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Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q4 2011

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

Farallon Capital Management disclosed 48 US equity positions worth $3.4bn in its Q4 2011 13F filing. The largest position was MOTOROLA MOBILITY HLDGS INC at 13.6% of the reported book, followed by GOODRICH CORP and EL PASO CORP. Against the Q3 2011 filing, it opened 11 new positions, added to 12 and reduced 17 among the top 48 holdings.

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What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q4 2011? Top 48 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2011
1 MOTOROLA MOBILITY HLDGS INC 13.6%$458.6m11,820,000 12% added
2 GOODRICH CORP 12.6%$424.3m3,430,000 180% added
3 EL PASO CORP 11.4%$386.8m14,557,200 new
4 OWENS ILL INC 5.8%$195.6m10,094,900 -1% reduced
5 PHARMASSET INC 5.5%$185.2m1,445,000 new
6 ORCL ORACLE CORP Technology 4.2%$142.6m5,560,000 24% added
7 NEWS CORP 4.1%$138.5m7,762,000 20% added
8 STT STATE STR CORP Financial Services 3.9%$132.6m3,289,000 -30% reduced
9 UNP UNION PAC CORP Industrials 3.4%$113.9m1,075,000 -4% reduced
10 TGT TARGET CORP Consumer Defensive 3.2%$108.2m2,112,256 -23% reduced
11 CMCSA COMCAST CORP NEW Communication Services 3.0%$102.9m4,340,000 -37% reduced
12 V VISA INC Financial Services 2.9%$99.5m980,000 -41% reduced
13 GD GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP Industrials 2.6%$88.7m1,335,000 -37% reduced
14 AMERICAN TOWER CORP 2.5%$84.6m1,410,000 93% added
15 FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SV Technology 2.2%$75.1m2,825,000 12% added
16 CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECH LT 1.9%$64.9m1,235,000 new
17 QCOM QUALCOMM INC Technology 1.8%$60.1m1,099,000 new
18 WFC WELLS FARGO & CO NEW Financial Services 1.8%$59.5m2,160,000 -28% reduced
19 PALL CORP 1.6%$54.0m944,596 new
20 KNOLOGY INC 1.5%$50.9m3,587,394 0% held
21 BAX BAXTER INTL INC Healthcare 1.3%$43.8m885,000 24% added
22 CVX CHEVRON CORP NEW Energy 1.0%$32.6m306,500 0% held
23 EXMOC EXXON MOBIL CORP 1.0%$32.3m381,000 0% held
24 TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC 0.9%$29.8m4,060,082 0% held
25 FEI CO 0.8%$28.2m692,428 -22% reduced
26 LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP 0.6%$21.0m540,364 2% added
27 TENET HEALTHCARE CORP 0.6%$20.9m4,082,500 0% held
28 CVS CVS CAREMARK CORPORATION Healthcare 0.5%$15.6m383,236 -70% reduced
29 EBAY EBAY INC Consumer Cyclical 0.4%$15.0m495,345 194% added
30 YAHOO INC 0.4%$15.0m930,000 new
31 HCA HCA HOLDINGS INC Healthcare 0.4%$12.9m585,000 9% added
32 ENCANA CORP 0.4%$12.4m667,636 -6% reduced
33 WPRT WESTPORT INNOVATIONS INC 0.2%$7.8m234,200 new
34 POTASH CORP SASK INC 0.2%$7.7m185,455 -11% reduced
35 FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC 0.2%$7.4m294,182 -11% reduced
36 NYSE EURONEXT 0.2%$6.3m242,500 0% held
37 CHIQUITA BRANDS INTL INC 0.2%$6.3m756,727 -11% reduced
38 ADVANCED ANALOGIC TECHNOLOGI 0.2%$5.8m1,000,000 100% added
39 SANOFI RIGHT 12/31/2020 0.2%$5.5m4,550,000 0% held
40 BLUE COAT SYSTEMS INC 0.2%$5.1m200,000 new
41 LPL INVT HLDGS INC 0.1%$4.1m133,206 -88% reduced
42 FLIR FLIR SYS INC 0.1%$4.1m162,182 15% added
43 URI UNITED RENTALS INC Industrials 0.1%$3.2m109,100 new
44 DOLE FOOD CO INC NEW 0.1%$3.1m363,636 -11% reduced
45 S1 CORPORATION 0.1%$2.9m300,000 new
46 LINKTONE LTD 0.0%$1.4m1,167,032 -9% reduced
47 DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE PLC 0.0%$1.0m47,368 new
48 SAVIENT PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.0%$669.0k300,000 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.