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Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q1 2005

Holdings as of March 31, 2005 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Farallon Capital Management disclosed 84 US equity positions worth $2.8bn in its Q1 2005 13F filing. The largest position was CAPITALSOURCE INC at 18.9% of the reported book, followed by GUIDANT CORP and CAESARS ENTMT INC. Against the Q4 2004 filing, it opened 9 new positions, added to 20 and reduced 10 among the top 50 holdings.

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What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q1 2005? Top 50 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q4 2004
1 CAPITALSOURCE INC 18.9%$528.9m22,996,646 0% held
2 GUIDANT CORP 11.8%$330.0m4,465,300 27% added
3 CAESARS ENTMT INC 5.0%$140.8m7,112,400 -39% reduced
4 SUNGARD DATA SYS INC 4.2%$118.4m3,430,600 new
5 MANDALAY RESORT GROUP 4.1%$114.1m1,618,000 -51% reduced
6 CIRCUIT CITY STORE INC 3.8%$106.0m6,605,000 427% added
7 NEWS CORP 3.8%$105.2m6,215,400 new
8 AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC 3.5%$98.1m5,611,000 13% added
9 SINA CORP 3.4%$94.2m67,000,000 17% added
10 CORRECTIONS CORP AMER NEW 2.5%$71.0m1,838,300 41% added
11 TV GRUPO TELEVISA SA DE CV SP 2.2%$60.9m1,035,300 117% added
12 PLATINUM UNDERWRITER HLDGS L 1.7%$47.3m1,593,300 0% held
13 PHH CORP 1.7%$46.6m2,129,400 new
14 BARNES & NOBLE INC 1.6%$45.7m1,325,000 30% added
15 ARCH CAP GROUP LTD 1.6%$44.7m1,115,688 0% held
16 ATHEROGENICS INC 1.6%$43.6m3,333,000 13% added
17 LIBERTY MEDIA CORP NEW 1.4%$40.3m3,888,700 0% held
18 FCX FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & Basic Materials 1.4%$40.3m1,016,500 0% held
19 FEDERAL HOME LN MTG CORP 1.4%$39.6m626,500 -18% reduced
20 RETEK INC 1.3%$37.4m3,330,000 new
21 WMB WILLIAMS COS INC DEL Energy 1.2%$33.0m1,754,300 -25% reduced
22 ABR ARBOR RLTY TR INC Real Estate 1.1%$29.5m1,192,800 0% held
23 VISX INC DEL 1.0%$29.1m1,242,600 0% held
24 BBY BEST BUY INC Consumer Cyclical 1.0%$28.9m535,000 new
25 AZO AUTOZONE INC Consumer Cyclical 1.0%$28.7m335,000 73% added
26 TELIK INC 0.9%$25.0m1,660,200 24% added
27 DOUBLECLICK INC 0.9%$25.0m3,250,000 44% added
28 NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.9%$24.5m860,500 -46% reduced
29 ITT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC 0.8%$22.2m458,500 41% added
30 MI DEVS INC 0.8%$21.4m673,700 -51% reduced
31 SPRINT CORP 0.7%$20.1m885,000 new
32 GMH CMNTYS TR 0.7%$18.6m1,590,400 -16% reduced
33 SAPPI LTD SPON 0.6%$17.5m1,425,000 -7% reduced
34 MTR GAMING GROUP INC 0.6%$17.1m1,378,780 0% held
35 CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP 0.5%$14.8m13,900,000 0% held
36 PHARMACYCLICS INC 0.5%$14.4m1,790,500 13% added
37 MAGNA ENTMT CORP 0.5%$14.3m2,324,602 24% added
38 ARAMARK CORP 0.5%$12.7m484,900 23% added
39 STT STATE STR CORP Financial Services 0.4%$12.6m288,500 -58% reduced
40 FTD GROUP INC 0.4%$12.1m998,400 new
41 SYMANTEC CORP 0.4%$10.7m500,000 0% held
42 CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.4%$10.4m975,255 176% added
43 CITADEL BROADCASTING CORP 0.4%$10.3m12,500,000 0% held
44 SOHU SOHU Communication Services 0.3%$9.8m557,952 new
45 ORI OLD REP INTL CORP Financial Services 0.3%$9.7m415,800 240% added
46 LSI LOGIC CORP 0.3%$9.6m9,900,000 16% added
47 CAPITAL LEASE FDG INC 0.3%$9.3m838,700 405% added
48 VALOR COMMUNICATIONS GROUP I 0.3%$9.0m620,800 new
49 AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL CMTYS 0.3%$9.0m709,200 656% added
50 CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS CO 0.3%$9.0m693,100 -22% 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.