Q2 200625$514m
Q1 200616$482m
Q4 200512$373m
Q3 20058$292m
Q2 200510$289m
Q1 20055$78.7m
Q4 20046$35.6m
Q3 20046$61.7m
Q2 20045$32.7m
Q1 20047$61.4m
Q4 20038$39.2m
Q3 200313$67.7m
Q2 200314$83.7m
Q1 200331$167m
Q4 200231$167m
Q3 200239$206m
Q2 200234$336m
Q4 200045$596m
Q3 200046$990m
Q2 200051$880m
Q1 200041$732m
Q4 199944$602m
Q3 199933$525m
Q2 199925$308m
Q1 199916$226m

Where Baupost Group LLC was early

44 rows
EBAY EBAY INC.Q3 19991 of 1860.2%21.0%20Exited by Q4 2021+839%
GE GENERAL ELEC COQ3 19991 of 2422.3%6.5%4Exited by Q2 2002+21%
TEN1 TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INCQ4 19991 of 893.6%3.6%2Exited by Q2 2000−15%
NHI NATIONAL HEALTH INVS INCQ2 20001 of 770.03%15.1%7Exited by Q2 2003+39%
WAB WABTEC CORPQ2 20001 of 1451.3%4.4%3Exited by Q2 2002+13%
PRSU VIAD CORPQ3 20041 of 8914.7%40.2%6Exited by Q1 2006+24%
CORE CORE MARK HOLDING CO INCQ4 20052 of 500.3%3.6%11Exited by Q3 2008−18%
JBSS SANFILIPPO JOHN B & SON INCQ1 20061 of 563.5%3.5%3Exited by Q4 2006−36%
HD HOME DEPOT INCQ3 20064 of 21220.5%20.5%4Exited by Q3 2007+8.5%
NFG NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO N JQ4 20061 of 1023.0%3.4%6Exited by Q2 2008+23%
SLM SLM CORPQ1 20072 of 12225.6%30.9%4Exited by Q1 2008−51%
ITRN ITURAN LOCATION AND CONTROLQ3 20071 of 460.9%2.7%24Exited by Q4 2013+53%
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCQ2 20089 of 2998.8%8.8%2Exited by Q4 2008−3.3%
UFS DOMTAR CORPQ2 20091 of 725.8%13.3%6Exited by Q4 2010+95%
CPF CENTRAL PAC FINL CORPQ2 20112 of 591.9%1.9%10Exited by Q4 2013+26%
NG NOVAGOLD RES INCQ3 20112 of 701.8%4.9%29Exited by Q4 2018−36%
GNW GENWORTH FINL INCQ3 20115 of 1303.3%5.2%6Exited by Q2 2016−52%
ORCL ORACLE CORPQ2 201212 of 25617.5%17.7%6Exited by Q4 2013+12%
VSAT VIASAT INCQ2 20131 of 12619.5%20.0%49Exited by Q3 2025−80%
BP BP PLCQ2 20132 of 12619.3%19.3%4Exited by Q2 2014+15%
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INCQ2 20135 of 32014.8%32.0%21Exited by Q1 2023+249%
PBF PBF ENERGY INCQ3 20133 of 1530.6%7.4%19Exited by Q2 2018+51%
LNG CHENIERE ENERGY INCQ1 20146 of 1907.6%19.1%25Exited by Q2 2020−39%
KOS KOSMOS ENERGY LTDQ2 20141 of 1080.9%1.2%7Exited by Q1 2016−54%
TBPH THERAVANCE BIOPHARMA INCQ2 20141 of 963.1%4.2%41Exited by Q3 2024−47%
AR ANTERO RES CORPQ3 20142 of 1932.6%7.7%21Exited by Q4 2019−95%
ATRA ATARA BIOTHERAPEUTICS INCQ4 20141 of 771.2%4.2%36Exited by Q4 2023−94%
OLN OLIN CORPQ3 20153 of 1602.0%3.6%5Exited by Q4 2016+22%
PYPL PAYPAL HLDGS INCQ3 20159 of 3225.6%7.3%5Exited by Q4 2016+32%
INVA INNOVIVA INCQ1 20161 of 963.6%3.6%5Exited by Q2 2017+9.8%
DELL DELL TECHNOLOGIES INCQ3 201613 of 2744.5%4.8%5Exited by Q4 2017+62%
CAH CARDINAL HEALTH INCQ4 201610 of 1261.0%3.1%9Exited by Q1 2019−38%
QRVO QORVO INCQ1 201710 of 1735.8%9.7%27Exited by Q4 2023+39%
PCG PG&E CORPQ1 201816 of 2091.3%6.7%15Exited by Q4 2021−78%
FOXA FOX CORPQ1 20196 of 1728.4%11.2%9Exited by Q2 2021−1.6%
FOX FOX CORPQ1 20197 of 1031.7%2.3%9Exited by Q2 2021−2.6%
0VVB VIACOMCBS INCQ4 20191 of 2077.9%7.9%5Exited by Q1 2021−11%
DOC HEALTHPEAK PROPERTIES INCQ3 20208 of 1091.2%1.3%3Exited by Q2 2021+17%
ADV ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS INCQ4 20205 of 631.5%1.5%12Exited by Q4 2023−78%
EDU NEW ORIENTAL ED & TECHNOLOGYQ2 20226 of 1062.4%3.6%6Exited by Q4 2023+188%
WBD WARNER BROS DISCOVERY INCQ2 20227 of 2333.6%6.5%8Exited by Q2 2024−35%
CRH CRH PLCQ3 202313 of 1863.5%8.7%10Exited by Q1 2026+128%
FTRE FORTREA HLDGS INCQ1 202411 of 1130.3%2.0%3Exited by Q4 2024−50%
SOLV SOLVENTUM CORPQ2 20246 of 1092.6%3.6%4Exited by Q2 2025+44%

Concentration and tenure

18.1%
Median largest position, all quarters
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
78.0%
Median top 10 weight, all quarters
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
Concentrated
Style, by median largest position
3
Median completed holding, quarters