Bruce Berkowitz (Fairholme Fund) 2008 Q3 13F-HR Filing
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Bruce Berkowitz (Fairholme Capital)
*****  NEW POSITIONS TAKEN
% pos ch % val ch Change COMPANY Cur. Pos. Prev. Pos. Approx PPS Prev PPS Value Prev Value
N/A N/A BOEING CO COM 8,236,177 $57.35 $472,345,000
N/A N/A HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC COM 12,360,500 $7.57 $93,569,000
N/A N/A NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP COM 4,389,480 $60.54 $265,739,000
N/A N/A SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS HLDGS INC C  3,031,600 $16.07 $48,718,000
N/A N/A PFIZER INCCLL OPT 15.0000  114,000 $7.28 $830,000
N/A N/A SEARS HOLDINGCLL OPT 60.0000  395,700 $93.50 $36,998,000
N/A N/A SEARS HOLDINGCLL OPT 75.0000  41,100 $93.50 $3,843,000
N/A N/A SEARS HOLDINGCLL OPT 80.0000  354,000 $93.50 $33,099,000
*****  SOLD OFF
% pos ch % val ch Change COMPANY Cur. Pos. Prev. Pos. Approx PPS Prev PPS Value Prev Value
N/A N/A DUKE ENERGY CORP COM 43,400 $17.37 $754,000
N/A N/A JEFFERIES GROUP INC 1,978,565 $16.82 $33,279,000
N/A N/A MUELLER WTR PRODS INC COM SER 393,400 $8.07 $3,175,000
N/A N/A MYLAN INC COM 13,756,000 $12.07 $166,035,000
N/A N/A SPECTRA ENERGY CORP COM 21,700 $28.76 $624,000
N/A N/A USG CORP NEW COM 7,066,936 $29.57 $208,969,000
N/A N/A PFIZER INCCLL OPT 15.0000  164,000 $17.47 $2,865,000
N/A N/A MOHAWK COCLL OPT 50.0000  42,500 $64.09 $2,724,000
N/A N/A MOHAWK COCLL OPT 60.0000  17,500 $64.11 $1,122,000
N/A N/A SEARS HOLDINGCLL OPT 60.0000  368,500 $73.66 $27,143,000
N/A N/A SEARS HOLDINGCLL OPT 75.0000  41,100 $73.65 $3,027,000
N/A N/A SEARS HOLDINGCLL OPT 80.0000  354,000 $73.66 $26,075,000
N/A N/A HERBALIFE LTD COM USD SHS 1,070,000 $38.75 $41,462,000
*****  HOLD POSITIONS
% pos ch % val ch Change COMPANY Cur. Pos. Prev. Pos. Approx PPS Prev PPS Value Prev Value
0.00% -13.99% CALUMET SPEC PROD PTNR UT LTD 43,300 43,300 $12.36 $14.36 $535,000 $622,000
0.00% 1.64% COCA COLA CO 12,900 12,900 $52.87 $52.02 $682,000 $671,000
0.00% 9.66% GYRODYNE CO AMER INC COM 11,026 11,026 $38.09 $34.74 $420,000 $383,000
0.00% 5.33% HSBC HLDGS PLC SPON ADR NEW 18,847 18,847 $80.81 $76.72 $1,523,000 $1,446,000
0.00% -4.00% MARKEL CORP 750 750 $352.00 $366.67 $264,000 $275,000
0.00% -16.67% MERITOR SVGS BK PA COM 43,645 43,645 $3.09 $3.71 $135,000 $162,000
0.00% -8.44% TAL INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC 2,436,697 2,436,697 $20.82 $22.74 $50,732,000 $55,410,000
0.00% -6.42% WESCO FINL CORP COM 980 980 $357.14 $381.63 $350,000 $374,000
0.00% 9.48% WHITE MTNS INS GROUP LTD 7,274 7,274 $469.76 $429.06 $3,417,000 $3,121,000
*****  AUGMENTED POSITIONS
% pos ch % val ch Change COMPANY Cur. Pos. Prev. Pos. Approx PPS Prev PPS Value Prev Value
40.37% 17.52% 6,053,600 AMERICREDIT CORP COM 21,049,200 14,995,600 $10.13 $8.62 $213,228,000 $129,262,000
45.81% -31.71% 2,187,000 CANADIAN NAT RES LTD 6,961,323 4,774,323 $68.46 $100.25 $476,572,000 $478,626,000
47.47% -18.60% 5,824,100 FOREST LABS INC COM 18,094,100 12,270,000 $28.28 $34.74 $511,701,000 $426,260,000
35.41% -3.20% 4,052,350 LEUCADIA NATL CORP COM 15,497,343 11,444,993 $45.44 $46.94 $704,199,000 $537,228,000
26.11% 5.55% 19,251,425 PFIZER INC COM 92,993,625 73,742,200 $18.44 $17.47 $1,714,802,000 $1,288,276,000
16.02% 13.90% 1,520,600 ST JOE CO COM 11,012,900 9,492,300 $39.09 $34.32 $430,494,000 $325,776,000
18.01% 26.93% 2,227,900 SEARS HLDGS CORPCOM 14,596,690 12,368,790 $93.50 $73.66 $1,364,791,000 $911,085,000
22.46% -3.28% 3,796,083 UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC COM 20,695,583 16,899,500 $25.39 $26.25 $525,461,000 $443,612,000
1.23% -0.41% 100,800 WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS COM 8,325,300 8,224,500 $36.00 $36.15 $299,711,000 $297,316,000
17.19% 8.33% 746,079 WINTHROP REALTY TRUST INC 5,086,829 4,340,750 $3.90 $3.60 $19,839,000 $15,627,000
*****  REDUCED POSITIONS
% pos ch % val ch Change COMPANY Cur. Pos. Prev. Pos. Approx PPS Prev PPS Value Prev Value
-51.73% 8.16% -4,300 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL A 4,013 8,313 $130,600.05 $120,750.03 $524,098,000 $1,003,795,000
-45.59% 9.55% -7,132 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL B 8,511 15,643 $4,395.02 $4,012.02 $37,406,000 $62,760,000
-0.71% 1.58% -400 BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB 56,100 56,500 $20.86 $20.53 $1,170,000 $1,160,000
-18.51% 6.81% -11,922 DAILY JOURNAL CORP COM 52,479 64,401 $42.99 $40.25 $2,256,000 $2,592,000
-21.41% -28.28% -5,334,800 DISH NETWORK CORP CL A 19,580,622 24,915,422 $21.00 $29.28 $411,193,000 $729,524,000
-41.00% -22.81% -2,513,994 ECHOSTAR CORP CL A 3,618,426 6,132,420 $24.10 $31.22 $87,204,000 $191,454,000
-28.06% -7.39% -81,506 HOMEFED CORP 208,957 290,463 $43.48 $46.95 $9,085,000 $13,637,000
-3.43% -65.56% -90,600 IDT CORP 2,553,700 2,644,300 $0.52 $1.51 $1,328,000 $3,993,000
-52.53% -56.47% -3,451,700 IDT CORP CL B 3,119,800 6,571,500 $0.74 $1.70 $2,309,000 $11,172,000
-92.10% 17.20% -60,000 MERCURY GENL CORP NEW 5,150 65,150 $54.76 $46.72 $282,000 $3,044,000
-9.10% 5.13% -652,100 MOHAWK INDS INC COM 6,511,721 7,163,821 $67.39 $64.10 $438,825,000 $459,201,000
-23.57% -23.89% -3,046,100 MUELLER WTR PRODS INC COM SER 9,879,900 12,926,000 $6.50 $8.54 $64,219,000 $110,388,000
-80.95% -28.80% -135,470 PENN WEST ENERGY TR UNIT 31,876 167,346 $24.09 $33.84 $768,000 $5,663,000
-10.77% -22.28% -1,043,773 UNITED RENTALS INC COM 8,650,727 9,694,500 $15.24 $19.61 $131,837,000 $190,109,000
-3.87% -1.87% -475,941 WELLPOINT INC 11,827,459 12,303,400 $46.77 $47.66 $553,170,000 $586,380,000
-44.21% -1.87% -98,800 WELLPOINTCLL OPT 40.0000   124,700 223,500 $46.77 $47.66 $5,832,000 $10,652,000