13F-HR 1 mh0630-12public13f.txt 6/30/12 13F FILING UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: June 30, 2012 Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement. [ ] adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: Davidson Kempner Capital Management LLC Address: 65 East 55th Street, 19th Floor New York, NY 10022 13F File Number: 28-4666 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: Timothy I. Levart Title: Chief Operating Officer Phone: 212-446-4020 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: Timothy I. Levart New York August 14, 2012 Report Type (Check only one.): [X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. [ ] 13F NOTICE. [ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager: I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 52 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 1,354,483 (X 1,000) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THIS FILING AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION. List of Other Included Managers: FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE Title of Value Shares/ SH/ PUT/ Invtmnt Other Voting Authority Issuer Class CUSIP * $1000 PRN Amount PRN CALL Dscretn Mgrs Sole Shared None Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc CS 032346108 141 5,000 CALL SOLE 5,000 Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc CS 032346108 14,514 514,135 SH SOLE 514,135 Andina Acquisition Corp CS G0440W118 2,129 215,000 SH SOLE 215,000 Ariba Inc CS 04033V203 17,449 390,000 SH SOLE 390,000 Catalyst Health Solutions Inc CS 14888B103 5,139 55,000 SH SOLE 55,000 CenturyLink Inc CS 156700106 5,103 129,210 SH SOLE 129,210 China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd CS 16945R104 1,493 119,000 SH SOLE 119,000 Corrections Corp of America CS 22025Y407 3,843 130,500 SH SOLE 130,500 CSX Corp CS 126408103 17,426 779,356 SH SOLE 779,356 Delphi Automotive PLC CS G27823106 9,372 367,546 SH SOLE 367,546 Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group CS 256743105 9,926 122,609 SH SOLE 122,609 Duke Energy Corp CS 26441C204 26,807 1,162,487 SH SOLE 1,162,487 Fairpoint Communications Inc CS 305560302 352 57,267 SH SOLE 57,267 Ford Motor Co WT 345370134 11,200 10,000,000 SH SOLE 10,000,000 Forum Energy Technologies Inc CS 34984V100 492 25,000 SH SOLE 25,000 Gen-Probe Inc CS 36866T103 136,889 1,665,517 SH SOLE 1,665,517 Geo Group Inc/The CS 36159R103 2,422 106,600 SH SOLE 106,600 Global Eagle Acquisition Corp WT 37951D110 209 835,000 SH SOLE 835,000 Global Eagle Acquisition Corp CS 37951D102 8,305 850,000 SH SOLE 850,000 Goodrich Corp CS 382388106 630,081 4,965,177 SH SOLE 4,965,177 Google Inc CS 38259P508 2,842 4,900 SH SOLE 4,900 Grifols SA CS 398438309 2,534 264,193 SH SOLE 264,193 Hampton Roads Bankshares Inc CS 409321502 3,603 3,305,343 SH SOLE 3,305,343 Hertz Global Holdings Inc CS 42805T105 17,740 1,385,944 SH SOLE 1,385,944 Hologic Inc CS 436440101 1,978 109,600 SH SOLE 109,600 Human Genome Sciences Inc CS 444903108 42,799 3,262,084 SH SOLE 3,262,084 Interpublic Group of Cos Inc/T CS 460690100 18,527 1,707,565 SH SOLE 1,707,565 Barclays iPATH S&P 500 VIX IPTH S&P 06740C261 1,179 77,500 SH SOLE 77,500 Kinder Morgan Inc/Delaware CS 49456B101 7,624 236,635 SH SOLE 236,635 Kinder Morgan Inc WT 49456B119 773 357,950 SH SOLE 357,950 Lincare Holdings Inc CS 532791100 1,599 47,010 SH SOLE 47,010 Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd CS 585464100 2,231 193,800 SH SOLE 193,800 Metlife Inc CNVPFD 59156R116 61,589 1,000,000 SH SOLE 1,000,000 Micron Technology Inc CS 595112103 15,725 2,500,000 PUT SOLE 2,500,000 Micron Technology Inc CS 595112103 1,258 200,000 SH SOLE 200,000 Monster Worldwide Inc CS 611742107 1,398 168,222 SH SOLE 168,222 Pfizer Inc CS 717081103 41,292 1,795,321 SH SOLE 1,795,321 Pioneer Nat Res Co 2.875% 1/15/38 CB 723787AH0 45,137 30,500,000 PRN SOLE 30,500,000 Progress Energy Inc CS 743263105 10,103 167,900 PUT SOLE 167,900 Progress Energy Inc CS 743263105 14,806 246,065 SH SOLE 246,065 Radian Group Inc 3% 11/15/17 CB 750236AK7 24,721 42,000,000 PRN SOLE 42,000,000 Radian Group Inc CS 750236101 3,356 1,020,000 SH SOLE 1,020,000 ROI Acquisition Corp CS 74966A203 3,546 360,000 SH SOLE 360,000 Signet Jewelers Ltd CS G81276100 6,607 150,116 SH SOLE 150,116 Solutia Inc CS 834376501 48,710 1,736,533 SH SOLE 1,736,533 SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust TR UNIT 78462F103 1,245 9,149 SH SOLE 9,149 Standard Pacific Corp 6% 10/1/12 CB 853763AA8 8,034 7,932,000 PRN SOLE 7,932,000 Trio Merger Corp CS 896697109 2,925 300,000 SH SOLE 300,000 Tyson Foods Inc 3.25% 10/15/13 CB 902494AP8 41,792 34,500,000 PRN SOLE 34,500,000 United Continental Holdings In CS 910047109 4,142 170,257 SH SOLE 170,257 Universal Business Payment Sol CS 913384202 3,605 598,800 SH SOLE 598,800 Warner Chilcott PLC CS G94368100 7,771 433,416 SH SOLE 433,416 1,354,483