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Seth Klarman's investment firm Baupost Group has filed a 13G with the SEC regarding shares of SunEdison Semiconductor (SEMI).  Per the filing, Baupost now owns 0% of SEMI with 0 shares.

This is down from the previous 8.37 million SEMI shares Baupost owned at the end of the second quarter.  They no longer hold common stock and the filing was made due to activity on September 30th.

We've also highlighted other recent portfolio activity from Baupost Group here.

Per Google Finance, SunEdison Semiconductor is "engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of silicon wafers to the semiconductor industry. The Company also develops advanced substrates, such as epitaxial (EPI) wafers and wafers for the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) market, which enable computing and communications applications. Its products include polished wafers, EPI wafers and SOI wafers. The Company sells its products to the semiconductor manufacturers around the world, including integrated device manufacturers, pure-play semiconductor foundries and companies that specialize in wafer customization. It operates facilities in semiconductor manufacturing regions throughout the world, including Taiwan, Malaysia, South Korea, Italy, Japan, and the United States. Its wafers are used as the base substrate for the manufacture of various types of semiconductor devices, including microprocessors, memory, analog, mixed-signal and radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits, discrete and image sensors."