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William Ackman

William Ackman's Portfolio

Ticker	# of Shares	Price	Value
CP	24,154,408	$63.71	$1,538,877,334
CP	21,057,428	$63.71	$1,341,568,738
JCP	38,715,571	$34.61	$1,339,945,913
FO	20,818,545	$54.20	$1,128,365,139
GGP	72,233,712	$14.85	$1,072,670,624
KFT	25,183,333	$37.35	$940,597,488
C	26,124,241	$26.10	$681,842,691
FDO	11,388,329	$58.31	$664,053,464
LOW	21,240,301	$25.96	$551,398,214
CP	4,040,235	$63.71	$257,403,372
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Bill Ackman runs hedge fund Pershing Square Capital, which he started in 2003 following the dissolution of Gotham Partners.

Ackman is a value investor with an activist bent. Activist investors agitate management for changes. He owns large positions in Target (NYSE: TGT) and Borders (NYSE: BGP). He has also been involved in activist situations at Wendy's (NYSE: WEN) and McDonald's (NYSE: MCD).

Ackman proved his acumen as a short seller in 2007/2008 as short positions he held in MBIA (NYSE: MBI) and Ambac (NYSE: ABK) proved to be big winners due to the credit crunch.

In July 2008, Ackman said he was short the common stock of Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE). Ackman also laid out a plan to reorganize the GSEs, which would wipe out the common shareholders.

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Top 10 News Items 5/16-5/20: LinkedIn IPO Wows the Street; Barnes & Noble Receives $17/Share Offer from Malone's Liberty; HP Shares Tumble Amid Warning May 20, 2011 04:28PM

Borders (BGP) Delays Payments to Some Publishers; Cites Need to 'Refinance Debt' Dec 31, 2010 07:23AM

Canaccord Genuity Morning Coffee on Borders Group (BGP): Bordering on a Crisis? Dec 13, 2010 10:24AM

Borders (BGP), Barnes & Noble (BKS) Merger Rally Extends Into Day Two Dec 7, 2010 10:23AM

Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 12/06: VRGY, BGP, SHZ, CBRX, RDWR, PPO Higher; PTN, CYDE, LTXC, RMKR, MCOX Lower Dec 6, 2010 01:30PM

Dec 6, 2010 10:01AM Morning Movers 12/06: VRGY, CBRX, RDWR, BKS, GKK, BGP, CPD Higher; CSHB, RMKR, MCOX, CELG, DG Lower
Dec 6, 2010 07:10AM Bill Ackman Offers To Finance a $16/Share Borders Group (BGP) Bid for Barnes & Noble (BKS)
Apr 1, 2010 04:58PM Borders (BGP) One-Day Surge Not Convincing Enough - Barron's
Feb 8, 2010 12:28PM Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 2/8: IIG, CFSG, PNX, HAS Higher; CTIC, SHIP, NVAX, NBG Lower
Feb 5, 2010 04:29PM Top 10 News Items 2/1-2/5: 9.7% Unemployment Rate Surprises the Market, Dow Breaks 10,000, But Recovers, Troubles at Toyota Continue
Feb 3, 2010 10:32AM Borders Group (BGP) Sees Continued Interest On Positive Ackman Comments
Feb 2, 2010 05:39PM Borders Group (BGP) Jumps After Ackman Said Co Has Better Risk/Reward Compared to Barnes & Noble
Feb 18, 2009 05:12PM Ackman's Pershing Square Loads Up On Visa (V), Sells Dr Pepper (DPS) and Wendy's (WEN)
Jan 9, 2009 03:38PM Pershing Square Sells Its Stake In Barnes & Noble (BKS)
Nov 13, 2008 04:50PM Ackman's Pershing Square 13F; Shows New Stakes in Visa (V) and MasterCard (MA)
Sep 8, 2008 03:38PM Bill Ackman Cashes In On Fannie, Freddie Short (FNM, FRE)
Jun 10, 2008 05:37PM Borders (BGP) First-Round Bids Were Called For This Week-FT
May 29, 2008 05:52PM Take A Page Out of Seth Klarman's Book and Buy Borders (BGP)
May 22, 2008 11:24AM Borders (BGP) Announces Strategic Alternatives Process Still Ongoing
May 21, 2008 07:04AM Reports Barnes & Noble (BKS) Exploring Bid for Borders (BGP)
Mar 25, 2008 01:13PM Borders Group (BGP) Volatile As Company Weighs Options

William Ackman

William Ackman's Portfolio

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