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First Manhattan 13F holdings, Q4 2008

Holdings as of December 31, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

First Manhattan disclosed 666 US equity positions worth $4.7bn in its Q4 2008 13F filing. The largest position was JNJ at 4.2% of the reported book, followed by PG and CVS. Against the Q3 2008 filing, it opened 1 new position, added to 15 and reduced 32 among the top 50 holdings.

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What did First Manhattan own in Q4 2008? Top 50 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2008
1 JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSON Healthcare 4.2%$195.2m3,263,292 -2% reduced
2 PG PROCTER & GAMBLE CO Consumer Defensive 3.6%$168.8m2,730,930 -2% reduced
3 CVS CVS CORP Healthcare 3.2%$150.4m5,232,727 -2% reduced
4 WYETH 2.9%$135.2m3,604,523 121% added
5 LEUCADIA NATIONAL 2.9%$134.5m6,791,118 -6% reduced
6 ONEX CORP-SUB VTG 2.4%$112.0m7,612,191 -8% reduced
7 GE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO Industrials 2.2%$104.0m6,418,043 -14% reduced
8 BROOKFIELD ASSET MGMT INC VTG 2.1%$100.2m6,562,899 -8% reduced
9 MMM 3M CO Industrials 2.0%$93.1m1,618,488 -7% reduced
10 ORI OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL Financial Services 1.9%$88.9m7,462,060 -15% reduced
11 IBM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE Technology 1.8%$83.3m989,866 -3% reduced
12 KEL KELLOGG CO 1.8%$81.8m1,865,867 5% added
13 ZBH ZIMMER HLDGS INC Healthcare 1.7%$80.8m2,000,110 -21% reduced
14 SRE SEMPRA ENERGY Utilities 1.6%$74.8m1,754,906 -13% reduced
15 AXP AMERICAN EXPRESS CO Financial Services 1.4%$66.0m3,559,587 -5% reduced
16 UTXZ UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP 1.4%$63.2m1,179,445 10% added
17 CMCSA COMCAST CORP Communication Services 1.2%$55.5m3,286,498 -9% reduced
18 EXMOC EXXON MOBIL CORP 1.1%$53.6m670,892 -4% reduced
19 RRC RANGE RES CORP Energy 1.1%$52.1m1,514,342 2% added
20 GILD GILEAD SCIENCES INC Healthcare 1.1%$50.0m977,448 -5% reduced
21 PM PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC Consumer Defensive 1.0%$48.4m1,112,829 -0% held
22 S9Q SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS HLDGS INC 1.0%$48.4m4,760,648 2% added
23 NTRS NORTHERN TRUST CO Financial Services 1.0%$48.2m925,205 59% added
24 GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC 1.0%$46.3m1,242,698 -26% reduced
25 SANDVIK AB 1.0%$45.7m7,375,917 -11% reduced
26 CNQ CANADIAN NATURAL RES LTD Energy 1.0%$45.7m1,142,460 10% added
27 PXGBX PRAXAIR INC 1.0%$45.0m758,582 5% added
28 AMGN AMGEN INC Healthcare 0.9%$43.5m754,025 -6% reduced
29 SKF FRUEHER AB SVENSKA 0.9%$43.5m4,451,301 -3% reduced
30 ERSTE BANK DER OESTERREICHISCH 0.9%$42.5m1,887,619 26% added
31 ROCHE HOLDING AG BASEL 0.9%$42.2m274,670 6% added
32 LIBERTY MEDIA CORP NEW ENTMT 0.9%$41.0m2,346,935 -20% reduced
33 CBS CORP 0.9%$39.7m4,852,484 12% added
34 TEVA TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDS Healthcare 0.8%$39.0m916,990 -8% reduced
35 MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORP 0.8%$38.3m2,571,000 6% added
36 ST JUDE MEDICAL INC 0.8%$36.1m1,096,500 new
37 ITT INDUSTRIES INC 0.7%$32.1m698,873 -6% reduced
38 STAPLES INC 0.7%$31.4m1,753,042 -4% reduced
39 SNI SCRIPPS NETWORKS INTERACTIVE 0.6%$30.2m1,373,630 -15% reduced
40 VNO VORNADO REALTY TRUST Real Estate 0.6%$29.4m486,727 -12% reduced
41 MO ALTRIA GROUP INC Consumer Defensive 0.6%$29.3m1,945,964 -3% reduced
42 OMC OMNICOM GROUP INC Communication Services 0.6%$28.6m1,063,432 1% added
43 USB US BANCORP DEL NEW Financial Services 0.6%$28.6m1,143,204 -15% reduced
44 MCO MOODYS CORP Financial Services 0.6%$28.1m1,399,173 -25% reduced
45 COP CONOCOPHILLIPS Energy 0.6%$28.0m540,610 -4% reduced
46 ACTUANT CORP 0.6%$27.7m1,458,329 6% added
47 CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS Technology 0.6%$27.6m1,693,572 -6% reduced
48 ABT ABBOTT LABORATORIES Healthcare 0.6%$27.3m511,979 14% added
49 PBH PRESTIGE BRANDS HLDG INC Healthcare 0.6%$27.0m2,560,294 -7% reduced
50 TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD BERMUDA 0.6%$26.7m1,236,302 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.