0000909012-15-000312.txt : 20151027 0000909012-15-000312.hdr.sgml : 20151027 20151027100438 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000909012-15-000312 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20151027 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20151027 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20151027 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: 151176464 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 09-30-2015 09-30-2015 WestEnd Advisors, LLC

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13F HOLDINGS REPORT 028-11741 N Jennifer Friedland 704 556 9300 /s/ JENNIFER FRIEDLAND Charlotte NC 10-26-2015 0 37 1976957521 false INFORMATION TABLE 2 aci_13f.xml Allergan PLC COMMON STOCK G0177J108 39648109 145867 SH SOLE 0 116282 0 29585 Biogen, Inc. COMMON STOCK 09062x103 84250216 288716 SH SOLE 0 259911 0 28805 Celgene Corp. COMMON STOCK 151020104 87225584 806375 SH SOLE 0 734802 0 71573 Express Scripts Hld. Co. COMMON STOCK 30219G108 56443693 697180 SH SOLE 0 690692 0 6488 Gilead Sciences, Inc. COMMON STOCK 375558103 92103693 938015 SH SOLE 0 855700 0 82315 HCA Holdings, Inc. COMMON STOCK 40412c101 91075851 1177299 SH SOLE 0 1076397 0 100902 Comcast Corp. Cl. A COMMON STOCK 20030n101 96880291 1703240 SH SOLE 0 1550517 0 152723 Disney, Walt Co. COMMON STOCK 254687106 95463691 934087 SH SOLE 0 848959 0 85128 Nike, Inc. Class B COMMON STOCK 654106103 118065096 960113 SH SOLE 0 879510 0 80603 Nordstrom, Inc. COMMON STOCK 655664100 99990273 1394370 SH SOLE 0 1272050 0 122320 TJX Companies, Inc. COMMON STOCK 872540109 113129423 1584002 SH SOLE 0 1450506 0 133496 CVS Health Corp. COMMON STOCK 126650100 95990268 994924 SH SOLE 0 909009 0 85915 Costco Wholesale COMMON STOCK 22160K105 108289725 749047 SH SOLE 0 685609 0 63438 Estee Lauder Cos. COMMON STOCK 518439104 99775504 1236682 SH SOLE 0 1129139 0 107543 Adobe Systems, Inc. COMMON STOCK 00724f101 110513382 1344118 SH SOLE 0 1230321 0 113797 Apple, Inc. COMMON STOCK 037833100 97623442 885072 SH SOLE 0 807137 0 77935 E M C Corp. COMMON STOCK 268648102 102920440 4259952 SH SOLE 0 3913705 0 346247 Mastercard Inc COMMON STOCK 57636Q104 101142757 1122312 SH SOLE 0 1026976 0 95336 PayPal Holdings, Inc. COMMON STOCK 70450Y103 89840872 2894358 SH SOLE 0 2648080 0 246278 Qualcomm, Inc. COMMON STOCK 747525103 91881040 1710051 SH SOLE 0 1559132 0 150919 eBay, Inc. COMMON STOCK 278642103 93727424 3835001 SH SOLE 0 3506668 0 328333 Consumer Discretionary Select Sect SPDR Fd COMMON STOCK 81369y407 1542380 20770 SH SOLE 0 20770 0 0 Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund COMMON STOCK 81369Y308 775426 16432 SH SOLE 0 16432 0 0 Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund COMMON STOCK 81369y209 1197240 18077 SH SOLE 0 18077 0 0 SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF COMMON STOCK 78464A417 152482 4276 SH SOLE 0 4276 0 0 SPDR Barclays Interm Term Corp ETF COMMON STOCK 78464A375 2852 84 SH SOLE 0 84 0 0 SPDR Tr Unit Ser 1 COMMON STOCK 78462F103 1203820 6282 SH SOLE 0 6282 0 0 Vanguard Extended Market ETF COMMON STOCK 922908652 418272 5124 SH SOLE 0 5124 0 0 Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF COMMON STOCK 922042775 1903344 44648 SH SOLE 0 44648 0 0 Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF COMMON STOCK 922042866 419050 7805 SH SOLE 0 7805 0 0 Vanguard Information Technology ETF COMMON STOCK 92204a702 1527700 15277 SH SOLE 0 15277 0 0 iShares 1-3 Year Credit Bond ETF COMMON STOCK 464288646 836204 7954 SH SOLE 0 7954 0 0 iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF COMMON STOCK 46434V738 634760 15244 SH SOLE 0 15244 0 0 iShares Russell 3000 ETF COMMON STOCK 464287689 44417 390 SH SOLE 0 390 0 0 iShares S&P 500 Index COMMON STOCK 464287200 112735 585 SH SOLE 0 585 0 0 iShares iBoxx $ Invest. Grade Corp Bd ETF COMMON STOCK 464287242 168214 1449 SH SOLE 0 1449 0 0 ISHARES RUSSELL 1000 GWTH INDEX FD COMMON STOCK 464287614 37851 407 SH SOLE 0 407 0 0