13F filing recap · Q3 2008

What did Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust buy in Q3 2008?

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

Stock value

$11.21B

Positions

Estimated turnover

21.3%

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

MBGMercedes-Benz Group AG (formerly Daimler Ag)$43.52Mreported value+861.8K shares IACPeople Inc.$9.26Mreported value+535.0K shares HSNIHsn Inc$2.36Mreported value+214.0K shares TKTMTicketmaster Entertainment, Inc.$2.30Mreported value+214.0K shares IILGInterval Leisure Group Inc$2.23Mreported value+214.0K shares PHIPldt Inc.$1.60Mreported value+28.4K shares RMDResmed Inc.$944.0Kreported value+22.0K shares TREELendingtree, Inc.$172.0Kreported value+35.7K shares

Increased positions

BRK.BBerkshire Hathaway Inc$6.05Breported value+426.3K shares+44.9%COSTCostco Wholesale Corp /new$365.43Mreported value+500.0K shares+9.8%CATCaterpillar Inc$240.78Mreported value+900.0K shares+28.7%KOFCoca Cola Femsa Sab De Cv$230.15Mreported value+450.9K shares

Exited positions

PPLIPeople Inc.$20.63Mprior reported value-1.07M shares-100.0%ANSSAnsys Inc$897.0Kprior reported value-19.0K shares-100.0%