UNITED STATES
                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                        Washington, D.C.  20549

                              FORM 13F

                        FORM 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 2002

Check here if Amendment [ x ]; Amendment Number: 1
This Amendment (Check only one.): [  ] is a restatement.
                                  [ x ] adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:    Relational Investors LLC
Address: 11975 El Camino Real, Suite 300
         San Diego, CA 92130


13F File Number:  028-06854

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:     Jay N. Sitlani
Title:    Director of Operations
Phone:    858-704-3336
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

/s/ J. SITLANI San Diego, California 02/25/03


Report Type (Check only one.):

[ X]        13F HOLDINGS REPORT.

[  ]        13F NOTICE.

[  ]        13F COMBINATION REPORT.


List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:



I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

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                  FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE


Report Summary:

Number of Other Included Managers:        0

Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:   2

Form 13F Information Table Value Total:   $112,184

This filing lists securities holdings reported on the form 13F filed for the
quarter ending December 31, 2002 pursuant to a request for confidential
treatment and for which confidential treatment is no longer warranted or has
been denied.

List of Other Included Managers:
NONE








                                                      FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE

                                TITLE                VALUE   SHARES/   SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT    OTHER      VOTING AUTHORITY
    NAME OF ISSUER            OF CLASS   CUSIP    (X$1000)  PRN AMT   PRN CALL DSCRETN   MANAGERS   SOLE   SHARED  NONE
--------------------         --------- ---------  --------  --------  --- ---- ------- ----------- ------ -------  ----
                                                                              
Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.         COM    845905108  $ 72,651  5,170,900  SH        SOLE              5,170,900
Cigna Corporation               COM    125509109  $ 39,533    961,400  SH        SOLE              961,400






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