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Melqart Asset Management (UK) Ltd 13F holdings, Q2 2020

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Melqart Asset Management (UK) Ltd disclosed 43 US equity positions worth $712.7m in its Q2 2020 13F filing. Its largest position is LOGMEUR at 12.6% of the reported book, followed by ACIA and TIFEUR. Versus Q1 2020 it opened 21 new positions, added to 8, reduced 11 and exited 15.

$713m
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
43
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
12.6%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
69.5%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
16
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 Q1 2020: 21 new, 8 added, 11 reduced, 15 exited

43 rows
LOGMEUR LOGMEIN INC–12.6%$89.6m1.06m+29%added
ACIA ACACIA COMMUNICATIONS INC–10.3%$73.3m1.09m–new
TIFEUR TIFFANY & CO NEW–9.8%$69.9m573,581−1.8%reduced
WRIGHT MED GROUP N V no ticker–7.9%$56.3m1.90m0.0%held
ETRA E TRADE FINANCIAL CORPHealthcare7.2%$51.1m1.03m−14%reduced
AVYAUSD AVAYA HLDGS CORP–5.9%$42.3m3.42m+4.3%added
FSCTEUR FORESCOUT TECHNOLOGIES INC–5.6%$39.9m1.88m+45%added
NXPI NXP SEMICONDUCTORS N VTechnology4.1%$29.4m258,100+3.2%added
VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCHealthcare3.2%$22.6m78,000−2.5%reduced
GRUBHUB INC no ticker–3.0%$21.1m300,100–new
TCO TAUBMAN CTRS INC–2.9%$20.4m539,327+275%added
LMEUR LEGG MASON INC–2.8%$19.9m399,000+40%added
QIW QIWI PLC–2.3%$16.3m939,383−9.7%reduced
FITEUR FITBIT INC–2.1%$15.0m2.31m−6.5%reduced
HGV HILTON GRAND VACATIONS INCConsumer Cyclical1.8%$13.1m671,7100.0%held
QGEN QIAGEN NVHealthcare1.8%$12.7m295,700–new
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES PLC no ticker–1.6%$11.6m819,300–new
TEAM ATLASSIAN CORP PLCTechnology1.2%$8.3m46,000−8.7%reduced
MEETEUR MEET GROUP INC–1.0%$7.5m1.19m–new
RNG RINGCENTRAL INCTechnology1.0%$7.1m25,000−5.5%reduced
NEWREUR NEW RELIC INC–1.0%$7.0m101,000–new
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO no ticker–0.9%$6.6m1.85m−20%reduced
FLIR FLIR SYS INC–0.9%$6.6m163,000–new
WDAY WORKDAY INCTechnology0.9%$6.1m32,500–new
TTWO TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARCommunication Services0.9%$6.1m43,550+0.6%added
NICE NICE LTDTechnology0.8%$5.6m29,557–new
XYZ BLOCK INCTechnology0.6%$4.4m41,700–new
AXON AXON ENTERPRISE INCIndustrials0.6%$3.9m40,000–new
ATVIEUR ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC–0.5%$3.8m50,500−40%reduced
PAYC PAYCOM SOFTWARE INCTechnology0.5%$3.6m11,500–new
MSI MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INCTechnology0.5%$3.6m25,400–new
ADSK AUTODESK INCTechnology0.5%$3.4m14,300–new
IBERIABANK CORP no ticker–0.5%$3.4m74,488+583%added
CRM SALESFORCE INCTechnology0.5%$3.3m17,500–new
EA ELECTRONIC ARTS INCCommunication Services0.4%$3.0m22,750−54%reduced
QESEUR QUINTANA ENERGY SVCS INC–0.4%$2.8m2.76m−14%reduced
CYBERARK SOFTWARE LTD no ticker–0.3%$2.4m24,500–new
PRO PROS HOLDINGS INC–0.3%$2.2m50,083–new
AVAYA HLDGS CORP no ticker–0.3%$2.1m2.60m0.0%held
WORK SLACK TECHNOLOGIES INC–0.3%$2.0m65,000–new
TWLO TWILIO INCTechnology0.2%$1.2m5,500–new
PCTY PAYLOCITY HLDG CORPTechnology0.2%$1.2m8,200–new
INTU INTUITTechnology0.2%$1.1m3,650–new

Exited since Q1 2020

15 rows
ALLERGAN PLC no ticker15.5%$154m
CYEUR CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP13.0%$129m
MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES LTD no ticker7.3%$72.1m
TECD1USD TECH DATA CORP3.6%$35.9m
AMT TD AMERITRADE HLDG CORP3.4%$33.9m
WBC1EUR WABCO HLDGS INC2.8%$28.0m
EL PASO ELEC CO no ticker2.1%$20.7m
IACIEUR IAC INTERACTIVECORP2.0%$20.2m
IOTSEUR ADESTO TECHNOLOGIES CORP1.5%$15.0m
RARXEUR RA PHARMACEUTICALS INC1.4%$13.6m
TEGPUSD TALLGRASS ENERGY LP0.8%$7.6m
FTSVEUR FORTY SEVEN INC0.6%$5.5m
FTCHQ FARFETCH LTD0.5%$4.9m
NAV NAVISTAR INTL CORP NEW0.2%$2.3m
AVLRUSD AVALARA INC0.2%$2.0m

Sector mix

  • Unclassified73.2%
  • Healthcare12.1%
  • Technology11.0%
  • Consumer Cyclical1.8%
  • Communication Services1.3%
  • Industrials0.6%

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