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AKANTHOS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

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13F filer, CIK 1218957, WOODLAND HILLS, CA

AKANTHOS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC reported $114,387,000 across 19 holdings for the quarter ended 2018-06-30, in a 13F-HR filed 2018-08-13. Its ten largest share positions make up 82.62% of the portfolio.

Filed (acceptance time not in the bulk data set), ingested 13F-HR 0001218957-18-000006

Period
2018-06-30
Reported value
$114M
Holdings
19
Top 10 weight
82.62%
New
8
Sold out
5

Largest buys vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
VANECK ETF TRUSTnew+500,000$13.1M
STATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF Tadded+150,000$12.4M
NETFLIX INC.new+30,000$11.7M
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPnew+150,000$11.6M
ALPS ETF TRnew+500,000$5.08M

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
SPDR SERIES TRUSTexited-500,000-$17.6M
ULTRA PETROLEUM CORPexited-1,000,000-$4.17M
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPexited-1,000,000-$3.02M
UNITI GROUP INCreduced-150,000-$3.01M
CHESEPEAKE ENERGY CORPreduced-500,000-$2.62M

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, Q2 2018

Share positions as resolved from 13F-HR 0001218957-18-000006, largest first. % of portfolio is the value over $114,387,000, 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; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: not reported; 2017Q4: not reported; 2018Q1: 150,000 shares; 2018Q2: 300,000 shares 300,000$24.8M21.7%+150,000
VANECK ETF TRUSTVANECK ETF TRUSTQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: not reported; 2017Q4: 200,000 shares; 2018Q1: not reported; 2018Q2: 500,000 shares 500,000$13.1M11.48%new
NETFLIX INC.NETFLIX INC.Quarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: not reported; 2017Q4: not reported; 2018Q1: not reported; 2018Q2: 30,000 shares 30,000$11.7M10.27%new
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPWESTERN DIGITAL CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: not reported; 2017Q4: not reported; 2018Q1: not reported; 2018Q2: 150,000 shares 150,000$11.6M10.15%new
SDSANDRIDGE ENERGY INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 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; 2018Q1: 600,000 shares; 2018Q2: 465,200 shares 465,200$8.25M7.21%-134,800Timeline
HALCON RES CORPHALCON RES CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: 200,000 shares; 2017Q3: 250,000 shares; 2017Q4: 300,000 shares; 2018Q1: 875,000 shares; 2018Q2: 1,475,000 shares 1,475,000$6.47M5.66%+600,000
CHESEPEAKE ENERGY CORPCHESEPEAKE ENERGY CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 400,000 shares; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: 800,000 shares; 2017Q3: 750,000 shares; 2017Q4: 1,750,000 shares; 2018Q1: 1,500,000 shares; 2018Q2: 1,000,000 shares 1,000,000$5.24M4.58%-500,000
ALPS ETF TRALPS ETF TRQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: 500,000 shares; 2017Q4: 750,000 shares; 2018Q1: not reported; 2018Q2: 500,000 shares 500,000$5.08M4.44%new
OCWEN FINL CORPOCWEN FINL CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 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; 2018Q1: 1,400,000 shares; 2018Q2: 1,067,664 shares 1,067,664$4.23M3.7%-332,336
ULTRA PETROLEUM CORPULTRA PETROLEUM CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: 125,000 shares; 2017Q3: 483,449 shares; 2017Q4: 500,000 shares; 2018Q1: 1,265,000 shares; 2018Q2: 1,700,000 shares 1,700,000$3.93M3.43%+435,000
GLOBALSTAR INCGLOBALSTAR INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: not reported; 2017Q4: 1,500,000 shares; 2018Q1: 3,024,850 shares; 2018Q2: 7,000,000 shares 7,000,000$3.43M3%+3,975,150
MIDSTATES PETE CO INCMIDSTATES PETE CO INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: 50,000 shares; 2017Q3: 153,701 shares; 2017Q4: 175,600 shares; 2018Q1: 192,024 shares; 2018Q2: 241,253 shares 241,253$3.28M2.87%+49,229
CONTINENTAL RES INCCONTINENTAL RES INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: not reported; 2017Q4: not reported; 2018Q1: not reported; 2018Q2: 50,000 shares 50,000$3.24M2.83%new
BKDBROOKDALE SR LIVING INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: 297,759 shares; 2017Q1: 350,000 shares; 2017Q2: 275,000 shares; 2017Q3: 375,000 shares; 2017Q4: 400,000 shares; 2018Q1: 400,000 shares; 2018Q2: 350,000 shares 350,000$3.18M2.78%-50,000Timeline
CALLON PETE CO DELCALLON PETE CO DELQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: not reported; 2017Q4: not reported; 2018Q1: not reported; 2018Q2: 200,000 shares 200,000$2.15M1.88%new
Fluent CoFluent CoQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: not reported; 2017Q4: not reported; 2018Q1: not reported; 2018Q2: 600,000 shares 600,000$1.47M1.29%new
FANGDIAMONDBACK ENERGY INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: not reported; 2017Q4: not reported; 2018Q1: not reported; 2018Q2: 10,000 shares 10,000$1.32M1.15%newTimeline
UNITI GROUP INCUNITI GROUP INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: not reported; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: not reported; 2017Q4: 119,426 shares; 2018Q1: 200,000 shares; 2018Q2: 50,000 shares 50,000$1M0.88%-150,000
KEY ENERGY SVCS INC DELKEY ENERGY SVCS INC DELQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2016Q3: restricted; 2016Q4: not reported; 2017Q1: 20,000 shares; 2017Q2: not reported; 2017Q3: 100,000 shares; 2017Q4: 100,000 shares; 2018Q1: 75,000 shares; 2018Q2: 50,000 shares 50,000$812K0.71%-25,000

Sold out in Q2 2018

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

SecurityShares beforeValue beforeType
SPDR SERIES TRUSTSPDR SERIES TRUST500,000$17.6Mshares
ULTRA PETROLEUM CORPULTRA PETROLEUM CORP1,000,000$4.17Mshares
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPCHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP1,000,000$3.02Mshares
COGINT INCCOGINT INC512,900$1.28Mshares
RDVTRED VIOLET INC68,386$417Kshares

How Q2 2018 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 0001218957-18-000006 base2018-08-13acceptance time not in the bulk data set