Relational Investors Discloses Hidden Stakes in Plantronics (PLAB), Burlington Northern (BNI), Genzyme (GENZ) and Zebra Tech (ZBRA) Feb 18, 2009 12:41PM

Ralph Whitworth and David Batchelder's Relational Investors released their 13F for the quarter ended December 31, 2008, and, maybe more interesting, the firm disclosed some new holdings they held in the third quarter which they were hiding due to "confidential treatment" with the SEC. That confidential treatment has now expired.

The new "confidential" positions were Plantronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLAB) (1.99M shares), Burlington Northern Santa (NYSE: BNI) (1.17M shares), Genzyme (Nasdaq: GENZ) (1.27M shares) and Zebra Technologies Corp ...


Relational Investors Raises Stakes In Yahoo! (YHOO) and Sun Microsystems (JAVA), Shows New Stake In Schering-Plough (SGP) Nov 14, 2008 08:13AM

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

Relational Investors Shows New Stakes In Yahoo! (YHOO) and Sun Microsystems (JAVA) Nov 14, 2008 07:51AM

Ralph Whitworth and David Batchelder's Relational Investors LLC showed, in an amended 13F ...


Sovereign Bancorp (SOV) Appoints Paul A. Perrault President and Chief Executive Officer Sep 30, 2008 01:09PM

Sovereign Bancorp Inc., (NYSE: SOV) has named Paul A. Perrault President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 3, 2009. As part of the management change, Kirk W. Walters, Sovereign's Executive Vice President and ...


Sovereign Bancorp (SOV) Director Whitworth of Relational Investors Buys 22M Shares May 20, 2008 05:48PM

Sovereign Bancorp (NYSE: SOV) director Ralph Whitworth of Relational Investors disclosed they bought 22 ...




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