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Third Point 13F holdings, Q4 2008

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

Third Point disclosed 34 US equity positions worth $690.6m in its Q4 2008 13F filing. The largest position was GLD at 11.3% of the reported book, followed by WACHOVIA CORP NEW and PHH CORP. Against the Q3 2008 filing, it opened 12 new positions, added to 3 and reduced 11 among the top 34 holdings.

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What did Third Point own in Q4 2008? Top 34 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs Q3 2008
1 GLD SPDR GOLD TRUST GOLD 11.3%$77.9m900,000 new
2 WACHOVIA CORP NEW 10.0%$69.3m12,510,000 new
3 PHH CORP 9.6%$66.3m5,210,000 160% added
4 LIBERTY ACQUISITION HLDGS CO 8.3%$57.3m6,914,000 new
5 POTASH CORP SASK INC 6.4%$43.9m600,000 new
6 TDC TERADATA CORP DEL Technology 6.0%$41.4m2,792,000 -30% reduced
7 SPY SPDR TR UNIT SER 1 6.0%$41.4m458,400 0% held
8 UST INC 4.0%$27.8m400,000 60% added
9 VICTORY ACQUISITION CORP 3.7%$25.3m2,611,700 -1% reduced
10 TRIAN ACQUISITION I CORP 3.5%$24.5m2,750,000 new
11 NABI BIOPHARMACEUTICALS 3.3%$23.1m6,890,000 0% held
12 PHOENIX COS INC NEW 3.3%$23.0m7,044,000 -22% reduced
13 TRIPLECROWN ACQUISITION CORP 3.1%$21.7m2,400,000 new
14 SAPPHIRE INDUSTRIALS CORP 2.7%$18.3m2,000,000 new
15 ROHM & HAAS CO 2.2%$15.4m250,000 -64% reduced
16 CORE CORE MARK HOLDING CO INC 2.1%$14.4m670,000 -37% reduced
17 GLOBAL BRANDS ACQUISITION CO 1.7%$12.0m1,307,700 new
18 DEPOMED INC 1.7%$11.6m7,050,000 0% held
19 GUARANTY FINL GROUP INC 1.7%$11.5m4,399,047 new
20 EPICOR SOFTWARE CORP 1.4%$9.4m1,959,800 -18% reduced
21 GLRE GREENLIGHT CAPITAL RE LTD Financial Services 1.4%$9.3m718,500 -1% reduced
22 GLOBAL CONSUMER ACQST CORP 1.3%$8.9m982,500 new
23 HICKS ACQUISITION CO I INC 1.0%$6.9m750,000 new
24 LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.8%$5.5m2,007,378 0% held
25 DIN DINEEQUITY INC Consumer Cyclical 0.8%$5.5m472,900 -20% reduced
26 MAGUIRE PPTYS INC 0.7%$4.7m3,248,700 -23% reduced
27 EPICOR SOFTWARE CORP 0.6%$4.3m9,000,000 12% added
28 TXCO RES INC 0.4%$3.1m2,048,700 -27% reduced
29 MERRILL LYNCH & CO INC 0.4%$2.9m250,000 0% held
30 BIOFUEL ENERGY CORP 0.3%$1.8m5,578,800 0% held
31 LIFE TIME FITNESS INC 0.2%$1.2m95,000 new
32 STREAM GLOBAL SVCS INC *W EXP 10/17/201 0.1%$563.0k3,125,000 0% held
33 VANTAGE DRILLING COMPANY *W EXP 05/24/201 0.0%$188.0k1,875,000 0% held
34 VICTORY ACQUISITION CORP *W EXP 04/24/201 0.0%$88.0k1,250,000 -24% 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.