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Relational Investors Gets Heavy into Carters (CRI), Goes After PMC - Sierra (PMCS), Cuts CVS (CVS)

February 15, 2012 3:06 PM EST
Ralph Whitworth and David Batchelder's Relational Investors fund released its 13F for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011 on Tuesday. Below are the highlights.

Raised Stakes
Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP) raised from 1,057,600 shares to 1,291,330 shares
Ashland, Inc. (NYSE: ASH) raised from 890,226 shares to 995,167 shares
Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ) raised from 2,158,214 shares to 2,477,594 shares
Carters, Inc. (NYSE: CRI) raised from 1,482,078 shares to 1,830,291 shares
Esterline Technologies Corp. (NYSE: ESL) raised from 1,140,749 shares to 1,500,037 shares
Harman International Industries, Inc. (NYSE: HAR) raised from 2,320,579 shares to 2,697,430 shares
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (NYSE: ITW) raised from 8,175,100 shares to 10,129,639 shares
iShares Trust Russell MidCap Index Fund (NYSE: IWR) raised from 311,500 shares to 643,300 shares
Par Pharmaceutical Cos., Inc. (NYSE: PRX) raised from 1,379,629 shares to 3,178,229 shares *
PMC - Sierra, Inc. (NASDAQ: PMCS) raised from 7,821,114 shares to 11,495,777 shares *
S&P DEP RECEIPTS (NYSE: SPY) raised from 765,395 shares to 2,206,195 shares
Babcock & Wilcox Co. (NYSE: BWC) raised from 3,128,386 shares to 3,491,832 shares

Lowered Stakes
Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) lowered from 25,015,283 shares to 24,050,003 shares
Baxter International, Inc. (NYSE: BAX) lowered from 5,119,378 shares to 4,868,229 shares
Caterpillar, Inc. (NYSE: CAT) lowered from 3,550,100 shares to 3,448,374 shares
CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) lowered from 14,208,938 shares to 9,731,771 shares
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE: FCX) lowered from 4,917,647 shares to 4,789,821 shares
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) lowered from 17,528,200 shares to 17,251,400 shares
Intuit, Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU) lowered from 5,563,305 shares to 2,045,365 shares
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) lowered from 6,000,200 shares to 5,830,796 shares
MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) lowered from 13,292,012 shares to 12,816,608 shares
Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY) lowered from 6,622,035 shares to 6,291,787 shares
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (NYSE: DGX) lowered from 5,700,100 shares to 5,497,883 shares
Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) lowered from 17,223,948 shares to 12,543,241 shares *
Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZMH) lowered from 4,694,510 shares to 4,509,307 shares

Liquidated Stakes
LyondellBasell Industries Cl A (NYSE: LYB) liquidated
McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE: MDR) liquidated
Plains Exploration & Production Co. (NYSE: PXP) liquidated

Maintained Stakes
Guaranty Bancorp (NASDAQ: GBNK) maintained 17,592,000 share stake

* Since the original filing these positions have been updated further.


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