Barron's Activist Stocks 3-26-07
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Date updated:03-24-2007

Each week Barrons 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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  • WWVY
    Warwick Valley Te
  • $13.25
  • +4.58%
  • $13.22

Warwick Valley Telephone (WWVY) Santa Monica Partners called for the resignation of director Herb Gareiss, who had been Warwick Valley's president and CEO until retiring from both positions Jan. 31, for health reasons. Santa Monica's Lawrence Goldstein said that, if Warwick Valley allows Gareiss to remain a director, it will only prove there is a "general lack of accountability at the board level of Warwick, where no one pays a price for failure." Santa Monica Partners holds 130,889 shares (2.4% of the total outstanding).

People owning WWVY also tend to own: BLMC.PKFRMO.PKHMGNPSIESLRVZCULS

TheStreet.com Rating: C What is this?

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  • LANC
    Lancaster Colony
  • $47.45
  • +0.96%
  • $46.94

Lancaster Colony (LANC) Barington Capital Group and affiliates want the company to implement measures to improve profitability and its share price. Barington suggested a divestiture of the company's automotive, and glassware and candles units and a self-tender offer to repurchase at least $300 million of Lancaster's outstanding common. Barington Capital has 1,644,044 shares (5.2%).

People owning LANC also tend to own: CTOCVGDDSFSCIGFFKHDHM

TheStreet.com Rating: B What is this?

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  • TLCV
    Tlc Vision Corpor
  • $0.31
  • -5.20%
  • $0.32

TLC Vision (TLCV) Glenhill Advisors says that TLC is "underperforming" and that it may seek to speak with the company's management, board and other investors regarding the situation. Glenhill owns about 9.61 million shares (13.9%).

People owning TLCV also tend to own: AMDGSTMOBENMHCOPWVPRSTULBI

TheStreet.com Rating: D- What is this?

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  • HYC
    Hypercom Corp
  • $1.35
  • 0.00%
  • $1.35

Hypercom (HYC) RLR Capital Partners wants the company to repurchase up to 18 million of its outstanding shares and to curtail acquisition plans until its core business improves. If improvements aren't made, RLR Capital maintains, the company should begin reviewing strategic alternatives, including a possible sale. RLR holds 2,709,745 shares (5.1%).

People owning HYC also tend to own: AHRKFRCBSXCTBDOWDYNERTS

TheStreet.com Rating: D What is this?

World Air Holdings (WLDA.pk) New York hedge fund Clinton Group will nominate Gen. David M. Snyder, George E. Hall and Conrad Bringsjord for election to the board at the company's annual meeting. The Clinton Group stated its "extreme disappointment" with World Air's performance and protested what it called the "lack of transparency" in the company's dealings with shareholders. The Clinton Group holds 1,174,628 shares (5.3%).

People owning WLDA.PK also tend to own: ATKCBDISEQRFINLGFFGS

TheStreet.com Rating: No Rating What is this?

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  • NVL
    Nvl
  • $0.00
  • N/A
  • $N/A

Novelis (NVL) Farallon Capital Management and its affiliates own 4,790,000 shares (6.4%), bought from Feb. 22 to March 15 at $43.63 to $43.98 each.

People owning NVL also tend to own: ABDALCANDEBKDCPIIFLSFRH-U

TheStreet.com Rating: C- What is this?

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  • WBSN
    Websense
  • $18.69
  • +0.38%
  • $18.50

Websense (WBSN) Blum Capital Partners has 2,954,438 shares (6.6%), bought from Feb. 13 to March 16 at $21.38 to $22.87 a share.

People owning WBSN also tend to own: AIRNALVRARTXASVIATWBRYCHK

TheStreet.com Rating: C- What is this?

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  • QCCO
    Qc Holdings
  • $6.33
  • +3.09%
  • $6.27

QC Holdings (QCCO) Prides Capital Partners owns 2.63 million shares (13.4%), after buying 83,300 from March 8 to 14 at $13.01 to $13.24 a share.

People owning QCCO also tend to own: ADAMAGLAMTCARKRCODIDARDII

TheStreet.com Rating: C What is this?

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