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This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet

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Financier Carl Icahn forgoes earlier plan to elect a rival slate of directors to the firm's board at the May 2002 annual meeting (1"The Gray Sheet" Nov. 26, 2001, p. 30). In a recent 13D filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, Icahn maintained that depending upon market conditions, he may acquire or dispose of additional shares. Icahn previously proposed to acquire Visx for $32 per share in a hostile takeover bid last April...

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