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ASCEND CAPITAL, LLC
ASCEND CAPITAL, LLC (CIK: 0001165501) incorporated in Delaware, located at 4 Orinda Way, Orinda, CA. Institutional holdings reported to the SEC.

Institutional Holdings (2015Q3)
Portfolio Summary: 120 holdings with a total value of $2,550,450,000.
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Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 LIBERTY INTERACTIVE CORP LBT VENT COM A DELETED 2,888,636 116,557,000 4.57%
2 ISHARES NASDAQ BIOTECHNOLOGY ETF 172,683 110,236,000 4.32%
3 LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC 2,208,041 94,814,000 3.72%
4 COMCAST CORP NEW 1,514,099 86,121,000 3.38%
5 GOLAR LNG LTD 2,616,293 72,941,000 2.86%
6 LIBERTY TRIPADVISOR HLDGS INC COM SER A 3,000,000 66,510,000 2.61%
7 MICROSOFT CORP 1,445,112 63,960,000 2.51%
8 JUNIPER NETWORKS 2,443,504 62,824,000 2.46%
9 HILTON WORLDWIDE HLDGS INC 2,621,507 60,138,000 2.36%
10 FACEBOOK INC 637,887 57,346,000 2.25%
11 LIBERTY MEDIA SER A 1,593,213 56,911,000 2.23%
12 JOHNSON & JOHNSON 609,391 56,887,000 2.23%
13 STARZ COM SER A 1,400,000 52,276,000 2.05%
14 Arris Group Inc 2,012,837 52,274,000 2.05%
15 BAXALTA INC 1,656,397 52,192,000 2.05%
16 ASML HOLDING N V N Y REGISTRY SHS 540,383 47,543,000 1.86%
17 LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT ORD 1,254,234 46,157,000 1.81%
18 MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL 2,495,600 46,044,000 1.81%
19 ALLERGAN PLC 162,811 44,254,000 1.74%
20 COMMSCOPE HLDG COMPANY INCORPORATED 1,387,871 41,677,000 1.63%
21 VALERO ENERGY CORP NEW 685,370 41,191,000 1.62%
22 CONOCOPHILLIPS 739,243 35,454,000 1.39%
23 ARM Holdings plc 813,805 35,196,000 1.38%
24 CDK GLOBAL INC 730,127 34,885,000 1.37%
25 VERISIGN 484,963 34,218,000 1.34%
26 VERIFONE SYS INC 1,229,900 34,105,000 1.34%
27 LA QUINTA HLDGS INC 2,148,600 33,905,000 1.33%
28 MYLAN N V 833,295 33,548,000 1.32%
29 NEWELL BRANDS 813,485 32,303,000 1.27%
30 EASTMAN CHEM CO 480,760 31,116,000 1.22%
31 GODADDY INC 1,150,000 28,992,000 1.14%
32 ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC 141,529 26,823,000 1.05%
33 TESORO CORP 272,637 26,511,000 1.04%
34 SHIRE PLC 125,540 25,764,000 1.01%
35 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC 366,681 25,074,000 0.98%
36 INTEROIL CORP 25,272,000 24,725,000 0.97% PRN
37 DISH NETWORK A 407,710 23,785,000 0.93%
38 ALBEMARLE CORP 533,252 23,516,000 0.92%
39 BIOGEN INC 79,880 23,311,000 0.91%
40 GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC 600,000 23,070,000 0.90% Call
41 INFOBLOX INC 1,400,000 22,371,000 0.88%
42 NEW RESIDENTIAL INVT CORP COM NEW 1,695,587 22,212,000 0.87%
43 BIOGEN INC 75,000 21,884,000 0.86% Call
44 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC 200,000 20,295,000 0.80% Put
45 MEAD JOHNSON NUTRITION CO 275,000 19,360,000 0.76% Call
46 AVATAR HLDGS INC 18,166,000 18,145,000 0.71% PRN
47 JARDEN CORP 353,670 17,288,000 0.68%
48 COBALT INTL ENERGY INC 24,350,000 17,287,000 0.68% PRN
49 VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL 95,865 17,101,000 0.67%
50 DOW CHEM CO 400,000 16,959,000 0.66%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0001405086-15-000276, 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.