-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Hu9Ggs4mhjYblueYw+LGWgFhN30GeWH0e/lpgwwI8QJjXUGUtoJEhtzEATBs49wG cI5bZq2Rljk/qtSU9h4IYQ== 0001013594-08-000752.txt : 20081114 0001013594-08-000752.hdr.sgml : 20081114 20081114114728 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001013594-08-000752 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20081114 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20081114 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20081114 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SANDELL ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001140474 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: E9 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 13F-HR SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-06499 FILM NUMBER: 081188308 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 40 WEST 57TH STREET STREET 2: 26TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 BUSINESS PHONE: 2126035700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 40 WEST 57TH STREET STREET 2: 26TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 13F-HR 1 sandell13fhr-111408.txt NOVEMBER 14, 2008 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2008 Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: ______ This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement. [ ] adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: Sandell Asset Management Corp. Address: 40 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019 Form 13F File Number: 28-06499 The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: Name: Richard Gashler Title: General Counsel Phone: 212-603-5700 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: /s/ Richard Gashler New York, New York November 13, 2008 ------------------- ----------------- --------------- [Signature] [City, State] [Date] Report Type (Check only one.): [X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.) [ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).) [ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).) FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 72 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $1,018,197 (thousands) Confidential information has been omitted from this public Form 13F report and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. List of Other Included Managers: None. FORM 13F (SEC USE ONLY) QTR ENDED: 9/30/08 Name of Reporting Manager: Sandell Asset Management
Item 1: Item 2 : Item 3: Item 4: Item 5: Item 6: Item 7: Item 8: Name of Issuer Title of Class CUSIP Fair Market Shares or Investment Managers Voting Authority (Shares) Number Value Principal Discretion See (a) Sole (b) Shared (c) None (X$1000) Amount Instr. V ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC COM 007903107 4,200 800,000 SHS SOLE 800,000 - - ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC PUT COM 007903107 4,200 800,000 PUT SOLE 800,000 - - AMERICAN EQTY INVT LIFE HLD NOTES NOTE 5.250%12/0 025676AE7 6,136 8,000,000 PRN SOLE - - - AMERICAN FINL GROUP INC OHIO PUT COM 025932104 7,375 250,000 PUT SOLE 250,000 - - AMERICAN ORIENTAL BIOENGR IN COM 028731107 4,290 660,994 SHS SOLE 660,994 - - AMERICREDIT CORP NOTES NOTE 0.750% 9/1 03060RAP6 3,377 5,500,000 PRN SOLE - - - ANADARKO PETE CORP COM 032511107 2,426 50,000 SHS SOLE 50,000 - - BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION CALL COM 060505104 1,313 37,512 CALL SOLE 37,512 - - BIONOVO INC COM 090643107 468 537,908 SHS SOLE 537,908 - - CALPINE CORP COM NEW 131347304 5,200 400,000 SHS SOLE 400,000 - - CARDIUM THERAPEUTICS INC COM 141916106 2,014 1,088,650 SHS SOLE 1,088,650 - - CBIZ INC NOTES NOTE 3.125% 6/0 124805AB8 2,543 2,500,000 PRN SOLE - - - CENTRAL EUROPEAN DIST CORP COM 153435102 2,366 52,100 SHS SOLE 52,100 - - CHINACAST EDU CORP UNIT 03/16/2009 16946T208 188 75,000 SHS SOLE 75,000 - - CIT GROUP INC UNIT 99/99/9999 125581405 12,600 1,440,000 SHS SOLE 1,440,000 - - COMPANHIA ENERGETICA DE MINA SP ADR N-V PFD 204409601 4,698 238,000 SHS SOLE - - - DAYSTAR TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 23962Q100 322 114,978 SHS SOLE 114,978 - - DOMINION RES INC VA NEW COM 25746U109 642 15,000 SHS SOLE 15,000 - - DRS TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 23330X100 122,531 1,596,490 SHS SOLE 1,596,490 - - DRYSHIPS INC SHS Y2109Q101 1,775 50,000 SHS SOLE 50,000 - - DYNEGY INC DEL CL A 26817G102 2,810 785,000 SHS SOLE 785,000 - - EL PASO CORP COM 28336L109 6,380 500,000 SHS SOLE 500,000 - - EMPRESA DIST Y COMERCIAL NOR SPON ADR 29244A102 2,793 429,650 SHS SOLE 429,650 - - ENSCO INTL INC COM 26874Q100 2,882 50,000 SHS SOLE 50,000 - - ENTERGY CORP NEW COM 29364G103 14,322 160,900 SHS SOLE 160,900 - - ENVIRONMENTAL PWR CORP COM NEW 29406L201 75 34,285 SHS SOLE 34,285 - - EPIQ SYS INC COM 26882D109 4,096 301,205 SHS SOLE 301,205 - - EXCO RESOURCES INC COM 269279402 54,190 3,320,492 SHS SOLE 3,320,492 - - EXELON CORP COM 30161N101 14,090 225,000 SHS SOLE 225,000 - - FAIR ISAAC CORP COM 303250104 66,246 2,874,000 SHS SOLE 2,874,000 - - FIRSTENERGY CORP COM 337932107 1,675 25,000 SHS SOLE 25,000 - - GENCORP INC COM 368682100 35,871 5,322,115 SHS SOLE 5,322,115 - - GENCORP INC NOTES SDCV 2.250%11/1 368682AL4 1,456 2,000,000 PRN SOLE - - - GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC COM 38500T101 186 50,000 SHS SOLE 50,000 - - HARVEST ENERGY TR TRUST UNIT 41752X101 5,070 300,000 SHS SOLE 300,000 - - HELMERICH & PAYNE INC COM 423452101 2,160 50,000 SHS SOLE 50,000 - - HUTCHISON TELECOMM INTL LTD SPONSORED ADR 44841T107 6,704 403,855 SHS SOLE 403,855 - - INFOSPACE INC COM NEW 45678T201 30,068 2,771,204 SHS SOLE 2,771,204 - - INOVIO BIOMEDICAL CORP COM 45773H102 191 308,381 SHS SOLE 308,381 - - KEMET CORP NOTES NOTE 2.250%11/1 488360AB4 4,625 12,500,000 PRN SOLE - - - LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC CL B 53220K207 6,379 2,162,398 SHS SOLE 2,162,398 - - LUMERA CORP COM 55024R106 27 60,444 SHS SOLE 60,444 - - MACROVISION CORP NOTES NOTE 2.625% 8/1 555904AB7 2,063 2,500,000 PRN SOLE - - - MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 577767106 3,518 263,697 SHS SOLE 263,697 - - MCDERMOTT INTL INC COM 580037109 2,555 100,000 SHS SOLE 100,000 - - MENTOR GRAPHICS CORP NOTES SDCV 6.250% 3/0 587200AF3 1,166 1,295,000 PRN SOLE - - - MIRANT CORP NEW COM 60467R100 13,718 750,000 SHS SOLE 750,000 - - NANOGEN INC COM 630075109 21 77,650 SHS SOLE 77,650 - - NEUROBIOLOGICAL TECH INC COM NEW 64124W304 332 543,854 SHS SOLE 543,854 - - NISOURCE INC COM 65473P105 2,214 150,000 SHS SOLE 150,000 - - OCWEN FINL CORP NOTES NOTE 3.250% 8/0 675746AD3 4,400 5,000,000 PRN SOLE - - - PENN NATL GAMING INC COM 707569109 16,043 603,783 SHS SOLE 603,783 - - PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PETRO SP ADR NON VTG 71654V101 2,807 75,000 SHS SOLE - - - PLAINS EXPL& PRODTN CO COM 726505100 81,733 2,324,611 SHS SOLE 2,324,611 - - PROSPECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS IN COM 743494106 750 300,000 SHS SOLE 300,000 - - PSIVIDA CORP COM 74440J101 35 25,261 SHS SOLE 25,261 - - PUGET ENERGY INC NEW COM 745310102 2,670 100,000 SHS SOLE 100,000 - - RELIANT ENERGY INC COM 75952B105 5,513 750,000 SHS SOLE 750,000 - - SOUTHERN UN CO NEW COM 844030106 252,977 12,250,714 SHS SOLE 12,250,714 - - SPDR TR UNIT SER 1 78462F103 6,820 58,800 SHS SOLE 58,800 - - TALISMAN ENERGY INC COM 87425E103 10,053 712,500 SHS SOLE 712,500 - - TRANSOCEAN INC NEW SHS G90073100 27,460 250,000 SHS SOLE 250,000 - - TXCO RES INC COM 87311M102 507 50,457 SHS SOLE 50,457 - - UAL CORP COM NEW 902549807 879 100,000 SHS SOLE 100,000 - - VECTOR GROUP LTD NOTES NOTE 5.000%11/1 92240MAE8 6,115 5,000,000 PRN SOLE - - - WACHOVIA CORP NEW COM 929903102 9,713 2,775,000 SHS SOLE 2,775,000 - - WALTER INDS INC COM 93317Q105 2,373 50,000 SHS SOLE 50,000 - - WENDYS INTL INC COM 950590109 87,542 3,916,013 SHS SOLE 3,916,013 - - WESTERN REFNG INC COM 959319104 2,565 253,700 SHS SOLE 253,700 - - WILLIAMS COS INC DEL COM 969457100 17,218 728,021 SHS SOLE 728,021 - - XTO ENERGY INC COM 98385X106 2,326 50,000 SHS SOLE 50,000 - - ZIX CORP COM 98974P100 1,151 509,320 SHS SOLE 509,320 - - Value Total $1,018,197 Entry Total: 72
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