Carl Icahn boosts Xerox stake to over 14%

Reuters

Published Nov 05, 2020 05:26PM ET

(Reuters) - Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn raised his stake in U.S. printer maker Xerox Holdings Corp (N:XRX) to about 14.4% as of Nov. 5, according to a filing https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921669/000092846420000070/xrxsc13da11052020.htm, months after he backed the company's abandoned takeover of personal computer maker HP Inc (N:HPQ).

Xerox's shares rose 3.4% in extended trading on the news.

Icahn, who last reported a stake of 12.9% in Xerox as of Sept. 9, had also built a sizable stake in HP around the time Xerox reached out to it for a merger.

HP Inc rebuffed Xerox's initial offers and Xerox went hostile with its bid but ultimately gave up the pursuit in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.