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Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q1 2006

Holdings as of March 31, 2006 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Farallon Capital Management disclosed 83 US equity positions worth $5.4bn in its Q1 2006 13F filing. The largest position was BURLINGTON RES INC at 14.2% of the reported book, followed by IWM and CAPITALSOURCE INC. Against the Q4 2005 filing, it opened 12 new positions, added to 21 and reduced 3 among the top 50 holdings.

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What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q1 2006? Top 50 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q4 2005
1 BURLINGTON RES INC 14.2%$760.2m8,257,850 1170% added
2 IWM ISHARES TR RUSSELL 2000 14.0%$750.3m9,876,600 10% added
3 CAPITALSOURCE INC 12.9%$690.0m27,733,036 15% added
4 HARRAHS ENTMT INC 4.3%$230.0m2,950,000 17% added
5 ARCH CAP GROUP LTD 2.7%$146.2m2,531,889 0% held
6 HILTON HOTELS CORP 2.6%$138.8m5,450,000 26% added
7 AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC 2.1%$112.6m2,300,000 4% added
8 COMCAST CORP NEW 2.0%$108.9m4,170,000 65% added
9 CHIRON CORP 2.0%$108.8m2,375,000 new
10 NEWS CORP 2.0%$108.5m6,530,000 -16% reduced
11 PHH CORP 2.0%$107.9m4,040,500 20% added
12 SPRINT NEXTEL CORP 2.0%$106.0m4,102,436 32% added
13 ORCL ORACLE CORP Technology 1.9%$100.3m7,328,399 new
14 CENDANT CORP 1.8%$96.4m5,554,700 69% added
15 MI DEVS INC 1.7%$91.8m2,630,600 159% added
16 CIRCUIT CITY STORE INC 1.7%$91.7m3,745,000 -13% reduced
17 SINA CORP 1.6%$84.0m68,000,000 0% held
18 LIBERTY MEDIA CORP NEW 1.5%$81.8m9,965,000 18% added
19 MILLS CORP 1.5%$79.0m2,820,000 new
20 LEAP WIRELESS INTL INC 1.4%$77.2m1,770,800 -5% reduced
21 IBB ISHARES TR NASDQ BIO INDX 1.4%$73.6m893,900 new
22 GTECH HLDGS CORP 1.3%$70.1m2,058,900 new
23 RCI ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC Communication Services 1.3%$69.6m1,825,000 38% added
24 NEXTEL PARTNERS INC 1.2%$66.3m2,342,200 new
25 ATHEROGENICS INC 1.0%$55.5m3,400,000 0% held
26 SHANDA INTERACTIVE ENTMT LTD 1.0%$52.5m60,000,000 64% added
27 TELIK INC 1.0%$51.5m2,660,200 0% held
28 TV GRUPO TELEVISA SA DE CV SP 0.9%$47.0m2,360,000 650% added
29 VYX NCR CORP NEW Technology 0.9%$46.2m1,104,500 33% added
30 AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL CMTYS 0.8%$42.3m4,032,000 0% held
31 FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SV Technology 0.7%$38.7m955,000 new
32 AON CORP 0.6%$33.0m795,000 new
33 DKS DICKS SPORTING GOODS INC Consumer Cyclical 0.6%$31.8m801,900 0% held
34 BSX BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP Healthcare 0.6%$31.6m1,370,000 new
35 SYMANTEC CORP 0.6%$30.8m1,830,019 0% held
36 PROQUEST COMPANY 0.6%$30.0m1,401,100 new
37 KKR FINL CORP 0.5%$29.2m1,300,000 44% added
38 GLENBOROUGH RLTY TR INC 0.5%$28.6m1,315,000 new
39 SAPPI LTD SPON 0.5%$27.7m1,875,000 0% held
40 BEDFORD PPTY INVS INC 0.5%$27.3m1,012,400 50% added
41 ISIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.5%$26.7m2,967,049 2% added
42 ROTECH HEALTHCARE INC 0.5%$26.3m1,813,560 0% held
43 ARAMARK CORP 0.5%$24.5m830,000 0% held
44 CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.4%$23.0m1,000,255 0% held
45 CV THERAPEUTICS INC 0.4%$22.0m994,700 0% held
46 CV THERAPEUTICS INC 0.4%$21.3m20,000,000 200% added
47 IYR ISHARES TR DJ US REAL EST 0.4%$20.2m274,700 new
48 CWST CASELLA WASTE SYS INC Industrials 0.3%$16.7m1,178,002 0% held
49 PUTNAM PREMIER INCOME TR SH BEN INT 0.3%$15.3m2,500,000 0% held
50 HOUSTON EXPL CO 0.3%$14.3m271,400 35% 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.