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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 (2016Q1)
Portfolio Summary: 106 holdings with a total value of $1,818,960,000.
#
Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR 1,000,000 205,520,000 11.30% Put
2 ALPHABET INC 169,713 129,474,000 7.12%
3 JARDEN CORP 1,668,572 98,362,000 5.41%
4 ISHARES TR 680,000 75,228,000 4.14% Put
5 SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR 1,250,000 62,065,000 3.41% Put
6 Pinnacle Entertainment 1,639,649 57,552,000 3.16%
7 NEWELL BRANDS 1,213,618 53,751,000 2.96%
8 NOBLE ENERGY INC 1,382,209 43,415,000 2.39%
9 Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc 801,510 42,841,000 2.36%
10 CDK GLOBAL INC 865,292 40,279,000 2.21%
11 MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 402,920 38,076,000 2.09%
12 NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP INC 739,413 32,734,000 1.80%
13 ISHARES TR 275,000 30,423,000 1.67% Call
14 WESTROCK CO 733,394 28,624,000 1.57%
15 SPDR SER TR 550,000 28,413,000 1.56% Put
16 LOWES COS INC 364,511 27,612,000 1.52%
17 CTRIP COM INTL LTD 550,000 24,343,000 1.34%
18 SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC 757,880 23,305,000 1.28%
19 DEVON ENERGY CORP NEW 824,399 22,622,000 1.24%
20 VISA INC 295,713 22,616,000 1.24% PRN
21 GIGAMON INC 669,061 20,754,000 1.14%
22 PBF ENERGY INC 620,500 20,601,000 1.13%
23 SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR 100,000 20,552,000 1.13% Call
24 ISHARES IBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND ETF 250,000 20,423,000 1.12%
25 NEWFIELD EXPLOR 613,883 20,412,000 1.12%
26 FMC TECHNOLOGIES INC 500,000 20,185,000 1.11% Call
27 EMC INSURANCE 747,136 19,911,000 1.09%
28 PARKER HANNIFIN CORP 176,338 19,588,000 1.08%
29 HORIZON PHARMA PLC 1,176,275 19,491,000 1.07%
30 EXPRESS SCRIPTS HLDG CO 280,000 19,233,000 1.06% Put
31 PPG INDS INC 163,831 18,266,000 1.00%
32 QUALCOMM INC 356,676 18,240,000 1.00%
33 HORIZON PHARMA INVT LTD 21,250,000 18,099,000 1.00% PRN
34 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP 185,000 16,319,000 0.90% Call
35 REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS 45,000 16,220,000 0.89% Put
36 SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC 205,113 15,978,000 0.88%
37 RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD 126,100 15,111,000 0.83%
38 HORIZON PHARMA PLC 875,000 14,499,000 0.80% Call
39 MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES LTD 261,389 14,201,000 0.78%
40 WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC LTD SHS 117,254 13,913,000 0.76%
41 ALLERGAN PLC 48,678 13,047,000 0.72%
42 Molson Coors Brewing Co. 133,248 12,816,000 0.70%
43 MCDONALDS CORP 101,712 12,783,000 0.70%
44 KRAFT HEINZ CO 160,198 12,585,000 0.69%
45 CYBERARK SOFTWARE LTD SHS 280,780 11,970,000 0.66%
46 ALLERGAN PLC 13,000 11,949,000 0.66% PRN
47 Nomad HLDGS Ltd 1,278,750 11,522,000 0.63%
48 BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY INC 271,952 11,153,000 0.61%
49 CSRA INC 400,000 10,760,000 0.59%
50 HOME DEPOT INC 77,000 10,274,000 0.56%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0000919574-16-013297, filed 2016.05.16).

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.