Chief Financial Officer

0000919574-15-006344.txt : 20150814 0000919574-15-006344.hdr.sgml : 20150814 20150814160509 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000919574-15-006344 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150630 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150814 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150814 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20150814 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KINGDON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001000097 IRS NUMBER: 134015739 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 13F-HR SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-04575 FILM NUMBER: 151055671 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 157 WEST 57TH STREET STREET 2: 50TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-333-0100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 152 WEST 57TH STREET STREET 2: 50TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KINGDON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980914 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KINGDON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960408 13F-HR 1 primary_doc.xml 13F-HR LIVE false true false 0001000097 XXXXXXXX 06-30-2015 06-30-2015 false KINGDON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.

152 West 57th Street 50th Floor New York NY 10019

13F HOLDINGS REPORT 028-04575 N William Walsh Chief Financial Officer 212-333-0100 /s/ William Walsh New York NY 08-14-2015 3 127 2557722 1 0000718801 028-10584 Kingdon Associates 2 0001499251 028-13996 M. Kingdon Offshore Master Fund L.P. 3 0000909621 028-10842 Kingdon Family Partnership, L.P. 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