Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q3 2008
Holdings as of September 30, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Farallon Capital Management disclosed 72 US equity positions worth $3.2bn in its Q3 2008 13F filing. The largest position was CAPITALSOURCE INC at 16.2% of the reported book, followed by SHW and IWM. Against the Q2 2008 filing, it opened 11 new positions, added to 7 and reduced 24 among the top 50 holdings.
What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q3 2008? Top 50 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q2 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAPITALSOURCE INC | 16.2% | $519.9m | 42,270,274 | 0% | held | |
| 2 | SHW SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO | Basic Materials | 7.4% | $238.3m | 4,169,800 | -46% | reduced |
| 3 | IWM ISHARES TR RUSSELL 2000 | 6.7% | $215.5m | 3,169,200 | -35% | reduced | |
| 4 | MA MASTERCARD INC | Financial Services | 4.4% | $140.6m | 792,745 | 81% | added |
| 5 | WMB WILLIAMS COS INC DEL | Energy | 4.2% | $136.5m | 5,772,500 | -4% | reduced |
| 6 | AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV SPON | 4.0% | $129.7m | 2,798,086 | -37% | reduced | |
| 7 | CABLEVISION SYS CORP | 3.9% | $125.4m | 4,984,500 | -29% | reduced | |
| 8 | SLB SCHLUMBERGER LTD | Energy | 3.9% | $124.4m | 1,592,500 | -14% | reduced |
| 9 | EEM ISHARES TR MSCI EMERG MKT | 3.5% | $112.3m | 3,285,400 | 220% | added | |
| 10 | JBHT HUNT J B TRANS SVCS INC | Industrials | 2.9% | $92.1m | 2,760,400 | -47% | reduced |
| 11 | WENDY'S/ARBY'S GROUP, INC | 2.8% | $90.1m | 17,124,372 | – | new | |
| 12 | BURLINGTON NORTHN SANTA FE C | 2.7% | $85.8m | 928,260 | 49% | added | |
| 13 | MI DEVS INC | 2.3% | $72.8m | 3,939,400 | 0% | held | |
| 14 | ORCL ORACLE CORP | Technology | 2.1% | $68.7m | 3,381,000 | -38% | reduced |
| 15 | AAPL APPLE INC | Technology | 2.0% | $63.1m | 555,500 | -20% | reduced |
| 16 | MAR MARRIOTT INTL INC NEW | Consumer Cyclical | 1.9% | $61.1m | 2,340,700 | -45% | reduced |
| 17 | HOSPIRA INC | 1.8% | $57.0m | 1,491,500 | -24% | reduced | |
| 18 | GILD GILEAD SCIENCES INC | Healthcare | 1.5% | $46.7m | 1,024,000 | -22% | reduced |
| 19 | ZBH ZIMMER HLDGS INC | Healthcare | 1.4% | $45.7m | 708,000 | 5% | added |
| 20 | APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS INC DEL | 1.4% | $43.9m | 1,282,065 | – | new | |
| 21 | AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC | 1.4% | $43.7m | 2,162,500 | -35% | reduced | |
| 22 | SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY | 1.3% | $41.3m | 3,407,100 | 0% | held | |
| 23 | KNOLOGY INC | 1.2% | $40.1m | 4,970,375 | 0% | held | |
| 24 | FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SV | Technology | 1.2% | $38.7m | 2,097,500 | -54% | reduced |
| 25 | QCOM QUALCOMM INC | Technology | 1.1% | $36.7m | 854,285 | -59% | reduced |
| 26 | VRSN VERISIGN INC | Technology | 1.1% | $34.8m | 1,335,000 | -0% | held |
| 27 | TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC | 1.0% | $32.5m | 5,331,279 | 0% | held | |
| 28 | ALCON INC | 1.0% | $31.1m | 192,425 | -26% | reduced | |
| 29 | LIBERTY MEDIA CORP NEW ENT | 0.9% | $29.3m | 1,175,000 | -28% | reduced | |
| 30 | V VISA INC | Financial Services | 0.9% | $27.5m | 448,000 | – | new |
| 31 | BARR PHARMACEUTICALS INC | 0.7% | $22.9m | 350,800 | – | new | |
| 32 | SYMANTEC CORP | 0.7% | $22.7m | 1,157,500 | – | new | |
| 33 | IMCLONE SYS INC | 0.7% | $22.3m | 357,500 | – | new | |
| 34 | SBAC SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP | Real Estate | 0.7% | $21.8m | 843,000 | – | new |
| 35 | FREIGHTCAR AMER INC | 0.7% | $21.1m | 720,000 | 103% | added | |
| 36 | NATIONAL CITY CORP | 0.6% | $20.8m | 11,860,000 | 251% | added | |
| 37 | PINNACLE ENTMT INC | 0.6% | $20.5m | 2,715,000 | 0% | held | |
| 38 | ABT ABBOTT LABS | Healthcare | 0.6% | $18.1m | 315,200 | – | new |
| 39 | SEALY CORP | 0.6% | $18.0m | 2,782,100 | -56% | reduced | |
| 40 | BARD C R INC | 0.5% | $14.6m | 153,985 | -53% | reduced | |
| 41 | PHARMACEUTICAL HLDRS TR | 0.4% | $13.9m | 210,000 | -60% | reduced | |
| 42 | COVIDIEN LTD | 0.4% | $12.3m | 228,600 | -3% | reduced | |
| 43 | TMO THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC | Healthcare | 0.4% | $11.6m | 210,800 | – | new |
| 44 | CROWN CASTLE INTL CORP | 0.4% | $11.3m | 390,000 | – | new | |
| 45 | PODD INSULET CORP | Healthcare | 0.3% | $9.0m | 643,500 | 77% | added |
| 46 | AMAT APPLIED MATLS INC | Technology | 0.3% | $8.3m | 548,600 | 0% | held |
| 47 | VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC | Healthcare | 0.3% | $8.3m | 249,000 | – | new |
| 48 | ON ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORP | Technology | 0.2% | $7.8m | 1,159,200 | -30% | reduced |
| 49 | ALLERGAN INC | 0.2% | $7.4m | 144,000 | -88% | reduced | |
| 50 | DIGITAL RIV INC | 0.2% | $7.3m | 225,000 | -83% | reduced |
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.