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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 (2015Q4)
Portfolio Summary: 114 holdings with a total value of $2,056,417,000.
#
Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR 750,000 152,903,000 7.44% Put
2 ISHARES TR 1,025,000 115,436,000 5.61% Put
3 Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc 906,287 102,383,000 4.98%
4 JARDEN CORP 1,478,081 84,428,000 4.11%
5 ALPHABET INC 103,380 80,431,000 3.91%
6 VISTEON CORP COM NEW 506,179 57,957,000 2.82%
7 Molson Coors Brewing Co. 586,648 55,098,000 2.68%
8 HORIZON PHARMA PLC 2,519,955 54,607,000 2.66%
9 ISHARES TR 150,000 50,750,000 2.47% Put
10 CDK GLOBAL INC 1,064,775 50,545,000 2.46%
11 ISHARES IBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF 600,000 48,348,000 2.35% Call
12 Pinnacle Entertainment 1,467,168 45,658,000 2.22%
13 POWERSHARES QQQ TRUST 390,000 43,625,000 2.12% Put
14 GRAPHIC PACKAGING HLDG CO 3,223,550 41,358,000 2.01%
15 COCA COLA CO 879,506 37,784,000 1.84%
16 Alcoa 3,211,331 31,696,000 1.54%
17 MEAD JOHNSON NUTRITION CO 400,000 31,580,000 1.54% Call
18 HORIZON PHARMA PLC 1,410,000 30,555,000 1.49% Call
19 DELTA AIRLINES INC DEL 592,770 30,048,000 1.46%
20 NEWELL BRANDS 678,916 29,927,000 1.46%
21 AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC 441,501 27,360,000 1.33%
22 CITIZENS FINL GROUP INC 900,000 23,571,000 1.15% Call
23 HERON THERAPEUTICS INC 869,029 23,203,000 1.13%
24 HERON THERAPEUTICS INC 800,000 21,360,000 1.04% Call
25 SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR 400,000 21,204,000 1.03% Put
26 SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC 641,927 20,888,000 1.02%
27 TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL FIN LLC 20,000 20,347,000 0.99%
28 ANHEUSER BUSCH INBEV SA/NV 156,750 19,594,000 0.95%
29 FMC 500,000 19,565,000 0.95% Call
30 POWERSHS DB US DOLLAR INDEX 750,000 19,238,000 0.94% Put
31 SYNCHRONY FINL 622,501 18,930,000 0.92%
32 ALLERGAN PLC 60,000 18,750,000 0.91% Call
33 ALLERGAN PLC 17,500 18,007,000 0.88%
34 EXPRESS SCRIPTS HLDG CO 200,000 17,482,000 0.85% Put
35 SPDR SERIES TRUST 500,000 16,955,000 0.82% Call
36 GIGAMON INC 630,000 16,739,000 0.81%
37 EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC NOTE 12,000,000 16,506,000 0.80% PRN
38 CITIZENS FINL GROUP INC 622,668 16,308,000 0.79%
39 ALKERMES PLC SHS 200,000 15,876,000 0.77% Call
40 ETRADE GROUP 535,370 15,868,000 0.77%
41 MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES LTD 375,462 15,822,000 0.77%
42 MACYS INC 450,000 15,741,000 0.77% Call
43 TERRAFORM GLOBAL INC CL A 2,807,016 15,691,000 0.76%
44 Coca Cola Enterprises 310,325 15,280,000 0.74%
45 CSRA INC 505,107 15,153,000 0.74%
46 STARBUCKS CORP 248,142 14,896,000 0.72%
47 FLEXION THERAPEUTICS INC COM 769,903 14,836,000 0.72%
48 LOWES COS INC 191,423 14,556,000 0.71%
49 TARGET CORP 189,010 13,724,000 0.67%
50 ALLERGAN PLC 40,706 12,721,000 0.62%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0000919574-16-011102, filed 2016.02.16).

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.