Alpine Associates Advisors as of Sept. 30, 2012
Portfolio Holdings for Alpine Associates Advisors
Alpine Associates Advisors holds 0 positions in its portfolio as reported in the September 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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ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS CORP NOTE 4.750% 5/1 018581-AC-2 48995 16257000 PRN SOLE (1) 16257000
AMERICAN RLTY CAP TR INC COM 02917L-10-1 7732 659200 SH SOLE (1) 659200
AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORP COM 03073E-10-5 270823 6996200 SH SOLE (1) 6996200
AMERIGROUP CORP COM 03073T-10-2 108582 1187600 SH SOLE (1) 1187600
ANNALY CAP MGMT INC NOTE 4.000% 2/1 035710-AA-0 35045 27500000 PRN SOLE (1) 27500000
ARIBA INC COM NEW 04033V-20-3 194681 4345566 SH SOLE (1) 4345566
AUTHENTEC INC COM 052660-10-7 8896 1110600 SH SOLE (1) 1110600
BRIGHTPOINT INC COM NEW 109473-40-5 6853 763132 SH SOLE (1) 763132
CENTURYLINK INC COM 156700-10-6 44699 1106401 SH SOLE (1) 1106401
CITIZENS REPUBLIC BANCORP IN COM NEW 174420-30-7 24093 1245100 SH SOLE (1) 1245100
COLLECTIVE BRAND INC COM 19421W-10-0 36870 1698300 SH SOLE (1) 1698300
COMCAST CORP NEW CL A 20030N-10-1 10151 283988 SH SOLE (1) 283988
COVENTRY HEALTH CARE INC COM 222862-10-4 151735 3639600 SH SOLE (1) 3639600
DENBURY RES INC COM NEW 247916-20-8 5034 311500 SH SOLE (1) 311500
DOLLAR THRIFTY AUTOMOTIVE GP COM 256743-10-5 61616 708800 SH SOLE (1) 708800
EXPRESS SCRIPTS HLDG CO COM 30219G-10-8 54453 868885 SH SOLE (1) 868885
FSI INTL INC COM 302633-10-2 7035 1134603 SH SOLE (1) 1134603
FIRSTENERGY CORP COM 337932-10-7 3920 88900 SH SOLE (1) 88900
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO COM 369604-10-3 10008 440700 SH SOLE (1) 440700
HALCON RESOURCES CORP COM NEW 40537Q-20-9 29564 4033294 SH SOLE (1) 4033294
HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC COM 42805T-10-5 446 32500 SH SOLE (1) 32500
HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC NOTE 5.250% 6/0 42805T-AA-3 29126 16473000 PRN SOLE (1) 16473000
HEWLETT PACKARD CO COM 428236-10-3 3738 219101 SH SOLE (1) 219101
HUDSON CITY BANCORP COM 443683-10-7 20057 2519700 SH SOLE (1) 2519700
INCYTE CORP NOTE 4.750%10/0 45337C-AJ-1 63705 29510000 PRN SOLE (1) 29510000
IRIS INTL INC COM 46270W-10-5 10081 516468 SH SOLE (1) 516468
ISHARES TR RUSSELL 2000 464287-65-5 36772 440700 SH SOLE (1) 440700
JDS UNIPHASE CORP COM PAR $0.001 46612J-50-7 1636 132141 SH SOLE (1) 132141
KENEXA CORP COM 488879-10-7 17557 383100 SH SOLE (1) 383100
KINDER MORGAN INC DEL *W EXP 05/25/201 49456B-11-9 4536 1299668 SH SOLE (1) 1299668
LENNAR CORP CL A 526057-10-4 3776 108600 SH SOLE (1) 108600
MEDICS PHARMACEUTICAL CORP CL A NEW 584690-30-9 24863 574600 SH SOLE (1) 574600
MOSAIC CO NEW COM 61945C-10-3 2500 43400 SH SOLE (1) 43400
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC COM NEW 620076-30-7 1804 35686 SH SOLE (1) 35686
MYLAN INC NOTE 3.750% 9/1 628530-AJ-6 57301 29922000 PRN SOLE (1) 29922000
NATIONAL FINL PARTNERS CORP NOTE 4.000% 6/1 63607P-AC-3 20818 14066000 PRN SOLE (1) 14066000
NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO INC COM 637071-10-1 35808 446989 SH SOLE (1) 446989
NEWMONT MINING CORP COM 651639-10-6 41670 743900 SH SOLE (1) 743900
NEXEN INC COM 65334H-10-2 87370 3447900 SH SOLE (1) 3447900
OMNICARE INC NOTE 3.750%12/1 681904-AN-8 42245 29908000 PRN SOLE (1) 29908000
PHH CORP NOTE 6.000% 6/1 693320-AQ-6 27225 15000000 PRN SOLE (1) 15000000
PLX TECHNOLOGY INC COM 693417-10-7 3642 631207 SH SOLE (1) 631207
PACIFIC CAP BANCORP NEW COM NEW 69404P-20-0 9583 208782 SH SOLE (1) 208782
PEETS COFFEE & TEA INC COM 705560-10-0 14074 191900 SH SOLE (1) 191900
PHARMERICA CORP COM 71714F-10-4 571 45078 SH SOLE (1) 45078
PRESIDENTIAL LIFE CORP COM 740884-10-1 2907 208700 SH SOLE (1) 208700
PULTE GROUP INC COM 745867-10-1 3367 217200 SH SOLE (1) 217200
REALTY INCOME CORP COM 756109-10-4 4866 119000 SH SOLE (1) 119000
ROBBINS & MYERS INC COM 770196-10-3 51375 862000 SH SOLE (1) 862000
SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP NOTE 4.000%10/0 78388J-AM-8 84539 39877000 PRN SOLE (1) 39877000
SANMINA SCI CORP COM NEW 800907-20-6 152 17906 SH SOLE (1) 17906
SANOFI RIGHT 12/31/2020 80105N-11-3 10622 6322500 SH SOLE (1) 6322500
SPRINT NEXTEL CORP COM SER 1 852061-10-0 14574 2640192 SH SOLE (1) 2640192
SUNOCO INC COM 86764P-10-9 121102 2586000 SH SOLE (1) 2586000
SUNRISE SENIOR LIVING INC COM 86768K-10-6 38268 2681700 SH SOLE (1) 2681700
SYMANTEC CORP COM 871503-10-8 46407 2581736 SH SOLE (1) 2581736
TELUS CORP NON-VTG SHS 87971M-20-2 120082 1950600 SH SOLE (1) 1950600
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC COM 883556-10-2 14588 247968 SH SOLE (1) 247968
UNITED RENTALS INC NOTE 4.000%11/1 911363-AL-3 64233 21417000 PRN SOLE (1) 21417000
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP COM 913017-10-9 8628 110200 SH SOLE (1) 110200
VERISIGN INC SDCV 3.250% 8/1 92343E-AD-4 38270 25013000 PRN SOLE (1) 25013000
VIRGIN MEDIA INC NOTE 6.500%11/1 92769L-AB-7 60217 34997000 PRN SOLE (1) 34997000
WESCO INTL INC DBCV 6.000% 9/1 95082P-AH-8 79718 37132000 PRN SOLE (1) 37132000
WEST COAST BANCORP ORE NEW COM NEW 952145-20-9 223 9900 SH SOLE (1) 9900
YAHOO INC COM 984332-10-6 9548 597674 SH SOLE (1) 597674
COOPER INDUSTRIES PLC SHS G24140-10-8 231748 3087500 SH SOLE (1) 3087500
COVIDIEN PLC SHS G2554F-11-3 79567 1339053 SH SOLE (1) 1339053
TE CONNECTIVITY LTD REG SHS H84989-10-4 48422 1423766 SH SOLE (1) 1423766
TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD SHS H89128-10-4 122877 2184086 SH SOLE (1) 2184086