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Christopher R. Hansen’s global long/short equity hedge fund, Valiant Capital Management, has filed their 13F for the quarter ending 9/30/2012.

Summary for 09/30/2012 13F Filing

Market Value: $951,105,192
Prior Market Value: $866,756,386
New Purchases: 1 stock
Additional Purchases: 3 stocks
Sold out of: 1 stock
Reduced holdings in: 1 stock
Concentration % of Top 10 Holdings: 83.20%

13F Holdings Summary

Top 13F Holdings on 09/30/2012
Stock % of Portfolio
Apple Inc. 15.34%
Google Inc. 9.72%
Liberty Global Inc. 9.08%
VeriSign Inc. 8.4%
priceline.com Incorporated 5.89%
Visa, Inc. 5.62%
Fomento Econ 5.53%
Baidu, Inc. 5.51%
Charles Schwab Corp. 5.46%
QUALCOMM Incorporated 5.28%
Major new positions on 09/30/2012
Stock % of Portfolio
FACEBOOK INC CL A COM STK (DE) 3.37%
Major positions closed on 09/30/2012
Stock Prior % of Portfolio
DIRECTV 3.27%

Blue Ridge Capital LLC, the hedge fund founded by John Griffin, filed a new 13G disclosing ownership of 6,670,000 shares of OC as of 10/9/2012. This gives Blue Ridge Capital a 5.63% stake in the company and is an increase of 4,120,000 shares over what they reported on their June 30th, 2012 13F.

From Yahoo! Finance, Owens Corning engages in the provision of composite and building materials systems worldwide. It operates in two segments, Composites and Building Materials.

Ownership History in OC
Reported via Date Name Ticker Shares % of Portfolio
13F 2012-06-30 Owens Corning OC 2,550,000 1.10
SC 13G 2012-10-09 Owens Corning OC 6,670,000 N/A

Elliott Associates LP, a New York-based hedge fund founded by Paul Singer, filed a new 13G disclosing an increased position in ELX.  Elliott Associates owned 6,304,566 shares or a 7.1% stake in the company as of September 28th, 2012.  This is an increase of  2,951,691 shares over what they reported on their June 30th, 2012 13F.  This comes after Elliott decreased its stake in Emulex rival Brocade Communications Systems (BRCD) earlier in the month.

From Yahoo! Finance, Emulex Corporation provides various connectivity solutions for servers, networks, and storage devices within the data center worldwide.

Ownership History in ELX
Reported via Date Name Ticker Shares % of Portfolio
13F 2012-06-30 Emulex Corp. ELX 3,352,875 0.77
SC 13G 2012-09-28 Emulex Corp. ELX 6,304,566 N/A

 

Ownership History in BRCD
Reported via Date Name Ticker Shares % of Portfolio
13F 2011-03-31 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. BRCD 2,696,932 0.90
13F 2011-06-30 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. BRCD 4,065,000 1.56
SC 13G 2011-08-15 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. BRCD 16,320,000 N/A
13F 2011-09-30 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. BRCD 47,405,800 9.53
SC 13D 2011-11-04 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. BRCD 28,747,201 N/A
13F 2011-12-31 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. BRCD 43,748,000 8.47
SC 13D/A 2012-01-13 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. BRCD 34,178,977 N/A
13F 2012-03-31 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. BRCD 35,429,863 4.88
SC 13D/A 2012-04-11 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. BRCD 38,800,000 N/A
13F 2012-06-30 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. BRCD 41,350,000 6.46
SC 13D/A 2012-09-19 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. BRCD 27,126,366 N/A

Daniel Loeb’s Third Point LLC filed an amended 13F for the quarter ending June 30th, 2012 disclosing a new position in Murphy Oil.  Third Point held 1,500,000 shares of MUR valued at approximately $75,435,000.  This represents 2.25% of their reported 13F portfolio.

From Yahoo! Finance, Murphy Oil Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and production of oil and gas properties worldwide.

Jeffrey Gates Gates Capital Management., a New York-based hedge fund, filed a new 13G disclosing ownership of 3,368,027 shares of MERC as of September 19th. This gives Gates Capital Management. a 6% stake in the company and is an increase of 1,119,961 shares over what they reported in their June 30th, 2012 13F filing.

From Yahoo! Finance, Mercer International Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp primarily in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Ownership History in MERC
Reported via Date Name Ticker Shares % of Portfolio
13F 2012-06-30 Mercer International Inc. MERC 2,248,066 1.01
SC 13G 2012-09-19 Mercer International Inc. MERC 3,368,027 N/A