0000909012-18-000011.txt : 20180202 0000909012-18-000011.hdr.sgml : 20180202 20180202135319 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000909012-18-000011 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20171231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180202 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180202 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20180202 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: 18569888 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 12-31-2017 12-31-2017 WestEnd Advisors, LLC

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13F HOLDINGS REPORT 028-11741 N Jennifer Friedland 704 556 9300 /s/ JENNIFER FRIEDLAND Charlotte NC 02-02-2018 0 47 1081463804 false INFORMATION TABLE 2 aci_13f.xml Allergan plc COMMON STOCK G0177J108 32767364 200314 SH SOLE 0.00 198995 0 1319 Biogen, Inc. COMMON STOCK 09062X103 44073522 138348 SH SOLE 0.00 137492 0 856 Bristol-Myers Squibb COMMON STOCK 110122108 42228599 689109 SH SOLE 0.00 685046 0 4063 Celgene Corp. COMMON STOCK 151020104 38546827 369364 SH SOLE 0.00 367126 0 2238 Gilead Sciences, Inc. COMMON STOCK 375558103 39122675 546101 SH SOLE 0.00 542874 0 3227 Medtronic Inc. COMMON STOCK G5960L103 44093214 546046 SH SOLE 0.00 542516 0 3530 UnitedHealth Group, Inc. COMMON STOCK 91324P102 47794184 216793 SH SOLE 0.00 215435 0 1358 Disney, Walt Co. COMMON STOCK 254687106 48074064 447159 SH SOLE 0.00 444343 0 2816 Starbucks Corp COMMON STOCK 855244109 45448781 791377 SH SOLE 0.00 786289 0 5088 TJX Companies COMMON STOCK 872540109 47379356 619662 SH SOLE 0.00 615796 0 3866 Kraft Heinz Co. COMMON STOCK 500754106 40780221 524437 SH SOLE 0.00 521128 0 3309 Kroger Company COMMON STOCK 501044101 48460065 1765394 SH SOLE 0.00 1753399 0 11995 Bank of America Corp. COMMON STOCK 060505104 48519072 1643600 SH SOLE 0.00 1633321 0 10279 Goldman Sachs Group COMMON STOCK 38141G104 46347977 181928 SH SOLE 0.00 180776 0 1152 JPMorgan Chase & Co. COMMON STOCK 46625H100 48262556 451305 SH SOLE 0.00 448484 0 2821 Alphabet Inc. Class A COMMON STOCK 02079K305 47781170 45359 SH SOLE 0.00 45069 0 290 Apple, Inc. COMMON STOCK 037833100 48137642 284451 SH SOLE 0.00 282650 0 1801 Mastercard Inc. COMMON STOCK 57636Q104 46909188 309918 SH SOLE 0.00 307979 0 1939 Microsoft Corp COMMON STOCK 594918104 48547029 567536 SH SOLE 0.00 563979 0 3557 PayPal Holdings, Inc. COMMON STOCK 70450Y103 47241217 641690 SH SOLE 0.00 637671 0 4019 Alerian MLP ETF COMMON STOCK 00162Q866 30546 2831 SH SOLE 0.00 2831 0 0 Consumer Discretionary Select Sect SPDR Fd COMMON STOCK 81369y407 18543357 187895 SH SOLE 0.00 184240 0 3655 Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund COMMON STOCK 81369Y308 8737962 153594 SH SOLE 0.00 150650 0 2944 Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund COMMON STOCK 81369y209 25468416 308036 SH SOLE 0.00 302078 0 5958 IPath Bbg Commodity ETN COMMON STOCK 06738c778 41033 1681 SH SOLE 0.00 1681 0 0 PowerShares Sr. Loan Portfolio COMMON STOCK 73936Q769 2465 107 SH SOLE 0.00 107 0 0 SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF COMMON STOCK 78464A417 4406 120 SH SOLE 0.00 120 0 0 SPDR Gold Trust ETF COMMON STOCK 78463v107 13601 110 SH SOLE 0.00 110 0 0 SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corp. Bd. ETF COMMON STOCK 78464A474 6932292 227886 SH SOLE 0.00 70619 0 157267 SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust COMMON STOCK 78462F103 28053123 105123 SH SOLE 0.00 104618 0 505 Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund COMMON STOCK 81369y803 23232395 363290 SH SOLE 0.00 356274 0 7016 Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF COMMON STOCK 922042775 28585563 522397 SH SOLE 0.00 512242 0 10155 Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF COMMON STOCK 922042866 3271168 44872 SH SOLE 0.00 44003 0 869 iShares 0-5 Yr TIPS Bond ETF COMMON STOCK 46429B747 6834203 68431 SH SOLE 0.00 21462 0 46969 iShares Core MSCI EAFE COMMON STOCK 46432F842 2445 37 SH SOLE 0.00 37 0 0 iShares Core MSCI EM IMI ETF COMMON STOCK 46434G103 1251 22 SH SOLE 0.00 22 0 0 iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF COMMON STOCK 46434V738 6249375 124564 SH SOLE 0.00 32247 0 92317 iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF COMMON STOCK 46429B655 3454438 67974 SH SOLE 0.00 21165 0 46809 iShares Int'l Select Divid ETF COMMON STOCK 464288448 3716 110 SH SOLE 0.00 110 0 0 iShares Russell 3000 ETF COMMON STOCK 464287689 58206 368 SH SOLE 0.00 368 0 0 iShares U.S. Financial Srvcs COMMON STOCK 464287770 14436118 110664 SH SOLE 0.00 108493 0 2171 iShares US Preferred ETF COMMON STOCK 464288687 3197 84 SH SOLE 0.00 84 0 0 iShares iBoxx $ Invest. Grade Corp Bd ETF COMMON STOCK 464287242 6962835 57279 SH SOLE 0.00 55934 0 1345 ADOBE SYSTEMS COMMON STOCK 00724F101 14895 85 SH SOLE 0.00 85 0 0 HCA HEALTHCARE INC COMMON STOCK 40412C101 3074 35 SH SOLE 0.00 35 0 0 ISHARES RUSSELL 1000 ETF COMMON STOCK 464287622 8618 58 SH SOLE 0.00 58 0 0 ISHARES MSCI ACWI ETF COMMON STOCK 464288257 360 5 SH SOLE 0.00 5 0 0