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Gates Foundation Trust

Q1 2018 13F · by Michael Larson, CIO

As of
Mar 31, 2018
Filed
May 15, 2018
US stock
$24.5B · prev $26.5B
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%

Moves6 since the prior filing

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 4 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 0.3% a year, more than 30 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions81% of US stock

  1. BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B trimmed+0.17 pp trimmed+0.1747.8%
  2. MSFT Microsoft Corp trimmed−0.58 pp trimmed−0.5814.9%
  3. CAT Caterpillar Inc. held held6.8%
  4. WM Waste Management, Inc. held held6.4%
  5. CNI Canadian National Railway held held5.1%

Positions19 in this filing · 2 exited

BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B47.78%58,569,972$11.7Btrimmed−8%+0.17 pp20 q
MSFTMicrosoft Corp14.93%40,000,000$3.7Btrimmed−17%−0.58 pp4 q
CATCaterpillar Inc.6.79%11,260,857$1.7Bheld—20 q
WMWaste Management, Inc.6.41%18,633,672$1.6Bheld—20 q
CNICanadian National Railway5.12%17,126,874$1.3Bheld—20 q
WMTWalmart Inc.4.22%11,603,000$1.0Bheld—20 q
FDXFedEx Corporation2.97%3,024,999$726Mheld—20 q
ECLEcolab, Inc.2.45%4,366,426$599Mheld—20 q
CCICrown Castle Inc.2.39%5,332,900$585Mheld—14 q
UPSUnited Parcel Service, Inc. Class B1.94%4,525,329$474Mheld—14 q
KOFCoca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B DE C.V1.69%6,214,719$413Mheld—20 q
TVGrupo Televisa S.A.1.10%16,879,104$269Mheld—20 q
WBAWalgreens Boots Alliance, Inc0.93%3,475,398$228Mheld—14 q
LBTYKLiberty Global Ltd. Class C0.45%3,639,349$111Mheld—20 q
ANAutoNation, Inc.0.36%1,898,717$89Mheld—20 q
LBTYALiberty Global Ltd. Class A0.27%2,119,515$66Mheld—20 q
ARCOArcos Dorados Holdings Inc.0.11%3,060,500$28Mheld—17 q
LILAKLiberty Latin America Ltd. Class C0.05%636,044$12Mnew+0.05 ppnew
LILALiberty Latin America Ltd. Class A0.03%370,424$7Mnew+0.03 ppnew
1LGEUSDLiberty Global PLC Lilac - C—−636,044—exited−0.05 pp—
99998USDLiberty Global PLC Lilac - A—−370,424—exited−0.03 pp—

Source

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