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

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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