13F-HR 1 a2196392z13f-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: December 31, 2009 ----------------------- 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 02/12/10 --------------------- ------------------------ ------------- [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. FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 -------------------- Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 25 -------------------- Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 5,867,867 -------------------- (thousands) Confidential information has been omitted from the public Form 13F and filed separately with the Commission. 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 -------------------- --------- --------- --------- ---------- --- ---- ------- -------- ---------- ------ ---- National Semiconductor Corp. COM 637640103 $ 359,725 23,419,568 SH SOLE 23,419,568 Baxter International Inc. COM 071813109 $ 741,429 12,635,121 SH SOLE 12,635,121 Unum Group COM 91529Y106 $ 295,780 15,152,649 SH SOLE 15,152,649 The Home Depot, Inc. COM 437076102 $ 728,231 25,172,173 SH SOLE 25,172,173 The Home Depot, Inc. COM 437076102 $ 259,946 8,985,337 SH OTHER 8,985,337 Harman International Industries Inc. COM 413086109 $ 20,371 577,400 SH SOLE 577,400 Charles River Lab. Intl. Inc. COM 159864107 $ 27,429 814,150 SH SOLE 814,150 Precision Castparts Corp. COM 740189105 $ 379,057 3,435,047 SH SOLE 3,435,047 SUPERVALU Inc. COM 868536103 $ 23,990 1,887,512 SH SOLE 1,887,512 Genzyme Corporation COM 372917104 $ 518,540 10,580,297 SH SOLE 10,580,297 International Rectifier Corp. COM 460254105 $ 49,199 2,224,200 SH SOLE 2,224,200 SPDR Trust Series 1 COM 78462F103 $ 338,962 3,041,658 SH SOLE 3,041,658 Time Warner Inc. COM 887317303 $ 113,318 3,888,754 SH SOLE 3,888,754 AOL Inc. COM 00184X105 $ 8,230 353,514 SH SOLE 353,514 Esterline Technologies Corp. COM 297425100 $ 59,445 1,458,054 SH SOLE 1,458,054 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. COM 35671D857 $ 104,282 1,298,819 SH SOLE 1,298,819 Occidental Petroleum Corporation COM 674599105 $ 551,201 6,775,676 SH SOLE 6,775,676 MetLife, Inc. COM 59156R108 $ 355,407 10,053,941 SH SOLE 10,053,941 Gildan Activewear Inc. COM 375916103 $ 84,850 3,480,309 SH SOLE 3,480,309 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. COM 03076C106 $ 82,205 2,117,600 SH SOLE 2,117,600 Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. COM 18683K101 $ 67,056 1,454,900 SH SOLE 1,454,900 iShares Russell Midcap Value Index COM 464287473 $ 36,667 992,331 SH SOLE 992,331 AGCO Corporation COM 001084102 $ 62,187 1,922,900 SH SOLE 1,922,900 Intuit Inc. COM 461202103 $ 386,221 12,576,383 SH SOLE 12,576,383 CVS Caremark Corporation COM 126650100 $ 214,139 6,648,200 SH SOLE 6,648,200