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Weiss Asset Management LP
Weiss Asset Management LP (CIK: 0001357550) incorporated in Delaware, located at 222 Berkeley Street, 16th Floor, Boston, MA. Institutional holdings reported to the SEC.

Institutional Holdings (2016Q1)
Portfolio Summary: 69 holdings with a total value of $402,548,000.
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Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 NATL PENN BANCSHARES INC 6,500,000 69,160,000 17.18%
2 NEXTERA ENERGY INC 650,000 39,585,000 9.83%
3 VECTOR GROUP LTD 13,200,000 19,718,000 4.90% PRN
4 ALLERGAN PLC 18,000 16,545,000 4.11%
5 QUINPARIO ACQUISITION CORP 2 1,569,800 15,353,000 3.81%
6 DOUBLE EAGLE ACQUISITION COR 1,496,233 14,543,000 3.61%
7 AR CAP ACQUISITION CORP 1,389,890 13,690,000 3.40%
8 T MOBILE US INC 200,000 13,240,000 3.29%
9 TERRAPIN 3 ACQUISITION CORP 1,330,000 13,167,000 3.27%
10 ALLIANCE BERNSTEIN INCOME FUND ADVISOR 1,573,880 12,355,000 3.07%
11 WESCO INTL INC 6,000,000 11,550,000 2.87% PRN
12 BOULEVARD ACQUISITION 1,117,301 10,894,000 2.71%
13 ELECTRUM SPL ACQUISITION COR 1,002,495 9,674,000 2.40%
14 ATLANTIC ALLIANCE PARTNER CO 825,100 8,606,000 2.14%
15 GP INVTS ACQUISITION COR 841,600 8,037,000 2.00%
16 KLR ENERGY ACQUISITION CORP 799,000 8,014,000 1.99%
17 NUVEEN LG/SHT COMMODITY TOTR 517,731 7,797,000 1.94%
18 Fidelity National Financial Inc 4,065,000 7,621,000 1.89% PRN
19 CROWN CASTLE INTL CORP NEW 60,000 6,432,000 1.60%
20 NORTH AMERN ENERGY PARTNERS COM 3,074,758 6,335,000 1.57%
21 HENNESSY CAP ACQUISITION COR 616,600 5,969,000 1.48%
22 RAMCO-GERSHENSON PPTYS TR 90,000 5,876,000 1.46%
23 AROWANA INC 572,500 5,696,000 1.41%
24 NUVEEN DIV ADVANTAGE MUN FD 333,104 4,947,000 1.23%
25 AMSURG CORP 30,000 4,275,000 1.06%
26 C B PHARMA ACQUISITION CORP 423,246 4,275,000 1.06%
27 GORES HLDGS INC 385,000 3,754,000 0.93%
28 WL ROSS HOLDING CORP 359,023 3,601,000 0.89%
29 LMP REAL ESTATE INCOME FD INC COM 239,803 3,276,000 0.81%
30 BB&T CORP 94,152 3,132,000 0.78%
31 E COMPASS ACQUISITION CORP 300,000 3,000,000 0.75%
32 INTELSAT S A 375,550 2,788,000 0.69%
33 NUVEEN DIVERSIFIED COMMODTY 309,821 2,761,000 0.69%
34 HARMONY MERGER CORP 265,000 2,624,000 0.65%
35 ISHARES TR 10,000 2,608,000 0.65%
36 BARINGTON HILCO ACQUISITION 257,000 2,552,000 0.63%
37 1347 CAP CORP 250,000 2,485,000 0.62%
38 STRATEGIC GLOBAL INCOME FD COM 241,890 2,155,000 0.54%
39 NUVEEN QUALITY PFD INC FD 3 240,487 2,061,000 0.51%
40 Atlantica Yield plc 109,836 1,953,000 0.49%
41 MANAGED HIGH YIELD PLUS FUND INC 1,096,786 1,952,000 0.48%
42 PACIFIC SPL ACQUISITION CORP 175,000 1,750,000 0.43%
43 ALERE INC 4,304 1,700,000 0.42%
44 ALLERGAN PLC 6,000 1,608,000 0.40% Put
45 DT ASIA INVTS LTD 150,000 1,522,000 0.38%
46 ANDINA ACQUISITION CORP II 150,000 1,455,000 0.36%
47 ANTERO RESOURCE CORP 50,000 1,244,000 0.31%
48 NUVEEN SELECT QUALITY MUN FD 84,888 1,244,000 0.31%
49 ENERGEN CORP COM 30,000 1,098,000 0.27%
50 GLOBAL HIGH INCOME FUND INC COM 110,459 960,000 0.24%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0001357550-16-000016, filed 2016.05.13).

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.