13F-HR 1 firtreeinc2q12.txt FIR TREE INC. 13F 2Q 2012 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F Form 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: June 30, 2012 Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement. [ ] adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: Fir Tree Inc. Address: 505 Fifth Avenue 23rd Floor New York, New York 10017 13F File Number: 028-06884 The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: Name: Jeffrey D. Tannenbaum Title: President Phone: 212.599.0090 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: /s/ Jeffrey D. Tannenbaum New York, New York/USA August 14, 2012 *On April 2, 2012, the trading in ChinaCast Education Corp. was halted. The last traded price of that security on March 30, 2012 was $4.24. Report Type (Check only one.): [ X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. [ ] 13F NOTICE. [ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 63 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $3,496,921 (thousands) List of Other Included Managers: Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report. NONE FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE ------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- -------- AETNA INC NEW COM 00817Y108 4691 121000 SH SOLE 121000 ANHEUSER BUSCH INBEV SA/NV SPONSORED ADR 03524A108 62127 780000 SH SOLE 780000 AON PLC SHS CL A G0408V102 205463 4392113 SH SOLE 4392113 BLUE WOLF MONGOLIA HOLDINGS *W EXP 07/20/201 G11962118 336 560000 SH SOLE 560000 BLUE WOLF MONGOLIA HOLDINGS SHS G11962100 5421 560000 SH SOLE 560000 CAZADOR ACQUISITION CORPORAT *W EXP 99/99/999 G19867129 38 255000 SH SOLE 255000 CAZADOR ACQUISITION CORPORAT SHS G19867103 2766 280000 SH SOLE 280000 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP COM 165167107 37200 2000000 SH SOLE 2000000 CHINA GROWTH EQUITY INV LTD *W EXP 99/99/999 G2114K123 158 375000 SH SOLE 375000 CHINA GROWTH EQUITY INV LTD SHS G2114K107 4624 475000 SH SOLE 475000 CHINACAST EDU CORP COM 16946T109 4194 6452423 SH SOLE 6452423 CIGNA CORPORATION COM 125509109 204512 4647994 SH SOLE 4647994 CISCO SYS INC COM 17275R102 25755 1500000 SH SOLE 1500000 CITIGROUP INC COM NEW 172967424 49663 1811862 SH SOLE 1811862 CROWN HOLDINGS INC COM 228368106 137294 3980695 SH SOLE 3980695 DEVON ENERGY CORP NEW COM 25179M103 19195 331000 SH SOLE 331000 EQUINIX INC COM NEW 29444U502 232637 1324434 SH SOLE 1324434 EXPRESS SCRIPTS HLDG CO COM 30219G108 153161 2743339 SH SOLE 2743339 FORD MTR CO DEL COM PAR $0.01 345370860 16495 1720000 SH CALL SOLE 1720000 FORD MTR CO DEL COM PAR $0.01 345370860 42992 4483000 SH SOLE 4483000 GENERAL MTRS CO *W EXP 07/10/201 37045V118 118 10735 SH SOLE 10735 GENERAL MTRS CO *W EXP 07/10/201 37045V126 73 10735 SH SOLE 10735 GENERAL MTRS CO COM 37045V100 67743 3435256 SH SOLE 3435256 GENERAL MTRS CO COM 37045V100 51272 2600000 SH CALL SOLE 2600000 GLOBAL EAGLE ACQUISITION COR *W EXP 05/13/201 37951D110 567 1575000 SH SOLE 1575000 GLOBAL EAGLE ACQUISITION COR COM 37951D102 15388 1575000 SH SOLE 1575000 GOOGLE INC CL A 38259P508 259483 447330 SH SOLE 447330 HAMPTON ROADS BANKSHARES INC COM NEW 409321502 3603 3305338 SH SOLE 3305338 HICKS ACQUISITION CO II INC *W EXP 07/14/201 429090111 388 775000 SH SOLE 775000 HICKS ACQUISITION CO II INC COM 429090103 12674 1275000 SH SOLE 1275000 ISTAR FINL INC COM 45031U101 97 15099 SH SOLE 15099 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO COM 46625H100 58419 1635000 SH SOLE 1635000 KINDER MORGAN INC DEL *W EXP 05/25/201 49456B119 11430 5291718 SH SOLE 5291718 KINDER MORGAN INC DEL COM 49456B101 99425 3085818 SH SOLE 3085818 MARRIOTT VACATIONS WRLDWDE C COM 57164Y107 26898 868233 SH SOLE 868233 MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918104 76475 2500000 SH SOLE 2500000 MILLENNIUM INDIA ACQS COM IN COM 60039Q101 891 1370692 SH SOLE 1370692 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC COM NEW 620076307 281528 5851748 SH SOLE 5851748 NETAPP INC COM 64110D104 15910 500000 SH SOLE 500000 NEWS CORP CL A 65248E104 247096 11085492 SH SOLE 11085492 PFIZER INC COM 717081103 67294 2925824 SH SOLE 2925824 PRIME ACQUISITION CORP *W EXP 99/99/999 G72436127 148 360000 SH SOLE 360000 PRIME ACQUISITION CORP SHS G72436101 3474 360000 SH SOLE 360000 QEP RES INC COM 74733V100 21764 726200 SH SOLE 726200 RETAIL OPPORTUNITY INVTS COR *W EXP 10/23/201 76131N119 3915 4350000 SH SOLE 4350000 RETAIL OPPORTUNITY INVTS COR COM 76131N101 37989 3150000 SH SOLE 3150000 RITE AID CORP COM 767754104 15904 11360000 SH SOLE 11360000 ROI ACQUISITION CORP *W EXP 02/28/201 74966A112 300 600000 SH SOLE 600000 ROI ACQUISITION CORP COM 74966A104 5754 600000 SH SOLE 600000 SANOFI RIGHT 12/31/2020 80105N113 8660 6141871 SH SOLE 6141871 SCG FINL ACQUISITION CORP COM 78404K103 6182 640000 SH SOLE 640000 SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY CO COM 845467109 22696 710800 SH SOLE 710800 SPRINT NEXTEL CORP COM SER 1 852061100 12225 3750000 SH SOLE 3750000 TIME WARNER INC COM NEW 887317303 108469 2817387 SH SOLE 2817387 TRIO MERGER CORP COM 896697109 4868 500000 SH SOLE 500000 UNIVERSAL BUSINESS PMT SOL A *W EXP 05/09/201 913384111 240 960000 SH SOLE 960000 UNIVERSAL BUSINESS PMT SOL A COM 913384103 5760 960000 SH SOLE 960000 VIACOM INC NEW CL B 92553P201 95602 2033212 SH SOLE 2033212 WABCO HLDGS INC COM 92927K102 97576 1843496 SH SOLE 1843496 WPX ENERGY INC COM 98212B103 122095 7546034 SH SOLE 7546034 XEROX CORP COM 984121103 93889 11930000 SH CALL SOLE 11930000 YAHOO INC COM 984332106 97038 6130000 SH CALL SOLE 6130000 YAHOO INC COM 984332106 226879 14332224 SH SOLE 14332224