Managed Account Advisors’s Merck MRK Stock Holding History

Managed Account Advisors’s Portfolio MRK Stock Details MRK Fund Activity

Bought

Maintained

Sold

Quarter	Market Value	Status	Shares	Change in Stake	Trade Value	Portfolio Weight	Portfolio Position
2015 Q2	$578M	Sell	10,633,440 -732,091	-6%	-$41.1M	0.48%	41
2015 Q1	$623M	Sell	11,365,531 -554,275	-5%	-$31.4M	0.55%	34
2014 Q4	$646M	Sell	11,919,806 -204,403	-2%	-$11.4M	0.64%	20
2014 Q3	$686M	Buy	12,124,209 +1,431,311	+13%	+$80.4M	0.76%	11
2014 Q2	$590M	Buy	10,692,898 +267,076	+3%	+$14.6M	0.71%	14
2014 Q1	$565M	Sell	10,425,822 -29,274	-0.3%	-$1.52M	0.74%	11
2013 Q4	$499M	Buy	10,455,096 +456,065	+5%	+$20.8M	0.67%	17
2013 Q3	$454M	Sell	9,999,031 -470,982	-4%	-$21.5M	0.67%	15
2013 Q2	$464M	Buy	+10,470,013	New	+$468M	0.72%	15

Other funds holding MRK

Wellington Management Group Boston, Massachusetts $580B AUM 38.23% 1-Year Est. Return

Vanguard Group Malvern, Pennsylvania $6.9T AUM 27.45% 1-Year Est. Return

Capital World Investors Los Angeles, California $846B AUM 46.74% 1-Year Est. Return

State Street Boston, Massachusetts $3.37T AUM 44.26% 1-Year Est. Return

BIT

BlackRock Institutional Trust San Francisco, California $675B AUM 16.07% 1-Year Est. Return

Bank of New York Mellon New York $609B AUM 40.19% 1-Year Est. Return

Franklin Resources San Mateo, California $462B AUM 39.16% 1-Year Est. Return

JP Morgan Chase New York $1.81T AUM 41.13% 1-Year Est. Return

Northern Trust Chicago, Illinois $860B AUM 41.15% 1-Year Est. Return

BFA

BlackRock Fund Advisors San Francisco, California $542B AUM 18.13% 1-Year Est. Return

Managed Account Advisors's MRK Position: Q2 2015 in Review

Managed Account Advisors reduced its Merck (MRK) stake by 6.4% in Q2 2015, selling an estimated $41.1M and leaving 10,633,440 shares worth $578M. The position accounts for 0.48% of the portfolio, ranked #41.

Managed Account Advisors first reported a position in MRK in Q2 2013 and has held it in 9 quarters since. The position peaked at $686M in Q3 2014. 1,726 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank hold MRK as of Q2 2015.

Managed Account Advisors held 10,633,440 shares of Merck worth $578M as of Q2 2015.
Managed Account Advisors sold 732,091 Merck shares in Q2 2015, an estimated $41.1M.
Merck made up 0.48% of Managed Account Advisors's portfolio in Q2 2015, its #41 holding.
Managed Account Advisors first reported a position in Merck in Q2 2013 and has held it in 9 quarters since.
Managed Account Advisors's Merck position peaked at $686M in Q3 2014.
1,726 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank held Merck as of Q2 2015.

Based on Managed Account Advisors's 13F filing for Q2 2015, filed 14 Aug 2015.