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ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC
ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC (CIK: 0000936753) incorporated in Delaware, located at 200 East Randolph Street, Chicago, IL. Institutional holdings reported to the SEC.

Institutional Holdings (2015Q1)
Portfolio Summary: 187 holdings with a total value of $8,922,133,000.
#
Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 LAZARD LTD 5,836,442 306,938,000 3.44%
2 KENNAMETAL INC 8,193,593 276,042,000 3.09%
3 FIRST AMERN FINL CORP 7,703,312 274,854,000 3.08%
4 BRISTOW GROUP INC COM 4,749,344 258,602,000 2.90%
5 WESTERN UN CO 12,264,707 255,229,000 2.86%
6 JONES LANG LASALLE 1,442,198 245,751,000 2.75%
7 SMUCKER J M CO 1,912,771 221,365,000 2.48%
8 INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORP 6,757,794 220,372,000 2.47%
9 INTERPUBLIC GROUP COS INC 9,353,307 206,895,000 2.32%
10 GANNETT CO. 5,364,072 198,900,000 2.23%
11 LABORATORY CORP AMER HLDGS 1,404,802 177,131,000 1.99%
12 ANIXTER INTL INC 2,231,671 169,897,000 1.90%
13 STANLEY BLACK &DECKER INC 1,678,617 160,073,000 1.79%
14 BIO RAD LABS INC CL A 1,141,142 154,260,000 1.73%
15 NEWELL BRANDS 3,797,991 148,388,000 1.66%
16 CBRE GROUP INC 3,752,492 145,259,000 1.63%
17 KKR & CO LP COMMON UNITS 6,249,442 142,550,000 1.60%
18 CHARLES RIV LABS INTL INC 1,758,445 139,427,000 1.56%
19 SNAP ON INC 931,098 136,927,000 1.53%
20 JANUS CAP GROUP INC 7,858,859 135,094,000 1.51%
21 BRADY CORP CL A 4,751,462 134,419,000 1.51%
22 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 1,565,043 132,481,000 1.48%
23 ZIMMER BIOMET HLDGS INC 1,060,404 124,619,000 1.40%
24 AFLAC INC 1,931,904 123,661,000 1.39%
25 SIMPSON MFG INC COM 3,204,540 119,754,000 1.34%
26 MTS SYS CORP 1,561,055 118,094,000 1.32%
27 OMNICOM GROUP INC 1,395,069 108,787,000 1.22%
28 MEREDITH CORP COM 1,928,616 107,559,000 1.21%
29 NORTHERN TRUST 1,537,461 107,084,000 1.20%
30 CBS CORP NEW 1,753,813 106,334,000 1.19%
31 DUN & BRADSTREET 824,326 105,810,000 1.19%
32 SOTHEBYS 2,471,184 104,432,000 1.17%
33 BLOUNT INTL INC NEW 8,077,259 104,035,000 1.17%
34 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 1,936,408 99,376,000 1.11%
35 CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO COM NEW 4,369,547 96,130,000 1.08%
36 ILLINOIS TOOL WKS INC 925,123 89,866,000 1.01%
37 FAIR ISAAC CORP 1,005,658 89,222,000 1.00%
38 U S SILICA HLDGS INC COM 2,489,156 88,639,000 0.99%
39 GILEAD SCIENCES INC 891,645 87,497,000 0.98%
40 LITTELFUSE INC COM 861,783 85,653,000 0.96%
41 ROYAL CARIBBEAN GROUP 1,046,276 85,638,000 0.96%
42 ST JUDE 1,280,608 83,752,000 0.94%
43 MOHAWK INDS 445,522 82,756,000 0.93%
44 MICROSOFT CORP 1,940,065 78,873,000 0.88%
45 THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC 586,411 78,778,000 0.88%
46 VIACOM CLASS B 1,055,827 72,113,000 0.81%
47 NORDSTROM INC 862,328 69,262,000 0.78%
48 HARMAN INTL INDS INC 514,324 68,729,000 0.77%
49 NATIONAL OILWELL 1,322,575 66,116,000 0.74%
50 JOHNSON & JOHNSON 657,074 66,102,000 0.74%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0000936753-15-000142, filed 2015.05.14).

From 2023-01-03 onward, the SEC requires values to be reported in nearest dollars. Earlier filings reported values in thousands; therefore, positions shown as $0 in older filings may represent actual values between $0–$999.