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LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC
LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC. Institutional holdings reported to the SEC.

Institutional Holders (2014Q4)
Portfolio Summary: 185 Institutional holders with a total value of $1,157,480,126.
#
Manager Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 RS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO LLC 1,430,650 76,125,000 6.58%
2 BlackRock Fund Advisors 1,277,041 67,951,000 5.87%
3 KNOTT DAVID M 1,249,766 66,500,049 5.75%
4 BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 1,165,039 61,991,000 5.36%
5 VANGUARD GROUP INC 997,254 53,064,000 4.58%
6 CARDINAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC /CT 985,795 52,454,000 4.53%
7 FMR LLC 949,668 50,532,000 4.37%
8 Invesco Ltd. 909,422 48,390,000 4.18%
9 BVF INC/IL 860,063 45,764,000 3.95%
10 STATE STREET CORP 669,065 35,600,000 3.08%
11 BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. 580,662 30,897,000 2.67%
12 BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 504,738 26,858,000 2.32%
13 Stephens Investment Management Group LLC 449,572 23,922,000 2.07%
14 DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 434,855 23,138,000 2.00%
15 NEXT CENTURY GROWTH INVESTORS LLC 424,327 22,578,000 1.95%
16 NORTHERN TRUST CORP 419,554 22,324,000 1.93%
17 Allianz Asset Management GmbH 409,781 21,805,000 1.88%
18 RUSSELL FRANK CO/ 338,855 17,696,000 1.53%
19 Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC 330,066 17,563,000 1.52%
20 DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 328,866 17,497,000 1.51%
21 FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES LLC 293,810 15,634,000 1.35%
22 KALMAR INVESTMENTS INC /DE/ 288,905 15,373,000 1.33%
23 OXFORD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP 226,994 12,076,000 1.04%
24 CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 219,816 11,697,000 1.01%
25 Bank of New York Mellon Corp 209,252 11,135,000 0.96%
26 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 207,025 11,016,000 0.95%
27 RK Capital Management, LLC 202,583 10,779,000 0.93%
28 Broadfin Capital, LLC 199,000 10,589,000 0.91%
29 PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 195,052 10,379,000 0.90%
30 OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ 162,387 8,641,000 0.75%
31 PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 159,976 8,512,000 0.74%
32 MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 153,157 8,149,000 0.70%
33 EVENTIDE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 149,700 7,966,000 0.69%
34 Nichols Asset Management LLC 147,460 7,846,000 0.68%
35 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 143,463 7,634,000 0.66%
36 GROW Partners, LLC 137,500 7,316,000 0.63%
37 MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 136,860 7,282,000 0.63%
38 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 127,704 6,796,000 0.59%
39 GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 115,414 6,140,000 0.53%
40 PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 114,193 6,076,000 0.52%
41 EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 110,111 5,859,000 0.51%
42 GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 109,187 5,810,000 0.50%
43 ASHFORD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 108,235 5,759,000 0.50%
44 AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 107,812 5,737,000 0.50%
45 MARSHALL WACE, LLP 95,128 5,062,000 0.44%
46 Timpani Capital Management LLC 89,111 4,742,000 0.41%
47 CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 88,191 4,693,000 0.41%
48 PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 86,538 4,605,000 0.40%
49 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 86,100 4,581,000 0.40%
50 First Light Asset Management, LLC 81,952 4,361,000 0.38%
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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.