13F filing recap · Q3 2007

What did Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust buy in Q3 2007?

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

Stock value

$9.12B

Positions

Estimated turnover

33.8%

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

TYCTyco International Ltd$53.16Mreported value+1.20M shares COVCovidien Ltd$49.76Mreported value+1.20M shares TELTe Connectivity Plc$42.48Mreported value+1.20M shares AIGAmerican International Group, Inc.$33.83Mreported value+500.0K shares TEVATeva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited$12.35Mreported value+277.6K shares QDHCQuadramed Corp$5.75Mreported value+2.00M shares RDNTRadnet, Inc.$5.52Mreported value+629.8K shares EICUVisicu Inc$4.65Mreported value+613.0K shares PMDUSDPsychemedics Corp$3.86Mreported value+222.7K shares ISREURPerspective Therapeutics, Inc.$3.55Mreported value+1.00M shares

Increased positions

BRK.BBerkshire Hathaway Inc$3.85Breported value+475.0K shares+95.0%SGPSchering-Plough Corporation$473.10Mreported value+3.94M shares+35.8%MRKMerck & Co., Inc.$416.65Mreported value+1.72M shares+27.2%CNICanadian National Railway Company$336.75Mreported value+100.0K shares

Reduced positions

MBGMercedes-Benz Group AG (formerly Daimler Ag)$70.50Mreported value-299.0K shares-29.9%

Exited positions

TYCTyco International Ltd$162.06Mprior reported value-4.80M shares-100.0%TWCTime Warner Cable Inc$434.0Kprior reported value-11.1K shares-100.0%