Barron's Activist Stocks 7-05-2008
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Each week Barron's has a 13D Filings column. 13Ds are filed when a fund (usually an activist hedge fund) accumulates more than 5% of a firm and is planning on pushing for change (e.g.a sale of the company, sale of certain assets, a share buyback, or a share dividend) to unlock value.

symbol name last price % change open
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  • ENZN
    Enzon Pharmaceuti
  • $9.96
  • 0.00%
  • $N/A

DellaCamera Capital Master Fund may consider a "public consent solicitation" to amend Enzon's bylaws to let shareholders have a stronger voice in overseeing the company. DellaCamera also urged Enzon to take certain actions to boost shareholder value, including looking at an $80 million share-repurchase program, monetizing a minimum of $70 million of its royalty streams and soliciting bids for Enzon's marketed products and royalty segments. DellaCamera owns 2,881,632 shares of Enzon (6.4% of the total outstanding).

People owning ENZN also tend to own: BEASELOSGMNBIXPHRMQIDBGG

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Mario Gabelli's Gamco Investors (GBL) sent a letter to Kelly Capital concerning Kelly's interest in acquiring Earl Scheib, an auto-painting company. Gabelli said that Earl Scheib has an obligation to make shareholders aware of Kelly Capital's proposal, and that, if management endorses the bid and makes it "a part of a free-market process," Gabelli would vote accordingly. Earl Scheib announced in March that it had hired an investment bank to explore strategic alternatives. Gamco Investors owns about 1.66 million Scheib shares (37.76%).

People owning ESHB.PK also tend to own: CFCENZNIVGNKONAMEDQ.PKQSIISONS

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  • SONS
    Sonus Networks
  • $2.18
  • +1.87%
  • $2.11

Legatum Global Holdings accused the company of having adopted a poison pill simply to fend off Legatum's complaints. Legatum said that Sonus' portrayal of the move as being in shareholders' interests highlights the chasm between the board's perception of what is in the company's best interest and the contrasting view of market pros and the company's owners. Legatum owns 67,295,079 shares (24.8%).

People owning SONS also tend to own: ECGISLJB.PKSYMCPDCPFERFMDAFFX

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  • TRGL
    Toreador Resource
  • $9.50
  • -3.16%
  • $10.16

MatlinPatterson Capital Management, which has 2,200,599 shares (10.8%), suggested the Dallas energy company be sold.

People owning TRGL also tend to own: LUKPMTIALSC.PKBMTCBSGCADECHTP

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  • IVGN
    N/a
  • $24.76
  • 0.00
  • $24.76

Money manager Steven A. Cohen reported owning 4,809,782 shares (5.2%) and said he supports the company's agreement to buy Applera's Applied Biosystems Group (ABI) for $6.7 billion, or $38 a share, in cash and stock. Both companies make tools used in the life sciences.

People owning IVGN also tend to own: AGIXAVIDCTLMCVTXDSTIGLWINTV

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  • KONA
    Kona Grill
  • $3.04
  • 0.00%
  • $N/A

Mill Road Capital said that Kona Grill had rejected its non-binding $10.75-a-share purchase offer. To fend off a potential hostile takeover, Kona Grill on May 28 adopted a poison-pill plan, under which it will declare a dividend distribution of preferred-share purchase rights to stockholders if any person or group acquires 20% or more of its common stock. Mill Road raised its stake to 544,227 shares (8.2%) by buying 219,167 from June 11 to 25 at $6.21 to $7.44 a share.

People owning KONA also tend to own: AAPLACHALTIAMZNCROXFCELJSDA

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  • CFC
    Cfc
  • $0.00
  • N/A
  • $N/A

The SRM Global Master hedge fund cut its stake to 14.2 million shares (2.44%) from the 47.2 million (8.13%) it reported owning in mid-April. SRM Global has criticized Bank of America's (BAC) planned acquisition of Countrywide as not in Countrywide shareholders' best interests.

People owning CFC also tend to own: BACAAALLAPCBACCAT

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  • QSII
    Quality Systems
  • $63.05
  • -0.16%
  • $63.52

At the 2008 annual stockholders meeting, Ahmed Hussein is nominating six people for election to the board and proposing corporate-governance amendments to the company's bylaws. Three of Hussein's nominees, including him, are currently members of the QSII board.

People owning QSII also tend to own: GRMNVSTHAAPLCOHCROXCSCOCTSH

TheStreet.com Rating: B What is this?

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