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Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. 13F holdings, Q4 2012

Hedge fundSEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2012-12-31, filed 2013-02-14

Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. disclosed 58 US equity positions worth $3.2bn in its Q4 2012 13F filing. Its largest position is NEXEN INC at 6.6% of the reported book, followed by GLD and NEWS CORP. Versus Q3 2012 it opened 20 new positions, added to 12, reduced 13 and exited 8.

$3.2bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
58
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
6.6%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
47.2%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
28
Effective positions
1 / HHI of portfolio weights: the number of equal-weight positions the book behaves like.
113
Quarters on file since Q1 1998
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

Against Q3 2012: 20 new, 12 added, 13 reduced, 8 exited

50 of 58
NEXEN INC no ticker–6.6%$211m7.83m−9.9%reduced
GLD SPDR GOLD TRUST–6.1%$196m1.21m–new
NEWS CORP no ticker–6.0%$193m7.54m+28%added
ROCKWELL COLLINS INC no ticker–4.2%$134m2.31m+22%added
E M C CORP MASS no ticker–4.1%$131m5.18m–new
STT STATE STR CORPFinancial Services4.1%$129m2.75m−4.8%reduced
OIEUR OWENS ILL INC–4.1%$129m6.08m−6.4%reduced
FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SVTechnology4.0%$129m3.69m+47%added
CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECH LT no ticker–4.0%$127m2.67m+79%added
V VISA INCFinancial Services4.0%$126m833,400−29%reduced
UNP UNION PACIFIC CORPIndustrials3.7%$118m935,0000.0%held
DIS DISNEY WALT COCommunication Services3.6%$114m2.29m–new
EQIX EQUINIX INCReal Estate3.5%$112m544,000+37%added
SBH SALLY BEAUTY HLDGS INCConsumer Cyclical3.5%$112m4.74m–new
AMT AMERICAN TOWER CORPReal Estate3.4%$108m1.40m−19%reduced
EXPRESS SCRIPTS HLDG CO no ticker–3.3%$107m1.98m+67%added
YAHOO INC no ticker–3.1%$98.1m4.93m−13%reduced
MDLZ MONDELEZ INTL INCConsumer Defensive2.7%$87.8m3.45m–new
OAK OAKTREE CAP GROUP LLC–2.4%$75.9m1.67m0.0%held
AXP AMERICAN EXPRESS COFinancial Services2.4%$75.8m1.32m–new
ORCL ORACLE CORPTechnology2.4%$75.7m2.27m−22%reduced
SHAW GROUP INC no ticker–2.3%$73.9m1.58m−26%reduced
UTXZ UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP–2.3%$71.9m876,900+16%added
MCO MOODYS CORPFinancial Services1.6%$51.8m1.03m−19%reduced
CLUBUSD TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC–1.4%$43.2m4.06m0.0%held
NBHC NATIONAL BK HLDGS CORPFinancial Services1.2%$37.8m1.99m–new
FEI CO no ticker–0.9%$30.3m546,828−9.1%reduced
CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON CO N V no ticker–0.9%$28.3m610,000+126%added
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP no ticker–0.8%$26.5m540,3640.0%held
ILMN ILLUMINA INCHealthcare0.7%$22.0m395,000−33%reduced
MCMORAN EXPLORATION CO no ticker–0.7%$20.9m1.30m–new
MDRX VERADIGM INCHealthcare0.6%$17.8m1.89m–new
TEAM HEALTH HOLDINGS INC no ticker–0.5%$14.5m505,000–new
COPA HOLDINGS SA no ticker–0.5%$14.5m145,636–new
WPRT WESTPORT FUEL SYSTEMS INCConsumer Cyclical0.4%$13.1m489,100+17%added
ENCANA CORP no ticker–0.4%$12.5m631,2360.0%held
NOVADAQ TECHNOLOGIES INC no ticker–0.4%$11.3m1.28m0.0%held
FCX FREEPORT MCMORAN INCBasic Materials0.3%$10.8m315,000–new
DMC FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INCConsumer Defensive0.3%$10.6m403,282+16%added
CVS CVS HEALTH CORPHealthcare0.3%$10.6m219,5360.0%held
PEP BOYS MANNY MOE & JACK no ticker–0.3%$9.6m976,8000.0%held
EBAY EBAY INC.Consumer Cyclical0.3%$9.5m185,8450.0%held
POT1EUR POTASH CORP SASK INC–0.3%$8.6m210,9550.0%held
FLIR FLIR SYS INC–0.3%$8.5m380,582+92%added
7 DAYS GROUP HLDGS LTD no ticker–0.2%$7.7m640,000–new
CHIQUITA BRANDS INTL INC no ticker–0.2%$6.2m756,7270.0%held
ATVIEUR ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC–0.2%$5.4m512,830–new
PENDRELL CORP no ticker–0.2%$5.1m4.00m+12%added
WEBMD HEALTH CORP no ticker–0.10%$3.1m213,357−29%reduced
SANOFI RIGHT 12/31/2020 no ticker–0.08%$2.6m1.53m−37%reduced

Exited since Q3 2012

8 rows
QCOM QUALCOMM INC4.6%$120m
CBS CORP NEW no ticker4.4%$116m
AAPL APPLE INC3.5%$91.5m
COOPER INDUSTRIES PLC no ticker2.9%$75.4m
GD GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP2.3%$60.5m
ANCESTRY no ticker0.7%$19.6m
MYGN MYRIAD GENETICS INC0.6%$15.3m
MCPCHF MOLYCORP INC DEL0.1%$2.9m

Sector mix

  • Unclassified57.1%
  • Financial Services13.2%
  • Real Estate6.9%
  • Technology6.4%
  • Consumer Cyclical4.2%
  • Industrials3.7%
  • Communication Services3.6%
  • Consumer Defensive3.1%
  • Healthcare1.6%
  • Basic Materials0.3%

Book over time

Every quarter on file (113)
QuarterPositionsEquity book
Q2 202686$17.1bn
Q1 2026170$16.9bn
Q4 2025148$19.2bn
Q3 2025139$17.7bn
Q2 2025143$21.9bn
Q1 2025144$18.5bn
Q4 2024146$19.0bn
Q3 2024160$18.2bn
Q2 2024162$16.9bn
Q1 2024172$17.0bn
Q4 2023157$16.0bn
Q3 2023163$17.7bn
Q2 2023171$16.7bn
Q1 2023192$16.5bn
Q4 2022242$15.5bn
Q3 2022309$16.3bn
Q2 2022313$17.0bn
Q1 2022319$18.1bn
Q4 2021298$17.7bn
Q3 2021298$18.6bn
Q2 2021295$20.7bn
Q1 2021235$19.2bn
Q4 2020134$16.1bn
Q3 2020120$14.1bn
Q2 2020117$12.4bn
Q1 2020100$10.9bn
Q4 2019112$13.0bn
Q3 201997$12.2bn
Q2 2019103$14.3bn
Q1 201993$12.1bn
Q4 201894$11.4bn
Q3 2018101$14.2bn
Q2 201894$13.6bn
Q1 201884$12.0bn
Q4 201779$10.0bn
Q3 201783$9.6bn
Q2 201779$8.8bn
Q1 201769$8.1bn
Q4 201668$6.6bn
Q3 201666$5.8bn
Q2 201661$5.3bn
Q1 201670$7.5bn
Q4 201562$8.2bn
Q3 201579$6.3bn
Q2 201594$7.4bn
Q1 201592$6.8bn
Q4 201482$6.9bn
Q3 201481$6.0bn
Q2 201493$6.6bn
Q1 201486$5.0bn
Q4 201377$4.7bn
Q3 201376$4.8bn
Q2 201380$5.1bn
Q1 201352$3.5bn
Q4 201258$3.2bn
Q3 201246$2.6bn
Q2 201249$2.9bn
Q1 201250$3.6bn
Q4 201148$3.4bn
Q3 201153$3.0bn
Q2 201149$2.7bn
Q1 201151$2.7bn
Q4 201044$2.0bn
Q3 201044$1.9bn
Q2 201042$1.6bn
Q1 201026$1.1bn
Q4 200936$1.7bn
Q3 200935$1.2bn
Q2 200928$858m
Q1 200917$413m
Q4 200818$805m
Q3 200872$3.2bn
Q2 200873$5.0bn
Q1 2008125$5.7bn
Q4 2007138$7.6bn
Q3 2007136$7.1bn
Q2 2007226$9.9bn
Q1 2007120$9.1bn
Q4 2006108$7.7bn
Q3 2006110$6.6bn
Q2 200693$5.7bn
Q1 200683$5.4bn
Q4 200577$3.5bn
Q3 200570$2.8bn
Q2 200574$2.9bn
Q1 200584$2.8bn
Q4 2004129$4.5bn
Q3 2004114$4.9bn
Q2 2004117$4.3bn
Q1 2004121$4.1bn
Q4 2003129$3.9bn
Q3 2003115$3.0bn
Q2 2003105$2.2bn
Q1 2003105$2.5bn
Q4 2002120$2.4bn
Q3 2002131$2.3bn
Q2 2002140$2.1bn
Q1 2002148$2.2bn
Q4 2001117$1.9bn
Q3 2001112$2.3bn
Q2 2001119$2.3bn
Q1 2001124$2.7bn
Q4 2000117$2.8bn
Q3 2000151$3.8bn
Q2 2000150$3.5bn
Q1 2000146$2.9bn
Q4 1999129$2.7bn
Q3 1999141$2.8bn
Q2 1999125$2.2bn
Q1 1999102$2.0bn
Q3 199815$563m
Q2 199831$842m
Q1 199837$892m

Where Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. was early

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KFY Korn/Ferry InternationalQ1 19991 of 890.07%1.4%21Exited by Q2 2004+22%
MCK MCKESSON CORPQ2 19991 of 1701.2%2.0%10Exited by Q2 2026+2589%
NWL Newell Rubbermaid IncQ2 19991 of 1561.1%1.1%3Exited by Q1 2000−37%
L LOEWS CORPQ2 19992 of 930.4%2.7%13Exited by Q3 2007+287%
INTC Intel CorpQ3 19991 of 2801.5%1.5%7Exited by Q2 2001−29%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPQ3 199912 of 3740.1%5.6%54Held at last filing, Q2 2026+724%
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSONQ4 19991 of 1690.5%3.7%10Held at last filing, Q2 2026+445%
WM WASTE MGMT INC DELQ4 19993 of 1400.3%1.7%27Exited by Q3 2006+109%
VRSN VERISIGN INCQ1 20007 of 1420.5%1.1%5Exited by Q4 2008−83%
TEO Telecom Argentina STET-FRAN SPONQ2 20001 of 491.1%1.1%10Exited by Q4 2002−97%
PFE PFIZER INCQ3 20004 of 2080.6%6.8%8Exited by Q3 2014−34%
MLM Martin Marietta MaterialsQ4 20001 of 1840.4%1.6%8Exited by Q4 2002−23%
AVGO BROADCOM INCQ4 200021 of 3230.1%9.2%13Held at last filing, Q2 2026–
FITB Fifth Third BancorpQ1 20011 of 1172.4%2.4%5Exited by Q2 2002+26%
PCG PG&E CORPQ1 20011 of 2090.3%3.3%29Exited by Q3 2024+47%
SRE Sempra EnergyQ1 20011 of 1190.5%1.2%9Exited by Q2 2003+7.2%
USB U S BancorpQ1 20012 of 1623.3%3.3%4Exited by Q1 2002−9.8%
CNA CNA Financial CorpQ2 20011 of 780.4%1.8%6Exited by Q4 2002−37%
CVX CHEVRON CORP NEWQ3 20011 of 19714.4%14.4%11Exited by Q1 2012+151%
JLL JONES LANG LASALLE INCQ1 20022 of 1330.5%6.7%14Exited by Q1 2011+279%
WAT WATERS CORPQ2 20021 of 1371.6%1.8%9Exited by Q4 2006+70%
ORCL ORACLE CORPQ2 20027 of 2560.4%7.9%33Exited by Q3 2014+328%
DRI DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCQ4 20021 of 1410.4%1.2%7Exited by Q3 2007+115%
WMB WILLIAMS COS INC DELQ2 20033 of 2071.0%4.9%24Exited by Q3 2015+791%
AMXN AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV SPONQ4 20035 of 600.2%6.6%16Exited by Q4 2009+381%
DIS DISNEY WALT COQ1 20042 of 2531.8%3.7%18Exited by Q2 2026+291%
FCX FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOQ1 20042 of 2230.5%1.4%13Exited by Q3 2013+41%
ABR ARBOR RLTY TR INCQ2 20041 of 800.2%1.2%11Exited by Q1 2007+51%
BAC Bank of AmericaQ2 20047 of 2328.7%8.7%3Exited by Q1 2005+11%
SNDK SANDISK CORPQ2 200416 of 2330.3%6.1%3Exited by Q2 2016–
TV GRUPO TELEVISA SA DE CV SPQ3 20041 of 790.5%3.6%17Exited by Q4 2008+66%
AZO AUTOZONE INCQ3 20044 of 1650.1%2.8%5Exited by Q3 2013+448%
EXEL EXELIXIS INCQ4 20042 of 1360.2%4.6%39Held at last filing, Q2 2026+473%
STT STATE STR CORPQ4 20045 of 1390.8%5.2%28Exited by Q4 2015+37%
BBY BEST BUY INCQ1 20056 of 1331.0%1.5%3Exited by Q4 2005+21%
RCI ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INCQ3 20053 of 851.5%1.7%8Exited by Q1 2008+129%
IWM ISHARES TR RUSSELL 2000Q3 20054 of 23318.4%21.7%14Exited by Q4 2009−9.3%
CRL CHARLES RIV LABS INTL INCQ4 20052 of 1580.3%1.3%9Exited by Q1 2024+458%
IBB ISHARES TR NASDQ BIO INDXQ1 20061 of 1201.4%1.7%9Exited by Q3 2008−6.7%
FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SVQ1 20062 of 2250.7%12.8%47Exited by Q4 2021+200%
IYR ISHARES TR DJ US REAL ESTQ1 20062 of 980.4%1.8%5Exited by Q2 2007+16%
BSX BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPQ1 20063 of 1930.6%4.0%32Held at last filing, Q2 2026+85%
EEM ISHARES TR MSCI EMERG MKTQ2 20062 of 1340.2%3.5%10Exited by Q4 2008+9.2%
TGT TARGET CORPQ2 20065 of 1912.7%6.5%13Exited by Q3 2012+19%
QCOM QUALCOMM INCQ2 20068 of 2460.5%4.6%19Exited by Q2 2018+38%
MA MASTERCARD INCORPORATEDQ3 20062 of 2631.6%23.1%32Exited by Q2 2026+7002%
SHW SHERWIN WILLIAMS COQ3 20062 of 1920.7%7.4%36Exited by Q4 2024+1953%
AMG AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUPQ3 20063 of 1080.0%1.6%4Exited by Q4 2015+71%
SCHW SCHWAB CHARLES CORPQ1 20072 of 2213.0%6.3%27Exited by Q2 2026+414%
CMCSA COMCAST CORP NEWQ1 20073 of 2191.4%4.8%15Exited by Q4 2017+197%

Concentration and tenure

10.3%
Median largest position, all quarters
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
47.9%
Median top 10 weight, all quarters
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
Concentrated
Style, by median largest position
2
Median completed holding, quarters