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Sarbit Advisory Services Inc.

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13F filer, CIK 1460629, WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Canada

Sarbit Advisory Services Inc. reported $372,612,000 across 11 holdings for the quarter ended 2018-12-31, in a 13F-HR filed 2019-02-14. Its ten largest share positions make up 99.74% of the portfolio.

Filed (acceptance time not in the bulk data set), ingested 13F-HR 0001085146-19-000878

Period
2018-12-31
Reported value
$373M
Holdings
11
Top 10 weight
99.74%
New
2
Sold out
1

Largest buys vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
ADTnew+3,069,000$18.5M
OPTUnew+685,000$11.4M
FIRST DATA CORP NEW COM CL Aadded+330,000$5.6M
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DELadded+148,000$5.49M
IMAXadded+239,000$4.51M

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
LIONS GATE ENTMNT CORPreduced-484,201-$7.23M
MITEL NETWORKS CORPexited-240,000-$2.66M

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 0001085146-19-000878, largest first. % of portfolio is the value over $372,612,000, the sum of the share positions whose value is usable for ratios (method).

SecurityHistorySharesValue% of portfolioChangeLatest eventTimeline
FIRST DATA CORP NEW COM CL AFIRST DATA CORP NEW COM CL AQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: not reported; 2018Q1: 2,628,000 shares; 2018Q2: 3,123,000 shares; 2018Q3: 3,123,000 shares; 2018Q4: 3,453,000 shares 3,453,000$58.6M15.73%+330,000
BRK-BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DELQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: 344,930 shares; 2018Q1: 303,930 shares; 2018Q2: 270,930 shares; 2018Q3: 270,930 shares; 2018Q4: 270,930 shares 270,930$55.5M14.9%0Timeline
LBRDKLIBERTY BROADBAND 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: 700,000 shares; 2018Q3: 700,000 shares; 2018Q4: 700,000 shares 700,000$50.6M13.58%0Timeline
IMAXIMAX CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: 2,304,361 shares; 2018Q1: 2,554,361 shares; 2018Q2: 2,339,361 shares; 2018Q3: 2,339,361 shares; 2018Q4: 2,578,361 shares 2,578,361$48.7M13.06%+239,000Timeline
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DELLIBERTY MEDIA CORP DELQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: 1,340,131 shares; 2018Q1: 1,340,131 shares; 2018Q2: 1,165,131 shares; 2018Q3: 1,104,105 shares; 2018Q4: 1,252,105 shares 1,252,105$46.5M12.47%+148,000
LIONS GATE ENTMNT CORPLIONS GATE ENTMNT CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: 1,629,750 shares; 2018Q1: 1,629,750 shares; 2018Q2: 1,629,750 shares; 2018Q3: 1,629,750 shares; 2018Q4: 1,819,750 shares 1,819,750$29.4M7.89%+190,000
HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATIONHOWARD HUGHES CORPORATIONQuarterly 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: 289,000 shares; 2018Q4: 289,000 shares 289,000$28.3M7.6%0
LIONS GATE ENTMNT CORPLIONS GATE ENTMNT CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: 2,103,381 shares; 2018Q1: 2,103,381 shares; 2018Q2: 2,103,381 shares; 2018Q3: 2,103,381 shares; 2018Q4: 1,619,180 shares 1,619,180$24.2M6.49%-484,201
ADTADT INC DELQuarterly 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: 3,069,000 shares 3,069,000$18.5M4.97%newTimeline
OPTUOPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS 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: not reported; 2018Q3: not reported; 2018Q4: 685,000 shares 685,000$11.4M3.05%newTimeline
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DELLIBERTY MEDIA CORP DELQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: 33,300 shares; 2018Q1: 33,300 shares; 2018Q2: 33,300 shares; 2018Q3: 26,700 shares; 2018Q4: 26,700 shares 26,700$986K0.26%0

Sold out in Q4 2018

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

SecurityShares beforeValue beforeType
MITEL NETWORKS CORPMITEL NETWORKS CORP240,000$2.66Mshares

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 0001085146-19-000878 base2019-02-14acceptance time not in the bulk data set