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Jana Partners Adds Dollar General Corp. To Portfolio
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 - 2:58pm | 244Read More...Dollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG) landed on a top-five holdings list for activist investor Barry Rosenstein's Jana Partners, according to a report Tuesday. “Dollar General was the biggest contributor to performance, as the market reacted favorably to its cash bid for Family Dollar,...
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Barry Rosenstein, Not Carl Icahn, Gets Walgreen Company Board Seat
Monday, September 8, 2014 - 9:24am | 102Read More...After rallying over six percent on Thursday and Friday on rumors of Carl Icahn being added to the board, shares of Walgreen Company (NYSE: WAG) are relatively quiet in the premarket, as the new board member turns out to be Barry Rosenstein of JANA Partners, LLC. Shares of Walgreen's jumped...
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PetSmart Confirms Exploring Sale; Beats Q2 Earnings Views
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 7:09am | 236Read More...PetSmart (NASDAQ: PETM) edged up in the extended session Tuesday after it confirmed a report earlier that it will explore a possible sale of the company. Separately, the company also posted second-quarter earnings that beat Street views with revenue in line with expectations. It also said it will...
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Rosenstein Makes More Noise On Sale Of PetSmart
Monday, August 4, 2014 - 11:13am | 179Read More...PetSmart (NASDAQ: PETM) moved higher Monday after a filing disclosed further efforts by activist investor Barry Rosenstein to affect a sale of the company. Rosenstein alleged that PetSmart "has sought to create the patently false impression that there is a shortage of interested acquirers...
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Rosenstein Buys 9.9% PetSmart Stake, Will Seek 'Strategic Review'
Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 9:10am | 141Read More...PetSmart (NASDAQ: PETM) shares jumped more than 15 percent in pre-market trading on news that activist investor Barry Rosenstein had acquired a 9.9 percent stake and will seek a review of strategic alternatives. Rosenstein said his Jana Partners hedge fund will hold discussions with PetSmart...
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Wall Street Gears Up For 13F Filings
Thursday, May 15, 2014 - 1:47pm | 412Read More...Traders on Wall Street will be whale watching on Thursday, as 13F filings from the likes of high-profile players such as Warren Buffett, Bill Ackman and David Tepper will be hitting the newswires. A 13F is an SEC-required document that all institutional investment managers with over $100...
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Summary of Jana Partners 13F: Aetna, Expedia and Kinder Morgan All Raised Among Others
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 3:24pm | 591Read More...Barry Rosenstein's JANA Partners released its 13F for Q1 Wednesday. Value of fund increased from $3.5 billion to $4.8 billion. (All units are in millions of shares) Raised: • Aetna (NYSE: AET) from 2.6 to 3.8 • Agrium (NYSE: AGU) from 9.4 to 11.2 • Big Lots (NYSE: BIG) from 0.35 to 3.75 •...
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Could Ouster of Andrew Mason Have Spurred Jana to Accumulate Stake?
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 1:06pm | 210Read More...Jana Partners, a hedge-fund manager founded by Barry Rosenstein, took a large stake in Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) this quarter, according to a 13F filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. With a stake of just over 21.9 million shares -- valued at more than $134 million -- Jana is now...
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JANA's Letter to Agrium for Annual Holder Meeting
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 2:53pm | 727Read More...Barry Rosenstein, Managing Partner of JANA Partners, today made the following statement at the Annual General Meeting of Agrium Inc. ("Agrium") (NYSE: AGU) shareholders. We are Agrium's largest shareholder by far and no one has a greater interest in seeing Agrium succeed than we do. That's why...
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Jana's Rosenstein Issues New Letter to Agrium Holders, Urges Vote for Blue Proxy Card
Monday, March 25, 2013 - 5:54pm | 771Read More...JANA Partners today mailed a new letter to Agrium Inc. ("Agrium") (NYSE: AGU) shareholders. The text of the letter follows. JANA PARTNERS URGES FELLOW SHAREHOLDERS TO VOTE THE BLUE PROXY CARD OR VIF FOR ITS EXPERIENCED AND INDEPENDENT BOARD NOMINEES Further Information Available...
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David Einhorn, Whitney Tilson and Barry Rosenstein Headline the Eighth Annual Value Investing Congress
Monday, July 9, 2012 - 2:50pm | 624Read More...The popular two-day conference returns to New York in October, giving serious investors and money managers the opportunity to network with some of the world's most prolific investors. Last year, attendees of the seventh annual Value Investing Congress learned how to: Assess intrinsic value...
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Invest For a Cause with Invest For Kids
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 2:04pm | 394Read More...Don't miss your chance to participate in Chicago's investable ideas conference benefiting local children. Noted for being the city's “premiere investable ideas event,” Invest For Kids is scheduled to take place on November 9 at the Harris Theater in downtown Chicago. Created with the goal of...



