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Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q4 2006

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

Farallon Capital Management disclosed 108 US equity positions worth $7.7bn in its Q4 2006 13F filing. The largest position was IWM at 21.3% of the reported book, followed by CAPITALSOURCE INC and HARRAHS ENTMT INC. Against the Q3 2006 filing, it opened 12 new positions, added to 18 and reduced 9 among the top 50 holdings.

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What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q4 2006? Top 50 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2006
1 IWM ISHARES TR RUSSELL 2000 21.3%$1.6bn21,110,000 6% added
2 CAPITALSOURCE INC 9.8%$757.4m27,733,036 0% held
3 HARRAHS ENTMT INC 4.8%$372.1m4,497,750 30% added
4 TV GRUPO TELEVISA SA DE CV SP 3.6%$279.8m10,359,000 3% added
5 QCOM QUALCOMM INC Technology 2.8%$214.3m5,671,900 112% added
6 CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS 2.7%$211.3m5,945,800 new
7 TGT TARGET CORP Consumer Defensive 2.7%$210.2m3,685,000 -15% reduced
8 FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SV Technology 2.2%$171.1m4,269,000 38% added
9 HILTON HOTELS CORP 2.0%$155.5m4,455,000 -31% reduced
10 ORCL ORACLE CORP Technology 1.9%$145.5m8,488,399 16% added
11 UAL CORP 1.8%$136.4m3,100,000 new
12 MA MASTERCARD INC Financial Services 1.7%$134.8m1,368,700 -8% reduced
13 PHH CORP 1.7%$131.5m4,555,400 0% held
14 ARCH CAP GROUP LTD 1.7%$129.3m1,912,055 0% held
15 MILLS CORP 1.6%$122.9m6,145,000 0% held
16 COMCAST CORP NEW 1.5%$117.7m2,810,000 8% added
17 LIBERTY MEDIA HLDG CORP INT 1.5%$117.0m5,425,000 33% added
18 WENDYS INTL INC 1.5%$114.7m3,467,361 70% added
19 LEAP WIRELESS INTL INC 1.4%$104.7m1,760,900 -17% reduced
20 MI DEVS INC 1.3%$99.2m2,779,100 0% held
21 CRL CHARLES RIV LABS INTL INC Healthcare 1.2%$91.5m2,115,000 5% added
22 AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC 1.2%$89.5m2,482,500 22% added
23 TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC 1.1%$87.9m5,331,279 0% held
24 BSX BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP Healthcare 1.1%$87.7m5,105,000 0% held
25 WMB WILLIAMS COS INC DEL Energy 1.1%$87.5m3,350,000 857% added
26 KKR FINL CORP 1.1%$85.7m3,197,900 3% added
27 U S AIRWAYS GROUP INC 1.1%$85.5m1,588,616 new
28 E M C CORP MASS 1.1%$85.3m6,460,000 62% added
29 IBB ISHARES TR NASDQ BIO INDX 1.0%$78.8m1,013,800 -33% reduced
30 CONTINENTAL AIRLS INC 0.9%$72.4m1,755,703 new
31 REALOGY CORP 0.9%$72.1m2,377,500 -25% reduced
32 SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY 0.9%$71.0m2,678,400 0% held
33 SHW SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO Basic Materials 0.9%$68.7m1,080,961 29% added
34 SEALY CORP 0.8%$65.6m4,450,000 136% added
35 SPRINT NEXTEL CORP 0.8%$65.6m3,472,436 -21% reduced
36 NEWS CORP 0.8%$63.7m2,965,000 -21% reduced
37 TECK TECK COMINCO LTD Basic Materials 0.7%$55.8m740,000 new
38 TYCO INTL LTD NEW 0.7%$55.0m1,810,000 0% held
39 ACCREDITED HOME LENDRS HLDG 0.7%$54.0m1,975,000 new
40 IYR ISHARES TR DJ US REAL EST 0.7%$53.8m645,000 -10% reduced
41 AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL CMTYS 0.7%$53.0m4,552,000 0% held
42 STATION CASINOS INC 0.6%$50.1m613,500 new
43 EIX EDISON INTL Utilities 0.6%$50.0m1,100,000 new
44 CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.5%$42.2m2,327,800 25% added
45 PHELPS DODGE CORP 0.5%$42.0m351,200 new
46 AIRTRAN HLDGS INC 0.5%$40.9m3,480,000 0% held
47 EEM ISHARES TR MSCI EMERG MKT 0.5%$38.2m335,000 15% added
48 COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY INC 0.5%$34.9m1,655,000 new
49 REDBACK NETWORKS INC 0.4%$29.9m1,200,000 new
50 SHAW COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.4%$29.2m921,400 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.