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Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C.

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 157509

Filed as KINGDON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.

Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2012, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$959,762,020
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C. located?

Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C.'s principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C. registered with the SEC or a state?

Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 157509.

How much does Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C. manage?

Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C. reports $959,762,020 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C.: Regulatory assets under management: $1,080,226,134 in the October 2021 data and $959,762,020 in the October 2026 data, down 11%. Total employees: 25 in October 2021 and 19 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (8).

Does Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.G (pending regulatory proceeding). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/157509

What changed in Kingdon Capital Management, L.L.C.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 9 to 10. Regulatory assets under management went from $861,883,044 to $959,762,020 (+11%).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$959,762,020

$959,762,020 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $959,762,020.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 8 Assets $959,762,020 (100%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 19. Performing investment advisory functions: 10.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
NY

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.G Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a regulatory proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.C, 11.D, or 11.E?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$1.08B 2021 $1.15B 2022 $816M 2023 $823M 2024 $862M 2025 $960M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$959,762,02019March 30, 2026
October 2025$861,883,04419March 24, 2025
October 2024$823,482,99019September 13, 2024
October 2023$815,686,43421March 24, 2023
October 2022$1,145,013,59923March 30, 2022
October 2021$1,080,226,13425March 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,080,226,134 in the October 2021 data and $959,762,020 in the October 2026 data, down 11%.

Total employees: 25 in October 2021 and 19 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 9 to 10.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $861,883,044 to $959,762,020 (+11%).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
kingdon.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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