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Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q1 2008

Holdings as of March 31, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Farallon Capital Management disclosed 125 US equity positions worth $5.7bn in its Q1 2008 13F filing. The largest position was IWM at 13.9% of the reported book, followed by SHW and CAPITALSOURCE INC. Against the Q4 2007 filing, it opened 6 new positions, added to 20 and reduced 18 among the top 50 holdings.

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What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q1 2008? Top 50 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q4 2007
1 IWM ISHARES TR RUSSELL 2000 13.9%$785.1m11,496,300 -20% reduced
2 SHW SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO Basic Materials 7.0%$394.2m7,722,500 162% added
3 CAPITALSOURCE INC 5.9%$332.3m34,362,061 3% added
4 AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV SPON 3.4%$192.2m3,017,786 -1% reduced
5 EEM ISHARES TR MSCI EMERG MKT 3.2%$179.7m1,337,300 230% added
6 FDX FEDEX CORP Industrials 3.0%$168.3m1,815,700 -23% reduced
7 WMB WILLIAMS COS INC DEL Energy 2.9%$164.1m4,975,200 -12% reduced
8 JBHT HUNT J B TRANS SVCS INC Industrials 2.7%$151.7m4,827,500 45% added
9 SCHW SCHWAB CHARLES CORP NEW Financial Services 2.4%$135.7m7,208,940 6% added
10 MA MASTERCARD INC Financial Services 2.4%$134.5m603,200 -50% reduced
11 AAPL APPLE INC Technology 2.4%$133.5m930,000 490% added
12 ARCH CAP GROUP LTD 2.3%$131.3m1,912,055 0% held
13 CABLEVISION SYS CORP 2.3%$127.7m5,957,500 213% added
14 SLB SCHLUMBERGER LTD Energy 2.2%$126.4m1,452,500 232% added
15 WENDYS INTL INC 2.2%$125.3m5,435,000 0% held
16 STAPLES INC 2.2%$125.1m5,657,100 -30% reduced
17 GILD GILEAD SCIENCES INC Healthcare 2.1%$120.8m2,345,200 90% added
18 FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SV Technology 2.1%$117.8m3,088,000 -12% reduced
19 MAR MARRIOTT INTL INC NEW Consumer Cyclical 1.9%$107.9m3,140,000 930% added
20 SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY 1.9%$107.8m5,146,000 -23% reduced
21 MI DEVS INC 1.7%$96.5m3,361,600 0% held
22 ORCL ORACLE CORP Technology 1.7%$93.9m4,800,000 -6% reduced
23 MDS INC 1.6%$91.2m4,675,000 -6% reduced
24 AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC 1.6%$89.4m3,060,000 14% added
25 HOSPIRA INC 1.6%$89.2m2,084,950 -10% reduced
26 QCOM QUALCOMM INC Technology 1.5%$83.8m2,042,750 16% added
27 XLK SELECT SECTR SPDR SBI INTTECH 1.4%$80.3m3,585,000 new
28 TV GRUPO TELEVISA SA DE CV SP 1.3%$74.6m3,076,825 -65% reduced
29 BEA SYS INC 1.2%$68.4m3,569,850 new
30 LIBERTY MEDIA CORP NEW ENT 1.2%$67.4m2,976,000 new
31 KNOLOGY INC 1.1%$64.4m4,970,375 1% added
32 BURLINGTON NORTHN SANTA FE C 1.1%$61.1m663,000 -30% reduced
33 HTH HILLTOP HOLDINGS INC Financial Services 1.0%$58.8m5,653,582 0% held
34 E M C CORP MASS 1.0%$58.2m4,060,000 112% added
35 STARWOOD HOTELS&RESORTS WRLD 1.0%$57.7m1,115,000 -9% reduced
36 CELG CELGENE CORP 1.0%$54.5m889,997 new
37 SEALY CORP 0.9%$49.4m6,505,400 3% added
38 IBB ISHARES TR NASDQ BIO INDX 0.8%$42.6m562,800 52% added
39 ZBH ZIMMER HLDGS INC Healthcare 0.7%$40.1m514,900 0% held
40 ALKERMES INC 0.7%$37.3m3,143,061 -28% reduced
41 TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC 0.6%$34.2m5,331,279 0% held
42 DIGITAL RIV INC 0.5%$29.0m935,000 109% added
43 INFORMATICA CORP 0.5%$28.8m1,691,000 -20% reduced
44 OSI PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.5%$27.9m747,500 53% added
45 ALGN ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC Healthcare 0.4%$23.8m2,145,000 -20% reduced
46 ALCON INC 0.4%$20.8m146,500 new
47 CEPHALON INC 0.3%$19.0m295,000 new
48 METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.3%$17.7m1,039,700 421% added
49 CHART INDS INC 0.3%$17.2m507,500 -6% reduced
50 FREIGHTCAR AMER INC 0.3%$16.3m474,977 469% 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.