Icahn Raises Stakes In AMLN, LGF, WMB, YHOO; Cuts Stakes in TIN, LEA

February 17, 2009 10:58 AM EST

Late Friday, activist investor Carl Icahn released his 13Fs for the quarter ended December 31, 2008. The filings showed he raised his stakes in Amylin (Nasdaq: AMLN), Guaranty Financial (NYSE: GFG), Lions Gate (NYSE: LGF), Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE: WMB) and Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO), among others. He sold shares in Temple-Inland Inc. (NYSE: TIN) and Lear Corp. (NYSE: LEA), among others.

The two main entities he files under is Carl C. Icahn and Icahn Capital. Below is a summary of some of his notable moves:

Icahn Capital:


  • Bumped Amylin (Nasdaq: AMLN) stake (already known from a 13D, now owns 12.97M shares)

  • Raised Exelixis, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXEL) from 1.3M to 2.5M shares

  • Raised Guaranty Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: GFG) from 2.7M to 14.7M shares

  • Raised Lions Gate (NYSE: LGF) from 4.3M to 9M shares

  • Raised Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE: WMB) from 7.2M to 17.5M shares

  • Raised Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) from 55M to 60.5M shares (this was known)

  • New 643K share stake in Wendy's/Arby's Group (NYSE: WEN)

  • Trimmed Biogen Idec (Nasdaq: BIIB) positions from 14M to 12.9M shares (trying to get 4 on board)

  • Cut Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: APC) stake from 16M to 7.6M shares

  • Cut Motorola (NYSE: MOT) from 144M to 120M shares

  • Cut Temple-Inland Inc. (NYSE: TIN) from 3.2M to 1.45M shares

  • Sold out of 11.3M Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) shares and 1.25M Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) shares

  • Sold out of small AMD (NYSE: AMD)

  • Sold out of small Citi (NYSE: C) positions
Carl C Icahn


  • Raised Guaranty Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: GFG) from 802K to 3.8M shares

  • Raised Lions Gate (NYSE: LGF) from 1.1M to 2.2M shares

  • Raised Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) from 13.8M to 15.1M shares (this was known)

  • Sold out of Lear Corp. (NYSE: LEA)

  • Sold out of Temple-Inland Inc. (NYSE: TIN)

You can track more of Icahn's moves here


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AMD 5.14

-0.07 -1.34%
Volume: 16,251,931
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AMLN 12.37

+0.07 +0.57%
Volume: 1,225,588
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APC 65.44

-0.25 -0.38%
Volume: 3,676,021
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BIIB 45.51

+0.10 +0.22%
Volume: 4,664,484
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C 4.18

-0.01 -0.24%
Volume: 240,590,010
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EXEL 7.16

+0.11 +1.56%
Volume: 1,279,293
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GFG 0.29

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 1,132,843
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LEA 0.48

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 788,176
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LGF 5.36

-0.05 -0.92%
Volume: 2,619,999
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MOT 8.85

-0.13 -1.45%
Volume: 47,535,422
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TIN 16.51

+0.18 +1.10%
Volume: 1,687,039
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TWC 42.59

+0.49 +1.16%
Volume: 2,086,695
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TWX 31.70

+0.06 +0.19%
Volume: 5,936,426
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WEN 4.33

-0.09 -2.04%
Volume: 5,990,635
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WMB 20.17

-0.01 -0.05%
Volume: 4,221,617
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YHOO 16.04

+0.02 +0.12%
Volume: 23,991,344
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