Gates' The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Shows New Positions in Crocs (CROX), Dick's (DKS) and Raised Stakes in McDonald's (MCD), FedEx (FDX) and AIG (AIG)

August 15, 2008 8:39 AM EDT

Bill Gates 13F on his The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 is out. Gates disclosed new positions in Crocs, Dick's and Bank of Florida, and raised his stakes in McDonald's, AIG, Comcast and Canadian National Railway. Notably, Gates sold some Archer Daniels Midland and the B class shares of Berkshire Hathaway.

Below is a summary:

New Stakes:
Bank of Florida Corp. (Nasdaq: BOFL) 217,400 shares
Crocs (Nasdaq: CROX) 1,000,000 shares
Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) 1,050,000 shares

Raised Stakes:
AIG (NYSE: AIG) from 1,000,000 shares to 2,500,000 shares
AutoNation (NYSE: AN) from 800,000 shares to 2,415,000 shares
Canadian National Railway (NYSE: CNI) from 7,449,653 shares to 7,849,653 shares
Coca Cola FEMSA (NYSE: KOF) from 3,781,208 shares to 4,110,158 shares
Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) from 1,600,000 shares to 2,700,000 shares
Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK) from 3,050,000 shares to 5,550,000 shares
FedEx (NYSE: FDX) from 1,275,000 shares to 1,525,000 shares
McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) from 4,317,500 shares to 4,867,500 shares

Lowered Stakes:
Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM) from 4,355,000 shares to 2,177,300 shares
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) from 975,000 shares to 950,000 shares

Maintained Stakes:
Abbott Labs (NYSE: ABT) 3,470,100 shares
ANSYS (Nasdaq: ANSS) 19,034 shares
Baxter Int'l (NYSE: BAX) 2,000,000 shares
BP plc (NYSE: BP) 4,633,000 shares
Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) 3,140,000 shares
Coca Cola (NYSE: KO) 2,182,000 shares
Costco Wholesale (Nasdaq: COST) 5,128,000 shares
Cox Radio (NYSE: CXR) 100,000 shares
Crown Castle (NYSE: CCI) 5,332,900 shares
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) 100,000 shares
Expeditors Int'l of Washington (Nasdaq: EXPD) 1,548,000 shares
Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) 3,785,000 shares
The Greater China Fund (NYSE: GCH) 135,700 shares
Grupo Televisa SA (NYSE: TV) 6,190,800 shares
Home Depot (NYSE: HD) 1,402,000 shares
IAC/InterActive (Nasdaq: IACI) 1,070,000 shares
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) 2,515,156 shares
Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) 938,000 shares
Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE: MLM) 250,000 shares
Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) 8,060,550 shares
Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NCS) 800,000 shares
Nuvelo (Nasdaq: NUVO) 33,333 shares
Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) 3,390,700 shares
Progressive (NYSE: PGR) 2,000,000 shares
RadNet (Nasdaq: RDNT) 629,779 shares
Republic Services (NYSE: RSG) 1,350,000 shares
Schering-Plough (NYSE: SGP) 14,957,200 shares
Seattle Genetics (Nasdaq: SGEN)
Sony (NYSE: SNE) 100,000 shares
Teva Pharmaceutical (Nasdaq: TEVA) 277,595 shares
Tractor Supply (Nasdaq: TSCO) 1,000,000 shares
Tyco Int'l (NYSE: TYC) 1,199,000 shares
Viacom (NYSE: VIA) 500,000 shares
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) 4,753,000 shares
Washington Mutual (NYSE: WM) 3,000,000 shares
Waste Management (NYSE: WMI) 6,819,201 shares
Wyeth (NYSE: WYE) 3,733,400 shares


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Comments

crocs and Bill gates
tom on Aug 18, 2008 03:43 PM

Bill must have taken a bath on the Crocs purchase. Was reported that in June he reported that they raised their stake. Looks loike they lost $4 million at least on that one. Good job.


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