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Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q3 2010

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

Farallon Capital Management disclosed 44 US equity positions worth $1.9bn in its Q3 2010 13F filing. The largest position was ALCON INC at 11.1% of the reported book, followed by GENZYME CORP and HD. Against the Q2 2010 filing, it opened 10 new positions, added to 10 and reduced 8 among the top 44 holdings.

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What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q3 2010? Top 44 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q2 2010
1 ALCON INC 11.1%$208.0m1,247,088 18% added
2 GENZYME CORP 5.8%$108.7m1,535,000 new
3 HD HOME DEPOT INC Consumer Cyclical 5.7%$107.3m3,387,000 1% added
4 SCHW SCHWAB CHARLES CORP NEW Financial Services 5.5%$103.5m7,445,000 5% added
5 BMC SOFTWARE INC 5.1%$94.9m2,345,000 2% added
6 STT STATE STR CORP Financial Services 4.9%$91.7m2,435,000 11% added
7 ORCL ORACLE CORP Technology 4.3%$80.1m2,985,000 -30% reduced
8 CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECH LT 4.3%$79.9m2,164,000 -23% reduced
9 WFC WELLS FARGO & CO NEW Financial Services 3.6%$68.1m2,710,000 0% held
10 TGT TARGET CORP Consumer Defensive 3.3%$62.1m1,162,000 new
11 DIRECTV 3.2%$59.7m1,435,000 -9% reduced
12 MSCI MSCI INC Financial Services 2.7%$50.7m1,525,600 -7% reduced
13 CROWN CASTLE INTL CORP 2.7%$50.5m1,143,000 -18% reduced
14 POTASH CORP SASK INC 2.7%$49.8m345,800 219% added
15 IESI BFC LTD 2.6%$48.5m2,118,770 -11% reduced
16 KNOLOGY INC 2.5%$47.8m3,562,394 1% added
17 BURGER KING HLDGS INC 2.5%$47.2m1,975,000 new
18 CAPITALSOURCE INC 2.2%$40.8m41,000,000 0% held
19 YINGLI GREEN ENERGY HLDG CO 2.0%$37.9m32,838,000 0% held
20 UTXZ UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP 1.9%$35.5m498,000 new
21 ENERGY PARTNERS LTD 1.8%$34.3m2,859,337 0% held
22 JLL JONES LANG LASALLE INC Real Estate 1.8%$33.5m388,000 -39% reduced
23 CARRIZO OIL & CO INC 1.8%$33.2m35,655,000 -4% reduced
24 COVIDIEN PLC 1.6%$30.5m760,000 0% held
25 FREIGHTCAR AMER INC 1.5%$29.0m1,180,000 0% held
26 LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP 1.5%$29.0m621,000 21% added
27 MI DEVS INC 1.4%$26.5m2,419,116 0% held
28 EXMOC EXXON MOBIL CORP 1.3%$24.9m402,800 0% held
29 FEI CO 1.2%$22.7m1,161,200 7% added
30 BAX BAXTER INTL INC Healthcare 0.9%$16.2m340,000 0% held
31 CHIQUITA BRANDS INTL INC 0.8%$15.2m1,150,000 0% held
32 ARCSIGHT INC 0.8%$14.9m342,500 new
33 LYV LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT IN Communication Services 0.8%$14.2m1,433,800 59% added
34 EAT BRINKER INTL INC Consumer Cyclical 0.7%$12.7m672,400 new
35 EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC 0.7%$12.2m251,000 new
36 TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC 0.6%$11.0m4,060,082 0% held
37 CAPITALSOURCE INC SDCV 4.000% 7/1 0.5%$9.9m10,000,000 0% held
38 FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC 0.5%$9.3m429,300 0% held
39 SAVIENT PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.4%$6.8m299,000 new
40 EBAY EBAY INC Consumer Cyclical 0.3%$5.4m222,700 0% held
41 AMAG AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.3%$5.3m310,000 new
42 DOLE FOOD CO INC NEW 0.2%$4.4m483,000 new
43 LINKTONE LTD 0.1%$1.8m1,279,000 0% held
44 LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.1%$1.6m1,020,634 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.