13F-HR 1 a2189131z13f-hr.txt 13F-HR 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: Relational Investors LLC --------------------------------- Address: 12400 High Bluff Drive, Suite 600 --------------------------------- San Diego, CA 92130 --------------------------------- Form 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 11/13/08 ----------------------------- ----------------------- -------------- [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).) List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager: I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. Page 1 FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 -------------------- Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 15 -------------------- Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 4,673,206 -------------------- (thousands) Confidential information has been omitted from the public Form 13F and filed separately with the Commission. List of Other Included Managers: NONE Page 2 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 ----------------------------- -------- --------- --------- ----------- --- ---- ------- ----------- ---------- -------- ------ National Semiconductor Corp. COM 637640103 $ 578,033 33,587,017 SH SOLE 33,587,017 Baxter International Inc. COM 071813109 $ 542,730 8,269,542 SH SOLE 8,269,542 Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. COM 845905108 $ 232,953 58,975,411 SH SOLE 58,975,411 Unum Group COM 91529Y106 $ 769,544 30,659,106 SH SOLE 30,659,106 The Home Depot, Inc. COM 437076102 $ 716,277 27,666,146 SH SOLE 27,666,146 The Home Depot, Inc. COM 437076102 $ 232,630 8,985,337 SH OTHER 8,985,337 Sprint Nextel Corp. COM 852061100 $ 323,769 53,076,834 SH SOLE 53,076,834 Capital One Financial Corp. COM 14040H105 $ 91,305 1,790,300 SH SOLE 1,790,300 Sun Microsystems, Inc. COM 866810203 $ 152,779 20,102,536 SH SOLE 20,102,536 Yahoo! Inc. COM 984332106 $ 159,926 9,244,292 SH SOLE 9,244,292 Schering-Plough Corp. COM 806605101 $ 94,529 5,118,000 SH SOLE 5,118,000 Lexmark International, Inc. COM 529771107 $ 17,430 535,155 SH SOLE 535,155 Regis Corp. COM 758932107 $ 4,914 178,684 SH SOLE 178,684 International Rectifier Corp. COM 460254105 $ 23,949 1,259,144 SH SOLE 1,259,144 SPDR Trust Series 1 COM 78462F103 $ 732,438 6,314,664 SH SOLE 6,314,664
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