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Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q2 2010

Holdings as of June 30, 2010 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Farallon Capital Management disclosed 42 US equity positions worth $1.6bn in its Q2 2010 13F filing. The largest position was ALCON INC at 9.9% of the reported book, followed by SCHW and HD. Against the Q1 2010 filing, it opened 20 new positions, added to 10 and reduced 4 among the top 42 holdings.

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What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q2 2010? Top 42 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q1 2010
1 ALCON INC 9.9%$157.2m1,060,871 new
2 SCHW SCHWAB CHARLES CORP NEW Financial Services 6.3%$100.5m7,090,000 97% added
3 HD HOME DEPOT INC Consumer Cyclical 5.9%$94.1m3,354,000 23% added
4 ORCL ORACLE CORP Technology 5.8%$91.4m4,261,000 22% added
5 CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECH LT 5.2%$82.4m2,795,000 205% added
6 BMC SOFTWARE INC 5.0%$79.4m2,292,000 42% added
7 STT STATE STR CORP Financial Services 4.7%$74.2m2,195,000 140% added
8 WFC WELLS FARGO & CO NEW Financial Services 4.4%$69.4m2,710,000 15% added
9 SMITH INTL INC 4.3%$67.4m1,790,000 new
10 DIRECTV 3.4%$53.8m1,585,000 new
11 CROWN CASTLE INTL CORP 3.3%$52.0m1,395,000 -23% reduced
12 IESI BFC LTD 3.0%$48.1m2,390,000 new
13 MSCI MSCI INC Financial Services 2.8%$45.0m1,642,600 3% added
14 JLL JONES LANG LASALLE INC Real Estate 2.6%$41.7m635,000 -40% reduced
15 CAPITALSOURCE INC 2.5%$39.0m41,000,000 0% held
16 KNOLOGY INC 2.4%$38.7m3,542,394 6% added
17 YINGLI GREEN ENERGY HLDG CO 2.3%$37.1m32,838,000 0% held
18 ENERGY PARTNERS LTD 2.2%$34.9m2,859,337 0% held
19 CARRIZO OIL & CO INC 2.0%$32.0m37,155,000 -10% reduced
20 COVIDIEN PLC 1.9%$30.5m760,000 35% added
21 V VISA INC Financial Services 1.9%$30.1m425,000 -55% reduced
22 MI DEVS INC 1.9%$29.6m2,419,116 0% held
23 GERDAU AMERISTEEL CORP 1.7%$27.2m2,500,000 new
24 FREIGHTCAR AMER INC 1.7%$26.7m1,180,000 0% held
25 LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP 1.5%$24.2m511,800 new
26 EXMOC EXXON MOBIL CORP 1.5%$23.0m402,800 new
27 FEI CO 1.4%$21.4m1,086,200 new
28 DGX QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC Healthcare 1.2%$18.3m367,000 new
29 GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC Financial Services 0.9%$14.2m108,300 new
30 CHIQUITA BRANDS INTL INC 0.9%$14.0m1,150,000 new
31 BAX BAXTER INTL INC Healthcare 0.9%$13.8m340,000 new
32 CAPITALSOURCE INC SDCV 4.000% 7/1 0.6%$9.6m10,000,000 0% held
33 DRESSER-RAND GROUP INC 0.6%$9.5m300,000 new
34 LYV LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT IN Communication Services 0.6%$9.4m900,100 new
35 POTASH CORP SASK INC 0.6%$9.3m108,300 new
36 TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC 0.6%$9.3m4,060,082 0% held
37 FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC 0.5%$8.7m429,300 new
38 E M C CORP MASS 0.3%$5.0m272,500 new
39 SIG SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITED Consumer Cyclical 0.3%$4.6m167,800 new
40 EBAY EBAY INC Consumer Cyclical 0.3%$4.4m222,700 new
41 LINKTONE LTD 0.1%$1.7m1,279,000 0% held
42 LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.1%$1.5m1,020,634 new

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.