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Farallon Capital Management 13F holdings, Q4 2014

Holdings as of December 31, 2014 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Farallon Capital Management disclosed 82 US equity positions worth $6.9bn in its Q4 2014 13F filing. The largest position was ALLERGAN INC at 7.7% of the reported book, followed by COVIDIEN PLC and DIRECTV. Against the Q3 2014 filing, it opened 17 new positions, added to 16 and reduced 14 among the top 50 holdings.

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What did Farallon Capital Management own in Q4 2014? Top 50 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2014
1 ALLERGAN INC 7.7%$531.0m2,498,000 128% added
2 COVIDIEN PLC 6.6%$460.3m4,500,000 24% added
3 DIRECTV 5.9%$410.5m4,735,000 30% added
4 SAFEWAY INC 4.6%$318.0m9,053,900 27% added
5 HUDSON PAC PPTYS INC 3.8%$262.2m8,722,016 0% held
6 CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INC 3.7%$258.2m2,565,000 new
7 COCA COLA ENTERPRISES INC NE 3.0%$209.4m4,735,000 -3% reduced
8 BKR BAKER HUGHES INC Energy 2.9%$199.3m3,555,000 new
9 INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOG 2.8%$195.4m11,325,000 39% added
10 ROCKWOOD HLDGS INC 2.6%$183.6m2,330,000 new
11 MSFT MICROSOFT CORP Technology 2.6%$183.2m3,945,000 5% added
12 TRW AUTOMOTIVE HLDGS CORP 2.6%$181.5m1,764,458 606% added
13 AMT AMERICAN TOWER CORP NEW Real Estate 2.3%$159.6m1,615,000 -22% reduced
14 HUDSON CITY BANCORP 2.3%$158.4m15,650,000 -31% reduced
15 CAREFUSION CORP 2.1%$144.8m2,440,000 new
16 EBAY EBAY INC Consumer Cyclical 2.1%$142.3m2,535,000 13% added
17 PRICELINE GRP INC 1.9%$133.5m117,100 23% added
18 SIG SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITED Consumer Cyclical 1.9%$132.9m1,010,000 -12% reduced
19 SCHW SCHWAB CHARLES CORP NEW Financial Services 1.9%$132.1m4,375,000 6% added
20 DG DOLLAR GEN CORP NEW Consumer Defensive 1.9%$130.8m1,850,000 289% added
21 TIME WARNER INC 1.8%$128.1m1,500,000 -37% reduced
22 GOOGLE INC 1.8%$122.8m231,500 68% added
23 GOOGLE INC 1.8%$121.3m230,500 69% added
24 AUXILIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC 1.7%$115.0m77,485,000 new
25 TDG TRANSDIGM GROUP INC Industrials 1.6%$113.9m580,000 -14% reduced
26 CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC D 1.6%$112.6m675,500 -46% reduced
27 OWENS ILL INC 1.6%$111.9m4,145,000 -27% reduced
28 TWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INC 1.5%$104.7m2,725,000 -47% reduced
29 FAMILY DLR STORES INC 1.4%$99.8m1,260,000 908% added
30 STT STATE STR CORP Financial Services 1.4%$96.0m1,222,500 -46% reduced
31 AMER RLTY CAP HEALTHCAR TR I 1.3%$88.1m7,405,000 new
32 AUXILIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC 1.2%$84.4m2,455,000 new
33 KLX INC 1.2%$81.3m1,969,999 new
34 B/E AEROSPACE INC 1.1%$77.1m1,328,339 new
35 LAMR LAMAR ADVERTISING CO NEW Real Estate 1.0%$71.2m1,328,000 new
36 DRESSER-RAND GROUP INC 0.9%$59.7m729,822 new
37 CPRT COPART INC Industrials 0.8%$53.3m1,460,000 -18% reduced
38 EXPRESS SCRIPTS HLDG CO 0.7%$49.5m585,000 -44% reduced
39 CTSH COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO Technology 0.6%$44.8m850,000 -70% reduced
40 ANACOR PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.6%$44.7m1,385,000 48% added
41 KN KNOWLES CORP Technology 0.6%$40.1m1,704,000 26% added
42 TALISMAN ENERGY INC 0.5%$37.2m4,750,000 new
43 RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY INC 0.5%$35.6m1,745,000 new
44 COPA HOLDINGS SA 0.5%$34.5m332,594 new
45 GROUPE CGI INC 0.5%$31.7m831,300 new
46 SPANSION INC 0.4%$30.3m886,659 new
47 ASH ASHLAND INC NEW Basic Materials 0.4%$27.4m229,000 -58% reduced
48 STARWOOD PPTY TR INC 0.4%$26.4m24,000,000 0% held
49 COVANCE INC 0.4%$26.4m254,000 new
50 TOWN SPORTS INTL HLDGS INC 0.3%$24.2m4,060,082 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.