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Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q1 2013

Holdings as of March 31, 2013 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Farallon Capital Management disclosed 52 US equity positions worth $3.5bn in its Q1 2013 13F filing. The largest position was VIRGIN MEDIA INC at 11.0% of the reported book, followed by AXP and YAHOO INC. Against the Q4 2012 filing, it opened 18 new positions, added to 9 and reduced 16 among the top 50 holdings.

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What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q1 2013? Top 50 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q4 2012
1 VIRGIN MEDIA INC 11.0%$386.9m7,900,000 new
2 AXP AMERICAN EXPRESS CO Financial Services 6.6%$233.1m3,455,000 162% added
3 YAHOO INC 6.5%$229.2m9,740,000 98% added
4 NEWS CORP 6.4%$223.6m7,325,000 -3% reduced
5 FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SV Technology 5.9%$207.3m5,232,200 42% added
6 E M C CORP MASS 4.8%$168.5m7,055,000 36% added
7 STT STATE STR CORP Financial Services 4.5%$158.4m2,680,000 -3% reduced
8 V VISA INC Financial Services 4.0%$141.5m833,400 0% held
9 DIS DISNEY WALT CO Communication Services 3.7%$130.1m2,290,000 0% held
10 OWENS ILL INC 3.6%$125.4m4,705,000 -23% reduced
11 EXPRESS SCRIPTS HLDG CO 3.5%$124.7m2,165,000 10% added
12 ROCKWELL COLLINS INC 3.5%$122.5m1,940,000 -16% reduced
13 SBH SALLY BEAUTY HLDGS INC Consumer Cyclical 3.3%$115.3m3,925,000 -17% reduced
14 EQIX EQUINIX INC 3.2%$112.5m520,000 -4% reduced
15 GLD SPDR GOLD TRUST GOLD 2.6%$92.7m600,000 -50% reduced
16 MDLZ MONDELEZ INTL INC Consumer Defensive 2.6%$90.9m2,970,000 -14% reduced
17 OAK OAKTREE CAP GROUP LLC UNIT 99/99/9999 2.4%$85.2m1,669,460 0% held
18 TDC TERADATA CORP DEL Technology 2.1%$75.2m1,285,000 new
19 AMT AMERICAN TOWER CORP NEW Real Estate 2.0%$71.5m930,000 -34% reduced
20 TIFFANY & CO NEW 1.9%$65.4m940,000 new
21 PLAINS EXPL& PRODTN CO 1.3%$45.9m966,600 new
22 BERRY PETE CO 1.2%$41.0m885,000 new
23 COPA HOLDINGS SA 1.1%$38.6m322,470 121% added
24 TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC 1.1%$38.4m4,060,082 0% held
25 NBHC NATIONAL BK HLDGS CORP Financial Services 1.0%$36.5m1,992,500 0% held
26 MCMORAN EXPLORATION CO 1.0%$36.3m2,221,900 70% added
27 DELL INC 1.0%$35.3m2,462,228 new
28 CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON CO N V N Y REGISTRY SH 1.0%$34.3m551,693 -10% reduced
29 FCX FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GO Basic Materials 0.9%$30.5m922,238 193% added
30 ELAN PLC 0.8%$29.6m2,512,600 new
31 DRYSHIPS INC 0.8%$29.3m33,750,000 new
32 BARD C R INC 0.8%$26.7m265,000 new
33 HARRIS TEETER SUPERMARKETS I 0.6%$20.3m475,000 new
34 MDRX ALLSCRIPTS HEALTHCARE SOLUTN Healthcare 0.5%$18.3m1,345,000 -29% reduced
35 ILMN ILLUMINA INC Healthcare 0.5%$16.2m300,000 -24% reduced
36 WMS INDS INC 0.5%$15.9m630,000 new
37 GRFS GRIFOLS S A SP Healthcare 0.4%$13.5m464,334 new
38 PEP BOYS MANNY MOE & JACK 0.3%$9.2m776,800 -20% reduced
39 PENDRELL CORP 0.2%$6.6m3,997,199 0% held
40 OREXIGEN THERAPEUTICS INC 0.2%$5.9m950,000 new
41 ONYX PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.2%$5.6m62,500 new
42 LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP 0.1%$5.2m80,000 -85% reduced
43 REPROS THERAPEUTICS INC 0.1%$4.9m303,000 new
44 ENDOCYTE INC 0.1%$2.9m235,000 new
45 7 DAYS GROUP HLDGS LTD 0.1%$2.6m190,000 -70% reduced
46 SANOFI RIGHT 12/31/2020 0.1%$2.4m1,320,000 -14% reduced
47 DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORP 0.1%$2.2m1,000,000 18% added
48 DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE PLC 0.1%$2.1m47,368 0% held
49 ANACOR PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.1%$2.0m312,500 new
50 CORONADO BIOSCIENCES INC 0.0%$1.0m105,000 new

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.