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Gardner Russo & Quinn 13F holdings, Q4 2008

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

Gardner Russo & Quinn disclosed 78 US equity positions worth $1.3bn in its Q4 2008 13F filing. The largest position was PM at 20.1% of the reported book, followed by MLM and WFC. Against the Q3 2008 filing, it opened 0 new positions, added to 12 and reduced 31 among the top 50 holdings.

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What did Gardner Russo & Quinn own in Q4 2008? Top 50 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2008
1 PM PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC Consumer Defensive 20.1%$262.3m6,027,731 -5% reduced
2 MLM MARTIN MARIETTA MATLS INC Basic Materials 13.4%$174.6m1,798,550 -7% reduced
3 WFC WELLS FARGO & CO NEW Financial Services 13.3%$173.3m5,879,286 -11% reduced
4 COMCAST CORP NEW 12.3%$160.5m9,940,318 1% added
5 MO ALTRIA GROUP INC Consumer Defensive 8.2%$106.5m7,073,205 -4% reduced
6 BF/A BROWN FORMAN CORP 5.8%$75.3m1,505,309 -9% reduced
7 WASHINGTON POST CO 5.6%$73.0m187,070 -3% reduced
8 SNI SCRIPPS NETWORKS INTERACT IN 4.8%$61.9m2,814,037 -11% reduced
9 BF/B BROWN FORMAN CORP 2.4%$30.7m596,680 138% added
10 DEO DIAGEO P L C SPON Consumer Defensive 2.0%$26.2m460,918 7% added
11 EXMOC EXXON MOBIL CORP 1.5%$20.0m250,602 0% held
12 ABT ABBOTT LABS Healthcare 1.5%$19.6m367,706 -12% reduced
13 MKL MARKEL CORP Financial Services 1.4%$18.3m61,184 -12% reduced
14 HRL HORMEL FOODS CORP Consumer Defensive 0.9%$12.0m385,173 -6% reduced
15 MA MASTERCARD INC Financial Services 0.6%$7.6m53,190 81% added
16 PEP PEPSICO INC Consumer Defensive 0.5%$6.2m113,050 3% added
17 VMC VULCAN MATLS CO Basic Materials 0.4%$5.5m79,250 -0% held
18 PG PROCTER & GAMBLE CO Consumer Defensive 0.4%$4.9m80,002 11% added
19 RDS/A ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC SPONS 0.3%$3.6m68,939 -5% reduced
20 CR CRANE CO Industrials 0.3%$3.6m207,124 -3% reduced
21 JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSON Healthcare 0.3%$3.4m56,415 -17% reduced
22 STAPLES INC 0.3%$3.4m187,067 -1% reduced
23 KRAFT FOODS INC 0.2%$2.9m107,135 -50% reduced
24 CVX CHEVRON CORP NEW Energy 0.2%$2.5m33,300 -3% reduced
25 CSCO CISCO SYS INC Technology 0.2%$2.4m149,750 -8% reduced
26 ENCANA CORP 0.2%$2.4m51,500 -17% reduced
27 PGR PROGRESSIVE CORP OHIO Financial Services 0.2%$2.4m159,959 -65% reduced
28 AMERICAN TOWER CORP 0.2%$2.3m77,800 -0% held
29 COP CONOCOPHILLIPS Energy 0.2%$2.2m43,278 20% added
30 LEUCADIA NATL CORP 0.2%$2.1m108,236 19% added
31 DOV DOVER CORP Industrials 0.2%$2.0m60,250 -5% reduced
32 DVN DEVON ENERGY CORP NEW Energy 0.2%$2.0m30,000 -25% reduced
33 GE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO Industrials 0.1%$1.8m108,685 -13% reduced
34 SCRIPPS E W CO OHIO 0.1%$1.6m744,043 -29% reduced
35 CSL CARLISLE COS INC Industrials 0.1%$1.5m71,238 -2% reduced
36 FULTON FINL CORP PA 0.1%$1.4m148,610 10% added
37 AXP AMERICAN EXPRESS CO Financial Services 0.1%$1.4m73,438 -8% reduced
38 KO COCA COLA CO Consumer Defensive 0.1%$1.3m28,771 28% added
39 JPM JPMORGAN & CHASE & CO Financial Services 0.1%$1.1m35,000 -5% reduced
40 VNO VORNADO RLTY TR SH BEN INT Real Estate 0.1%$1.0m17,000 0% held
41 MESA RTY TR UNIT BEN INT 0.1%$920.0k23,000 0% held
42 ATR APTARGROUP INC Healthcare 0.1%$895.0k25,384 -1% reduced
43 GD GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP Industrials 0.1%$864.0k15,000 4% added
44 CMCSA COMCAST CORP NEW Communication Services 0.1%$840.0k49,761 23% added
45 TIME WARNER CABLE INC 0.1%$754.0k35,151 -13% reduced
46 IBM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS Technology 0.0%$633.0k7,520 -66% reduced
47 DE DEERE & CO Industrials 0.0%$624.0k16,275 -26% reduced
48 MMM 3M CO Industrials 0.0%$593.0k10,300 0% held
49 SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC 0.0%$573.0k150,000 -40% reduced
50 PNC PNC FINL SVCS GROUP INC Financial Services 0.0%$566.0k11,560 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.