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KINGDON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
KINGDON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. (CIK: 0001000097) incorporated in Delaware, located at 152 West 57th Street, New York, NY. Institutional holdings reported to the SEC.

Institutional Holdings (2015Q1)
Portfolio Summary: 147 holdings with a total value of $2,357,518,000.
#
Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR 950,000 196,109,000 8.32% Put
2 ISHARES TR 1,515,000 188,421,000 7.99% Put
3 HORIZON PHARMA PLC 3,697,140 96,015,000 4.07%
4 TYSON FOODS INC 2,114,888 81,000,000 3.44%
5 VISTEON CORP COM NEW 663,915 64,001,000 2.71%
6 CDK GLOBAL INC 1,173,711 54,883,000 2.33%
7 CBRE GROUP INC 1,187,645 45,974,000 1.95%
8 SUNEDISON INC 1,912,166 45,892,000 1.95%
9 ISHARES TR 125,000 42,929,000 1.82% Put
10 TYSON FOODS INC 900,000 34,470,000 1.46% Put
11 Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc 595,300 34,438,000 1.46% Call
12 HORIZON PHARMA PLC 1,250,000 32,463,000 1.38% Call
13 Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc 527,835 30,535,000 1.30%
14 ALLERGAN PLC 98,829 29,413,000 1.25%
15 STARBUCKS CORP 304,699 28,855,000 1.22%
16 DISCOVER FINANCIAL 500,000 28,175,000 1.20% Call
17 XOMA CORP DEL 7,572,055 27,562,000 1.17%
18 OVASCIENCE INC COM 780,440 27,105,000 1.15%
19 KAR AUCTION SVCS INC 689,133 26,139,000 1.11%
20 ARMSTRONG WORLD INDS INC NEW COM 444,696 25,557,000 1.08%
21 TARGET CORP 303,350 25,060,000 1.06%
22 FLEXION THERAPEUTICS INC COM 1,031,640 23,233,000 0.99%
23 QLIK TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 745,497 23,207,000 0.98%
24 BROADCOM CORP CL A 531,869 23,027,000 0.98%
25 SYNOVUS FINL CORP COM NEW 773,516 21,666,000 0.92%
26 JARDEN CORP 408,142 21,591,000 0.92%
27 NEWFIELD EXPLOR 608,855 21,365,000 0.91%
28 AXALTA COATING SYS LTD 768,107 21,215,000 0.90%
29 BLOOMIN BRANDS INC 870,880 21,189,000 0.90%
30 BRINKER INTL INC 333,929 20,557,000 0.87%
31 ALLERGAN PLC 20,000 20,240,000 0.86%
32 D R HORTON INC 702,206 19,999,000 0.85%
33 ADOBE INC 270,460 19,998,000 0.85%
34 CORNING INC 880,000 19,958,000 0.85% Put
35 PALO ALTO NETWORKS 136,261 19,905,000 0.84%
36 GIGAMON INC 914,586 19,426,000 0.82%
37 ZELTIQ AESTHETICS INCORPORATED 605,237 18,659,000 0.79%
38 TERRAFORM POWER 500,000 18,255,000 0.77%
39 HARLEY DAVIDSON INC 300,000 18,222,000 0.77% Put
40 T MOBILE US INC 310,000 18,185,000 0.77%
41 VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM 1,932,189 17,969,000 0.76%
42 LOWES COS INC 236,236 17,574,000 0.75%
43 DISCOVER FINANCIAL 310,370 17,489,000 0.74%
44 EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC NOTE 15,000,000 17,444,000 0.74% PRN
45 SPDR SER TR 75,000 16,913,000 0.72% Put
46 MOHAWK INDS 81,150 15,074,000 0.64%
47 HILTON WORLDWIDE HLDGS INC 508,000 15,047,000 0.64%
48 HCA HOLDINGS INC 200,000 15,046,000 0.64% Call
49 TASER INTERNATIONAL 621,500 14,984,000 0.64%
50 ANHEUSER BUSCH INBEV SA/NV 122,450 14,928,000 0.63%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0000919574-15-004506, filed 2015.05.15).

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.