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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AMLN 13.80

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Volume: 2,030,929
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APC 60.67

-1.70 -2.73%
Volume: 2,112,551
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BIIB 46.92

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Volume: 1,476,173
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C 4.06

-0.11 -2.64%
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EXEL 6.64

-0.20 -2.92%
Volume: 331,818
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GFG 0.29

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 1,132,843
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LEA 63.50

-0.40 -0.63%
Volume: 115,880
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LGF 4.89

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Volume: 119,749
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MOT 8.20

-0.08 -0.97%
Volume: 16,554,951
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TIN 17.83

-0.56 -3.05%
Volume: 735,038
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TWC 42.42

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Volume: 574,485
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TWX 30.85

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Volume: 3,064,485
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WEN 4.07

-0.09 -2.16%
Volume: 1,497,967
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WMB 19.97

-0.56 -2.73%
Volume: 3,710,614
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YHOO 15.00

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Volume: 11,452,844
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