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Sandell Asset Management Corp.

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13F filer, CIK 1140474, NEW YORK, NY

Sandell Asset Management Corp. reported $905,036,000 across 44 holdings for the quarter ended 2018-12-31, in a 13F-HR filed 2019-02-14. Its ten largest share positions make up 80.07% of the portfolio.

Filed (acceptance time not in the bulk data set), ingested 13F-HR 0001567619-19-004135

Period
2018-12-31
Reported value
$905M
Holdings
44
Top 10 weight
80.07%
New
21
Sold out
19

Largest buys vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
RED HAT INCnew+274,000$48.1M
IMPERVA INCnew+718,646$40M
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOG…new+666,100$32.3M
INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GROUPnew+839,540$25.4M
VECTREN CORPnew+338,864$24.4M

Ranked by the share change valued at this quarter's implied price (value over shares in the 13F). A position sold out is valued at the previous quarter's price, its last report.

Largest sells vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
AETNA INC NEWexited-371,700-$75.4M
PINNACLE FOODS INC DELexited-868,100-$56.3M
ROCKWELL COLLINS INCexited-387,470-$54.4M
CA INC COMexited-1,204,137-$53.2M
ENVISION HEALTHCARE CORPexited-1,131,404-$51.7M

Ranked by the share change valued at this quarter's implied price (value over shares in the 13F). A position sold out is valued at the previous quarter's price, its last report.

Holdings, Q4 2018

Share positions as resolved from 13F-HR 0001567619-19-004135, largest first. % of portfolio is the value over $409,595,000, the sum of the share positions whose value is usable for ratios (method).

SecurityHistorySharesValue% of portfolioChangeLatest eventTimeline
TWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INCTWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 1,015,600 shares 1,015,600$48.9M11.93%-69,100
RED HAT INCRED HAT INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 274,000 shares 274,000$48.1M11.75%new
IMPERVA INCIMPERVA INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 718,646 shares 718,646$40M9.77%new
DUN & BRADSTREET CORP DEL NEDUN & BRADSTREET CORP DEL NEQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 279,700 shares 279,700$39.9M9.75%+42,100
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOG…INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 666,100 shares 666,100$32.3M7.88%new
ORBOTECH LTDORBOTECH LTDQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 508,572 shares 508,572$28.8M7.02%-29,112
INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GROUPINVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GROUPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 839,540 shares 839,540$25.4M6.2%new
VECTREN CORPVECTREN CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 338,864 shares 338,864$24.4M5.95%new
TRIBUNE COMPANYTRIBUNE COMPANYQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 526,000 shares 526,000$23.9M5.83%new
SHIRE PLCSHIRE PLCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 94,000 shares 94,000$16.4M3.99%new
TESARO INCTESARO INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 138,100 shares 138,100$10.3M2.5%new
AMZNAMAZON COM INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 4,664 shares 4,664$7M1.71%0Timeline
PCRXPACIRA BIOSCIENCES INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 151,600 shares 151,600$6.52M1.59%-41,500Timeline
MSFTMICROSOFT CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 61,293 shares 61,293$6.23M1.52%0Timeline
CSXCSX CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 89,700 shares 89,700$5.57M1.36%+31,000Timeline
ZAYO GROUP HLDGS INC COMZAYO GROUP HLDGS INC COMQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 236,100 shares 236,100$5.39M1.32%0
GOOGALPHABET INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 5,164 shares 5,164$5.35M1.31%0Timeline
AAPLAPPLE INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 32,487 shares 32,487$5.12M1.25%0Timeline
SPYSTATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF TQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 20,000 shares 20,000$5M1.22%newTimeline
METAMETA PLATFORMS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 32,610 shares 32,610$4.28M1.04%0Timeline
DHRDANAHER CORP DELQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 41,300 shares 41,300$4.26M1.04%newTimeline
HYGISHARES TRQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 40,000 shares 40,000$3.24M0.79%newTimeline
TIVO CORPTIVO CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 318,900 shares 318,900$3M0.73%0
WHWYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 56,600 shares 56,600$2.57M0.63%0Timeline
NUTRI SYS INC NEWNUTRI SYS INC NEWQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 46,276 shares 46,276$2.03M0.5%new
CZRCZRQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 175,000 shares 175,000$1.19M0.29%+75,000
PYPLPAYPAL HLDGS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 11,900 shares 11,900$1M0.24%0Timeline
VVISA INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 7,400 shares 7,400$976K0.24%0Timeline
MAMASTERCARD INCORPORATEDQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 5,000 shares 5,000$943K0.23%0Timeline
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DELLIBERTY MEDIA CORP DELQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 23,200 shares 23,200$854K0.21%0
WORLDPAY INCWORLDPAY INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q1: restricted; 2017Q2: restricted; 2017Q3: restricted; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 11,100 shares 11,100$848K0.21%0

Options

Puts and calls, as filed. The amount and value describe the underlying shares, not the option premium, so they stay out of % of portfolio (H5).

SecurityTypeAmountValueChange
SPYSTATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T SHScall14,500$362M-1,640,500
SPYSTATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T SHSput3,000$75M-147,000
TESARO INCTESARO INC COMput1,381$10.3Mnew
AALAMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INC Stockcall3,000$9.63Mnew
HYGISHARES TR IBOXX HI YD ETFput1,016$8.24M-498,984
LVSLAS VEGAS SANDS CORP Stockcall1,204$6.27Mnew
QQQINVESCO QQQ TR COMput350$5.4M-99,650
XHBSPDR SERIES TRUST SHScall1,500$4.88Mnew
XPOXPO INC Stockcall750$4.28Mnew
FXIISHARES TR CHINA LG-CAP ETFcall1,000$3.91Mnew
EEMISHARES TR MSCI EMG MKT ETFcall1,000$3.91Mnew
FFORD MTR CO Stockcall1,000$765Knew
BKLNINVESCO EXCH TRADED FD TR II SR LN ETFput254$553Knew

Sold out in Q4 2018

Positions in the previous quarter's report that this quarter's report no longer lists.

SecurityShares beforeValue beforeType
AETNA INC NEWAETNA INC NEW371,700$75.4Mshares
PINNACLE FOODS INC DELPINNACLE FOODS INC DEL868,100$56.3Mshares
ROCKWELL COLLINS INCROCKWELL COLLINS INC387,470$54.4Mshares
CA INC COMCA INC COM1,204,137$53.2Mshares
ENVISION HEALTHCARE CORPENVISION HEALTHCARE CORP1,131,404$51.7Mshares
KLX INCKLX INC822,200$51.6Mshares
GRAMERCY PPTY TRGRAMERCY PPTY TR1,660,050$45.6Mshares
KAPSTONE PAPER AND PACKAGIN…KAPSTONE PAPER AND PACKAGING C1,211,046$41.1Mshares
EXPRESS SCRIPTS HLDG COEXPRESS SCRIPTS HLDG CO265,400$25.2Mshares
FOREST CITY RLTY TR INCFOREST CITY RLTY TR INC668,200$16.8Mshares
AVAAVISTA CORP296,290$15Mshares
TMUST-MOBILE US INC162,066$11.4Mshares
KLX ENERGY SERVICS HOLDNGS IKLX ENERGY SERVICS HOLDNGS I328,880$10.5Mshares
CONVERGYS CORPCONVERGYS CORP279,070$6.62Mshares
OPTUOPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS INC138,700$2.52Mshares
MGMMGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL90,000$2.51Mshares
PCRXPACIRA BIOSCIENCES INC50,000$2.46Mput
ZAYO GROUP HLDGS INC COMZAYO GROUP HLDGS INC COM60,000$2.08Mput
CA INC COMCA INC COM13,100$578Kput

How Q4 2018 was built

Available 13F filings of this filer for the quarter and their roles: the base report is the latest original or restatement, NEW HOLDINGS amendments filed after it are added (method).

FilingRoleAmendmentFiledAcceptedIngested
13F-HR 0001567619-19-004135 base2019-02-14acceptance time not in the bulk data set