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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 (2015Q3)
Portfolio Summary: 125 holdings with a total value of $2,074,005,000.
#
Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 ISHARES TR 2,000,000 218,400,000 10.53% Put
2 SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR 800,000 153,304,000 7.39% Put
3 VISTEON CORP COM NEW 701,753 71,045,000 3.43%
4 ISHARES NASDAQ BIOTECHNOLOGY ETF 100,091 63,895,000 3.08%
5 HCA HOLDINGS INC 755,000 58,407,000 2.82% Call
6 AXALTA COATING SYS LTD 2,304,661 58,400,000 2.82%
7 Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc 488,912 57,550,000 2.77%
8 CDK GLOBAL INC 1,110,497 53,060,000 2.56%
9 Pinnacle Entertainment 1,454,552 49,222,000 2.37%
10 HORIZON PHARMA PLC 2,105,000 41,721,000 2.01% Call
11 ADOBE INC 483,246 39,732,000 1.92%
12 PAYPAL HLDGS INC 1,236,570 38,383,000 1.85%
13 SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR 750,000 37,418,000 1.80% Put
14 HERON THERAPEUTICS INC 1,530,000 37,332,000 1.80% Call
15 TARGET CORP 445,131 35,014,000 1.69%
16 SPDR SERIES TRUST 850,000 29,096,000 1.40% Put
17 GRAPHIC PACKAGING HLDG CO 2,237,510 28,618,000 1.38%
18 JARDEN CORP 563,266 27,532,000 1.33%
19 DEVON ENERGY CORP NEW 716,952 26,592,000 1.28%
20 HCA HOLDINGS INC 340,771 26,362,000 1.27%
21 COCA COLA CO 648,407 26,014,000 1.25%
22 HORIZON PHARMA PLC 1,249,634 24,768,000 1.19%
23 TYSON FOODS INC 567,245 24,448,000 1.18%
24 CITIZENS FINL GROUP INC 1,000,000 23,860,000 1.15% Call
25 CBRE GROUP INC 744,761 23,832,000 1.15%
26 MACYS INC 450,000 23,094,000 1.11% Call
27 NEWELL BRANDS 557,172 22,125,000 1.07%
28 VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM 1,943,267 21,920,000 1.06%
29 TENET HEALTHCARE CORP 580,000 21,414,000 1.03% Call
30 SPDR SER TR 500,000 20,590,000 0.99% Put
31 SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR 300,000 19,869,000 0.96% Call
32 KAR AUCTION SVCS INC 553,270 19,641,000 0.95%
33 NEWFIELD EXPLOR 569,546 18,738,000 0.90%
34 TERRAFORM GLOBAL INC CL A 2,807,016 18,695,000 0.90%
35 SPDR SER TR 300,000 18,675,000 0.90% Call
36 ETRADE GROUP 700,000 18,431,000 0.89% Call
37 FASTENAL CO 500,000 18,305,000 0.88% Put
38 ALLIED WRLD ASSUR COM HLDG A 472,955 18,053,000 0.87%
39 ARMSTRONG WORLD INDS INC NEW COM 368,777 17,605,000 0.85%
40 ALLERGAN PLC 64,464 17,522,000 0.84%
41 FMC 500,000 16,955,000 0.82% Call
42 INTERFACE INC COM 687,252 15,422,000 0.74%
43 EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC NOTE 13,000,000 14,746,000 0.71% PRN
44 Molson Coors Brewing Co. 175,548 14,574,000 0.70%
45 Dipexium Pharmaceuticals Inc 981,100 13,735,000 0.66%
46 ANHEUSER BUSCH INBEV SA/NV 123,750 13,157,000 0.63%
47 FATE THERAPEUTICS INC COM 2,402,224 12,804,000 0.62%
48 SPDR SER TR 200,000 12,450,000 0.60% Put
49 FLEXION THERAPEUTICS INC COM 835,725 12,419,000 0.60%
50 HERON THERAPEUTICS INC 488,655 11,923,000 0.57%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0000919574-15-008246, filed 2015.11.16).

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.