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Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q1 2011

Holdings as of March 31, 2011 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Farallon Capital Management disclosed 51 US equity positions worth $2.7bn in its Q1 2011 13F filing. The largest position was GENZYME CORP at 19.0% of the reported book, followed by TGT and ORCL. Against the Q4 2010 filing, it opened 14 new positions, added to 16 and reduced 12 among the top 50 holdings.

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What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q1 2011? Top 50 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q4 2010
1 GENZYME CORP 19.0%$512.1m6,725,000 152% added
2 TGT TARGET CORP Consumer Defensive 6.4%$173.0m3,459,000 129% added
3 ORCL ORACLE CORP Technology 5.3%$142.4m4,266,000 64% added
4 CROWN CASTLE INTL CORP 4.9%$131.2m3,084,185 117% added
5 STT STATE STR CORP Financial Services 4.8%$128.8m2,865,000 45% added
6 SCHW SCHWAB CHARLES CORP NEW Financial Services 4.7%$126.9m7,040,000 14% added
7 WFC WELLS FARGO & CO NEW Financial Services 3.2%$84.8m2,675,000 19% added
8 BMC SOFTWARE INC 3.0%$80.5m1,617,919 43% added
9 MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY 3.0%$79.6m1,165,000 new
10 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTL IN 2.8%$74.9m10,968,500 -38% reduced
11 IESI BFC LTD 2.7%$71.9m2,835,010 14% added
12 CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECH LT 2.6%$70.7m1,384,000 13% added
13 MI DEVS INC 2.6%$70.1m2,419,116 0% held
14 FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SV Technology 2.6%$68.6m2,100,000 46% added
15 CMCSA COMCAST CORP NEW Communication Services 2.4%$65.6m2,655,000 new
16 BECKMAN COULTER INC 2.4%$64.8m780,000 new
17 GD GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP Industrials 2.3%$61.6m805,000 new
18 MSCI MSCI INC Financial Services 2.2%$60.4m1,640,000 7% added
19 V VISA INC Financial Services 1.8%$49.0m665,000 new
20 HD HOME DEPOT INC Consumer Cyclical 1.7%$46.9m1,265,000 -29% reduced
21 KNOLOGY INC 1.7%$46.3m3,587,394 1% added
22 CAPITALSOURCE INC 1.6%$42.5m41,000,000 0% held
23 BAX BAXTER INTL INC Healthcare 1.6%$41.9m780,000 77% added
24 CVS CVS CAREMARK CORPORATION Healthcare 1.5%$40.2m1,171,400 new
25 LPL INVT HLDGS INC 1.5%$39.0m1,089,587 0% held
26 FEI CO 1.2%$33.2m985,640 -15% reduced
27 UNP UNION PAC CORP Industrials 1.1%$30.1m306,000 new
28 LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP 1.0%$27.6m527,260 -15% reduced
29 COVIDIEN PLC 0.9%$24.7m475,000 -37% reduced
30 ENCANA CORP 0.9%$24.6m711,760 5% added
31 ENERGY PARTNERS LTD 0.8%$21.9m1,218,290 -39% reduced
32 TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC 0.8%$20.5m4,060,082 0% held
33 OWENS ILL INC 0.6%$15.0m496,664 new
34 DGX QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC Healthcare 0.5%$14.2m246,000 new
35 CHIQUITA BRANDS INTL INC 0.5%$13.1m853,210 -26% reduced
36 POTASH CORP SASK INC 0.5%$12.3m209,100 93% added
37 FRONTEER GOLD INC 0.4%$10.6m700,000 new
38 CAPITALSOURCE INC SDCV 4.000% 7/ 0.4%$10.0m10,000,000 0% held
39 FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC 0.3%$8.7m331,690 -23% reduced
40 PRIDE INTL INC DEL 0.3%$8.1m189,200 new
41 DOLE FOOD CO INC NEW 0.2%$5.6m410,000 -15% reduced
42 TORNIER NV 0.2%$5.5m300,000 new
43 ROP ROPER INDS INC NEW Technology 0.2%$5.3m61,500 -15% reduced
44 EBAY EBAY INC Consumer Cyclical 0.2%$5.2m168,510 -24% reduced
45 FLIR FLIR SYS INC 0.2%$4.9m141,450 new
46 FREIGHTCAR AMER INC 0.2%$4.4m135,325 -89% reduced
47 SAVIENT PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.1%$3.2m300,000 0% held
48 AMAG AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.1%$2.3m135,000 0% held
49 LINKTONE LTD 0.1%$1.8m1,279,000 0% held
50 NEWALLIANCE BANCSHARES INC 0.0%$1.2m77,900 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.