Alpine Associates Advisors

Alpine Associates Advisors as of March 31, 2012

Portfolio Holdings for Alpine Associates Advisors

Alpine Associates Advisors holds 0 positions in its portfolio as reported in the March 2012 quarterly 13F filing

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                                                                        FORM 13F INFOMATION TABLE
                                                                 VALUE   SHRS OR  SH/PUT/  INV   OTHER       VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER                     TITLE OF CLASS     CUSIP    (x$1000)  PRN AMT  PRNCALL  DISC   MGRS      SOLE   SHARED  NONE
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ABOVENET INC                     COM               00374N-10-7     30023   362600 SH      SOLE  (1)        362600
ADVANCE AMER CASH ADVANCE CT     COM               00739W-10-7     16582  1580707 SH      SOLE  (1)       1580707
ALCOA INC                        NOTE 5.250% 3/1   013817-AT-8     49673 29800000 PRN     SOLE  (1)      29800000
ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS CORP       NOTE 4.750% 5/1   018581-AC-2     48156 17823000 PRN     SOLE  (1)      17823000
AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORP           COM               03073E-10-5    277469  6996200 SH      SOLE  (1)       6996200
ANNALY CAP MGMT INC              NOTE 4.000% 2/1   035710-AA-0     23844 20500000 PRN     SOLE  (1)      20500000
BP PLC                           SPONSORED ADR     055622-10-4      4648   103300 SH      SOLE  (1)        103300
CMS ENERGY CORP                  NOTE 5.500% 6/1   125896-BD-1     24662 15438000 PRN     SOLE  (1)      15438000
CELGENE CORP                     COM               151020-10-4      9659   124600 SH      SOLE  (1)        124600
CENTURYLINK INC                  COM               156700-10-6      9386   242858 SH      SOLE  (1)        242858
COMCAST CORP NEW                 CL A              20030N-10-1     13013   433626 SH      SOLE  (1)        433626
CONVIO INC                       COM               21257W-10-5     12804   827643 SH      SOLE  (1)        827643
DELPHI FINL GROUP INC            CL A              247131-10-5     95982  2143900 SH      SOLE  (1)       2143900
DENBURY RES INC                  COM NEW           247916-20-8      6202   311500 SH      SOLE  (1)        311500
DOLLAR THRIFTY AUTOMOTIVE GP     COM               256743-10-5     32322   399477 SH      SOLE  (1)        399477
DU PONT E I DE NEMOURS & CO      COM               263534-10-9      8258   156100 SH      SOLE  (1)        156100
EL PASO CORP                     COM               28336L-10-9     56240  1903200 SH      SOLE  (1)       1903200
ENERGY TRANSFER EQUITY LP        COM UT LTD PTN    29273V-10-0     36544   906800 SH      SOLE  (1)        906800
FIRSTENERGY CORP                 COM               337932-10-7      4053    88900 SH      SOLE  (1)         88900
GEORGIA GULF CORP                COM PAR $0.01     373200-30-2      3809   109200 SH      SOLE  (1)        109200
GOODRICH CORP                    COM               382388-10-6    255270  2035000 SH      SOLE  (1)       2035000
HARLEYSVILLE GROUP INC           COM               412824-10-4     68132  1180800 SH      SOLE  (1)       1180800
HEWLETT PACKARD CO               COM               428236-10-3      5221   219101 SH      SOLE  (1)        219101
HONEYWELL INTL INC               COM               438516-10-6      7564   123900 SH      SOLE  (1)        123900
ILLUMINA INC                     COM               452327-10-9      7634   145100 SH      SOLE  (1)        145100
INCYTE CORP                      NOTE 4.750%10/0   45337C-AJ-1     70479 30618000 PRN     SOLE  (1)      30618000
JDS UNIPHASE CORP                COM PAR $0.001    46612J-50-7      1915   132141 SH      SOLE  (1)        132141
JAGUAR MINING INC                COM               47009M-10-3      4232   906214 SH      SOLE  (1)        906214
KINDER MORGAN INC DEL            COM               49456B-10-1      4468   115600 SH      SOLE  (1)        115600
LOOPNET INC                      COM               543524-30-0     30160  1605984 SH      SOLE  (1)       1605984
MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC       COM               58405U-10-2    184755  2628100 SH      SOLE  (1)       2628100
MICROSOFT CORP                   COM               594918-10-4     13322   413100 SH      SOLE  (1)        413100
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC           COM NEW           620076-30-7      1814    35686 SH      SOLE  (1)         35686
MOTOROLA MOBILITY HLDGS INC      COM               620097-10-5     14221   362400 SH      SOLE  (1)        362400
MYLAN INC                        NOTE 3.750% 9/1   628530-AJ-6     75112 40073000 PRN     SOLE  (1)      40073000
NATIONAL FINL PARTNERS CORP      NOTE 4.000% 6/1   63607P-AC-3     19251 14116000 PRN     SOLE  (1)      14116000
NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO INC       COM               637071-10-1     37054   466260 SH      SOLE  (1)        466260
NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC            COM               651229-10-6     11231   630600 SH      SOLE  (1)        630600
NEWMONT MINING CORP              COM               651639-10-6     38140   743900 SH      SOLE  (1)        743900
NOVELLUS SYS INC                 COM               670008-10-1    113141  2266900 SH      SOLE  (1)       2266900
NSTAR                            COM               67019E-10-7     31488   647499 SH      SOLE  (1)        647499
O'CHARLEYS INC                   COM               670823-10-3     11178  1135973 SH      SOLE  (1)       1135973
OMNICARE INC                     NOTE 3.750%12/1   681904-AN-8     12341  8500000 PRN     SOLE  (1)       8500000
PACIFIC CAP BANCORP NEW          COM NEW           69404P-20-0     16529   362400 SH      SOLE  (1)        362400
PEP BOYS MANNY MOE & JACK        COM               713278-10-9     15681  1051001 SH      SOLE  (1)       1051001
PHARMERICA CORP                  COM               71714F-10-4       560    45078 SH      SOLE  (1)         45078
PROGRESS ENERGY INC              COM               743263-10-5     84073  1583000 SH      SOLE  (1)       1583000
PROVIDENT ENERGY LTD NEW         COM               74386V-10-0    119861  9833300 SH      SOLE  (1)       9833300
RSC HOLDINGS INC                 COM               74972L-10-2    104566  4628869 SH      SOLE  (1)       4628869
REGIS CORP MINN                  NOTE 5.000% 7/1   758932-AA-5     21180 15850000 PRN     SOLE  (1)      15850000
SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP          NOTE 4.000%10/0   78388J-AM-8     59266 33746000 PRN     SOLE  (1)      33746000
SANMINA SCI CORP                 COM NEW           800907-20-6       205    17906 SH      SOLE  (1)         17906
SANOFI                           RIGHT 12/31/2020  80105N-11-3      5407  4005300 SH      SOLE  (1)       4005300
SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR            SBI INT-FINL      81369Y-60-5     65497  4145400 SH      SOLE  (1)       4145400
SOLUTIA INC                      COM NEW           834376-50-1    131664  4712381 SH      SOLE  (1)       4712381
SPRINT NEXTEL CORP               COM SER 1         852061-10-0      7525  2640192 SH      SOLE  (1)       2640192
SUPERIOR ENERGY SVCS INC         COM               868157-10-8     10995   417125 SH      SOLE  (1)        417125
SYMANTEC CORP                    COM               871503-10-8     48278  2581736 SH      SOLE  (1)       2581736
SYNNEX CORP                      NOTE 4.000% 5/1   87162W-AB-6     12319  9000000 PRN     SOLE  (1)       9000000
TALEO CORPORATION                CL A              87424N-10-4     62465  1360000 SH      SOLE  (1)       1360000
TELUS CORP                       NON-VTG SHS       87971M-20-2     60849  1059100 SH      SOLE  (1)       1059100
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC     COM               883556-10-2     13980   247968 SH      SOLE  (1)        247968
THOMAS & BETTS CORP              COM               884315-10-2     47237   656893 SH      SOLE  (1)        656893
UAL CORP                         NOTE 6.000%10/1   902549-AJ-3     25813 10000000 PRN     SOLE  (1)      10000000
UNITED RENTALS INC               NOTE 4.000%11/1   911363-AL-3     83850 21493000 PRN     SOLE  (1)      21493000
VIRGIN MEDIA INC                 NOTE 6.500%11/1   92769L-AB-7     54220 35122000 PRN     SOLE  (1)      35122000
WALTER ENERGY INC                COM               93317Q-10-5      2445    41300 SH      SOLE  (1)         41300
WESCO INTL INC                   DBCV 6.000% 9/1   95082P-AH-8     94790 39271000 PRN     SOLE  (1)      39271000
XILINX INC                       SDCV 3.125% 3/1   983919-AD-3     21643 17000000 PRN     SOLE  (1)      17000000
YAHOO INC                        COM               984332-10-6      9097   597674 SH      SOLE  (1)        597674
ZOLL MED CORP                    COM               989922-10-9     33936   366358 SH      SOLE  (1)        366358
COVIDIEN PLC                     SHS               G2554F-11-3     75603  1382646 SH      SOLE  (1)       1382646
TE CONNECTIVITY LTD              REG SHS           H84989-10-4     53925  1467359 SH      SOLE  (1)       1467359
TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD           SHS               H89128-10-4    105644  1880459 SH      SOLE  (1)       1880459