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Fairholme Capital Management 13F holdings, Q4 2008

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

Fairholme Capital Management disclosed 31 US equity positions worth $4.7bn in its Q4 2008 13F filing. The largest position was FOREST LABS INC at 11.2% of the reported book, followed by SEARS HLDGS CORP and UNH. Against the Q3 2008 filing, it opened 3 new positions, added to 10 and reduced 8 among the top 31 holdings.

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What did Fairholme Capital Management own in Q4 2008? Top 31 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2008
1 FOREST LABS INC 11.2%$520.5m20,437,332 13% added
2 SEARS HLDGS CORP 10.7%$497.5m12,799,740 -12% reduced
3 UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC Healthcare 10.4%$485.0m18,231,878 -12% reduced
4 CNQ CANADIAN NAT RES LTD Energy 9.2%$427.8m10,699,796 54% added
5 NOC NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP Industrials 8.7%$404.1m8,972,778 104% added
6 BA BOEING CO Industrials 8.3%$385.8m9,040,828 10% added
7 LEUCADIA NATL CORP 7.6%$355.8m17,968,944 16% added
8 JOE ST JOE CO Real Estate 5.9%$273.4m11,242,676 2% added
9 AXP AMERICAN EXPRESS CO Financial Services 5.4%$251.1m13,536,450 new
10 AMERICREDIT CORP 5.3%$246.8m32,307,322 53% added
11 HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC 3.7%$173.4m34,200,829 177% added
12 S9Q SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS HLDGS INC C 3.4%$159.6m15,693,989 418% added
13 GD GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP Industrials 2.8%$131.2m2,278,100 new
14 WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS INC 2.3%$106.9m8,313,407 -0% held
15 URI UNITED RENTALS INC Industrials 2.1%$96.7m10,604,310 23% added
16 MUELLER WTR PRODS INC 1.3%$58.7m6,958,400 -30% reduced
17 DISH DISH NETWORK CORP 0.7%$34.5m3,115,452 -84% reduced
18 TAL INTL GROUP INC 0.7%$34.4m2,436,697 0% held
19 WINTHROP RLTY TR SH BEN INT 0.3%$13.6m1,254,717 new
20 HOMEFED CORP 0.1%$3.0m181,928 -13% reduced
21 WHITE MTNS INS GROUP LTD 0.0%$1.9m7,274 0% held
22 BMY BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO Healthcare 0.0%$1.1m48,300 -14% reduced
23 HSBC HSBC HLDGS PLC SPON Financial Services 0.0%$917.0k18,847 0% held
24 DJCO DAILY JOURNAL CORP Technology 0.0%$646.0k18,850 -64% reduced
25 KO COCA COLA CO Consumer Defensive 0.0%$584.0k12,900 0% held
26 WESCO FINL CORP 0.0%$282.0k980 0% held
27 GYRODYNE CO AMER INC 0.0%$276.0k11,026 0% held
28 MCY MERCURY GENL CORP NEW Financial Services 0.0%$237.0k5,150 0% held
29 MKL MARKEL CORP Financial Services 0.0%$224.0k750 0% held
30 PENN WEST ENERGY TR TR UNIT 0.0%$168.0k15,129 -53% reduced
31 MERITOR SVGS BK PA 0.0%$109.0k43,645 0% held

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.