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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