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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 (2015Q2)
Portfolio Summary: 127 holdings with a total value of $2,557,722,000.
#
Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 ISHARES TR 1,700,000 212,262,000 8.30% Put
2 HORIZON PHARMA PLC 3,325,829 115,539,000 4.52%
3 Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc 1,345,700 104,198,000 4.07% Call
4 TYSON FOODS INC 1,909,023 81,382,000 3.18%
5 VISTEON CORP COM NEW 734,659 77,125,000 3.02%
6 SUNEDISON INC 2,370,032 70,888,000 2.77%
7 SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR 300,000 61,755,000 2.41% Put
8 SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR 2,500,000 60,950,000 2.38% Call
9 ADOBE INC 716,089 58,010,000 2.27%
10 CDK GLOBAL INC 998,413 53,894,000 2.11%
11 ISHARES TR 145,000 53,501,000 2.09% Put
12 HERON THERAPEUTICS INC 1,700,000 52,972,000 2.07% Call
13 ALLERGAN PLC 150,507 45,673,000 1.79%
14 AXALTA COATING SYS LTD 1,180,861 39,063,000 1.53%
15 ARMSTRONG WORLD INDS INC NEW COM 721,709 38,453,000 1.50%
16 NEWFIELD EXPLOR 937,928 33,878,000 1.32%
17 ALLERGAN PLC 30,500 31,893,000 1.25%
18 HORIZON PHARMA PLC 900,000 31,266,000 1.22% Call
19 ETRADE GROUP 1,020,600 30,567,000 1.20% Call
20 HCA HOLDINGS INC 333,422 30,248,000 1.18%
21 EBAY INC 481,243 28,990,000 1.13%
22 HILTON WORLDWIDE HLDGS INC 1,027,320 28,303,000 1.11%
23 TYSON FOODS INC 650,000 27,710,000 1.08% Put
24 YUM BRANDS INC 307,499 27,700,000 1.08%
25 VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM 2,141,835 27,180,000 1.06%
26 XOMA CORP DEL 7,000,000 27,160,000 1.06% Call
27 QLIK TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 753,438 26,340,000 1.03%
28 TERRAFORM POWER 681,987 25,902,000 1.01%
29 HERON THERAPEUTICS INC 822,417 25,627,000 1.00%
30 BLUEBIRD BIO INCORPORATED 148,615 25,022,000 0.98%
31 CBRE GROUP INC 672,618 24,887,000 0.97%
32 KAR AUCTION SVCS INC 663,739 24,824,000 0.97%
33 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP 165,433 23,563,000 0.92%
34 SYNAPTICS INC 270,723 23,481,000 0.92%
35 FLEXION THERAPEUTICS INC COM 1,068,140 23,382,000 0.91%
36 INTEL CORP 750,000 22,811,000 0.89% Put
37 HESS CORP 321,180 21,481,000 0.84%
38 TENET HEALTHCARE CORP 348,463 20,169,000 0.79%
39 Pinnacle Entertainment 540,000 20,131,000 0.79%
40 GRAPHIC PACKAGING HLDG CO 1,435,900 20,002,000 0.78%
41 JINKOSOLAR HLDG CO LTD 665,000 19,631,000 0.77%
42 OVASCIENCE INC COM 676,633 19,575,000 0.77%
43 OVASCIENCE INC COM 670,000 19,383,000 0.76% Call
44 MCDONALDS CORP 200,000 19,014,000 0.74% Call
45 PALO ALTO NETWORKS 108,000 18,868,000 0.74%
46 T MOBILE US INC 275,000 18,828,000 0.74%
47 HCA HOLDINGS INC 200,000 18,144,000 0.71% Call
48 INTERFACE INC COM 713,845 17,882,000 0.70%
49 FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORP 170,000 16,983,000 0.66%
50 STARBUCKS CORP 314,298 16,851,000 0.66%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0000919574-15-006344, filed 2015.08.14).

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.