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Sands Capital Management 13F holdings, Q2 2008

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

Sands Capital Management disclosed 38 US equity positions worth $12.6bn in its Q2 2008 13F filing. The largest position was NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO INC at 11.5% of the reported book, followed by SLB and AAPL. Against the Q1 2008 filing, it opened 3 new positions, added to 16 and reduced 17 among the top 38 holdings.

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What did Sands Capital Management own in Q2 2008? Top 38 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q1 2008
1 NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO INC 11.5%$1.5bn16,386,649 4% added
2 SLB SCHLUMBERGER LTD Energy 9.0%$1.1bn10,615,849 -2% reduced
3 AAPL APPLE INC Technology 8.4%$1.1bn6,316,205 11% added
4 GENZYME CORP 6.7%$846.4m11,774,533 -2% reduced
5 ALLERGAN INC 6.5%$826.2m15,873,669 13% added
6 V VISA INC Financial Services 6.0%$760.5m9,352,942 new
7 AVGO BROADCOM CORP Technology 5.8%$735.1m26,937,480 -1% reduced
8 AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV SPON 5.4%$683.9m12,964,968 -11% reduced
9 CRM SALESFORCE Technology 5.1%$650.1m9,527,910 -0% held
10 E M C CORP MASS 5.1%$649.9m44,243,216 -2% reduced
11 INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE INC 4.4%$558.6m4,900,146 -1% reduced
12 CME CME GROUP INC Financial Services 4.0%$500.7m1,306,779 -1% reduced
13 LVS LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP Consumer Cyclical 3.9%$493.5m10,401,637 52% added
14 FMC TECHNOLOGIES INC 3.8%$477.9m6,211,789 -1% reduced
15 MCO MOODYS CORP Financial Services 3.7%$466.1m13,534,658 -2% reduced
16 SYK STRYKER CORP Healthcare 3.1%$396.2m6,300,964 -1% reduced
17 EXPD EXPEDITORS INTL WASH INC Industrials 2.8%$357.4m8,310,989 -2% reduced
18 CERNER CORP 1.7%$216.3m4,788,597 -1% reduced
19 IRON MTN INC 1.6%$196.1m7,387,551 -2% reduced
20 ABRAXIS BIOSCIENCE INC NEW 0.7%$88.7m1,396,960 -6% reduced
21 NUVASIVE INC 0.1%$14.7m329,600 67% added
22 MINDRAY MEDICAL INTL LTD SPON 0.1%$8.9m237,300 473% added
23 VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC Healthcare 0.0%$5.6m167,000 22% added
24 CELG CELGENE CORP 0.0%$5.2m81,600 22% added
25 ISHARES TR RUSSELL1000GRW 0.0%$5.0m90,867 591% added
26 XLK SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR SBI INT-TECH 0.0%$4.6m199,500 new
27 ARTHROCARE CORP 0.0%$4.5m109,700 22% added
28 HANSEN MEDICAL INC 0.0%$4.4m263,800 22% added
29 BMRN BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC Healthcare 0.0%$4.1m141,200 -20% reduced
30 ALNY ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS INC Healthcare 0.0%$3.9m147,600 22% added
31 SEQUENOM INC 0.0%$2.9m182,800 new
32 ALGN ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC Healthcare 0.0%$2.6m244,100 22% added
33 CSCO CISCO SYS INC Technology 0.0%$2.5m107,650 -20% reduced
34 GTX INC DEL 0.0%$2.5m174,100 22% added
35 HEALTHWAYS INC 0.0%$1.7m57,200 22% added
36 MEDAREX INC 0.0%$1.5m231,650 22% added
37 TROW PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC Financial Services 0.0%$395.0k7,000 0% held
38 WALGREEN CO 0.0%$321.0k9,885 -100% reduced

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.