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Birch Grove Capital LP
CIK 0001652355 · 590 MADISON AVENUE, 38TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10022 · 212-753-7510
Summary
Birch Grove Capital LP reported $222M in U.S.-listed holdings across 28 positions for Q4 2018.
Its largest position, Rti Intl Metals, represents 13.9% of the portfolio.
Portfolio Metrics
Methodology: turnover is min(value bought, value sold) ÷ average reported value across the two quarters — value-based, so market moves inflate it slightly versus a share-based measure. Concentration and largest position are shares of the filing’s total reported value, options excluded, with multiple share classes and repeated sub-manager rows for the same issuer combined into one position — the same rule the holdings table uses by default. New/exited counts compare against the prior filed quarter. All figures derive solely from the fund’s 13F filings.
Reported Value by Quarter
Portfolio Composition
- US DOMESTIC · 90.8% · $202M
- Other · 7.4% · $17M
- Common Stock · 1.2% · $3M
- ETP · 0.6% · $1M
Quarter-over-Quarter Changes full breakdown →
| Issuer | Move | Share Δ | Shares now | Value Δ | Value now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTI INTL METALS INC | NEW | +31.00M | 31.00M | +$31M | $31M |
| NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC | NEW | +28.53M | 28.53M | +$27M | $27M |
| AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC | NEW | +22.84M | 22.84M | +$23M | $23M |
| ALLSCRIPTS HEALTHCARE SOLUTN | NEW | +22.00M | 22.00M | +$21M | $21M |
| CALAMP CORP | NEW | +16.22M | 16.22M | +$15M | $15M |
| AVID TECHNOLOGY INC | NEW | +15.70M | 15.70M | +$14M | $14M |
| INDEPENDENCE CONTRACT DRILLING | NEW | +4.25M | 4.25M | +$14M | $14M |
| JAZZ INVESTMENTS I LTD | NEW | +12.60M | 12.60M | +$12M | $12M |
Value changes conflate price moves with buying and selling — share changes are the real signal. Share counts are not split-adjusted.
Holdings — Q4 2018
| # | Issuer | Class | % Portfolio | Value ↓ | Shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RTI INTL METALS INC | NOTE 1.625% 10/1 | 13.88% | $31M | 31.00M |
| 2 | NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC | DEBT 1.500% 11/0 | 12.00% | $27M | 28.53M |
| 3 | AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC | DBCV 2/1 | 10.21% | $23M | 22.84M |
| 4 | ALLSCRIPTS HEALTHCARE SOLUTN | NOTE 1.250% 7/0 | 9.55% | $21M | 22.00M |
| 5 | CALAMP CORP | NOTE 1.625% 5/1 | 6.92% | $15M | 16.22M |
| 6 | AVID TECHNOLOGY INC | NOTE 2.000% 6/1 | 6.39% | $14M | 15.70M |
| 7 | INDEPENDENCE CONTRACT DRILLING | COM | 6.07% | $14M | 4.25M |
| 8 | JAZZ INVESTMENTS I LTD | NOTE 1.875% 8/1 | 5.50% | $12M | 12.60M |
| 9 | GOLAR LNG LTD | NOTE 2.750% 2/1 | 5.12% | $11M | 12.24M |
| 10 | KNOWLES CORP | NOTE 3.250% 11/0 | 5.02% | $11M | 10.79M |
| 11 | CARDTRONICS PLC | NOTE 1.000% 12/0 | 4.22% | $9M | 10.10M |
| 12 | CLOVIS ONCOLOGY INC | NOTE 2.500% 9/1 | 3.78% | $8M | 10.00M |
| 13 | AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS INC | NOTE 2.500% 2/1 | 3.24% | $7M | 7.42M |
| 14 | ZILLOW GROUP INC | NOTE 2.000% 12/0 | 2.64% | $6M | 6.00M |
| 15 | ANI PHARMACEUTICALS INC | NOTE 3.000% 12/0 | 2.29% | $5M | 5.11M |
| 16 | CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP | UNIT 99/99/9999 | 1.36% | $3M | 300.0K |
| 17 | J ALEXANDERS HLDGS INC | COM | 0.76% | $2M | 205.7K |
| 18 | EVERI HLDGS INC | COM | 0.07% | $154,000 | 29.9K |
Filing History
| Quarter | Reported Value | Positions | Filed | Type | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $10M | 3 | Nov 14, 2024 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q2 2024 | $10M | 4 | Aug 14, 2024 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q1 2024 | $13M | 6 | May 15, 2024 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q4 2023 | $23M | 9 | Feb 14, 2024 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q3 2023 | $57M | 12 | Nov 14, 2023 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q2 2023 | $68M | 13 | Aug 14, 2023 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q1 2023REVEALED | $110M | 20 | May 15, 2023 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q4 2022 | $202M | 33 | Feb 14, 2023 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q3 2022 | $256M | 41 | Nov 14, 2022 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q2 2022 | $252M | 41 | Aug 15, 2022 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q1 2022 | $245M | 38 | May 17, 2022 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q4 2021 | $221M | 47 | Feb 14, 2022 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q3 2021 | $212M | 52 | Nov 15, 2021 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q2 2021 | $206M | 46 | Aug 16, 2021 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q1 2021 | $230M | 50 | May 17, 2021 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q4 2020 | $192M | 40 | Feb 16, 2021 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q3 2020 | $185M | 46 | Nov 16, 2020 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q2 2020 | $121M | 43 | Aug 14, 2020 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q1 2020 | $70M | 13 | May 15, 2020 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q4 2019 | $81M | 16 | Feb 14, 2020 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q3 2019 | $135M | 29 | Nov 14, 2019 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q2 2019 | $131M | 13 | Aug 14, 2019 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q1 2019 | $166M | 23 | May 15, 2019 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
| Q4 2018 | $222M | 28 | Feb 14, 2019 | 13F-HR | changes · EDGAR ↗ |
13F filings are due up to 45 days after quarter end, so holdings shown here lag the fund’s current book. Source: original SEC filing on EDGAR ↗.