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Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q1 2012

Holdings as of March 31, 2012 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Farallon Capital Management disclosed 50 US equity positions worth $3.6bn in its Q1 2012 13F filing. The largest position was EL PASO CORP at 18.7% of the reported book, followed by MOTOROLA MOBILITY HLDGS INC and GOODRICH CORP. Against the Q4 2011 filing, it opened 14 new positions, added to 6 and reduced 16 among the top 50 holdings.

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What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q1 2012? Top 50 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q4 2011
1 EL PASO CORP 18.7%$664.6m22,490,420 54% added
2 MOTOROLA MOBILITY HLDGS INC 12.2%$434.2m11,065,000 -6% reduced
3 GOODRICH CORP 9.9%$351.2m2,800,000 -18% reduced
4 OWENS ILL INC 4.6%$163.7m7,012,000 -31% reduced
5 ORCL ORACLE CORP Technology 4.2%$149.5m5,127,000 -8% reduced
6 V VISA INC Financial Services 4.1%$147.2m1,247,837 27% added
7 STT STATE STR CORP Financial Services 3.4%$122.4m2,690,000 -18% reduced
8 AAPL APPLE INC Technology 3.2%$115.5m192,600 new
9 AMT AMERICAN TOWER CORP NEW Real Estate 2.9%$103.0m1,635,000 new
10 UNP UNION PAC CORP Industrials 2.8%$101.0m940,000 -13% reduced
11 TGT TARGET CORP Consumer Defensive 2.7%$97.2m1,667,256 -21% reduced
12 QCOM QUALCOMM INC Technology 2.2%$77.5m1,140,000 4% added
13 GD GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP Industrials 2.2%$76.7m1,045,000 -22% reduced
14 CBS CORP NEW 2.1%$76.3m2,250,000 new
15 NEWS CORP 2.1%$74.7m3,795,000 -51% reduced
16 CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECH LT 2.0%$72.8m1,140,000 -8% reduced
17 EQIX EQUINIX INC 2.0%$70.7m449,000 new
18 KNOLOGY INC 1.8%$65.3m3,587,394 0% held
19 CMCSA COMCAST CORP NEW Communication Services 1.7%$60.6m2,020,000 -53% reduced
20 WARNACO GROUP INC 1.5%$54.3m930,000 new
21 PALL CORP 1.5%$54.2m909,336 -4% reduced
22 FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SV Technology 1.5%$52.5m1,585,000 -44% reduced
23 TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC 1.4%$51.3m4,060,082 0% held
24 FEI CO 1.0%$34.0m692,428 0% held
25 LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP 0.7%$26.4m540,364 0% held
26 YAHOO INC 0.7%$24.0m1,576,000 69% added
27 EBAY EBAY INC Consumer Cyclical 0.7%$23.6m640,745 29% added
28 WEBMD HEALTH CORP 0.7%$23.1m905,000 new
29 COPA HOLDINGS SA 0.6%$20.6m260,000 new
30 CAREFUSION CORP 0.6%$20.4m788,000 new
31 TENET HEALTHCARE CORP 0.4%$14.1m2,652,900 -35% reduced
32 ENCANA CORP 0.4%$13.1m667,636 0% held
33 CVS CVS CAREMARK CORPORATION Healthcare 0.4%$13.1m292,336 -24% reduced
34 BAX BAXTER INTL INC Healthcare 0.4%$12.9m216,000 -76% reduced
35 TELUS CORP NON-VTG 0.3%$11.4m200,000 new
36 ILMN ILLUMINA INC Healthcare 0.3%$10.3m195,000 new
37 WPRT WESTPORT INNOVATIONS INC 0.3%$9.6m234,200 0% held
38 POTASH CORP SASK INC 0.2%$8.5m185,455 0% held
39 FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC 0.2%$8.0m348,682 19% added
40 SLB SCHLUMBERGER LTD Energy 0.2%$7.6m109,200 new
41 NOVADAQ TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.2%$7.3m1,103,800 new
42 CHIQUITA BRANDS INTL INC 0.2%$6.7m756,727 0% held
43 SANOFI RIGHT 12/31/2020 0.2%$6.1m4,550,000 0% held
44 LOOPNET INC 0.2%$5.5m295,000 new
45 LPL INVT HLDGS INC 0.1%$5.1m133,206 0% held
46 FLIR FLIR SYS INC 0.1%$4.1m162,182 0% held
47 DOLE FOOD CO INC NEW 0.1%$3.6m363,636 0% held
48 DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE PLC 0.0%$1.5m47,368 0% held
49 DIGITALGLOBE INC 0.0%$1.1m80,000 new
50 SAVIENT PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.0%$654.0k300,000 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.