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Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q4 2004

Holdings as of December 31, 2004 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Farallon Capital Management disclosed 129 US equity positions worth $4.5bn in its Q4 2004 13F filing. The largest position was CapitalSource Inc at 13.1% of the reported book, followed by BAC and Guidant Corp. Against the Q3 2004 filing, it opened 13 new positions, added to 13 and reduced 14 among the top 50 holdings.

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What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q4 2004? Top 50 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2004
1 CapitalSource Inc 13.1%$590.3m22,996,646 0% held
2 BAC Bank of America Financial Services 8.3%$376.5m8,012,613 -7% reduced
3 Guidant Corp 5.6%$254.2m3,526,100 new
4 Caesars Entertainment Inc 5.2%$234.6m11,648,800 18% added
5 Mandalay Resort Group 5.1%$230.5m3,273,000 6% added
6 Wellpoint Inc 3.9%$177.1m1,540,000 new
7 PCG PG&E Corporation Utilities 2.8%$128.6m3,862,697 -16% reduced
8 Officemax Inc 2.7%$122.5m3,905,164 new
9 Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc 2.6%$116.5m4,986,000 0% held
10 DPL Inc 2.2%$97.6m3,887,300 -45% reduced
11 Sina Corp 1.9%$86.3m57,500,000 147% added
12 Atherogenics Inc 1.5%$69.5m2,950,000 18% added
13 Sealed Air Corp 1.4%$63.9m1,200,000 0% held
14 Phelps Dodge Corp 1.3%$57.0m576,200 21% added
15 Federal Home Loan MTG Corp 1.2%$56.0m759,500 10% added
16 Potash Corp of Saskatchewan 1.2%$54.3m654,000 -15% reduced
17 Corrections Corp of America 1.2%$52.6m1,300,000 0% held
18 United Stationers Inc 1.1%$50.2m1,086,118 -47% reduced
19 Platinum Underwriters Holdings 1.1%$49.6m1,593,300 -20% reduced
20 OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc 1.1%$48.1m643,000 864% added
21 Nextel Communications Inc 1.1%$48.0m1,600,000 new
22 Countrywide Financial Corp 1.0%$44.4m1,199,900 27% added
23 Arch Capital Group 1.0%$43.2m1,115,688 0% held
24 Province Healthcare Co 0.9%$42.9m1,918,000 4% added
25 Liberty Media 0.9%$42.7m3,888,700 -20% reduced
26 MI Developments Inc 0.9%$41.6m1,377,400 -1% reduced
27 FCX Freeport-McMoran Copper Basic Materials 0.9%$38.9m1,016,500 33% added
28 WMB Williams Cos. Inc Energy 0.8%$38.4m2,354,300 8% added
29 Clear Channel Comunications 0.8%$37.4m1,117,500 new
30 Ligand Pharmaceuticals 0.8%$37.4m18,800,000 0% held
31 DST Systems Inc 0.8%$35.3m677,900 0% held
32 STT State Street Corp Financial Services 0.8%$34.0m691,800 new
33 CX Cemex SA SPON Basic Materials 0.7%$33.3m914,500 -36% reduced
34 Corinthian Colleges, Inc 0.7%$32.9m1,745,632 new
35 Barnes & Noble Inc 0.7%$32.8m1,016,200 new
36 BTU Peabody Energy Corp 0.7%$32.4m400,000 new
37 Visx Inc 0.7%$32.1m1,242,600 new
38 ABR Arbor Realty Trust Inc Real Estate 0.6%$29.3m1,192,800 236% added
39 TV Grupo Televisa SP 0.6%$28.9m477,800 5% added
40 GMH Communities Trust 0.6%$26.6m1,884,500 new
41 Telik Inc 0.6%$25.6m1,335,200 0% held
42 DVA Davita Inc Healthcare 0.6%$25.5m645,000 new
43 MEOH Methanex Corp Basic Materials 0.6%$25.2m1,382,530 -14% reduced
44 City Investing Co Liq. Tr 0.5%$23.9m12,383,951 0% held
45 Banco Latinoamericano Exp 0.5%$23.3m1,166,700 -63% reduced
46 NPS Pharmaceuticals 0.5%$23.2m25,100,000 -60% reduced
47 Sappi Ltd. SPON 0.5%$22.3m1,537,500 -5% reduced
48 WST West Pharmaceutical Svcs Healthcare 0.5%$21.8m870,600 0% held
49 TV Azteca S.A. SPON 0.5%$20.7m2,009,500 -22% reduced
50 Select Medical Corp 0.4%$20.2m1,149,400 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.