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Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q4 2005

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

Farallon Capital Management disclosed 77 US equity positions worth $3.5bn in its Q4 2005 13F filing. The largest position was IWM at 17.2% of the reported book, followed by CAPITALSOURCE INC and HARRAHS ENTMT INC. Against the Q3 2005 filing, it opened 9 new positions, added to 21 and reduced 9 among the top 50 holdings.

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What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q4 2005? Top 50 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2005
1 IWM ISHARES TR RUSSELL 2000 17.2%$601.4m9,014,200 16% added
2 CAPITALSOURCE INC 15.4%$539.8m24,096,646 5% added
3 HARRAHS ENTMT INC 5.2%$180.5m2,531,900 98% added
4 ARCH CAP GROUP LTD 4.0%$138.6m2,531,889 127% added
5 NEWS CORP 3.5%$121.4m7,810,000 21% added
6 HILTON HOTELS CORP 3.0%$104.3m4,326,200 new
7 CIRCUIT CITY STORE INC 2.8%$97.6m4,320,000 -24% reduced
8 PHH CORP 2.7%$94.3m3,365,700 -1% reduced
9 AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC 2.5%$88.4m2,215,000 -46% reduced
10 AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC 2.4%$84.1m64,000,000 327% added
11 SINA CORP 2.1%$74.9m68,000,000 0% held
12 SPRINT CORP 2.1%$72.5m3,102,436 15% added
13 LEAP WIRELESS INTL INC 2.0%$70.7m1,865,300 -5% reduced
14 ATHEROGENICS INC 1.9%$68.0m3,400,000 0% held
15 LIBERTY MEDIA CORP NEW 1.9%$66.4m8,435,000 54% added
16 COMCAST CORP NEW 1.9%$64.9m2,524,500 172% added
17 CENDANT CORP 1.6%$56.6m3,278,700 new
18 RCI ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC Communication Services 1.6%$56.1m1,325,800 23% added
19 BURLINGTON RES INC 1.6%$56.0m650,000 new
20 CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP 1.3%$45.4m40,000,000 188% added
21 TELIK INC 1.3%$45.2m2,660,200 0% held
22 AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL CMTYS 1.1%$38.4m4,032,000 37% added
23 MI DEVS INC 1.0%$35.0m1,017,200 44% added
24 CORRECTIONS CORP AMER NEW 1.0%$34.0m756,100 -57% reduced
25 SYMANTEC CORP 0.9%$32.0m1,830,019 38% added
26 SHANDA INTERACTIVE ENTMT LTD 0.9%$31.0m36,500,000 new
27 ROTECH HEALTHCARE INC 0.9%$30.4m1,813,560 new
28 FEDERAL HOME LN MTG CORP 0.8%$29.4m450,600 0% held
29 VYX NCR CORP NEW Technology 0.8%$28.2m830,500 new
30 DKS DICKS SPORTING GOODS INC Consumer Cyclical 0.8%$26.7m801,900 0% held
31 TV GRUPO TELEVISA SA DE CV SP 0.7%$25.3m314,850 -42% reduced
32 CITADEL BROADCASTING CORP 0.7%$24.7m32,040,000 18% added
33 CV THERAPEUTICS INC 0.7%$24.6m994,700 0% held
34 ARAMARK CORP 0.7%$23.1m830,000 39% added
35 KKR FINL CORP 0.6%$21.6m900,000 92% added
36 MBNA CORP 0.6%$21.4m790,000 0% held
37 CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.6%$21.2m1,000,255 -22% reduced
38 SAPPI LTD SPON 0.6%$21.2m1,875,000 0% held
39 DUN & BRADSTREET CORP DEL NE 0.6%$21.2m316,000 1% added
40 CERTEGY INC 0.6%$20.3m500,000 new
41 ISIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.4%$15.2m2,909,492 -0% held
42 PUTNAM PREMIER INCOME TR SH BEN INT 0.4%$15.2m2,500,000 25% added
43 CWST CASELLA WASTE SYS INC Industrials 0.4%$15.1m1,178,002 0% held
44 BEDFORD PPTY INVS INC 0.4%$14.8m674,500 77% added
45 MTR GAMING GROUP INC 0.4%$14.1m1,353,780 -2% reduced
46 STT STATE STR CORP Financial Services 0.4%$12.5m224,700 -29% reduced
47 ENCYSIVE PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.3%$11.5m1,463,399 new
48 CRL CHARLES RIV LABS INTL INC Healthcare 0.3%$11.0m260,300 new
49 PANAMSAT HLDG CORP 0.3%$10.7m436,000 0% held
50 HOUSTON EXPL CO 0.3%$10.6m201,400 66% added

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.