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Carl Icahn Sells Nearly 4M Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (FDO) Shares

July 29, 2014 5:21 PM EDT

In an amended 13D filing on Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO), hedge fund Carl Icahn disclosed a 6.03%, or 6,869,032 share, stake in the company. This is down 35.75% from the 10,691,011 shares held recently.

The share sales follow Family Dollar Stores' agreement to be acquired by Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) yesterday (7/28).

Icahn is said to have made $174 million in paper profits on the deal news. Now some of those paper gains are realized gains. He has held the position for less than two months.

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