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Melqart Asset Management (UK) Ltd 13F holdings, Q3 2018

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Melqart Asset Management (UK) Ltd disclosed 21 US equity positions worth $971.2m in its Q3 2018 13F filing. Its largest position is NXPI at 17.6% of the reported book, followed by T and ROCKWELL COLLINS INC. Versus Q2 2018 it opened 4 new positions, added to 10, reduced 4 and exited 8.

$971m
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
21
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
17.6%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
79.2%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
11
Effective positions
1 / HHI of portfolio weights: the number of equal-weight positions the book behaves like.
35
Quarters on file since Q4 2017
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

Against Q2 2018: 4 new, 10 added, 4 reduced, 8 exited

21 rows
NXPI NXP SEMICONDUCTORS N VTechnology17.6%$171m2.00m−5.6%reduced
T AT&T INCCommunication Services15.1%$146m4.42m−24%reduced
ROCKWELL COLLINS INC no ticker–9.8%$95.1m677,180+65%added
AETNA INC NEW no ticker–9.3%$90.0m444,645+45%added
ENVISION HEALTHCARE CORP no ticker–6.4%$62.6m1.37m+41%added
QIW QIWI PLC–4.8%$46.6m3.54m+8.4%added
ATLANTICA SUSTAINABLE INFR P no ticker–4.3%$41.9m2.04m0.0%held
CA INC no ticker–4.2%$41.2m933,000–new
EXPRESS SCRIPTS HLDG CO no ticker–4.0%$39.2m412,400–new
AVA AVISTA CORPUtilities3.7%$35.8m708,653+54%added
OPTU OPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS INCCommunication Services2.9%$28.4m1.57m+386%added
AKRXEUR AKORN INC–2.8%$27.6m2.13m+5.8%added
TWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INC no ticker–2.8%$27.3m589,100+215%added
QESEUR QUINTANA ENERGY SVCS INC–2.5%$24.1m3.29m0.0%held
CIGNA CORPORATION no ticker–2.4%$23.3m112,000–new
PBYI PUMA BIOTECHNOLOGY INCHealthcare1.9%$18.5m403,300+39%added
ICPTUSD INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS IN–1.7%$16.9m134,000−66%reduced
EQT EQT CORPORATIONEnergy1.5%$14.2m321,300−62%reduced
TWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INC no ticker–1.1%$10.7m234,083+23%added
MITL1 MITEL NETWORKS CORP–0.7%$6.8m616,153–new
SHIRE PLC no ticker–0.4%$3.6m20,0000.0%held

Exited since Q2 2018

8 rows
XL GROUP LTD no ticker7.5%$86.5m
DELL DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC4.8%$55.6m
VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC2.7%$31.4m
CAVM CAVIUM INC2.6%$29.6m
COTY COTY INC2.4%$27.1m
QCOM QUALCOMM INC2.0%$23.2m
DBD DIEBOLD NIXDORF INC1.3%$14.9m
EDUCATION RLTY TR INC no ticker1.3%$14.4m

Sector mix

  • Unclassified57.4%
  • Communication Services18.0%
  • Technology17.6%
  • Utilities3.7%
  • Healthcare1.9%
  • Energy1.5%

Book over time

Every quarter on file (35)
QuarterPositionsEquity book
Q2 202640$1.1bn
Q1 202641$1.0bn
Q4 202544$999m
Q3 202544$749m
Q2 202530$700m
Q1 202545$740m
Q4 202442$743m
Q3 202446$1.0bn
Q2 202449$1.1bn
Q1 202445$1.3bn
Q4 202336$1.2bn
Q3 202335$1.4bn
Q2 202332$1.1bn
Q1 202332$1.3bn
Q4 202238$1.1bn
Q3 202262$1.2bn
Q2 202261$985m
Q1 202266$1.4bn
Q4 202181$1.8bn
Q3 202193$2.0bn
Q2 2021107$2.2bn
Q1 2021144$1.9bn
Q4 2020107$1.3bn
Q3 202062$890m
Q2 202043$713m
Q1 202037$990m
Q4 201936$1.1bn
Q3 201926$1.1bn
Q2 201925$1.2bn
Q1 201926$837m
Q4 201818$703m
Q3 201821$971m
Q2 201825$1.2bn
Q1 201814$790m
Q4 201714$582m

Where Melqart Asset Management (UK) Ltd was early

17 rows
AVA AVISTA CORPQ2 20186 of 992.1%3.7%2Exited by Q4 2018−4.0%
VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCQ2 201816 of 1602.7%5.5%14Exited by Q1 2022+29%
OPTU ALTICE USA INCQ2 201819 of 1950.5%2.9%2Exited by Q4 2018+6.3%
RNG RINGCENTRAL INCQ3 201919 of 1851.2%1.2%9Exited by Q1 2022+49%
TEAM ATLASSIAN CORPORATIONQ3 201920 of 2241.3%2.6%18Exited by Q3 2024+41%
NICE NICE LTDQ2 20209 of 1010.8%1.8%10Exited by Q3 2023+9.1%
WSC WILLSCOT HLDGS CORPQ3 202014 of 1771.4%5.1%21Exited by Q4 2025+27%
CZR CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT INC NEQ3 202017 of 2451.4%1.9%4Held at last filing, Q2 2026−46%
AKX ANSYS INCQ4 202010 of 1610.07%11.2%8Exited by Q3 2025−3.5%
COHR COHERENT INCQ1 202122 of 2630.7%7.5%5Exited by Q2 2022+6.0%
MRVL MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INCQ2 20217 of 2731.1%4.4%21Held at last filing, Q2 2026+411%
TXNM TXNM ENERGY INCQ2 20218 of 1312.4%7.4%10Held at last filing, Q2 2026+16%
NMM NAVIOS MARITIME PARTNERS L PQ4 20214 of 350.6%1.2%4Exited by Q4 2022−2.3%
HTZ HERTZ GLOBAL HLDGS INCQ4 20219 of 1386.8%6.8%5Exited by Q1 2023−38%
TSEM TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTDQ1 202218 of 1710.6%5.1%9Held at last filing, Q2 2026+439%
RBRK RUBRIK INC.Q3 20246 of 1281.4%2.4%6Exited by Q1 2026+138%
SW SMURFIT WESTROCK PLCQ3 20249 of 983.5%3.5%2Exited by Q1 2025+9.0%

Concentration and tenure

11.5%
Median largest position, all quarters
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
59.8%
Median top 10 weight, all quarters
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
Concentrated
Style, by median largest position
2
Median completed holding, quarters