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Abrams Capital

Q1 2016 13F · by David Abrams, founder

As of
Mar 31, 2016
Filed
May 13, 2016
US stock
$2.1B · prev $1.8B
Positions
18 · prev 16
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%

Moves11 since the prior filing

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 10 equal-sized positions

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

Moderate turnover · 44% a year, about 2.3 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions62% of US stock

  1. WU The Western Union Company held held19.7%
  2. BEN Franklin Templeton, Inc. added+4.04 pp added+4.0414.7%
  3. MSFT Microsoft Corp held held13.0%
  4. unresolved Manitowoc Foodservice Inc new+7.84 pp new+7.847.8%
  5. unresolved Time Warner Cable Inc held held6.4%

Positions18 in this filing · 2 exited

WUThe Western Union Company19.69%21,608,707$417Mheld—12 q
BENFranklin Templeton, Inc.14.66%7,945,023$310Madded+51%+4.04 pp2 q
MSFTMicrosoft Corp12.99%4,980,000$275Mheld—9 q
unresolvedManitowoc Foodservice Inc7.84%11,255,323$166Mnew+7.84 ppnew
unresolvedTime Warner Cable Inc6.39%661,000$135Mheld—2 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.6.33%2,770,000$134Mheld—10 q
unresolvedBarnes & Noble Inc6.08%10,418,774$129Madded+40%+2.55 pp9 q
unresolvedNorthstar Asset Mgmt Group I4.24%7,908,145$90Mnew+4.24 ppnew
BNEDBarnes & Noble Education, Inc4.06%8,761,948$86Madded+7%−0.41 pp3 q
INXNInterxion Holding NV3.84%2,347,788$81Mheld—7 q
unresolvedVimpelcom Ltd-spon ADR3.78%18,770,950$80Madded+3%+0.52 pp5 q
OPBOpus Bank2.56%1,596,395$54Mheld—8 q
unresolvedNorthstar Rlty Fin Corp2.03%3,279,651$43Mnew+2.03 ppnew
unresolvedGlobal Eagle Entmt Inc2.01%5,000,000$43Mheld—10 q
9M1NMoneygram International Inc1.48%5,130,000$31Mheld—6 q
unresolvedKeryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc1.26%5,719,176$27Madded+4%−0.26 pp3 q
unresolvedClear Channel Outdoor Hldgs0.74%3,354,390$16Mheld—12 q
unresolvedTicc Capital Corp0.01%59,105$284,000new+0.01 ppnew
unresolvedCleco Corp—−2,362,366—exited−6.74 pp—
unresolvedManitowoc Inc—−7,225,600—exited−6.06 pp—

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 10 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet