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Maverick Capital 13F holdings, Q4 2008

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

Maverick Capital disclosed 53 US equity positions worth $3.9bn in its Q4 2008 13F filing. The largest position was CVS at 5.3% of the reported book, followed by RAYTHEON CO and QCOM. Against the Q3 2008 filing, it opened 16 new positions, added to 11 and reduced 22 among the top 50 holdings.

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What did Maverick Capital own in Q4 2008? Top 50 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2008
1 CVS CORPORATION Healthcare 5.3%$207.2m7,208,738 7% added
2 RAYTHEON CO 5.2%$203.6m3,988,697 -20% reduced
3 QCOM QUALCOMM INC Technology 4.8%$187.6m5,236,226 new
4 AMGN AMGEN INC Healthcare 4.6%$181.0m3,133,580 -29% reduced
5 AAPL APPLE INC Technology 4.2%$164.2m1,924,387 -26% reduced
6 GILD GILEAD SCIENCES INC Healthcare 3.5%$138.7m2,711,664 -47% reduced
7 STAPLES INC 3.2%$124.9m6,967,179 new
8 APOLLO GROUP INC 3.1%$121.8m1,590,305 -64% reduced
9 BAX BAXTER INTL INC Healthcare 3.0%$118.4m2,208,927 -31% reduced
10 GROUP LTD 3.0%$117.0m17,543,155 -38% reduced
11 FIS INFORMATION SV Technology 3.0%$116.9m7,183,700 19% added
12 CORP NEW SER A 2.9%$115.5m6,606,644 -5% reduced
13 DIRECTV GROUP INC 2.9%$114.5m4,996,390 93% added
14 WYETH 2.9%$114.3m3,046,282 -1% reduced
15 DE CV L 2.8%$107.7m3,475,831 -41% reduced
16 BRK/A INC DEL 2.6%$103.0m1,066 73% added
17 FSLR FIRST SOLAR INC Technology 2.5%$98.8m716,146 -51% reduced
18 COVIDIEN LTD 2.5%$97.3m2,684,953 8% added
19 DEVRY INC DEL 2.5%$96.1m1,673,297 -29% reduced
20 CTSH TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIO Technology 2.4%$93.8m5,194,728 34% added
21 JPM CHASE & CO Financial Services 2.3%$91.8m2,910,184 new
22 EATON CORP 2.3%$90.5m1,820,432 new
23 BIIB BIOGEN IDEC INC Healthcare 2.3%$88.6m1,860,560 new
24 M MACYS INC Consumer Cyclical 2.2%$84.4m8,153,755 new
25 SVCS INC 2.0%$78.6m2,669,896 -14% reduced
26 CMI CUMMINS INC Industrials 1.7%$68.2m2,550,750 new
27 INC DEL 1.6%$63.2m19,655 -25% reduced
28 HN9 HANESBRANDS INC 1.5%$59.5m4,663,671 -10% reduced
29 HOLDINGS LTD 1.5%$57.9m1,122,756 new
30 COMMUNICATNS NEW 1.4%$55.2m3,899,847 new
31 DKS GOODS INC Consumer Cyclical 1.3%$50.0m3,544,321 -37% reduced
32 COMMUNICATNS NEW 1.2%$48.7m3,634,940 new
33 TMO SCIENTIFIC INC Healthcare 1.1%$42.7m1,253,858 -64% reduced
34 STT STATE STR CORP Financial Services 1.0%$40.5m1,029,423 new
35 AMERICAN TOWER CORP 1.0%$39.3m1,341,260 new
36 CORPORATION 1.0%$38.9m4,341,069 -30% reduced
37 XENOPORT INC 0.9%$35.5m1,417,100 new
38 TXT TEXTRON INC Industrials 0.8%$31.9m2,297,922 -38% reduced
39 MSCI MSCI INC Financial Services 0.7%$27.7m1,562,028 190% added
40 PALM INC NEW 0.7%$26.3m8,566,654 -12% reduced
41 MGMT INC SPON 0.6%$25.4m2,955,961 3% added
42 ATHENAHEALTH INC 0.6%$24.4m648,050 -54% reduced
43 GMARKET INC SPON 0.6%$23.9m1,387,202 7% added
44 BIOSCIENCES INC 0.6%$23.1m3,382,588 7% added
45 FINISH LINE INC 0.5%$19.4m3,457,588 new
46 GYMBOREE CORP 0.5%$17.9m684,954 new
47 CORP 99/99/9999 0.5%$17.6m2,000,000 0% held
48 BANCORP IN 0.3%$10.1m3,386,136 -8% reduced
49 GROUP INC 0.2%$6.6m1,521,353 3703% added
50 GROUP INC 0.1%$2.2m408,076 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.