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Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q4 2008

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

Farallon Capital Management disclosed 18 US equity positions worth $804.9m in its Q4 2008 13F filing. The largest position was CAPITALSOURCE INC at 24.3% of the reported book, followed by MA and WENDYS ARBYS GROUP INC. Against the Q3 2008 filing, it opened 0 new positions, added to 2 and reduced 8 among the top 18 holdings.

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What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q4 2008? Top 18 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2008
1 CAPITALSOURCE INC 24.3%$195.3m42,270,274 0% held
2 MA MASTERCARD INC Financial Services 23.1%$185.8m1,300,000 64% added
3 WENDYS ARBYS GROUP INC 8.5%$68.4m13,844,744 -19% reduced
4 CABLEVISION SYS CORP 7.9%$63.9m3,796,300 -24% reduced
5 FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SV Technology 6.2%$49.9m3,067,500 46% added
6 BURLINGTON NORTHN SANTA FE C 4.5%$36.6m482,800 -48% reduced
7 SHW SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO Basic Materials 4.5%$36.1m605,000 -85% reduced
8 ORCL ORACLE CORP Technology 3.7%$29.7m1,672,500 -51% reduced
9 AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV SPON 3.6%$28.6m923,086 -67% reduced
10 MI DEVS INC 3.4%$27.6m3,697,202 -6% reduced
11 KNOLOGY INC 3.2%$25.6m4,970,375 0% held
12 PINNACLE ENTMT INC 2.6%$20.9m2,715,000 0% held
13 TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC 2.1%$17.0m5,331,279 0% held
14 FREIGHTCAR AMER INC 1.2%$9.9m542,115 -25% reduced
15 NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS 0.8%$6.2m10,421,000 0% held
16 AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL CMNTY 0.2%$1.8m2,000,000 0% held
17 D & E COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.2%$1.6m239,430 0% held
18 MAGNA ENTMT CORP SUB VTG 0.0%$66.0k94,499 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.