Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. (“PSH”, or the “Company”) (LN:PSH) (LN:PSHD) (NA:PSH) is an investment holding company structured as a closed-ended fund principally engaged in the business of acquiring and holding significant (but generally not controlling) positions in a concentrated number of large capitalization companies. PSH’s objective is to maximize its long-term compound annual rate of growth in intrinsic value per share.
PSH was incorporated with limited liability under the laws of the Bailiwick of Guernsey on February 2, 2012. It commenced operations on December 31, 2012 as a registered open-ended investment scheme, and on October 2, 2014 converted into a registered closed-ended investment scheme. Public Shares of PSH commenced trading on Euronext Amsterdam N.V. on October 13, 2014. On May 2, 2017, PSH’s Public Shares were admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and commenced trading on the Premium Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (“LSE”).
PSH has appointed Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. (“PSCM,” the “Investment Manager” or “Pershing Square”), as its investment manager. PSCM was founded by William A. Ackman on January 1, 2004. The Investment Manager has responsibility, subject to the overall supervision of the Board of Directors, for the investment of PSH’s assets and liabilities in accordance with the investment policy of PSH.
The substantial majority of the Company’s portfolio is typically allocated to 8 to 12 core holdings usually comprising liquid, listed large capitalization North American companies. The Investment Manager generally focuses on high-quality businesses, which it believes have limited downside and that generate predictable, recurring cash flow, and in certain cases seeks to catalyze managerial, operating and governance changes as levers to create substantial, enduring and long-term shareholder value. The Investment Manager aims to manage risks through careful investment selection and portfolio construction, engaging in typically only one to three new core investments each year. The Investment Manager may also engage in hedging strategies to mitigate market-related downside risk or to take advantage of asymmetric profit opportunities.