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Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q3 2006

Holdings as of September 30, 2006 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Farallon Capital Management disclosed 110 US equity positions worth $6.6bn in its Q3 2006 13F filing. The largest position was IWM at 21.7% of the reported book, followed by CAPITALSOURCE INC and HCA INC. Against the Q2 2006 filing, it opened 8 new positions, added to 24 and reduced 7 among the top 50 holdings.

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What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q3 2006? Top 50 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q2 2006
1 IWM ISHARES TR RUSSELL 2000 21.7%$1.4bn20,005,300 31% added
2 CAPITALSOURCE INC 10.8%$716.1m27,733,036 0% held
3 HCA INC 4.7%$308.6m6,184,850 new
4 TGT TARGET CORP Consumer Defensive 3.6%$239.8m4,340,000 36% added
5 HARRAHS ENTMT INC 3.5%$230.3m3,467,500 8% added
6 TV GRUPO TELEVISA SA DE CV SP 3.2%$213.4m10,038,400 64% added
7 HILTON HOTELS CORP 2.7%$179.2m6,435,000 18% added
8 WENDYS INTL INC 2.1%$136.4m2,035,700 new
9 ORCL ORACLE CORP Technology 2.0%$130.0m7,328,399 0% held
10 PHH CORP 1.9%$124.8m4,555,400 5% added
11 ARCH CAP GROUP LTD 1.8%$121.4m1,912,055 -6% reduced
12 FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SV Technology 1.7%$114.1m3,084,400 10% added
13 IBB ISHARES TR NASDQ BIO INDX 1.7%$111.0m1,504,300 29% added
14 MA MASTERCARD INC Financial Services 1.6%$104.6m1,487,500 new
15 MILLS CORP 1.5%$102.7m6,145,000 40% added
16 LEAP WIRELESS INTL INC 1.5%$102.4m2,110,900 19% added
17 MI DEVS INC 1.5%$101.3m2,779,100 0% held
18 QCOM QUALCOMM INC Technology 1.5%$97.1m2,671,900 247% added
19 COMCAST CORP NEW 1.5%$96.1m2,610,000 -5% reduced
20 AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC 1.3%$89.4m2,027,500 -13% reduced
21 CRL CHARLES RIV LABS INTL INC Healthcare 1.3%$87.7m2,020,000 43% added
22 RCI ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC Communication Services 1.3%$87.3m1,595,000 -32% reduced
23 LIBERTY MEDIA HLDG CORP INT 1.3%$83.4m4,090,000 34% added
24 KKR FINL CORP 1.1%$76.1m3,102,500 16% added
25 BSX BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP Healthcare 1.1%$75.5m5,105,000 103% added
26 SPRINT NEXTEL CORP 1.1%$75.3m4,392,436 0% held
27 NEWS CORP 1.1%$74.2m3,775,000 -42% reduced
28 REALOGY CORP 1.1%$72.3m3,187,500 new
29 TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC 1.1%$69.9m5,331,246 0% held
30 SHANDA INTERACTIVE ENTMT LTD 1.0%$63.5m69,000,000 0% held
31 ARAMARK CORP 0.9%$62.7m1,908,750 new
32 SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY 0.9%$61.8m2,678,400 0% held
33 IYR ISHARES TR DJ US REAL EST 0.8%$55.5m720,000 -51% reduced
34 AMERICA MOVIL S A DE C V SPON 0.8%$50.8m1,290,000 7% added
35 TYCO INTL LTD NEW 0.8%$50.7m1,810,000 0% held
36 INVITROGEN CORP 0.7%$49.0m772,500 307% added
37 E M C CORP MASS 0.7%$47.8m3,990,000 new
38 TELIK INC 0.7%$47.3m2,660,200 0% held
39 SHW SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO Basic Materials 0.7%$46.6m835,000 new
40 AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL CMTYS 0.7%$44.1m4,552,000 10% added
41 CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.6%$40.4m1,860,000 31% added
42 EBAY EBAY INC Consumer Cyclical 0.6%$40.3m1,422,001 331% added
43 CIRCUIT CITY STORE INC 0.6%$39.0m1,552,500 -32% reduced
44 ATHEROGENICS INC 0.6%$38.2m2,900,000 0% held
45 FIDELITY NATL FINL INC 0.5%$34.7m832,000 27% added
46 AIRTRAN HLDGS INC 0.5%$34.5m3,480,000 15% added
47 AAP ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC Consumer Cyclical 0.4%$28.2m855,000 28% added
48 EEM ISHARES TR MSCI EMERG MKT 0.4%$28.2m291,000 142% added
49 SEALY CORP 0.4%$24.6m1,885,000 new
50 KNOLOGY INC 0.4%$23.6m2,382,410 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.