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Gates Foundation Trust

Q4 2014 13F · by Michael Larson, CIO

As of
Dec 31, 2014
Filed
Feb 13, 2015
US stock
$20.0B · prev $21.7B
Positions
19 · prev 19
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%

Moves10 since the prior filing

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 3 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 24% a year, about 4.2 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions80% of US stock

  1. BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B trimmed+5.83 pp trimmed+5.8359.0%
  2. CNI Canadian National Railway held held5.9%
  3. CAT Caterpillar Inc. held held5.2%
  4. WMT Walmart Inc. held held5.0%
  5. WM Waste Management, Inc. held held4.8%

Positions19 in this filing · 4 exited

BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B59.04%78,625,314$11.8Btrimmed−6%+5.83 pp7 q
CNICanadian National Railway5.90%17,126,874$1.2Bheld—7 q
CATCaterpillar Inc.5.15%11,260,857$1.0Bheld—7 q
WMTWalmart Inc.4.98%11,603,000$996Mheld—7 q
WMWaste Management, Inc.4.78%18,633,672$956Mheld—7 q
TVGrupo Televisa S.A.2.88%16,879,103$575Mheld—7 q
KOFCoca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B DE C.V2.69%6,214,719$538Mheld—7 q
FDXFedEx Corporation2.63%3,024,999$525Mheld—7 q
UPSUnited Parcel Service, Inc. Class B2.52%4,525,329$503Mnew+2.52 ppnew
ECLEcolab, Inc.2.28%4,366,425$456Mheld—7 q
CCICrown Castle Inc.2.10%5,332,900$420Mnew+2.10 ppnew
BPBP p.l.c.1.41%7,405,614$282Mtrimmed−1%−0.09 pp7 q
WBAWalgreens Boots Alliance, Inc1.32%3,475,398$265Mnew+1.32 ppnew
LBTYKLiberty Global Ltd. Class C0.85%3,532,529$171Mheld—7 q
ANAutoNation, Inc.0.57%1,898,716$115Mheld—7 q
LBTYALiberty Global Ltd. Class A0.53%2,119,515$106Mheld—7 q
RSGRepublic Services Inc.0.27%1,350,000$54Mheld—7 q
ARCOArcos Dorados Holdings Inc.0.08%3,060,500$17Mheld—4 q
unresolvedDiamond Foods Inc0.00%10,412$294,000new0.00 ppnew
MCDMcDonald's Corporation—−10,872,500—exited−4.75 pp—
KOCoca-Cola Company—−21,429,710—exited−4.21 pp—
XOMExxon Mobil Corp—−8,143,858—exited−3.53 pp—
unresolvedCrwn Castle Int'l Corp.—−5,332,900—exited−1.98 pp—

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 1 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet