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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 (2015Q3)
Portfolio Summary: 53 holdings with a total value of $35,812,965,000.
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Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 VISA INC 46,271,842 3,223,297,000 9.00%
2 FACEBOOK INC 25,069,333 2,253,733,000 6.29%
3 REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS 4,138,184 1,924,835,000 5.37%
4 SALESFORCE COM INC 23,735,958 1,647,988,000 4.60%
5 BAIDU INC 10,779,865 1,481,261,000 4.14%
6 PRICELINE GRP INC 1,179,582 1,458,978,000 4.07%
7 ALIBABA GROUP HLDG LTD 23,493,338 1,385,402,000 3.87%
8 LINKEDIN CORP COM CL A 7,094,183 1,348,817,000 3.77%
9 ISHARES NASDAQ BIOTECHNOLOGY ETF 2,049,373 1,308,258,000 3.65%
10 BIOGEN INC 4,121,400 1,202,666,000 3.36%
11 BIOMARIN 11,395,866 1,200,213,000 3.35%
12 SCHWAB CHARLES CORP 42,012,034 1,199,864,000 3.35%
13 NIKE INC 9,039,234 1,111,555,000 3.10%
14 CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC 1,482,511 1,067,779,000 2.98%
15 MONSANTO CO NEW 12,348,234 1,053,798,000 2.94%
16 ALEXION PHARMACEUTIC 6,379,857 997,746,000 2.79%
17 ASML HOLDING N V N Y REGISTRY SHS 10,921,794 960,899,000 2.68%
18 ADOBE INC 11,190,108 920,051,000 2.57%
19 AMAZON COM INC 1,745,554 893,532,000 2.49%
20 CERNER CORP 14,665,256 879,329,000 2.46%
21 ILLUMINA INC 4,334,855 762,154,000 2.13%
22 WHOLE FOODS 19,845,100 628,097,000 1.75%
23 GOOGLE INC 1,029,182 626,175,000 1.75%
24 SPLUNK 10,948,738 606,013,000 1.69%
25 SCHLUMBERGER LTD 8,767,912 604,723,000 1.69%
26 ATHENA HEALTH INC. 4,399,018 586,609,000 1.64%
27 FMC TECHNOLOGIES INC 17,582,363 545,053,000 1.52%
28 PALO ALTO NETWORKS 3,131,071 538,544,000 1.50%
29 MOBILEYE N V AMSTELVEEN 11,682,621 531,326,000 1.48%
30 LENDINGCLUB CORP 40,154,764 531,248,000 1.48%
31 ARM Holdings plc 10,717,783 463,544,000 1.29%
32 WORKDAY A 6,197,435 426,755,000 1.19%
33 KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN 2,832,950 257,458,000 0.72%
34 MEDIDATA SOLUTIONS INC 5,500,277 231,617,000 0.65%
35 LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP 5,475,900 207,920,000 0.58%
36 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP 1,325,385 188,430,000 0.53%
37 MERCADOLIBRE INC 1,726,060 157,175,000 0.44%
38 ISHARES TR 4,664,500 133,265,000 0.37%
39 UNDER ARMOUR INC 1,146,775 110,985,000 0.31%
40 SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR 237,000 45,416,000 0.13%
41 QUNAR CAYMAN IS LTD SPNS ADR CL B 888,525 26,718,000 0.07%
42 CREDICORP LTD 136,780 14,548,000 0.04%
43 GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE INC 255,835 13,452,000 0.04%
44 NETSUITE INC 141,025 11,832,000 0.03%
45 IPG PHOTONICS CORP 126,620 9,619,000 0.03%
46 COSTAR GROUP 49,940 8,643,000 0.02%
47 ANSYS 79,045 6,967,000 0.02%
48 ISHARES TR 198,000 5,524,000 0.02%
49 TWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INC 178,220 4,808,000 0.01%
50 TRIPADVISOR INC 71,175 4,485,000 0.01%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0001140361-15-041076, filed 2015.11.13).

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.