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     Carl Icahn's letter to the Editor of the New York Times was published on
December 5, 2004 and is attached hereto.




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The Investment
And the Follow-Through

To the Editor:

Re "For a Takeover Artist, One Bluff Too Many?" (DealBook,  Nov. 28), about
my bid for Mylan Laboratories, which is aiming to buy King Pharmaceuticals:

In the  column,  Andrew  Ross  Sorkin  states  that I have  made a  fortune
"threatening  to take over  companies  and then rarely  going  through  with the
proposition." The facts prove this statement to be ridiculous. I have never made
a bid for a company and not followed through with a binding offer when given the
customary due diligence.

During the last three years alone,  after making  bids,  we have  purchased
outright or purchased control in XO Communications, for $500 million; Allegiance
Telecom, for $670 million; Philip Services, for $170 million; the TransTexas Gas
Corporation;  and  Panaco  Inc.  Additionally,  we  have  purchased  many  other
companies during the last two decades.

The column further stated: "A bevy of hedge funds, led by Perry Capital and
Citadel,  which had bought  King  shares in the hope that the deal with Mylan is
completed,  have started  buying  shares of Mylan to help push the deal through.
But  to  protect   themselves,   some  of  these   investors  have  begun  using
sophisticated  swap  trades  with banks so that they have no exposure to Mylan's
stock price.  This way, the investors  have voting  power,  but no real economic
interest in Mylan."

Mr.  Sorkin  describes  the  actions  by these  hedge  funds  as a  "fairly
innovative maneuver."

On Monday,  Perry  Capital  disclosed in a filing with the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission that it has hedged its Mylan shares,  apparently  confirming
earlier  reports that Perry may have had no economic  interest in Mylan,  merely
the right to vote those shares. If this is true, in our opinion,  this so-called
innovative  maneuver is co-opting the election process and robbing  shareholders
of the right to have a meaningful vote.

Corporate  democracy is a cornerstone of our capitalist system. A few hedge
funds should not be permitted to destroy it in order to make a few extra bucks.

Carl Icahn
New York, Nov. 30