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Starboard Value’s Staples Inc SPLS Stock Holding History

Starboard Value’s Portfolio SPLS Stock Details SPLS Fund Activity
Bought
Maintained
Sold
Quarter Market Value Status Shares Change in
Stake 		Trade Value Portfolio Weight Portfolio Position
2015
Q4 		– Sell
-8,000,000
Closed -$93.8M – 35
2015
Q3 		$93.8M Hold
8,000,000
– – 2.1% 11
2015
Q2 		$122M Sell
8,000,000
-6,225,000
-44% -$101M 2.76% 10
2015
Q1 		$232M Sell
14,225,000
-2,300,000
-14% -$38.6M 4.82% 6
2014
Q4 		$299M Buy
+16,525,000
New +$231M 6.79% 6

Other funds holding SPLS

Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group Malvern, Pennsylvania $6.9T AUM 27.45% 1-Year Est. Return
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments Boston, Massachusetts $1.9T AUM 41.92% 1-Year Est. Return
Pzena Investment Management
Pzena Investment Management New York $30.8B AUM 11.29% 1-Year Est. Return
State Street
State Street Boston, Massachusetts $2.9T AUM 29.55% 1-Year Est. Return
AIG
American International Group New York $609M AUM 23.67% 1-Year Est. Return
Bank of New York Mellon
Bank of New York Mellon New York $544B AUM 28.31% 1-Year Est. Return
Schroder Investment Management Group
Schroder Investment Management Group London, United Kingdom $122B AUM 29.27% 1-Year Est. Return
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs New York $871B AUM 31.28% 1-Year Est. Return
BIT
BlackRock Institutional Trust San Francisco, California $675B AUM 16.07% 1-Year Est. Return
TIM
Thornburg Investment Management Santa Fe, New Mexico $9.63B AUM 35.65% 1-Year Est. Return

Starboard Value's SPLS Position: Q3 2015 in Review

Starboard Value sold out of Staples Inc (SPLS) in Q3 2015, closing a stake of 8,136,527 shares — an estimated $115M sold.

Starboard Value first reported a position in SPLS in Q4 2014 and held it in 3 quarters. The position peaked at $287M in Q4 2014. 523 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank hold SPLS as of Q3 2015.

  • Starboard Value reported no remaining Staples Inc position as of Q3 2015 after selling out during the quarter.
  • Starboard Value sold 8,136,527 Staples Inc shares in Q3 2015, an estimated $115M.
  • Starboard Value first reported a position in Staples Inc in Q4 2014 and held it in 3 quarters.
  • Starboard Value's Staples Inc position peaked at $287M in Q4 2014.
  • 523 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank held Staples Inc as of Q3 2015.

Based on Starboard Value's 13F filing for Q3 2015, filed 13 Nov 2015.