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SANDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
SANDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC (CIK: 0001020066) incorporated in Delaware, located at Sands Capital Management, Llc, Arlington, VA. Institutional holdings reported to the SEC.

Institutional Holdings (2015Q1)
Portfolio Summary: 49 holdings with a total value of $42,033,430,000.
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Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 VISA INC 50,366,538 3,294,475,000 7.84%
2 FACEBOOK INC 28,412,706 2,335,951,000 5.56%
3 REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS 5,010,161 2,261,987,000 5.38%
4 BAIDU INC 10,223,686 2,130,616,000 5.07%
5 BIOGEN INC 5,009,615 2,115,260,000 5.03%
6 LINKEDIN CORP COM CL A 7,237,279 1,808,307,000 4.30%
7 SALESFORCE COM INC 27,033,423 1,806,103,000 4.30%
8 ALIBABA GROUP HLDG LTD 19,738,199 1,643,008,000 3.91%
9 PRICELINE GRP INC 1,389,674 1,617,789,000 3.85%
10 BIOMARIN 12,335,452 1,537,244,000 3.66%
11 MONSANTO CO NEW 13,063,900 1,470,211,000 3.50%
12 SCHLUMBERGER LTD 16,359,854 1,365,066,000 3.25%
13 NIKE INC 13,564,967 1,360,973,000 3.24%
14 SCHWAB CHARLES CORP 44,155,602 1,344,097,000 3.20%
15 CERNER CORP 17,629,838 1,291,562,000 3.07%
16 CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC 1,924,308 1,251,839,000 2.98%
17 ISHARES NASDAQ BIOTECHNOLOGY ETF 2,235,723 1,240,156,000 2.95%
18 ASML HOLDING N V N Y REGISTRY SHS 11,536,330 1,165,515,000 2.77%
19 LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP 18,408,929 1,013,227,000 2.41%
20 ARM Holdings plc 19,443,793 958,579,000 2.28%
21 GOOGLE INC 1,741,038 954,089,000 2.27%
22 ADOBE INC 12,462,685 921,491,000 2.19%
23 ALEXION PHARMACEUTIC 5,204,296 901,904,000 2.15%
24 WHOLE FOODS 16,744,037 872,029,000 2.07%
25 TWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INC 23,808,776 805,689,000 1.92%
26 FMC TECHNOLOGIES INC 20,581,868 761,735,000 1.81%
27 SPLUNK 12,227,221 723,851,000 1.72%
28 ATHENA HEALTH INC. 4,786,729 571,488,000 1.36%
29 SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY CO 21,610,256 501,142,000 1.19%
30 LENDINGCLUB CORP 23,958,621 470,787,000 1.12%
31 WORKDAY A 5,211,410 439,895,000 1.05%
32 MEDIDATA SOLUTIONS INC 5,399,777 264,805,000 0.63%
33 KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN 2,056,600 209,938,000 0.50%
34 MERCADOLIBRE INC 1,657,155 203,035,000 0.48%
35 ISHARES TR 3,746,600 119,835,000 0.29%
36 SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR 388,000 80,095,000 0.19%
37 DISCOVERY COMMUNICATNS NEW 1,470,250 45,225,000 0.11%
38 DISCOVERY C 1,468,850 43,294,000 0.10%
39 QUNAR CAYMAN IS LTD SPNS ADR CL B 915,769 37,775,000 0.09%
40 MINDRAY MEDICAL INTL LTD 634,224 17,346,000 0.04%
41 GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE INC 327,620 17,236,000 0.04%
42 NETSUITE INC 142,325 13,202,000 0.03%
43 IPG PHOTONICS CORP 136,710 12,673,000 0.03%
44 CREDICORP LTD 72,190 10,152,000 0.02%
45 ANSYS 79,945 7,050,000 0.02%
46 COSTAR GROUP 31,575 6,246,000 0.01%
47 TRIPADVISOR INC 72,075 5,994,000 0.01%
48 ISHARES TR 100,000 3,134,000 0.01%
49 CISCO SYS INC 12,000 330,000 0.00%

Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0001140361-15-019639, filed 2015.05.14).

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.