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AKANTHOS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

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13F filer, CIK 1218957, WOODLAND HILLS, CA

AKANTHOS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC reported $157,253,000 across 17 holdings for the quarter ended 2017-12-31, in a 13F-HR filed 2018-02-12. Its ten largest share positions make up 93.4% of the portfolio.

Filed (acceptance time not in the bulk data set), ingested 13F-HR 0001218957-18-000001

Period
2017-12-31
Reported value
$157M
Holdings
17
Top 10 weight
93.4%
New
4
Sold out
4

Largest buys vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
VANECK ETF TRUSTnew+200,000$5.21M
CHESEPEAKE ENERGY CORPadded+1,000,000$3.96M
ALPS ETF TRadded+250,000$2.7M
OCWEN FINL CORPadded+750,000$2.35M
UNITI GROUP INCnew+119,426$2.12M

Ranked by the share change valued at this quarter's implied price (value over shares in the 13F). A position sold out is valued at the previous quarter's price, its last report.

Largest sells vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
STATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF Treduced-50,000-$13.3M
SDreduced-483,159-$10.2M
SILVER RUN ACQUISITIONexited-1,000,000-$10.2M
MCDERMOTT INTL INCexited-225,000-$1.64M
COGINT INCreduced-77,427-$341K

Ranked by the share change valued at this quarter's implied price (value over shares in the 13F). A position sold out is valued at the previous quarter's price, its last report.

Holdings, Q4 2017

Share positions as resolved from 13F-HR 0001218957-18-000001, largest first. % of portfolio is the value over $157,253,000, the sum of the share positions whose value is usable for ratios (method).

SecurityHistorySharesValue% of portfolioChangeLatest eventTimeline
STATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF TSTATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF TQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 300,000 shares; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: 350,000 shares; 2017Q4: 300,000 shares 300,000$80.1M50.91%-50,000
SPDR SERIES TRUSTSPDR SERIES TRUSTQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: 600,000 shares; 2017Q2: 350,000 shares; 2017Q3: 500,000 shares; 2017Q4: 500,000 shares 500,000$18.6M11.82%0
SDSANDRIDGE ENERGY INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 737,853 shares; 2017Q1: 1,225,298 shares; 2017Q2: 1,196,875 shares; 2017Q3: 1,014,538 shares; 2017Q4: 531,379 shares 531,379$11.2M7.12%-483,159Timeline
ALPS ETF TRALPS ETF TRQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: 500,000 shares; 2017Q4: 750,000 shares 750,000$8.09M5.15%+250,000
CHESEPEAKE ENERGY CORPCHESEPEAKE ENERGY CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 400,000 shares; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: 800,000 shares; 2017Q3: 750,000 shares; 2017Q4: 1,750,000 shares 1,750,000$6.93M4.41%+1,000,000
OCWEN FINL CORPOCWEN FINL CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 1,100,000 shares; 2017Q1: 1,400,000 shares; 2017Q2: 2,462,200 shares; 2017Q3: 1,000,000 shares; 2017Q4: 1,750,000 shares 1,750,000$5.48M3.48%+750,000
VANECK ETF TRUSTVANECK ETF TRUSTQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: not reported; 2017Q4: 200,000 shares 200,000$5.21M3.31%new
ULTRA PETROLEUM CORPULTRA PETROLEUM CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: 125,000 shares; 2017Q3: 483,449 shares; 2017Q4: 500,000 shares 500,000$4.53M2.88%+16,551
BKDBROOKDALE SR LIVING INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 297,759 shares; 2017Q1: 350,000 shares; 2017Q2: 275,000 shares; 2017Q3: 375,000 shares; 2017Q4: 400,000 shares 400,000$3.88M2.47%+25,000Timeline
MIDSTATES PETE CO INCMIDSTATES PETE CO INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: 50,000 shares; 2017Q3: 153,701 shares; 2017Q4: 175,600 shares 175,600$2.91M1.85%+21,899
HALCON RES CORPHALCON RES CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: 200,000 shares; 2017Q3: 250,000 shares; 2017Q4: 300,000 shares 300,000$2.27M1.44%+50,000
UNITI GROUP INCUNITI GROUP INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: not reported; 2017Q4: 119,426 shares 119,426$2.12M1.35%new
GLOBALSTAR INCGLOBALSTAR INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: not reported; 2017Q4: 1,500,000 shares 1,500,000$1.97M1.25%new
ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS LPENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS LPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: 100,000 shares; 2017Q4: 100,000 shares 100,000$1.79M1.14%0
KEY ENERGY SVCS INC DELKEY ENERGY SVCS INC DELQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: 20,000 shares; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: 100,000 shares; 2017Q4: 100,000 shares 100,000$1.18M0.75%0
COGINT INCCOGINT INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 500,400 shares; 2017Q1: 350,000 shares; 2017Q2: 250,000 shares; 2017Q3: 259,413 shares; 2017Q4: 181,986 shares 181,986$801K0.51%-77,427
IAC INTERACTIVECORPIAC INTERACTIVECORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q1: restricted; 2016Q2: restricted; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: not reported; 2017Q4: 2,000 shares 2,000$245K0.16%new

Sold out in Q4 2017

Positions in the previous quarter's report that this quarter's report no longer lists.

SecurityShares beforeValue beforeType
SILVER RUN ACQUISITIONSILVER RUN ACQUISITION1,000,000$10.2Mshares
MCDERMOTT INTL INCMCDERMOTT INTL INC225,000$1.64Mshares
MCDERMOTT INTL INCMCDERMOTT INTL INC400,000$140Kshares
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPCHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP500,000$57Kshares

How Q4 2017 was built

Available 13F filings of this filer for the quarter and their roles: the base report is the latest original or restatement, NEW HOLDINGS amendments filed after it are added (method).

FilingRoleAmendmentFiledAcceptedIngested
13F-HR 0001218957-18-000001 base2018-02-12acceptance time not in the bulk data set