Date updated:06-30-2007
From Barron's 7-2-07:
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.

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SNSTA
Sonesta Internati - $8.055
- -8.15%
- $N/A
From Barron's 7-2-07: "Mercury Real Estate Advisors wants Sonesta's (SNSTA) independent directors to gauge whether the controlling family is interested in taking the company private. Mercury contends that Sonesta's "diminutive size, controlling family ownership and consequent share illiquidity make it ill-suited to be a publicly traded company." Mercury holds 347,442 shares (9.4% of the total outstanding)."

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HS
Healthspring Inc. - $15.95
- +1.01%
- $15.72
From Barron's 7-2-07: "New York hedge fund Clinton Group wants HealthSpring (HS) to consider a recapitalization and a Dutch tender offer of $22-$23 per share for 30% of its stock. Clinton asserts that HealthSpring's stock, which recently closed at $18.20, is undervalued, especially considering that it is below the February 2006 initial public offering price of $19.50. Clinton Group holds 2,893,404 shares (5.05%)."

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FLWS
1-800 Flowers.com - $2.58
- -1.15%
- $2.62
From Barron's 7-2-07: "RLR Capital Partners plans to have discussions with the company regarding its business and prospects. RLR says it supports the initiatives undertaken by management and that it has been impressed by what it called the successful launch, highly profitable growth and market positioning of BloomNet, the company's wire service linking retail florists. RLR holds 1,307,000 shares (5.1%)."

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GNSM.PK
Gnsm.pk - $0.00
- N/A
- $N/A
From Barron's 7-2-07: "Denmark's Gedda Holding has proposed buying software maker Gensym for $2.50 a share, but the company rejected the bid and said that it is open to proposals from other parties. Gedda Holding is an affiliate of Johan Magnusson Gedda, who owns 970,000 shares (13.12%)."

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BELFA
Bel Fuse Inc. - $17.75
- +1.08%
- $17.88
From Barron's 7-2-07: "Funds managed by Mario Gabelli's Gamco Investors (GBL) reported ownership of 147,800 shares (5.5%) after buying 134,300 from April 23 to June 22 at $34.17 to $40.06 per share."

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KKD
Krispy Kreme Doug - $3.35
- -1.76%
- $3.41
From Barron's 7-2-07: "Mohamed Abdulmoshin Al Kharafi & Sons, the company's largest shareholder, increased its stake to 8,263,347 shares (12.76%) by buying 385,484. No further details were released."

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MACE
Mace Security Int - $0.77
- -1.28%
- $0.75
From Barron's 7-2-07: "A group including Ancora Capital raised its position to about 1.31 million shares (8.58%) from the 1.06 million reported on Nov. 30, 2006."

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STN
Stantec Inc - $24.32
- -1.66%
- $24.79
From Barron's 7-2-07: "UBS increased its holdings to 3.29 million shares (5.74%) from the 3.2 million (5.5%) reported on May 25."
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