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Abrams Capital

Q3 2015 13F · by David Abrams, founder

As of
Sep 30, 2015
Filed
Nov 13, 2015
US stock
$1.4B · prev $1.5B
Positions
14 · prev 12
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture100.0% US stock

Full picture · of what this 13F reports is US stock

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 100.0%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 0.0%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves9 since the prior filing

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 7 equal-sized positions

  1. Very concentrated
  2. Concentrated
  3. Focused
  4. Diversified

Moderate turnover · 62% a year, about 1.6 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions67% of US stock

  1. WU The Western Union Company held held28.4%
  2. MSFT Microsoft Corp held held15.8%
  3. WFC Wells Fargo & Co. held held10.2%
  4. BNED Barnes & Noble Education, Inc new+6.50 pp new+6.506.5%
  5. unresolved Barnes & Noble Inc added−3.02 pp added−3.026.0%

Positions14 in this filing · 2 exited

WUThe Western Union Company28.40%21,608,707$397Mheld—10 q
MSFTMicrosoft Corp15.78%4,980,000$220Mheld—7 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.10.18%2,770,000$142Mheld—8 q
BNEDBarnes & Noble Education, Inc6.50%7,145,303$91Mnew+6.50 ppnew
unresolvedBarnes & Noble Inc6.00%6,918,774$84Madded+35%−3.02 pp7 q
OPBOpus Bank5.62%2,052,080$78Mtrimmed−10%+0.04 pp6 q
unresolvedManitowoc Inc5.38%5,010,699$75Mnew+5.38 ppnew
unresolvedCleco Corp4.57%1,200,000$64Mnew+4.57 ppnew
INXNInterxion Holding NV4.55%2,347,788$64Mheld—5 q
unresolvedGlobal Eagle Entmt Inc4.11%5,000,000$57Mheld—8 q
unresolvedVimpelcom Ltd-spon ADR3.00%10,200,000$42Madded×2.0+1.31 pp3 q
9M1NMoneygram International Inc2.94%5,130,000$41Mheld—4 q
unresolvedClear Channel Outdoor Hldgs1.71%3,354,390$24Mheld—10 q
unresolvedKeryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc1.26%5,000,000$18Mnew+1.26 ppnew
unresolvedDirectv—−1,714,262—exited−10.80 pp—
WENThe Wendy's Company—−4,250,000—exited−3.25 pp—

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 7 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet