13F filing recap · Q1 2006

What did Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust buy in Q1 2006?

Reported stock-position changes between this filing and the previous one.

Stock value

$3.81B

Positions

Estimated turnover

9.4%

Turnover is a proxy: verified trade-origin share changes valued at period-end and divided by average reported stock value. SEC holdings reports do not disclose execution dates or prices. Corporate actions and unreconciled activity are excluded.

New positions

BAMBrookfield Corporation$45.35Mreported value+823.6K shares VIABViacom Inc.$19.40Mreported value+500.0K shares SGENSeagen Inc$18.17Mreported value+3.52M shares CBSCbs Corp$11.99Mreported value+500.0K shares BFTBally Total Fitness Holdings Corp$1.26Mreported value+135.0K shares NUVONuvelo Inc$594.0Kreported value+33.3K shares

Increased positions

CNICanadian National Railway Company$200.17Mreported value+2.21M shares+100.0%TVGrupo Televisa, S.a.b.$118.40Mreported value+4.46M shares+300.0%FEDUFour Seasons Education (cayman) Inc.$96.14Mreported value+67.1K shares+3.7%

Exited positions

VIABViacom Inc$32.60Mprior reported value-1.00M shares-100.0%IFNAberdeen India Fund, Inc.$23.11Mprior reported value-581.6K shares-100.0%