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Sandell Investment Services LLC

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13F filer, CIK 1576277, NEW YORK, NY

Sandell Investment Services LLC reported $104,886,000 across 17 holdings for the quarter ended 2014-12-31, in a 13F-HR filed 2015-02-13. Its ten largest share positions make up 87.1% of the portfolio.

Filed (acceptance time not in the bulk data set), ingested 13F-HR 0001140361-15-006592

Period
2014-12-31
Reported value
$105M
Holdings
17
Top 10 weight
87.1%
New
10
Sold out
8

Largest buys vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
BKDnew+338,329$14.2M
RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY INCnew+320,156$6.53M
CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INCnew+58,525$5.89M
TALISMAN ENERGY INCnew+528,370$4.14M
PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPnew+57,298$3.99M

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
SEMGROUP CORPexited-144,442-$12M
COMPUWARE CORPexited-990,400-$10.5M
TRANSCANADA CORPexited-200,992-$10.4M
VCexited-103,080-$10M
MENS WEARHOUSE INCexited-158,705-$7.49M

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 2014

Share positions as resolved from 13F-HR 0001140361-15-006592, largest first. % of portfolio is the value over $82,055,000, the sum of the share positions whose value is usable for ratios (method).

SecurityHistorySharesValue% of portfolioChangeLatest eventTimeline
BKDBROOKDALE SR LIVING INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: restricted; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: not reported; 2014Q4: 338,329 shares 338,329$14.2M17.35%newTimeline
BOB EVANS FARMSBOB EVANS FARMSQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: restricted; 2014Q1: 194,315 shares; 2014Q2: 263,315 shares; 2014Q3: 263,315 shares; 2014Q4: 228,315 shares 228,315$11.7M14.24%-35,000
MERITOR INCMERITOR INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: restricted; 2014Q1: 751,492 shares; 2014Q2: 1,023,082 shares; 2014Q3: 965,821 shares; 2014Q4: 474,063 shares 474,063$7.18M8.75%-491,758
JDS UNIPHASE CORPJDS UNIPHASE CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: restricted; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: 960,984 shares; 2014Q4: 492,458 shares 492,458$6.76M8.23%-468,526
RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY INCRIVERBED TECHNOLOGY INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: restricted; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: not reported; 2014Q4: 320,156 shares 320,156$6.53M7.96%new
SUNEDISON INCSUNEDISON INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: restricted; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: 466,120 shares; 2014Q3: 426,080 shares; 2014Q4: 322,730 shares 322,730$6.3M7.67%-103,350
CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INCCUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: restricted; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: not reported; 2014Q4: 58,525 shares 58,525$5.89M7.18%new
CUMULUS MEDIA INCCUMULUS MEDIA INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: restricted; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: 1,012,800 shares; 2014Q4: 1,110,308 shares 1,110,308$4.7M5.72%+97,508
TALISMAN ENERGY INCTALISMAN ENERGY INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: restricted; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: not reported; 2014Q4: 528,370 shares 528,370$4.14M5.04%new
MTUSMETALLUS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: restricted; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: 93,963 shares; 2014Q4: 109,453 shares 109,453$4.05M4.94%+15,490Timeline
PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPPROTECTIVE LIFE CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: restricted; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: not reported; 2014Q4: 57,298 shares 57,298$3.99M4.86%new
GLNGGOLAR LNG LTDQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: restricted; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: 110,260 shares; 2014Q4: 73,980 shares 73,980$2.7M3.29%-36,280Timeline
AVANIR PHARMACEUTICALS INCAVANIR PHARMACEUTICALS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: restricted; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: not reported; 2014Q4: 116,270 shares 116,270$1.97M2.4%new
DRESSER-RAND GROUP INCDRESSER-RAND GROUP INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: restricted; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: not reported; 2014Q4: 19,340 shares 19,340$1.58M1.93%new
COVISINT CORPCOVISINT CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: restricted; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: not reported; 2014Q4: 128,669 shares 128,669$341K0.42%new

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
GMGENERAL MTRS CO Stockcall465,500$16.2Mnew
BOB EVANS FARMSBOB EVANS FARMS COMcall128,600$6.58Mnew

Sold out in Q4 2014

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

SecurityShares beforeValue beforeType
SEMGROUP CORPSEMGROUP CORP144,442$12Mshares
COMPUWARE CORPCOMPUWARE CORP990,400$10.5Mshares
TRANSCANADA CORPTRANSCANADA CORP200,992$10.4Mshares
VCVISTEON CORP103,080$10Mshares
MENS WEARHOUSE INCMENS WEARHOUSE INC158,705$7.49Mshares
ALLERGAN INCALLERGAN INC40,518$7.22Mshares
AshlandAshland48,680$5.07Mshares
SUPERVALU INCSUPERVALU INC135,465$1.21Mshares

How Q4 2014 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 0001140361-15-006592 base2015-02-13acceptance time not in the bulk data set