Relational Investors Raises Stakes In Yahoo! (YHOO) and Sun Microsystems (JAVA), Shows New Stake In Schering-Plough (SGP)

Ralph Whitworth and David Batchelder's Relational Investors LLC released their new 13F filing for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. Below is a summary:

New Stakes:
Schering-Plough Corp. (NYSE: SGP) 5,118,000 shares
Lexmark International (NYSE: LXK) 178,684 shares
Regis Corp. (NYSE: RGS) 178,684 shares
International Rectifier (NYSE: IR) 1,259,144 shares

Raised Stakes:
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: JAVA) from 5,880,800 to 20,102,536 shares
Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) from 8,575,000 to 9,244,292 shares

(Note: Relational Investors just disclosed the JAVA and YHOO stake yesterday, but owned them at June 30 after confidential treatment ended)

Lowered Stakes:
Baxter International (NYSE: BAX) from 9,332,787 to 8,269,542 shares
Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) from 32,940,727 to 30,659,106 shares
Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF) from 6,608,416 to 1,790,300 shares
SPDR Trust Series 1 (AMEX: SPY) from 7,452,428 to 6,314,664 shares

Maintained Stakes:
National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) 33,587,017 shares
Sovereign Bancorp Inc. (NYSE: SOV) 58,975,411 shares
Home Depot (NYSE: HD) 36,651,483 shares
Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) 53,076,834 shares

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