0000909012-16-000370.txt : 20160129 0000909012-16-000370.hdr.sgml : 20160129 20160129115820 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000909012-16-000370 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20151231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160129 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160129 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20160129 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WestEnd Advisors, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001351731 IRS NUMBER: 201796773 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 13F-HR SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-11741 FILM NUMBER: 161371917 BUSINESS ADDRESS: BUSINESS PHONE: 704-556-9300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4064 COLONY ROAD STREET 2: SUITE 130 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28211 13F-HR 1 primary_doc.xml 13F-HR LIVE false false false 0001351731 XXXXXXXX 12-31-2015 12-31-2015 WestEnd Advisors, LLC

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13F HOLDINGS REPORT 028-11741 N Jennifer Friedland 704 556 9300 /s/ JENNIFER FRIEDLAND Charlotte NC 01-28-2016 0 34 2040358210 false INFORMATION TABLE 2 aci_13f.xml Allergan plc COMMON STOCK G0177J108 112919687 361343 SH SOLE 0 336620 0 24723 Biogen, Inc. COMMON STOCK 09062x103 91406874 298374 SH SOLE 0 273399 0 24975 Celgene Corp. COMMON STOCK 151020104 99230621 828579 SH SOLE 0 763582 0 64997 Gilead Sciences, Inc. COMMON STOCK 375558103 96978067 958376 SH SOLE 0 884883 0 73493 HCA Holdings, Inc. COMMON STOCK 40412c101 83131945 1229217 SH SOLE 0 1116672 0 112545 Comcast Corp. Cl. A COMMON STOCK 20030n101 97410425 1726217 SH SOLE 0 1594541 0 131676 Disney, Walt Co. COMMON STOCK 254687106 98829631 940518 SH SOLE 0 871210 0 69308 Nike, Inc. Class B COMMON STOCK 654106103 117723687 1883579 SH SOLE 0 1764110 0 119469 Nordstrom, Inc. COMMON STOCK 655664100 73836401 1482361 SH SOLE 0 1337302 0 145059 TJX Companies, Inc. COMMON STOCK 872540109 112752927 1590085 SH SOLE 0 1482041 0 108044 CVS Health Corp. COMMON STOCK 126650100 99503559 1017731 SH SOLE 0 939694 0 78037 Costco Wholesale COMMON STOCK 22160K105 119496434 739916 SH SOLE 0 692286 0 47630 Estee Lauder Cos. COMMON STOCK 518439104 109648789 1245160 SH SOLE 0 1159110 0 86050 Adobe Systems, Inc. COMMON STOCK 00724f101 123897653 1318902 SH SOLE 0 1237149 0 81753 Apple, Inc. COMMON STOCK 037833100 94876943 901358 SH SOLE 0 832019 0 69339 E M C Corp. COMMON STOCK 268648102 109457738 4262373 SH SOLE 0 3963962 0 298411 Mastercard Inc COMMON STOCK 57636Q104 110337601 1133295 SH SOLE 0 1056105 0 77190 PayPal Holdings, Inc. COMMON STOCK 70450Y103 105953056 2926880 SH SOLE 0 2716261 0 210619 Qualcomm, Inc. COMMON STOCK 747525103 82059463 1641846 SH SOLE 0 1548858 0 92988 eBay, Inc. COMMON STOCK 278642103 77868015 2833625 SH SOLE 0 2561327 0 272298 Consumer Discretionary Select Sect SPDR Fd COMMON STOCK 81369y407 1872713 23960 SH SOLE 0 23960 0 0 Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund COMMON STOCK 81369Y308 959360 19001 SH SOLE 0 19001 0 0 Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund COMMON STOCK 81369y209 1532222 21272 SH SOLE 0 21272 0 0 SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF COMMON STOCK 78464A417 162869 4803 SH SOLE 0 4803 0 0 SPDR Barclays Interm Term Corp ETF COMMON STOCK 78464A375 2808 84 SH SOLE 0 84 0 0 SPDR Tr Unit Ser 1 COMMON STOCK 78462F103 11426505 56048 SH SOLE 0 55891 0 157 Vanguard Extended Market ETF COMMON STOCK 922908652 503721 6011 SH SOLE 0 6011 0 0 Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF COMMON STOCK 922042775 2271905 52336 SH SOLE 0 52336 0 0 Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF COMMON STOCK 922042866 515753 9101 SH SOLE 0 9101 0 0 Vanguard Information Technology ETF COMMON STOCK 92204a702 1901572 17560 SH SOLE 0 17560 0 0 iShares 1-3 Year Credit Bond ETF COMMON STOCK 464288646 907405 8675 SH SOLE 0 8675 0 0 iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF COMMON STOCK 46434V738 754448 17861 SH SOLE 0 17861 0 0 iShares Russell 3000 ETF COMMON STOCK 464287689 46920 390 SH SOLE 0 390 0 0 iShares iBoxx $ Invest. Grade Corp Bd ETF COMMON STOCK 464287242 180477 1583 SH SOLE 0 1583 0 0