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FrontFour Capital Group LLC

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13F filer, CIK 1430308, GREENWICH, CT

FrontFour Capital Group LLC reported $113,869,000 across 19 holdings for the quarter ended 2018-12-31, in a 13F-HR filed 2019-02-14. Its ten largest share positions make up 89.63% of the portfolio.

Filed (acceptance time not in the bulk data set), ingested 13F-HR 0001430308-19-000002

Period
2018-12-31
Reported value
$114M
Holdings
19
Top 10 weight
89.63%
New
2
Sold out
10

Largest buys vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
VACadded+29,718$2.1M
MDC PARTNERS INCadded+728,897$1.9M
MEDLEY CAP CORPadded+481,588$1.28M
OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTDadded+2,726,200$1.1M
CENTURYLINK INCadded+69,597$1.05M

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
NXSTreduced-140,049-$11M
DOWDUPONT INCexited-124,516-$8.01M
ECOVYST INC.exited-294,467-$5.14M
CBTexited-64,166-$4.02M
DISexited-22,530-$2.63M

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 2018

Share positions as resolved from 13F-HR 0001430308-19-000002, largest first. % of portfolio is the value over $109,082,000, the sum of the share positions whose value is usable for ratios (method).

SecurityHistorySharesValue% of portfolioChangeLatest eventTimeline
VACMARRIOTT VACATIONS WORLDWIDEQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: 14,216 shares; 2018Q1: 107,772 shares; 2018Q2: 175,153 shares; 2018Q3: 259,856 shares; 2018Q4: 289,574 shares 289,574$20.4M18.72%+29,718Timeline
UNITS-GRANITE REIT-STAPLUNITS-GRANITE REIT-STAPLQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: 468,168 shares; 2018Q1: 515,865 shares; 2018Q2: 465,264 shares; 2018Q3: 465,303 shares; 2018Q4: 430,082 shares 430,082$16.7M15.33%-35,221
OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTDOBSIDIAN ENERGY LTDQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: 24,404,646 shares; 2018Q1: 26,025,652 shares; 2018Q2: 24,823,395 shares; 2018Q3: 25,132,800 shares; 2018Q4: 27,859,000 shares 27,859,000$11.2M10.29%+2,726,200
FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES NFIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES NQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: 642,167 shares; 2018Q1: 696,496 shares; 2018Q2: 724,003 shares; 2018Q3: 749,149 shares; 2018Q4: 581,571 shares 581,571$8.41M7.71%-167,578
MDC PARTNERS INCMDC PARTNERS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: 564,714 shares; 2018Q1: 561,875 shares; 2018Q2: 1,092,433 shares; 2018Q3: 2,279,732 shares; 2018Q4: 3,008,629 shares 3,008,629$7.85M7.2%+728,897
ASHASHLAND INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: 145,153 shares; 2018Q1: 158,694 shares; 2018Q2: 126,385 shares; 2018Q3: 123,388 shares; 2018Q4: 110,305 shares 110,305$7.83M7.18%-13,083Timeline
CZRCZRQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: 954,163 shares; 2018Q1: 954,224 shares; 2018Q2: 923,980 shares; 2018Q3: 1,020,488 shares; 2018Q4: 1,016,372 shares 1,016,372$6.9M6.33%-4,116
BERRY GLOBAL GROUP INCBERRY GLOBAL GROUP INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: 131,124 shares; 2018Q1: 156,745 shares; 2018Q2: 166,982 shares; 2018Q3: 169,482 shares; 2018Q4: 138,092 shares 138,092$6.56M6.02%-31,390
CENTURYLINK INCCENTURYLINK INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: 647,418 shares; 2018Q1: 602,532 shares; 2018Q2: 476,095 shares; 2018Q3: 360,407 shares; 2018Q4: 430,004 shares 430,004$6.51M5.97%+69,597
MEDLEY CAP CORPMEDLEY CAP CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: not reported; 2018Q1: not reported; 2018Q2: not reported; 2018Q3: 1,523,733 shares; 2018Q4: 2,005,321 shares 2,005,321$5.33M4.89%+481,588
LPXLOUISIANA PAC CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: 262,915 shares; 2018Q1: 244,931 shares; 2018Q2: 274,360 shares; 2018Q3: 244,808 shares; 2018Q4: 197,794 shares 197,794$4.39M4.03%-47,014Timeline
COLONY CAPITAL INCCOLONY CAPITAL INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: not reported; 2018Q1: not reported; 2018Q2: 570,203 shares; 2018Q3: 607,416 shares; 2018Q4: 490,754 shares 490,754$2.3M2.11%-116,662
NXSTNEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: not reported; 2018Q1: not reported; 2018Q2: 157,732 shares; 2018Q3: 166,498 shares; 2018Q4: 26,449 shares 26,449$2.08M1.91%-140,049Timeline
BLDRBUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: 328,435 shares; 2018Q1: 211,601 shares; 2018Q2: 213,436 shares; 2018Q3: 213,559 shares; 2018Q4: 171,379 shares 171,379$1.87M1.71%-42,180Timeline
Jason Industries IncJason Industries IncQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: 378,733 shares; 2018Q1: 453,635 shares; 2018Q2: 445,237 shares; 2018Q3: 445,237 shares; 2018Q4: 445,237 shares 445,237$610K0.56%0
SXTSENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: not reported; 2018Q1: not reported; 2018Q2: not reported; 2018Q3: not reported; 2018Q4: 979 shares 979$55K0.05%newTimeline

Options

Puts and calls, as filed. The amount and value describe the underlying shares, not the option premium, so they stay out of % of portfolio (H5).

SecurityTypeAmountValueChange
ASHASHLAND INC COMcall57,900$4.11Mnew
OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTDOBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD COMcall979,400$395K-2,398,400
FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES NFIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES N SHScall19,600$283K-107,800

Sold out in Q4 2018

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

SecurityShares beforeValue beforeType
SPYSTATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T225,300$65.5Mput
IWMISHARES TR195,900$33Mput
NXSTNEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP INC142,000$11.6Mcall
VACMARRIOTT VACATIONS WORLDWIDE80,800$9.03Mcall
DOWDUPONT INCDOWDUPONT INC124,516$8.01Mshares
ECOVYST INC.ECOVYST INC.294,467$5.14Mshares
CBTCABOT CORP64,166$4.02Mshares
DISDISNEY WALT CO22,530$2.63Mshares
WMI HOLDINGS CORPWMI HOLDINGS CORP1,808,996$2.52Mshares
INNOPHOS HOLDINGS INCINNOPHOS HOLDINGS INC32,414$1.44Mshares

How Q4 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 0001430308-19-000002 base2019-02-14acceptance time not in the bulk data set