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Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. 13F holdings, Q4 2008

Hedge fundSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2008-12-31, filed 2009-02-17

Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. disclosed 18 US equity positions worth $804.9m in its Q4 2008 13F filing. Its largest position is CAPITALSOURCE INC at 24.3% of the reported book, followed by MA and WENDYS ARBYS GROUP INC. Versus Q3 2008 it opened 0 new positions, added to 2, reduced 8 and exited 54.

$805m
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
18
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
24.3%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
89.7%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
7
Effective positions
1 / HHI of portfolio weights: the number of equal-weight positions the book behaves like.
113
Quarters on file since Q1 1998
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

Against Q3 2008: 0 new, 2 added, 8 reduced, 54 exited

18 rows
CAPITALSOURCE INC no ticker–24.3%$195m42.27m0.0%held
MA MASTERCARD INCFinancial Services23.1%$186m1.30m+64%added
WENDYS ARBYS GROUP INC no ticker–8.5%$68.4m13.84m−19%reduced
CVCEUR CABLEVISION SYS CORP–7.9%$63.9m3.80m−24%reduced
FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SVTechnology6.2%$49.9m3.07m+46%added
BURLINGTON NORTHN SANTA FE C no ticker–4.5%$36.6m482,800−48%reduced
SHW SHERWIN WILLIAMS COBasic Materials4.5%$36.1m605,000−85%reduced
ORCL ORACLE CORPTechnology3.7%$29.7m1.67m−51%reduced
AMXN AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV–3.6%$28.6m923,086−67%reduced
MI DEVS INC no ticker–3.4%$27.6m3.70m−6.1%reduced
KNOLOGY INC no ticker–3.2%$25.6m4.97m0.0%held
PINNACLE ENTMT INC no ticker–2.6%$20.9m2.71m0.0%held
CLUBUSD TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC–2.1%$17.0m5.33m0.0%held
RAIL FREIGHTCAR AMER INCIndustrials1.2%$9.9m542,115−25%reduced
NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS no ticker–0.8%$6.2m10.42m0.0%held
AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL CMNTY no ticker–0.2%$1.8m2.00m0.0%held
D & E COMMUNICATIONS INC no ticker–0.2%$1.6m239,4300.0%held
MAGNA ENTMT CORP SUB VTG no ticker–0.01%$66.0k94,4990.0%held

Exited since Q3 2008

54 rows
IWM ISHARES TR6.7%$216m
WMB WILLIAMS COS INC4.2%$137m
SLB SLB LIMITED3.9%$124m
EEM ISHARES TR3.5%$112m
JBHT HUNT J B TRANS SVCS INC2.9%$92.1m
AAPL APPLE INC2.0%$63.1m
MAR MARRIOTT INTL INC NEW1.9%$61.1m
HOSPIRA INC no ticker1.8%$57.0m
GILD GILEAD SCIENCES INC1.5%$46.7m
ZBH ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS INC1.4%$45.7m
APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS INC DEL no ticker1.4%$43.9m
AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC no ticker1.4%$43.7m
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY no ticker1.3%$41.3m
QCOM QUALCOMM INC1.1%$36.7m
VRSN VERISIGN INC1.1%$34.8m
ALCON INC no ticker1.0%$31.1m
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP NEW ENT no ticker0.9%$29.3m
V VISA INC0.9%$27.5m
BARR PHARMACEUTICALS INC no ticker0.7%$22.9m
SYMCEUR SYMANTEC CORP0.7%$22.7m
IMCLONE SYS INC no ticker0.7%$22.3m
SBAC SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP0.7%$21.8m
NATIONAL CITY CORP no ticker0.6%$20.8m
ABT ABBOTT LABORATORIES0.6%$18.1m
SEALY CORP no ticker0.6%$18.0m
BCRUSD BARD C R INC0.5%$14.6m
PHARMACEUTICAL HLDRS TR no ticker0.4%$13.9m
COVIDIEN LTD no ticker0.4%$12.3m
TMO THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC0.4%$11.6m
CROWN CASTLE INTL CORP no ticker0.4%$11.3m
PODD INSULET CORP0.3%$9.0m
AMAT APPLIED MATLS INC0.3%$8.3m
VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC0.3%$8.3m
ON ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORP0.2%$7.8m
ALLERGAN INC no ticker0.2%$7.4m
DIGITAL RIV INC no ticker0.2%$7.3m
MICRUS ENDOVASCULAR CORP no ticker0.2%$7.3m
HANSEN MEDICAL INC no ticker0.2%$7.2m
TV GRUPO TELEVISA S A B0.2%$7.1m
ALLOS THERAPEUTICS INC no ticker0.2%$7.0m
BAX BAXTER INTL INC0.2%$6.3m
ALGN ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC0.2%$6.2m
OSI PHARMACEUTICALS INC no ticker0.2%$6.1m
CEPHEID no ticker0.2%$5.8m
ZYMOGENETICS INC no ticker0.2%$5.7m
CARDIOME PHARMA CORP no ticker0.2%$5.5m
ODFL OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE IN0.1%$4.6m
ALKERMES INC no ticker0.1%$3.5m
MEDIVATION INC no ticker0.1%$3.3m
MEDICIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORP no ticker0.10%$3.2m

Sector mix

  • Unclassified61.3%
  • Financial Services23.1%
  • Technology9.9%
  • Basic Materials4.5%
  • Industrials1.2%

Book over time

Every quarter on file (113)
QuarterPositionsEquity book
Q2 202686$17.1bn
Q1 2026170$16.9bn
Q4 2025148$19.2bn
Q3 2025139$17.7bn
Q2 2025143$21.9bn
Q1 2025144$18.5bn
Q4 2024146$19.0bn
Q3 2024160$18.2bn
Q2 2024162$16.9bn
Q1 2024172$17.0bn
Q4 2023157$16.0bn
Q3 2023163$17.7bn
Q2 2023171$16.7bn
Q1 2023192$16.5bn
Q4 2022242$15.5bn
Q3 2022309$16.3bn
Q2 2022313$17.0bn
Q1 2022319$18.1bn
Q4 2021298$17.7bn
Q3 2021298$18.6bn
Q2 2021295$20.7bn
Q1 2021235$19.2bn
Q4 2020134$16.1bn
Q3 2020120$14.1bn
Q2 2020117$12.4bn
Q1 2020100$10.9bn
Q4 2019112$13.0bn
Q3 201997$12.2bn
Q2 2019103$14.3bn
Q1 201993$12.1bn
Q4 201894$11.4bn
Q3 2018101$14.2bn
Q2 201894$13.6bn
Q1 201884$12.0bn
Q4 201779$10.0bn
Q3 201783$9.6bn
Q2 201779$8.8bn
Q1 201769$8.1bn
Q4 201668$6.6bn
Q3 201666$5.8bn
Q2 201661$5.3bn
Q1 201670$7.5bn
Q4 201562$8.2bn
Q3 201579$6.3bn
Q2 201594$7.4bn
Q1 201592$6.8bn
Q4 201482$6.9bn
Q3 201481$6.0bn
Q2 201493$6.6bn
Q1 201486$5.0bn
Q4 201377$4.7bn
Q3 201376$4.8bn
Q2 201380$5.1bn
Q1 201352$3.5bn
Q4 201258$3.2bn
Q3 201246$2.6bn
Q2 201249$2.9bn
Q1 201250$3.6bn
Q4 201148$3.4bn
Q3 201153$3.0bn
Q2 201149$2.7bn
Q1 201151$2.7bn
Q4 201044$2.0bn
Q3 201044$1.9bn
Q2 201042$1.6bn
Q1 201026$1.1bn
Q4 200936$1.7bn
Q3 200935$1.2bn
Q2 200928$858m
Q1 200917$413m
Q4 200818$805m
Q3 200872$3.2bn
Q2 200873$5.0bn
Q1 2008125$5.7bn
Q4 2007138$7.6bn
Q3 2007136$7.1bn
Q2 2007226$9.9bn
Q1 2007120$9.1bn
Q4 2006108$7.7bn
Q3 2006110$6.6bn
Q2 200693$5.7bn
Q1 200683$5.4bn
Q4 200577$3.5bn
Q3 200570$2.8bn
Q2 200574$2.9bn
Q1 200584$2.8bn
Q4 2004129$4.5bn
Q3 2004114$4.9bn
Q2 2004117$4.3bn
Q1 2004121$4.1bn
Q4 2003129$3.9bn
Q3 2003115$3.0bn
Q2 2003105$2.2bn
Q1 2003105$2.5bn
Q4 2002120$2.4bn
Q3 2002131$2.3bn
Q2 2002140$2.1bn
Q1 2002148$2.2bn
Q4 2001117$1.9bn
Q3 2001112$2.3bn
Q2 2001119$2.3bn
Q1 2001124$2.7bn
Q4 2000117$2.8bn
Q3 2000151$3.8bn
Q2 2000150$3.5bn
Q1 2000146$2.9bn
Q4 1999129$2.7bn
Q3 1999141$2.8bn
Q2 1999125$2.2bn
Q1 1999102$2.0bn
Q3 199815$563m
Q2 199831$842m
Q1 199837$892m

Where Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. was early

122 rows
KFY Korn/Ferry InternationalQ1 19991 of 890.07%1.4%21Exited by Q2 2004+22%
MCK MCKESSON CORPQ2 19991 of 1701.2%2.0%10Exited by Q2 2026+2589%
NWL Newell Rubbermaid IncQ2 19991 of 1561.1%1.1%3Exited by Q1 2000−37%
L LOEWS CORPQ2 19992 of 930.4%2.7%13Exited by Q3 2007+287%
INTC Intel CorpQ3 19991 of 2801.5%1.5%7Exited by Q2 2001−29%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPQ3 199912 of 3740.1%5.6%54Held at last filing, Q2 2026+724%
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSONQ4 19991 of 1690.5%3.7%10Held at last filing, Q2 2026+445%
WM WASTE MGMT INC DELQ4 19993 of 1400.3%1.7%27Exited by Q3 2006+109%
VRSN VERISIGN INCQ1 20007 of 1420.5%1.1%5Exited by Q4 2008−83%
TEO Telecom Argentina STET-FRAN SPONQ2 20001 of 491.1%1.1%10Exited by Q4 2002−97%
PFE PFIZER INCQ3 20004 of 2080.6%6.8%8Exited by Q3 2014−34%
MLM Martin Marietta MaterialsQ4 20001 of 1840.4%1.6%8Exited by Q4 2002−23%
AVGO BROADCOM INCQ4 200021 of 3230.1%9.2%13Held at last filing, Q2 2026–
FITB Fifth Third BancorpQ1 20011 of 1172.4%2.4%5Exited by Q2 2002+26%
PCG PG&E CORPQ1 20011 of 2090.3%3.3%29Exited by Q3 2024+47%
SRE Sempra EnergyQ1 20011 of 1190.5%1.2%9Exited by Q2 2003+7.2%
USB U S BancorpQ1 20012 of 1623.3%3.3%4Exited by Q1 2002−9.8%
CNA CNA Financial CorpQ2 20011 of 780.4%1.8%6Exited by Q4 2002−37%
CVX CHEVRON CORP NEWQ3 20011 of 19714.4%14.4%11Exited by Q1 2012+151%
JLL JONES LANG LASALLE INCQ1 20022 of 1330.5%6.7%14Exited by Q1 2011+279%
WAT WATERS CORPQ2 20021 of 1371.6%1.8%9Exited by Q4 2006+70%
ORCL ORACLE CORPQ2 20027 of 2560.4%7.9%33Exited by Q3 2014+328%
DRI DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCQ4 20021 of 1410.4%1.2%7Exited by Q3 2007+115%
WMB WILLIAMS COS INC DELQ2 20033 of 2071.0%4.9%24Exited by Q3 2015+791%
AMXN AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV SPONQ4 20035 of 600.2%6.6%16Exited by Q4 2009+381%
DIS DISNEY WALT COQ1 20042 of 2531.8%3.7%18Exited by Q2 2026+291%
FCX FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOQ1 20042 of 2230.5%1.4%13Exited by Q3 2013+41%
ABR ARBOR RLTY TR INCQ2 20041 of 800.2%1.2%11Exited by Q1 2007+51%
BAC Bank of AmericaQ2 20047 of 2328.7%8.7%3Exited by Q1 2005+11%
SNDK SANDISK CORPQ2 200416 of 2330.3%6.1%3Exited by Q2 2016–
TV GRUPO TELEVISA SA DE CV SPQ3 20041 of 790.5%3.6%17Exited by Q4 2008+66%
AZO AUTOZONE INCQ3 20044 of 1650.1%2.8%5Exited by Q3 2013+448%
EXEL EXELIXIS INCQ4 20042 of 1360.2%4.6%39Held at last filing, Q2 2026+473%
STT STATE STR CORPQ4 20045 of 1390.8%5.2%28Exited by Q4 2015+37%
BBY BEST BUY INCQ1 20056 of 1331.0%1.5%3Exited by Q4 2005+21%
RCI ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INCQ3 20053 of 851.5%1.7%8Exited by Q1 2008+129%
IWM ISHARES TR RUSSELL 2000Q3 20054 of 23318.4%21.7%14Exited by Q4 2009−9.3%
CRL CHARLES RIV LABS INTL INCQ4 20052 of 1580.3%1.3%9Exited by Q1 2024+458%
IBB ISHARES TR NASDQ BIO INDXQ1 20061 of 1201.4%1.7%9Exited by Q3 2008−6.7%
FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SVQ1 20062 of 2250.7%12.8%47Exited by Q4 2021+200%
IYR ISHARES TR DJ US REAL ESTQ1 20062 of 980.4%1.8%5Exited by Q2 2007+16%
BSX BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPQ1 20063 of 1930.6%4.0%32Held at last filing, Q2 2026+85%
EEM ISHARES TR MSCI EMERG MKTQ2 20062 of 1340.2%3.5%10Exited by Q4 2008+9.2%
TGT TARGET CORPQ2 20065 of 1912.7%6.5%13Exited by Q3 2012+19%
QCOM QUALCOMM INCQ2 20068 of 2460.5%4.6%19Exited by Q2 2018+38%
MA MASTERCARD INCORPORATEDQ3 20062 of 2631.6%23.1%32Exited by Q2 2026+7002%
SHW SHERWIN WILLIAMS COQ3 20062 of 1920.7%7.4%36Exited by Q4 2024+1953%
AMG AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUPQ3 20063 of 1080.0%1.6%4Exited by Q4 2015+71%
SCHW SCHWAB CHARLES CORPQ1 20072 of 2213.0%6.3%27Exited by Q2 2026+414%
CMCSA COMCAST CORP NEWQ1 20073 of 2191.4%4.8%15Exited by Q4 2017+197%

Concentration and tenure

10.3%
Median largest position, all quarters
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
47.9%
Median top 10 weight, all quarters
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
Concentrated
Style, by median largest position
2
Median completed holding, quarters