Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as of Sept. 30, 2004

Portfolio Holdings for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation holds 44 positions in its portfolio as reported in the September 2004 quarterly 13F filing

Company (Ticker) Portfolio Weight Valued At Change in Shares Share Count Share Price
Spdr S&p 500 Etf (SPY) 19.5 $705M 6.3M 111.76
Cox Communications Inc cl a 8.6 $311M 9.4M 33.13
BP (BP) 6.8 $247M 4.3M 57.53
Schering Plough Corp 5.8 $210M 11M 19.06
Merck & Co 5.8 $209M 6.3M 33.00
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) 4.4 $160M 3.9M 41.51
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) 4.3 $155M 3.2M 48.33
Waste Management (WM) 4.2 $150M 5.5M 27.34
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 4.1 $147M 3.5M 42.36
Wyeth 3.9 $140M 3.7M 37.40
Pfizer (PFE) 2.9 $104M 3.4M 30.60
Four Seasons Hotel Inc ltd vtg sh 2.6 $96M 1.5M 64.10
Grupo Televisa (TV) 2.2 $78M 1.5M 52.73
Baxter International (BAX) 1.8 $64M 2.0M 32.16
Medco Health Solutions 1.7 $62M 2.0M 30.90
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 1.6 $58M 1.0M 56.33
Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) 1.6 $56M 938k 60.05
Consolidated Edison (ED) 1.5 $54M 1.3M 42.04
Ameren Corporation (AEE) 1.5 $54M 1.2M 46.15
Great Plains Energy Incorporated 1.4 $52M 1.8M 29.15
Sony Corporation (SONY) 1.4 $52M 1.5M 34.39
Canadian Natl Ry (CNI) 1.2 $44M 900k 48.50
Scholastic Corporation (SCHL) 1.1 $39M 1.3M 30.89
Viacom Inc cl b 0.9 $34M 1.0M 33.56
Dominion Resources (D) 0.8 $30M 464k 65.25
FirstEnergy (FE) 0.8 $28M 678k 41.08
AGL Resources 0.8 $27M 881k 30.77
NextEra Energy 0.8 $27M 394k 68.32
Republic Services (RSG) 0.7 $27M 900k 29.76
Cinergy Corp 0.7 $27M 675k 39.60
UTStar 0.7 $27M 1.7M 16.11
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD) 0.7 $26M 499k 51.70
Home Depot (HD) 0.7 $24M 600k 39.20
Unocal Corp 0.6 $22M 500k 43.00
Maytag Corp 0.5 $18M 1.0M 18.37
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF) 0.3 $12M 541k 22.79
Duke Energy Corp 0.3 $11M 500k 22.89
Hospira 0.3 $11M 347k 30.60
Coca-Cola Company (KO) 0.2 $8.0M 200k 40.05
Eastman Kodak Company 0.1 $3.2M 100k 32.22
Univision Communications Inc cl a 0.1 $3.2M 100k 31.61
Greater China Fund 0.1 $2.1M 136k 15.49
Walt Disney Company (DIS) 0.1 $2.3M 100k 22.55
Career Education 0.0 $1.4M 50k 28.44