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Cantillon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q4 2008

Holdings as of December 31, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Cantillon Capital Management disclosed 14 US equity positions worth $659.3m in its Q4 2008 13F filing. The largest position was PM at 19.3% of the reported book, followed by KR and D COVIDIEN LTD. Against the Q3 2008 filing, it opened 7 new positions, added to 1 and reduced 6 among the top 14 holdings.

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What did Cantillon Capital Management own in Q4 2008? Top 14 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2008
1 PM D PHILLIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL Consumer Defensive 19.3%$127.2m2,923,870 new
2 KR D KROGER CO Consumer Defensive 18.5%$121.9m4,615,438 -48% reduced
3 D COVIDIEN LTD 13.4%$88.0m2,429,405 -21% reduced
4 D HEINZ H J CO 10.5%$69.4m1,844,611 -7% reduced
5 D ALCON INC 9.4%$62.0m694,785 new
6 TMO D THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC IN Healthcare 9.3%$61.4m1,803,116 98% added
7 D MOBILE TELESYSTEMS 6.7%$43.9m1,644,650 new
8 NOC D NORTHROP GRUMMAN Industrials 6.1%$40.4m896,530 new
9 D APOLLO INVESTMENT CORP 3.0%$19.9m2,141,573 new
10 ARCC D ARES CAP CORP 1.8%$11.8m1,857,000 new
11 D UNILEVER PLC 0.6%$3.9m169,600 -26% reduced
12 D ING PRIME RATE ETF ETF 0.5%$3.6m1,083,045 new
13 BTI D BRITISH AMERN TOB PLC Consumer Defensive 0.5%$3.2m59,600 -87% reduced
14 D TESCO 0.4%$2.8m178,080 -70% 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.