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Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q3 2012

Holdings as of September 30, 2012 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Farallon Capital Management disclosed 46 US equity positions worth $2.6bn in its Q3 2012 13F filing. The largest position was NEXEN INC at 8.4% of the reported book, followed by V and NEWS CORP. Against the Q2 2012 filing, it opened 10 new positions, added to 10 and reduced 17 among the top 46 holdings.

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What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q3 2012? Top 46 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q2 2012
1 NEXEN INC 8.4%$220.5m8,700,000 new
2 V VISA INC Financial Services 6.0%$157.5m1,173,000 25% added
3 NEWS CORP 5.5%$144.2m5,878,000 -5% reduced
4 AMT AMERICAN TOWER CORP NEW Real Estate 4.7%$122.8m1,720,000 -3% reduced
5 OWENS ILL INC 4.6%$121.9m6,498,583 -21% reduced
6 STT STATE STR CORP Financial Services 4.6%$121.5m2,894,420 11% added
7 QCOM QUALCOMM INC Technology 4.6%$120.3m1,925,000 46% added
8 CBS CORP NEW 4.4%$115.6m3,183,000 -28% reduced
9 UNP UNION PAC CORP Industrials 4.2%$111.0m935,200 -6% reduced
10 ROCKWELL COLLINS INC 3.9%$101.6m1,893,720 23% added
11 SHAW GROUP INC 3.6%$93.8m2,150,451 new
12 AAPL APPLE INC Technology 3.5%$91.5m137,100 -38% reduced
13 ORCL ORACLE CORP Technology 3.5%$91.5m2,904,500 -9% reduced
14 YAHOO INC 3.5%$91.0m5,695,000 13% added
15 EQIX EQUINIX INC 3.1%$82.0m398,000 -20% reduced
16 FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SV Technology 3.0%$78.2m2,505,000 50% added
17 COOPER INDUSTRIES PLC 2.9%$75.4m1,005,000 new
18 EXPRESS SCRIPTS HLDG CO 2.8%$73.9m1,180,000 27% added
19 CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECH LT 2.7%$71.8m1,491,000 new
20 OAK OAKTREE CAP GROUP LLC UNIT 99/99/9999 2.6%$68.4m1,669,460 0% held
21 GD GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP Industrials 2.3%$60.5m915,000 -18% reduced
22 UTXZ UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP 2.2%$59.0m754,000 -21% reduced
23 MCO MOODYS CORP Financial Services 2.1%$56.0m1,268,000 new
24 TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC 1.9%$50.2m4,060,082 0% held
25 FEI CO 1.2%$32.2m601,428 -10% reduced
26 ILMN ILLUMINA INC Healthcare 1.1%$28.3m586,600 -13% reduced
27 LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP 1.0%$26.4m540,364 0% held
28 ANCESTRY 0.7%$19.6m650,000 new
29 MYGN MYRIAD GENETICS INC Healthcare 0.6%$15.3m566,600 new
30 ENCANA CORP 0.5%$13.8m631,236 -5% reduced
31 NOVADAQ TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.5%$13.3m1,278,800 0% held
32 WPRT WESTPORT INNOVATIONS INC 0.4%$11.6m416,300 10% added
33 CVS CVS CAREMARK CORPORATION Healthcare 0.4%$10.6m219,536 -14% reduced
34 CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON CO N V N Y REGISTRY SH 0.4%$10.3m270,000 new
35 PEP BOYS MANNY MOE & JACK 0.4%$9.9m976,800 -2% reduced
36 POTASH CORP SASK INC 0.3%$9.2m210,955 0% held
37 EBAY EBAY INC Consumer Cyclical 0.3%$9.0m185,845 -59% reduced
38 FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC 0.3%$8.9m348,682 0% held
39 CHIQUITA BRANDS INTL INC 0.2%$5.8m756,727 0% held
40 WEBMD HEALTH CORP 0.2%$4.2m300,500 32% added
41 SANOFI RIGHT 12/31/2020 0.2%$4.1m2,427,800 -37% reduced
42 PENDRELL CORP 0.2%$4.0m3,580,203 new
43 FLIR FLIR SYS INC 0.2%$4.0m198,582 22% added
44 MOLYCORP INC DEL 0.1%$2.9m250,200 0% held
45 IDENIX PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.1%$1.9m425,000 new
46 DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE PLC 0.1%$1.5m47,368 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.