Sources: Securities & Exchange Commission; CP staff
A series of late-June trades has positioned Memphis-based Southeast Asset Management Inc. and its Longleaf Partners Small-Cap Fund with nearly 5.8 million of Texas Industries’ approximately 27.9 million outstanding shares of common stock. The trades were completed at just under $40/share—versus a July 5 closing price of $41.90—and consolidate a Southeast Asset/Longleaf TXI stake of about 20.7 percent. Citing interest in “undervalued companies,” Longleaf Partners effected its first major TXI trade, equating to a 12.7 percent stake, in fall 2006.
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