13F filing recap · Q4 2007

What did Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust buy in Q4 2007?

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

Stock value

$10.11B

Positions

Estimated turnover

10.2%

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

CMCSKComcast Corporation$28.99Mreported value+1.60M shares CLHClean Harbors, Inc$3.78Mreported value+73.1K shares

Increased positions

COSTCostco Wholesale Corp /new$357.73Mreported value+250.0K shares+5.1%XOMExxon Mobil Corp.$354.62Mreported value+250.0K shares+7.1%CNICanadian National Railway Company$349.61Mreported value+1.54M shares+26.1%CATCaterpillar Inc$227.84Mreported value+1.00M shares

Reduced positions

NSCNorfolk Southern Corp$40.35Mreported value-200.0K shares-20.0%QDHCQuadramed Corp$103.0Kreported value-1.95M shares-97.3%

Exited positions

GASAgl Resources Inc.$79.24Mprior reported value-2.00M shares-100.0%MBGMercedes-Benz Group AG (formerly Daimler Ag)$70.50Mprior reported value-702.0K shares-100.0%COVCovidien Ltd$49.76Mprior reported value-1.20M shares-100.0%AONAon Plc$44.81Mprior reported value-1.00M shares