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Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q4 2012

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

Farallon Capital Management disclosed 58 US equity positions worth $3.2bn in its Q4 2012 13F filing. The largest position was NEXEN INC at 6.6% of the reported book, followed by GLD and NEWS CORP. Against the Q3 2012 filing, it opened 14 new positions, added to 12 and reduced 13 among the top 50 holdings.

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What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q4 2012? Top 50 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2012
1 NEXEN INC 6.6%$211.1m7,835,000 -10% reduced
2 GLD SPDR GOLD TRUST 6.1%$196.4m1,212,000 new
3 NEWS CORP 6.0%$192.6m7,542,000 28% added
4 ROCKWELL COLLINS INC 4.2%$134.3m2,309,600 22% added
5 E M C CORP MASS 4.1%$131.2m5,185,000 new
6 STT STATE STR CORP Financial Services 4.1%$129.5m2,754,500 -5% reduced
7 OWENS ILL INC 4.1%$129.4m6,085,000 -6% reduced
8 FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SV Technology 4.0%$128.6m3,693,000 47% added
9 CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECH LT 4.0%$127.3m2,672,000 79% added
10 V VISA INC Financial Services 4.0%$126.3m833,400 -29% reduced
11 UNP UNION PAC CORP Industrials 3.7%$117.5m935,000 -0% held
12 DIS DISNEY WALT CO Communication Services 3.6%$114.0m2,290,000 new
13 EQIX EQUINIX INC 3.5%$112.2m544,000 37% added
14 SBH SALLY BEAUTY HLDGS INC Consumer Cyclical 3.5%$111.6m4,735,000 new
15 AMT AMERICAN TOWER CORP NEW Real Estate 3.4%$108.2m1,399,800 -19% reduced
16 EXPRESS SCRIPTS HLDG CO 3.3%$106.7m1,975,000 67% added
17 YAHOO INC 3.1%$98.1m4,930,000 -13% reduced
18 MDLZ MONDELEZ INTL INC Consumer Defensive 2.7%$87.8m3,448,500 new
19 OAK OAKTREE CAP GROUP LLC UNIT 99/99/9999 2.4%$75.9m1,669,460 0% held
20 AXP AMERICAN EXPRESS CO Financial Services 2.4%$75.8m1,318,000 new
21 ORCL ORACLE CORP Technology 2.4%$75.7m2,272,000 -22% reduced
22 SHAW GROUP INC 2.3%$73.9m1,585,000 -26% reduced
23 UTXZ UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP 2.3%$71.9m876,900 16% added
24 MCO MOODYS CORP Financial Services 1.6%$51.8m1,030,000 -19% reduced
25 TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC 1.4%$43.2m4,060,082 0% held
26 NBHC NATIONAL BK HLDGS CORP Financial Services 1.2%$37.8m1,992,500 new
27 FEI CO 0.9%$30.3m546,828 -9% reduced
28 CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON CO N V N Y REGISTRY SH 0.9%$28.3m610,000 126% added
29 LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP 0.8%$26.5m540,364 0% held
30 ILMN ILLUMINA INC Healthcare 0.7%$22.0m395,000 -33% reduced
31 MCMORAN EXPLORATION CO 0.7%$20.9m1,305,000 new
32 MDRX ALLSCRIPTS HEALTHCARE SOLUTN Healthcare 0.6%$17.8m1,885,000 new
33 TEAM HEALTH HOLDINGS INC 0.5%$14.5m505,000 new
34 COPA HOLDINGS SA 0.5%$14.5m145,636 new
35 WPRT WESTPORT INNOVATIONS INC 0.4%$13.1m489,100 17% added
36 ENCANA CORP 0.4%$12.5m631,236 0% held
37 NOVADAQ TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.4%$11.3m1,278,800 0% held
38 FCX FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GO Basic Materials 0.3%$10.8m315,000 new
39 FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC 0.3%$10.6m403,282 16% added
40 CVS CVS CAREMARK CORPORATION Healthcare 0.3%$10.6m219,536 0% held
41 PEP BOYS MANNY MOE & JACK 0.3%$9.6m976,800 0% held
42 EBAY EBAY INC Consumer Cyclical 0.3%$9.5m185,845 0% held
43 POTASH CORP SASK INC 0.3%$8.6m210,955 0% held
44 FLIR FLIR SYS INC 0.3%$8.5m380,582 92% added
45 7 DAYS GROUP HLDGS LTD 0.2%$7.7m640,000 new
46 CHIQUITA BRANDS INTL INC 0.2%$6.2m756,727 0% held
47 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC 0.2%$5.4m512,830 new
48 PENDRELL CORP 0.2%$5.1m3,996,899 12% added
49 WEBMD HEALTH CORP 0.1%$3.1m213,357 -29% reduced
50 SANOFI RIGHT 12/31/2020 0.1%$2.6m1,533,671 -37% reduced

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.