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Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q4 2009

Holdings as of December 31, 2009 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Farallon Capital Management disclosed 36 US equity positions worth $1.7bn in its Q4 2009 13F filing. The largest position was SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC at 15.8% of the reported book, followed by BURLINGTON NORTHN SANTA FE C and AFFILIATED COMPUTER SERVICES. Against the Q3 2009 filing, it opened 10 new positions, added to 12 and reduced 7 among the top 36 holdings.

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What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q4 2009? Top 36 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2009
1 SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC 15.8%$267.3m28,525,000 new
2 BURLINGTON NORTHN SANTA FE C 9.3%$157.2m1,593,936 137% added
3 AFFILIATED COMPUTER SERVICES 8.5%$144.0m2,412,700 new
4 V VISA INC Financial Services 4.7%$80.0m915,000 -54% reduced
5 HD HOME DEPOT INC Consumer Cyclical 4.5%$76.0m2,627,339 new
6 WFC WELLS FARGO & CO NEW Financial Services 4.4%$74.0m2,740,000 new
7 ORCL ORACLE CORP Technology 4.1%$70.2m2,862,000 43% added
8 JLL JONES LANG LASALLE INC Real Estate 3.7%$63.4m1,050,000 33% added
9 CROWN CASTLE INTL CORP 3.7%$63.0m1,615,000 76% added
10 SCHW SCHWAB CHARLES CORP NEW Financial Services 3.4%$57.7m3,067,400 309% added
11 BMC SOFTWARE INC 3.4%$57.1m1,425,000 98% added
12 MONSANTO CO NEW 2.9%$49.5m606,000 62% added
13 YINGLI GREEN ENERGY HLDG CO 2.9%$49.4m45,350,000 -4% reduced
14 EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC 2.6%$44.1m510,000 31% added
15 ENCORE ACQUISITION CO 2.2%$38.1m794,400 new
16 SHW SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO Basic Materials 2.2%$37.6m610,000 new
17 CAPITALSOURCE INC 2.2%$37.1m41,000,000 14% added
18 MSCI MSCI INC Financial Services 2.2%$36.9m1,161,200 -47% reduced
19 KNOLOGY INC 2.2%$36.5m3,342,394 -15% reduced
20 CARRIZO OIL & CO INC 2.1%$35.5m41,155,000 0% held
21 SBAC SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP Real Estate 1.8%$30.7m898,000 45% added
22 MI DEVS INC 1.8%$29.7m2,419,116 0% held
23 COVIDIEN PLC 1.6%$27.1m565,000 new
24 ENERGY PARTNERS LTD 1.4%$24.4m2,859,337 new
25 FREIGHTCAR AMER INC 1.4%$23.4m1,180,000 0% held
26 JBHT HUNT J B TRANS SVCS INC Industrials 1.1%$17.9m555,000 -22% reduced
27 ODFL OLD DOMINION FGHT LINES INC Industrials 0.9%$16.1m523,300 103% added
28 TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC 0.6%$10.2m4,383,823 -11% reduced
29 CAPITALSOURCE INC SDCV 4.000% 7/1 0.5%$9.2m10,000,000 0% held
30 INTERVAL LEISURE GROUP INC 0.5%$8.4m674,245 0% held
31 KENDLE INTERNATIONAL INC 0.5%$8.0m8,900,000 -46% reduced
32 EXPEDIA INC DEL 0.5%$7.7m300,000 new
33 NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS 0.3%$5.0m5,460,000 0% held
34 LINKTONE LTD 0.1%$2.2m1,279,000 0% held
35 DAL DELTA AIR LINES INC DEL Industrials 0.1%$1.3m113,868 new
36 CHINA HOUSING & LAND DEV INC 0.0%$842.0k203,834 88% 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.