Barron's Activist Stocks 8-25-2007
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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.

See Hate list below where funds filed 13Ds showing a new decrease in particular positions.

symbol name last price % change open
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  • MAF
    Maf
  • $0.00
  • N/A
  • $N/A

Fron Barron's 8-25-07: "Bulldog Investors, a hedge fund, submitted a shareholder proposal requesting Municipal Advantage to conduct a self-tender offer at its stock's net asset value. Bulldog Investors said if more than 50% of Municipal Advantage's shares outstanding are tendered, the offer should be canceled and the company should be liquidated. The hedge fund added that now is an appropriate time for Municipal Advantage to conduct a self-tender offer considering that its shares have traded at a discount to its net asset value for years. Bulldog Investors currently holds 1.3 million shares (17.95% of the total outstanding)."

People owning MAF also tend to own: ADPAIGAMDBFTBQIBVFCC

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  • VTSS
    Vtss
  • $0.00
  • N/A
  • $N/A

Fron Barron's 8-25-07: "Chapman Capital said that it has started looking into the backgrounds and affiliations of two recently appointed directors of Vitesse. Chapman Capital is seeking to replace all or part of the Vitesse board, and said its investigation targets Willow B. Shire, appointed to the board in June, and Steven P. Hanson. Chapman Capital also said that investigations of Vitesse CEO Christopher R. Gardner, Chairman Edward Rogas and directors Vincent Chan and Alex Daly are expected to follow those of Shire and Hanson Chapman Capital currently owns about 19,452,171 shares (8.7%)."

People owning VTSS also tend to own: ACNADSXAEOALVRAMATAMDBRCM

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  • CAPA
    Captaris Inc.
  • $0.00
  • 0.00%
  • $N/A

Fron Barron's 8-25-07: "Vector Capital III said that it may have interest in acquiring Captaris. Vector had preliminary discussions with Captaris management and may have additional discussions to suggest actions intended to maximize shareholder value. Vector Capital currently owns about 2.7 million shares (9.9%)."

People owning CAPA also tend to own: ARDICHINAGRANWKOMNISGENAAPL

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  • CSWC
    Capital Southwest
  • $77.17
  • -1.06%
  • $77.05

Fron Barron's 8-25-07: "A group including ZS Crossover II said that it has several concerns regarding certain aspects of the business-development company's strategy and direction. ZS Crossover said that management should make the necessary changes it recommends, or adopt "a formal plan of complete liquidation" for the company and distribute proceeds to shareholders. The ZS Crossover group currently holds 258,492 shares (6.6%)."

People owning CSWC also tend to own: BPUHCOACASAINVALDARCCGAIN

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  • KDUS.OB
    Cadus Corp
  • $1.51
  • 0.00%
  • $N/A

Fron Barron's 8-25-07: "Moab Capital Partners raised its stake to 1,124,450 shares (8.55%), after buying 631,100 from June 15 to Aug. 16 at prices ranging from $1.76 to $1.86 a share."

People owning KDUS.OB also tend to own: ADGO.OBALSC.PKCLCTDAAT.OBDIRI.OBGGHEMA.OB

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  • CXPO.OB
    Crimson Explorati
  • $7.98
  • 0.00%
  • $N/A

Fron Barron's 8-25-07: "A group including affiliates of Oaktree Capital Management increased their stake to 7.3 million shares (72%), after buying 750,000 on Aug. 15 for about $6.97 a share."

People owning CXPO.OB also tend to own: CAPACMROCSWCFCXKDUS.OBMAFPSPT

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  • CMRO
    Comarco
  • $3.01
  • 0.00%
  • $N/A

Fron Barron's 8-25-07: "Broadwood Partners raised its holdings to 963,261 shares (13.1%), from 846,317 shares (11.5%) reported in June."

People owning CMRO also tend to own: AAVACHAODBPTBTECATCHL

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  • FCX
    Freeport Mcmoran
  • $79.56
  • +0.08%
  • $78.58

Fron Barron's 8-25-07: "Atticus Capital increased its holdings to 28,565,673 shares (7.48%), from 24,343,973 (6.4%) reported on June 11."

People owning FCX also tend to own: AAPLBLE.TOCHINACTRPELR.TOEMUFMCN

TheStreet.com Rating: D What is this?

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