13F-HR 1 march2011submission.txt MARCH2011SUBMISSION UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Quarter Ended: March 31, 2011 Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Aristeia Capital, LLC 136 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10016 13F File Number: 28-7622 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: Robert H. Lynch, Jr. Title: Managing Member Phone: (212) 842-8900 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: Robert H. Lynch, Jr. New York, NY May 16, 2011 Report Type: 13F Holdings Report List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager: I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 52 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $881056 AMR CORP COM 001765106 6477 1002665 SH ALLERGAN INC NOTE 1.500% 4/0 018490AL6 39673 35500000 PRN AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC W EXP 01/19/202 026874156 1337 120121 SH AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC NOTE 3.000% 6/1 032346AF5 11687 13500000 PRN BOISE INC W EXP 06/18/201 09746Y113 3276 1926935 SH CEMEX SAB DE CV SPON ADR NEW 151290889 19802 2217483 SH CENTRAL EUROPEAN DIST CORP NOTE 3.000% 3/1 153435AA0 6055 7000000 PRN CEPHALON INC NOTE 2.000% 6/0 156708AP4 20006 12000000 PRN CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP NOTE 2.500% 5/1 165167CA3 4334 4000000 PRN COMPUCREDIT HLDGS CORP NOTE 5.875%11/3 20478NAD2 6513 12450000 PRN CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INC NOTE 2.500%11/0 229678AD9 17732 16194000 PRN DENDREON CORP NOTE 2.875% 1/1 24823QAC1 2663 2500000 PRN DISCOVERY COMMUNICATNS NEW COM SER C 25470F302 26427 750564 SH DRYSHIPS INC. NOTE 5.000%12/0 262498AB4 5661 5675000 PRN EASTMAN KODAK CO NOTE 7.000% 4/0 277461BJ7 13381 15000000 PRN EVERGREEN SOLAR INC NOTE 4.000% 7/1 30033RAC2 13219 48959000 PRN FORD MTR CO DEL W EXP 01/01/201 345370134 37786 5922598 SH GOLDCORP INC NEW COM 380956409 5996 120400 SH HARTFORD FINL SVCS GROUP INC W EXP 06/26/201 416515120 46187 2518398 SH HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC UNIT 99/99/9999 44248W208 2120 100000 SH ICO GLOBAL COMM HLDGS LTD DE CL A 44930K108 1188 444882 SH ILLUMINA INC COM 452327109 4036 57600 SH KKR FINANCIAL HLDGS LLC NOTE 7.500% 1/1 48248AAD0 34808 24224000 PRN LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DEB 4.000%11/1 530715AG6 21747 36800000 PRN LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DEB 3.750% 2/1 530715AL5 13805 24140000 PRN LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DEB 3.500% 1/1 530715AN1 12034 21100000 PRN LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP COM 53217V109 4519 86200 SH LINCARE HLDGS INC NOTE 2.750%11/0 532791AF7 13105 11000000 PRN LINCOLN NATL CORP IND W EXP 07/10/201 534187117 16943 785490 SH MGIC INVT CORP WIS COM 552848103 4436 499020 SH MANNKIND CORP NOTE 3.750%12/1 56400PAA0 4863 9500000 PRN MASSEY ENERGY CO NOTE 3.250% 8/0 576203AJ2 26271 23051000 PRN MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918104 4238 166900 SH MOLSON COORS BREWING CO CL B 60871R209 13699 292144 SH NETAPP INC NOTE 1.750% 6/0 64110DAB0 68408 43194000 PRN OMNICARE INC DBCV 3.250%12/1 681904AL2 5864 6348000 PRN PMI GROUP INC COM 69344M101 403 149100 SH POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES INC NOTE 3.875%10/0 739363AF6 914 950000 PRN PROLOGIS NOTE 2.625% 5/1 743410AS1 3436 3441000 PRN ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC ADR PREF SER N 780097770 1197 70380 SH SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP NOTE 4.000%10/0 78388JAM8 32263 22000000 PRN SANDISK CORP COM 80004C101 7245 157200 SH SEALY CORP SR SECD 3RD 8% 812139400 9134 119157 SH SYMANTEC CORP COM 871503108 21933 1183000 SH UAL CORP NOTE 6.000%10/1 902549AJ3 155649 55091000 PRN USEC INC NOTE 3.000%10/0 90333EAC2 18554 23285000 PRN UNITED RENTALS INC NOTE 4.000%11/1 911363AL3 47216 15250000 PRN VERISIGN INC SDCV 3.250% 8/1 92343EAD4 765 627000 PRN VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORP DBCV 8.000% 6/1 928497AE6 12239 9950000 PRN WESTERN REFNG INC NOTE 5.750% 6/1 959319AC8 10439 5930000 PRN WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP W EXP 12/18/201 97650W157 2480 128905 SH ZIONS BANCORPORATION W EXP 05/22/202 989701115 16896 2406800 SH 881056