SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 12, 2008
Icahn
Enterprises L.P.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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1-9516
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13-3398766
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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767
Fifth Avenue, Suite 4700, New York, NY 10153
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (212)
702-4300
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item
8.01 Other Events
On
March
12, 2008, Icahn Enterprises L.P. (“Icahn Enterprises”) issued a press release
announcing that the board of directors of its general partner, Icahn Enterprises
G.P. Inc., has approved an increase in Icahn Enterprises’ quarterly distribution
from $0.15 to $0.25 to depositary unit holders for the first quarter of 2008.
A
copy of Icahn Enterprises’ press
release is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Exhibits
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Exhibit
99.1 - Press release dated March 12, 2008.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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ICAHN
ENTERPRISES L.P.
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(Registrant)
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By:
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Icahn
Enterprises G.P. Inc.
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its
General Partner
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By:
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/s/
Andrew R. Skobe
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Andrew
R. Skobe
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Principal
Financial Officer
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Date: March
12,
2008
Icahn
Enterprises L.P.
Investor
Contact:
Andrew
R.
Skobe
Interim
CFO
(646)
861-7500
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 12, 2008
ICAHN
ENTERPRISES L.P. ANNOUNCES INCREASED QUARTERLY DISTRIBUTION AND EARNINGS
CALL
New
York,
NY—Icahn Enterprises L.P. announced today that the Board of Directors has
approved an increase from $.15 to $.25 in its quarterly cash distribution
to
depositary unit holders for the first quarter of 2008. The increase reflects
Icahn Enterprises strong liquidity, enhanced, in part, by the recent closing
of
the sale of the company’s Nevada gaming operations. The distribution is payable
on April 1, 2008 to holders of record at the close of business on March 18,
2008.
Icahn
Enterprises L.P. also announced that it will hold a conference call to discuss
financial and operational results for fiscal year 2007 on Tuesday, March
18,
2008 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
Conference
Call Information:
The
webcast will be broadcast live and may be joined by visiting Icahn Enterprises
L.P.’s website at http://www.IcahnEnterprises.com.
It will
also be archived and made available at on the website under the Investor
Relations Section. For those wishing to monitor only the audio portion of
the
webcast, a dial-in number has been established. The dial-in number for domestic
callers is 800
938.1410. The international access number is 702 696.4768. Callers should
provide the operator with either the confirmation id number 38928064 or the
event title: Icahn Enterprises L.P. - 4th Qtr 2007 Earnings Call.
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Icahn
Enterprises L.P. (NYSE: IEP), a master limited partnership, is a diversified
holding company engaged in three primary business segments: Investment
Management, Metals, Real Estate and Home Fashion. For more information, please
visit the company’s website at www.IcahnEnterprises.com.
Caution
Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This
release contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, many of which are beyond
our
ability to control or predict. Forward-looking statements may be identified
by
words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,”
“estimates,” “will,” or words of similar meaning and include, but are not
limited to, statements about the expected future business and financial
performance of Icahn Enterprises L.P. and its subsidiaries. Among these risks
and uncertainties are risks related to substantial competition, rising operating
costs and economic downturns; risks related to our investment management
activities, including the nature of the investments made by the private funds
we
manage, changes in domestic and international laws governing private funds
and
loss of key employees; risks related to our scrap metals activities, including
potential environmental exposure; risks related to our real estate activities,
including the extent of any tenant bankruptcies and insolvencies, our ability
to
maintain tenant occupancy at current levels, our ability to obtain, at
reasonable costs, adequate insurance coverage and competition for investment
properties; risks
related to our home fashion operations, including changes in the availability
and price of raw materials, changes in customer preferences and changes in
transportation costs and delivery times; and other risks and uncertainties
detailed from time to time in our filings with the SEC. We undertake no
obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking information,
whether
as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
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750-5841
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