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Glenview Capital Management 13F holdings, Q3 2008

Holdings as of September 30, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Glenview Capital Management disclosed 50 US equity positions worth $6.3bn in its Q3 2008 13F filing. The largest position was WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD at 6.2% of the reported book, followed by WYETH and IWM. Against the Q2 2008 filing, it opened 11 new positions, added to 16 and reduced 21 among the top 50 holdings.

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What did Glenview Capital Management own in Q3 2008? Top 50 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q2 2008
1 WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 6.2%$391.0m12,121,803 45% added
2 WYETH 6.1%$387.4m10,486,480 -15% reduced
3 IWM ISHARES TR RUSSELL 2000 5.4%$340.0m5,000,000 new
4 UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC Healthcare 5.3%$336.1m13,237,788 8% added
5 EBAY EBAY INC Consumer Cyclical 4.8%$304.2m13,592,943 17% added
6 FIS FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SV Technology 4.3%$271.5m14,706,727 1% added
7 ORCL ORACLE CORP Technology 4.3%$268.6m13,222,915 68% added
8 AETNA INC NEW 4.2%$267.2m7,400,129 11% added
9 COR AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORP Healthcare 4.2%$265.2m7,043,029 18% added
10 TYCO INTL LTD BERMUDA 4.2%$261.7m7,472,043 2% added
11 OMNICARE INC 3.9%$245.7m8,540,952 -30% reduced
12 VRSN VERISIGN INC Technology 3.9%$244.7m9,383,038 419% added
13 MCK MCKESSON CORP Healthcare 3.8%$237.6m4,414,974 -53% reduced
14 TMO THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC Healthcare 3.5%$222.1m4,038,729 -25% reduced
15 CIGNA CORP 2.8%$177.0m5,208,948 -17% reduced
16 FIRST AMERN CORP CALIF 2.7%$167.6m5,680,858 -23% reduced
17 VYX NCR CORP NEW Technology 2.6%$165.8m7,517,919 -32% reduced
18 NALCO HOLDING COMPANY 2.3%$142.6m7,689,279 -2% reduced
19 VIRGIN MEDIA INC 2.2%$140.3m17,755,133 16% added
20 LENDER PROCESSING SVCS INC 1.9%$122.8m4,024,146 new
21 ITT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC 1.8%$115.4m1,426,682 4% added
22 AMERICAN TOWER CORP 1.8%$113.2m3,147,205 -10% reduced
23 CVS CVS CAREMARK CORPORATION Healthcare 1.6%$100.9m2,996,666 -57% reduced
24 CROWN CASTLE INTL CORP 1.6%$98.9m3,414,863 45% added
25 CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP I 1.5%$97.4m4,006,650 new
26 T AT&T INC Communication Services 1.5%$94.6m3,387,778 -7% reduced
27 APOLLO GROUP INC 1.4%$89.0m1,500,000 50% added
28 URS CORP NEW 1.1%$72.1m1,965,449 7% added
29 ARVINMERITOR INC 1.1%$69.9m5,358,486 -11% reduced
30 HEWLETT PACKARD CO 0.9%$59.2m1,281,308 -84% reduced
31 GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC Financial Services 0.8%$51.2m400,000 new
32 COACH INC 0.7%$45.5m1,817,864 -83% reduced
33 APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS INC DEL 0.7%$43.3m1,265,007 new
34 PALL CORP 0.7%$43.0m1,251,586 -36% reduced
35 CCK CROWN HOLDINGS INC Consumer Cyclical 0.7%$41.4m1,866,103 2361% added
36 DBD DIEBOLD INC Technology 0.6%$38.2m1,152,471 new
37 INVITROGEN CORP 0.4%$26.3m695,736 3294% added
38 FIBERTOWER CORP 0.3%$20.6m30,000,000 new
39 MS MORGAN STANLEY Financial Services 0.3%$19.6m850,000 new
40 SMART BALANCE INC 0.3%$16.2m2,463,581 -2% reduced
41 OWENS ILL INC 0.2%$15.0m510,400 new
42 LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.2%$12.9m4,361,071 -8% reduced
43 BEARINGPOINT INC 0.2%$12.7m24,375,100 0% held
44 FEDERAL HOME LN MTG CORP 0.2%$12.4m7,238,000 new
45 DKS DICKS SPORTING GOODS INC Consumer Cyclical 0.2%$11.7m600,000 -63% reduced
46 PRIMEDIA INC 0.1%$8.4m3,457,636 0% held
47 BGS B & G FOODS INC NEW Consumer Defensive 0.1%$5.2m720,810 -44% reduced
48 BLOCKBUSTER INC 0.1%$3.2m2,468,800 -35% reduced
49 3COM CORP 0.0%$2.2m963,009 -84% reduced
50 SBAC SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP Real Estate 0.0%$1.1m43,900 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.