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Southeastern Asset Management 13F holdings, Q4 2009

Holdings as of December 31, 2009 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Southeastern Asset Management disclosed 39 US equity positions worth $13.3bn in its Q4 2009 13F filing. The largest position was DIRECTV at 15.0% of the reported book, followed by Chesapeake Energy Corporation and Dell Inc. Against the Q3 2009 filing, it opened 3 new positions, added to 11 and reduced 13 among the top 39 holdings.

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What did Southeastern Asset Management own in Q4 2009? Top 39 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2009
1 DIRECTV 15.0%$2.0bn59,621,454 new
2 Chesapeake Energy Corporation 9.9%$1.3bn50,937,463 2% added
3 Dell Inc 9.5%$1.3bn88,194,869 1% added
4 DIS Walt Disney Company Communication Services 9.5%$1.3bn38,966,469 -5% reduced
5 YUM Yum! Brands Inc Consumer Cyclical 8.9%$1.2bn33,705,095 1% added
6 CX CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V Basic Materials 5.8%$777.2m65,753,261 -2% reduced
7 Royal Philips Electronics 5.1%$681.5m23,150,210 -13% reduced
8 Liberty Media Corporation Inte 4.3%$574.4m52,989,359 -14% reduced
9 Symantec Corporation 4.1%$546.4m30,543,648 -2% reduced
10 Pioneer Natural Resources Comp 3.6%$475.1m9,863,975 -1% reduced
11 Level 3 Communications Inc 2.7%$361.8m236,456,317 1% added
12 EG Everest Re Group Ltd Financial Services 2.7%$359.7m4,197,696 12% added
13 FDX FedEx Corporation Industrials 2.3%$305.0m3,654,852 -4% reduced
14 BRK/A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class 2.2%$291.4m2,938 0% held
15 Aon Corporation 2.1%$283.8m7,400,918 4% added
16 MAR Marriott International Inc Consumer Cyclical 2.0%$262.9m9,646,124 -35% reduced
17 BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corpor Financial Services 1.7%$230.3m8,233,000 new
18 Telephone and Data Systems Inc 1.4%$185.4m6,140,004 -7% reduced
19 tw telecom inc 1.2%$164.8m9,608,952 14% added
20 Willis Group Holdings Limited 1.2%$158.3m6,000,500 141% added
21 MKL Markel Corporation Financial Services 1.0%$128.5m377,831 35% added
22 Level 3 Communications Inc. Co CONV 0.9%$125.1m100,062,000 0% held
23 Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc 0.9%$117.9m25,136,597 8% added
24 Discovery Communications Serie 0.6%$82.6m3,114,735 -13% reduced
25 FICO Fair Isaac Corporation Technology 0.4%$48.5m2,275,178 173% added
26 The Washington Post Company 0.3%$44.5m101,301 0% held
27 DEO Diageo Plc Consumer Defensive 0.2%$25.5m368,013 0% held
28 Telephone and Data Systems Inc 0.2%$24.0m708,100 -25% reduced
29 InterContinental Hotels Group 0.1%$8.3m578,102 new
30 DIN DineEquity Inc Consumer Cyclical 0.0%$5.8m239,400 0% held
31 DDS Dillard's Inc Consumer Cyclical 0.0%$2.8m152,000 0% held
32 SCI Service Corporation Internatio Consumer Cyclical 0.0%$2.5m300,900 0% held
33 The First American Corporation 0.0%$1.9m58,000 -13% reduced
34 Texas Industries Inc 0.0%$1.9m54,500 0% held
35 WOR Worthington Industries Inc Industrials 0.0%$1.7m127,400 0% held
36 PCH Potlatch Corporation 0.0%$1.4m43,000 0% held
37 Discovery Communications Inc 0.0%$1.3m43,000 0% held
38 Ruddick Corporation 0.0%$1.3m49,079 0% held
39 IR Ingersoll-Rand PLC Industrials 0.0%$429.0k12,000 -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.