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Pershing Square Capital Management 13F holdings, Q4 2008

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

Pershing Square Capital Management disclosed 11 US equity positions worth $2.4bn in its Q4 2008 13F filing. The largest position was TGT at 40.7% of the reported book, followed by E M C CORP MASS and V. Against the Q3 2008 filing, it opened 3 new positions, added to 2 and reduced 3 among the top 11 holdings.

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What did Pershing Square Capital Management own in Q4 2008? Top 11 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2008
1 TGT TARGET CORP Consumer Defensive 40.7%$993.3m28,767,604 33% added
2 E M C CORP MASS 25.1%$613.7m58,619,033 0% held
3 V VISA INC Financial Services 15.3%$374.3m7,135,608 164% added
4 WENDYS ARBYS GROUP INC 9.5%$232.4m47,044,509 -15% reduced
5 DR PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP INC 7.2%$175.9m10,824,220 -51% reduced
6 GENERAL GROWTH PPTYS INC 1.1%$25.9m20,080,690 new
7 SEARS HLDGS CORP 0.5%$11.8m302,936 -40% reduced
8 SAKS INC 0.2%$5.8m1,330,841 new
9 BORDERS GROUP INC 0.2%$4.2m10,597,880 0% held
10 GLRE GREENLIGHT CAPITAL RE LTD Financial Services 0.1%$3.2m250,000 0% held
11 ALX ALEXANDERS INC Real Estate 0.1%$2.1m8,205 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.