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