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Sandell Asset Management Corp.

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13F filer, CIK 1140474, NEW YORK, NY

Sandell Asset Management Corp. reported $297,508,000 across 40 holdings for the quarter ended 2019-09-30, in a 13F-HR filed 2019-11-14. Its ten largest share positions make up 75.67% of the portfolio.

Filed (acceptance time not in the bulk data set), ingested 13F-HR 0001567619-19-021335

Period
2019-09-30
Reported value
$298M
Holdings
40
Top 10 weight
75.67%
New
14
Sold out
15

Largest buys vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
MEDIDATE SOLUTIONS INCnew+331,000$30.3M
ALLERGAN PLCadded+121,968$20.5M
GENESEE & WYOMING INCnew+150,000$16.6M
DISnew+25,000$3.26M
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPadded+61,600$1.44M

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
WORLDPAY INCexited-734,897-$90.1M
L3 TECHNOLOGIES INCexited-364,800-$89.4M
RED HAT INCexited-404,210-$75.9M
FIRST DATA CORP NEW COM CL Aexited-2,629,500-$71.2M
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPexited-959,930-$67.7M

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, Q3 2019

Share positions as resolved from 13F-HR 0001567619-19-021335, largest first. % of portfolio is the value over $246,436,000, the sum of the share positions whose value is usable for ratios (method).

SecurityHistorySharesValue% of portfolioChangeLatest eventTimeline
CELGENE CORPCELGENE CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: 176,100 shares; 2019Q2: 424,496 shares; 2019Q3: 367,140 shares 367,140$36.5M14.79%-57,356
MEDIDATE SOLUTIONS INCMEDIDATE SOLUTIONS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: not reported; 2019Q2: not reported; 2019Q3: 331,000 shares 331,000$30.3M12.29%new
ALLERGAN PLCALLERGAN PLCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: not reported; 2019Q2: 54,000 shares; 2019Q3: 175,968 shares 175,968$29.6M12.02%+121,968
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS INCWELLCARE HEALTH PLANS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: not reported; 2019Q2: 243,700 shares; 2019Q3: 66,500 shares 66,500$17.2M6.99%-177,200
GENESEE & WYOMING INCGENESEE & WYOMING INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: not reported; 2019Q2: not reported; 2019Q3: 150,000 shares 150,000$16.6M6.73%new
ZAYO GROUP HLDGS INC COMZAYO GROUP HLDGS INC COMQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 236,100 shares; 2019Q1: 195,600 shares; 2019Q2: 801,443 shares; 2019Q3: 475,353 shares 475,353$16.1M6.54%-326,090
SPARK THERAPEUTICS INCSPARK THERAPEUTICS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: 348,710 shares; 2019Q2: 428,310 shares; 2019Q3: 153,000 shares 153,000$14.8M6.02%-275,310
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPCYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: not reported; 2019Q2: 398,400 shares; 2019Q3: 460,000 shares 460,000$10.7M4.36%+61,600
ADVANCED DISP SVCS INC DELADVANCED DISP SVCS INC DELQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: not reported; 2019Q2: 845,523 shares; 2019Q3: 230,250 shares 230,250$7.5M3.04%-615,273
MSFTMICROSOFT CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 61,293 shares; 2019Q1: 51,193 shares; 2019Q2: 51,193 shares; 2019Q3: 51,193 shares 51,193$7.12M2.89%0Timeline
AMZNAMAZON COM INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 4,664 shares; 2019Q1: 3,864 shares; 2019Q2: 3,864 shares; 2019Q3: 3,864 shares 3,864$6.71M2.72%0Timeline
AAPLAPPLE INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 32,487 shares; 2019Q1: 27,287 shares; 2019Q2: 27,287 shares; 2019Q3: 27,287 shares 27,287$6.11M2.48%0Timeline
PCRXPACIRA BIOSCIENCES INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 151,600 shares; 2019Q1: 129,900 shares; 2019Q2: 129,900 shares; 2019Q3: 140,000 shares 140,000$5.33M2.16%+10,100Timeline
GOOGALPHABET INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 5,164 shares; 2019Q1: 4,364 shares; 2019Q2: 4,364 shares; 2019Q3: 4,364 shares 4,364$5.32M2.16%0Timeline
DHRDANAHER CORP DELQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 41,300 shares; 2019Q1: 35,900 shares; 2019Q2: 35,900 shares; 2019Q3: 35,900 shares 35,900$5.18M2.1%0Timeline
METAMETA PLATFORMS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 32,610 shares; 2019Q1: 26,710 shares; 2019Q2: 26,710 shares; 2019Q3: 26,710 shares 26,710$4.76M1.93%0Timeline
DISH NETWORK CORPORATIONDISH NETWORK CORPORATIONQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: not reported; 2019Q2: 5,000,000 shares; 2019Q3: 5,000,000 shares 5,000,000$4.61M1.87%0
DISDISNEY WALT COQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: 19,732 shares; 2019Q2: not reported; 2019Q3: 25,000 shares 25,000$3.26M1.32%newTimeline
TIVO CORPTIVO CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 318,900 shares; 2019Q1: 267,700 shares; 2019Q2: 267,700 shares; 2019Q3: 387,700 shares 387,700$2.95M1.2%+120,000
WHWYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 56,600 shares; 2019Q1: 49,400 shares; 2019Q2: 49,400 shares; 2019Q3: 49,400 shares 49,400$2.56M1.04%0Timeline
MAMASTERCARD INCORPORATEDQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 5,000 shares; 2019Q1: 6,400 shares; 2019Q2: 6,400 shares; 2019Q3: 6,400 shares 6,400$1.74M0.71%0Timeline
VVISA INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 7,400 shares; 2019Q1: 9,100 shares; 2019Q2: 9,100 shares; 2019Q3: 9,100 shares 9,100$1.56M0.64%0Timeline
PYPLPAYPAL HLDGS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 11,900 shares; 2019Q1: 14,300 shares; 2019Q2: 14,300 shares; 2019Q3: 14,300 shares 14,300$1.48M0.6%0Timeline
OXYOCCIDENTAL PETE CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: not reported; 2019Q2: 32,000 shares; 2019Q3: 32,000 shares 32,000$1.42M0.58%0Timeline
FISFIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SVQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: not reported; 2019Q2: not reported; 2019Q3: 10,308 shares 10,308$1.37M0.56%newTimeline
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DELLIBERTY MEDIA CORP DELQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: 23,200 shares; 2019Q1: 23,200 shares; 2019Q2: 23,200 shares; 2019Q3: 23,200 shares 23,200$964K0.39%0
VODVODAFONE GROUP PLCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: 55,000 shares; 2019Q2: not reported; 2019Q3: 45,000 shares 45,000$896K0.36%newTimeline
MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INCMAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: not reported; 2019Q2: 135,200 shares; 2019Q3: 104,050 shares 104,050$791K0.32%-31,150
DCHDAUCH CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: not reported; 2019Q2: not reported; 2019Q3: 95,000 shares 95,000$781K0.32%newTimeline
AALAMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: 35,000 shares; 2019Q2: 20,000 shares; 2019Q3: 25,000 shares 25,000$674K0.27%+5,000Timeline
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES PLCDELPHI TECHNOLOGIES PLCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: not reported; 2019Q2: not reported; 2019Q3: 40,000 shares 40,000$536K0.22%new
MANUMANCHESTER UTD PLC NEWQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: not reported; 2019Q2: not reported; 2019Q3: 22,171 shares 22,171$364K0.15%newTimeline
URIUNITED RENTALS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: 10,006 shares; 2019Q2: 7,006 shares; 2019Q3: 2,900 shares 2,900$361K0.15%-4,106Timeline
HUNHUNTSMAN CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2017Q4: restricted; 2018Q1: restricted; 2018Q2: restricted; 2018Q3: restricted; 2018Q4: not reported; 2019Q1: not reported; 2019Q2: not reported; 2019Q3: 10,000 shares 10,000$233K0.09%newTimeline

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 SHScall100,000$29.7M-50,000
QQQINVESCO QQQ TR COMput50,000$9.44Mnew
SPYSTATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T SHSput23,900$7.09Mnew
DISDISNEY WALT CO COMput20,000$2.61Mnew
DISDISNEY WALT CO COMcall10,000$1.3Mnew
PCRXPACIRA BIOSCIENCES INC Stockput25,000$952Knew

Sold out in Q3 2019

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

SecurityShares beforeValue beforeType
WORLDPAY INCWORLDPAY INC734,897$90.1Mshares
L3 TECHNOLOGIES INCL3 TECHNOLOGIES INC364,800$89.4Mshares
RED HAT INCRED HAT INC404,210$75.9Mshares
FIRST DATA CORP NEW COM CL AFIRST DATA CORP NEW COM CL A2,629,500$71.2Mshares
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPANADARKO PETROLEUM CORP959,930$67.7Mshares
TABLEAU SOFTWARE INCTABLEAU SOFTWARE INC368,000$61.1Mshares
TRIBUNE COMPANYTRIBUNE COMPANY572,400$26.5Mshares
TOTAL SYS SVCS INCTOTAL SYS SVCS INC184,350$23.6Mshares
CONTROL4 CORPCONTROL4 CORP871,328$20.7Mshares
GLOBAL BRASS & COPPR HLDGS IGLOBAL BRASS & COPPR HLDGS I264,807$11.6Mshares
AMBER ROAD INCAMBER ROAD INC596,853$7.79Mshares
CSXCSX CORP75,200$5.82Mshares
CRAY INCCRAY INC54,900$1.91Mshares
APTIV PLCAPTIV PLC17,500$1.42Mshares
RACEFERRARI N V5,000$807Kshares

How Q3 2019 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 0001567619-19-021335 base2019-11-14acceptance time not in the bulk data set