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Knighthead Capital Management, LLC

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13F filer, CIK 1512397, NEW YORK, NY

Knighthead Capital Management, LLC reported $2,102,351,655 across 8 holdings for the quarter ended 2024-12-31, in a 13F-HR filed 2025-02-14.

Filed (acceptance time not in the bulk data set), ingested 13F-HR 0001012975-25-000102

Period
2024-12-31
Reported value
$2.1B
Holdings
8
Top 10 weight
100%
New
4
Sold out
5

Largest buys vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
ECHOadded+20,000$458K
UPadded+43,264$71.4K

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
SPYexited-500,000-$287M
HYGexited-3,000,000-$241M
IWMexited-500,000-$110M
BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS INCexited-6,500,000-$5.97M
ATI PHYSICAL THERAPY INCexited-258,600-$1.58M

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 2024

Share positions as resolved from 13F-HR 0001012975-25-000102, largest first. % of portfolio is the value over $1,163,271,655, the sum of the share positions whose value is usable for ratios (method).

SecurityHistorySharesValue% of portfolioChangeLatest eventTimeline
HTZHERTZ GLOBAL HLDGS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2023Q1: restricted; 2023Q2: restricted; 2023Q3: restricted; 2023Q4: restricted; 2024Q1: restricted; 2024Q2: restricted; 2024Q3: 181,455,474 shares; 2024Q4: 181,455,469 shares 181,455,469$664M57.09%-5Timeline
UPWHEELS UP EXPERIENCE INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2023Q1: restricted; 2023Q2: restricted; 2023Q3: restricted; 2023Q4: restricted; 2024Q1: restricted; 2024Q2: restricted; 2024Q3: 258,125,944 shares; 2024Q4: 258,169,208 shares 258,169,208$426M36.62%+43,264Timeline
GLOBAL BLUE GROUP HOLDING A…GLOBAL BLUE GROUP HOLDING AG ORD …Quarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2023Q1: restricted; 2023Q2: restricted; 2023Q3: restricted; 2023Q4: restricted; 2024Q1: restricted; 2024Q2: restricted; 2024Q3: 9,286,969 shares; 2024Q4: 9,286,969 shares 9,286,969$64.4M5.53%0
ECHOECHOSTAR CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2023Q1: restricted; 2023Q2: restricted; 2023Q3: restricted; 2023Q4: restricted; 2024Q1: restricted; 2024Q2: restricted; 2024Q3: 105,000 shares; 2024Q4: 125,000 shares 125,000$2.86M0.25%+20,000Timeline

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
IWMISHARES TR SHSput1,500,000$331Mnew
HYGISHARES TR IBOXX HI YD ETFput4,000,000$315Mnew
SPYSTATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T SHSput500,000$293Mnew

Principal amounts

Notes and convertibles filed as a face amount (PRN). A face amount is never added to a share count (H6).

SecurityTypeAmountValueChange
BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS INCBRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS INC NOTE 4.500% 6/0principal6,500,000$5.94Mnew

Sold out in Q4 2024

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 T500,000$287Mshares
HYGISHARES TR3,000,000$241Mshares
IWMISHARES TR500,000$110Mshares
BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS INCBRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS INC6,500,000$5.97Mshares
ATI PHYSICAL THERAPY INCATI PHYSICAL THERAPY INC258,600$1.58Mshares

How Q4 2024 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 0001012975-25-000102 base2025-02-14acceptance time not in the bulk data set